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O ver the past few years, reality shows on television have become ever more popular. From the bottom of the barrel (Fear Factor, The Real World, Big Brother) to competition shows (American Idol, The Apprentice, Project Runway) to supposedly more honorable or charitable fare (The Biggest Loser, The Big Give, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), reality shows have largely replaced scripted shows on TV because they are easy and cheap to produce while winning sky-high ratings. But reality shows have nothing on the most dramatic reality show of all: this year’s Democratic primary. It almost seems like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were fated to fight each other. It is the ambitious woman versus the eloquent black man, the conniving bitch (as Tina Fey said on SNL, “Bitch is the new black”) versus the wordsmith of meaningless platitudes (what does “Yes we can!” really mean?). However you want to look at it, the two are equally matched and increasingly combative. Hillary has the support of old Democrats, the party faithful, and those still loyal to the Clinton political machine. Obama has the support of young voters, African Americans, and those sick of the Bush-Clinton dynamic that could potentially rule America from 1988 to 2016 – 28 years of just two families. As Obama and Clinton head into the Pennsylvania primary, the campaign is only getting more heated. Pennsylvania is the biggest of the remaining primaries and still weeks away (South Dakota and Montana FIRST CALL MARCH 24, 2008 9
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