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Axelrod: Obama TV Show to Focus on ‘Where He Wants to Lead’

October 29th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

By Robert Barnes
NORFOLK — Barack Obama’s 30-minute informercial airing Wednesday night will feature vignettes of people and families whom Obama has met during his nearly two-year campaign, and it will include a live component from a campaign rally in Florida, campaign sources said tonight.

“Barack Obama: American Stories” is the name of the unusual telecast that will air on network television and some cable stations. It comes on a busy day, as Obama also is set to appear on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and to cap the night with another rally, in Orlando, with former President Bill Clinton, timed to make the late-night news broadcasts in the Eastern and Central time zones.

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