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Is About Values. Damn Straight It Is.  I've never been a huge
fan of "change" as a campaign slogan, just because it's so
unspecific. What kind of change? On whose behalf? And while I
think the slogan worked well enough in the Democratic primaries,
that's because Obama was running against an opponent whom so
many voters already identified the past (for better and for
worse). The trouble with "change" as a general election theme is
that John McCain can lay claim to that mantle, too. It may be a
dishonest claim, given his recent history of supporting
President Bush and his advocacy of policies that further the
traditional Republican agenda. But it's a claim many voters are
prepared to accept.  The way out of this, I've always thought,
is to make the claim more concret