<![CDATA[The 2008 Race for President and the Search for Our Better Selves]]>

1.0 link 84941 <![CDATA[The 2008 Race for President and the Search for Our Better Selves]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-2008-race-for-preside_b_84941.html Watching yesterday's Obama rally in Los Angeles featuring Oprah, Caroline Kennedy, Maria Shriver, and Michelle Obama, I was struck by a point that both Michelle Obama and Maria Shriver made but that is rarely discussed during a presidential campaign: the importance of having someone in the Oval Office who can inspire us to tap into the better angels of our nature -- who can stir people to expect more of themselves than they otherwise would.

"The thing I like the...

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