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In those words, “Yes we can,” a weary country—besieged by an economic crisis of historic proportions, two wars, the sense that our racial and religious divides were widening, and a growing fear that our best days were behind us—found its bearings.
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© 2009 Erik Jones and Salvatore Vassallo
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Palmieri, J. (2009). Setting the Agenda: “Yes We Can”. In: Jones, E., Vassallo, S. (eds) The 2008 Presidential Elections. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230103177_5
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