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Mary McNamara: Ignore Marianne Williamson at your peril

Thank the goddess Marianne Williamson is running for president. Because if Kamala Harris brought the fire to Thursday night's Democratic debate, Williamson provided the zen, swooping in like a sage-wielding shaman to defuse the tensely earnest Tracy Flick-ness of it all.

The 66-year-old bestselling author of a dozen spirituality-based self-help guides, a longtime Oprah friend and Gwyneth Paltrow inspiration, promised to be the evening's wild card, and - despite the very best efforts of the moderators, who took almost 30 minutes to ask Williamson a question - she did not disappoint.

Though born in Houston,

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