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Chance Meeting with Obama Leaves Lasting Impression

Posted: Jan 18, 2009 10:29pm ET

I spent election night 2004 in Chicago, arriving a few days before the Wine Experience, which was held that year at the Hyatt Regency. It had been a great few days in the city, with magnificent weather, and I was watching the returns with my colleague Harvey Steiman, also from the blue state of California.

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