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The former US president’s centrism lacks substance but his enduring political capital has given rank outsiders the chance to spark radical political change• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereA blue wave has surged in the United States. It has been a week since the Democrats hammered the Republicans and regained majorities in the House and the Senate, and the credit for that is, shall we say, a matter of debate.Success has many fathers. One of them is Barack Obama, the first to break the kind of barriers a new generation of Democrats has overcome. This week, I follow what can and cannot be traced to the man who still holds a unique position in the liberal political imaginary, almost a decade after leaving the White House. Continue reading...

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