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The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House
The US vice-president is, perhaps, the world’s longest-running diversity hire. A position designed to provide constitutional reassurance about continuity of government, it is almost invariably occupied by someone who was picked because they provide emotional reassurance to one important electoral bloc or another.
When Barack Obama became the most powerful member…
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