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Barack Obama Coattails?

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My friend Doug Heye raises a good point over at The Hill's Pundit Blog—how many of Obama's first-time voters stuck around and voted down ballot. In other words: Are there Obama coattails (if, as seems likely, Obama is wearing the presidential coat this evening). Worth watching...

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