Big names in politics pass through Minnesota

Dole and Obama
Left: Former Republican Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., who was the Republican presidential nominee in 1996. Right: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
File photos: Getty Images/Joe Raedle/Chip Somodevilla

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