Freudenthal also said Obama struck him as 'incredibly smart' and someone who gave honest answers instead of scripted responses."Howie P.S.: In a nutshell, that's it. Ben Smith brings in an element of the horse race by telling us that Freudenthal "spent the 90s as a Clinton appointee." Since somehow this post has gotten back to The Clintons, here's E.J. Dionne's commentary on "The Clinton Backlash."
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