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12:49 PM, Aug 1, 2008 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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"Nobody reported it as a racial comment," says Obama chief strategist David Axelrod of his candidate's "dollar bill" remarks. "The only time this became an issue was when Rick Davis and their campaign decided to kick it up and make make it a racial issue."

Hat tip: Ben Smith

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