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Robin Abacarian: Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail, and this time it's personal

They used to call Bill Clinton the Big Dog, because wherever he went, people paid attention. His growl always drew a crowd.

Well, while President Donald Trump was napping this week, the Sleek Dog got off the porch.

Finally.

Former President Barack Obama had always planned to model his post-presidential life after the leads of other ex-presidents, like George W. Bush, who paints, or Jimmy Carter, who builds houses for poor people.

He was, he said the other day,

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