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...weekly sitcom is limited. M*A*S*H earned a cult prominence and then a social significance that guaranteed it more than a sitcom’s respect. Colonel Blake’s sad departure, Trapper’s hasty exit, and Radar’s return to Otumwa, Iowa prompted mourning and drunken reflection from avid viewers nationwide. M*A*S*H’s final episode, not surprisingly, became a national phenomenon, and we join the rest of the nation and the host of last-episode partiers in saying farewell. Farewell to the helicopters, clarion call...
Anyway, the message was sent loud and clear throughout that day and certainly looked like it had been received by the time Tuesday night came around. The resulting Iowa rally had a more muted feel than many expected, suggesting at the very least that Team Obama heard the complaint - or have bought the female-voter-threat idea enough not to take chances. As TIME noted this week, some of the phrases Obama used that night were notably similar to suggestions made by of Clinton backers who were trying to repair the breach...
...That message has been received by Obama. He stopped short of claiming the nomination after the Oregon primary on May 20. In his speech that night in Des Moines, Iowa, he praised Clinton's "courage and her commitment" and added, "Some may see the millions and millions of votes cast for each of us as evidence that our party is divided. But I see it as proof we have never been more ... united." When he praised Clinton for helping to shatter barriers in politics that had long held women back, he was using phrases that were very close to those...
...criticism of Obama, and various Democrats close to the Clinton camp hinted that the New York Senator may at least be positioning herself for a future role in the Obama campaign. Earlier this week, Clinton operatives took umbrage at Obama's plan to take a victory lap in Iowa Tuesday night, noting that such in-your-face declarations only alienate women voters who may feel that that, once more, a man had deprived a woman of a sure thing - voters Obama would need in the fall. That's partly party psychological war, of course, but it seemed to have some...
What's so American about This American Life? Emily Grosvenor IOWA CITY, IOWA...