A World Series We Can Believe In?

—By Kevin Drum

| Wed Oct. 29, 2008 9:48 PM PDT

A WORLD SERIES WE CAN BELIEVE IN?....A friend points out that the last time the Phillies won the Series was October 1980, ushering in the election of Ronald Reagan and a long era of conservative ascendency. Tonight the Phillies won again. Another sign of a new era in politics? Maybe!

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