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Today's article on Obama's fluency along the linguistic spectrum in the US.

It is interesting that some are outraged that he would do this. To step out of the straight jacket of traditional political persona.

Obama and Racial Politics

In a multiethnic, multicultural America where Hispanics are the largest ethnic group and Asians are the fastest-growing minority, national politicians also will have to be fluent in multiple ways of speaking. For too long, sounding presidential meant sounding like a white, middle- or upper-class straight man (with modest leeway for regional accents). In 2012 and beyond, it’s going to take a lot more than that to win over the hearts and minds — and ears — of the American people.

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