Takeaway

"When you can show that you can bounce back from a setback, that adds some texture to you," David Plouffe, Barack Obama's campaign manager said. "And I think in this case it did for us. And I think as it turned out, this kind of race where we weren't on just this incredible rocket ride, there's been a lot of ups and downs, probably served us pretty well. You know, we've always been best when we're the feisty underdog."

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