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Obama echoes JFK's Camelot romance

A debonair 40-something Senator, with a toothy smile and a lofty turn of phrase.

A made-for-television First Family. A fashion-forward First Lady. Generational change at a time of national self-doubt. No wonder the chatter in Washington is of a Black Camelot, with Barack Obama cast as Jack Kennedy, and his wife, Michelle, playing Jackie.

Stepping before the press for the first time as President-elect, with his heavily pregnant wife looking on, JFK joked that he looked forward to a new administration and a new baby.

Barack Obama, of course, produced a similarly memorable flourish by promising his girls a new puppy...
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