Barack Obama's North Carolina Coattails (or Not)

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Who cares about the down ballot? The presidency was/is what matters. This is true for war policy, tax policy, health care policy, justice, broadcasting, unions, race matters, gender matters, sexual orientation matters, and best of all, the future of the Supreme Court. The people won.

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Robert Schlesinger

Robert Schlesinger

Robert Schlesinger is managing editor for opinion at U.S. News and World Report, overseeing all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters. E-mail him at rschlesinger@usnews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @rschles.

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