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"  Talk about change. Earlier this year, Manhattanite Samantha Fennell thoroughly embraced 2008&amp;#039;s election buzzword, leaving her post as ELLE&amp;#039;s associate publisher to become a full-time volunteer fundraiser for Barack Obama. &amp;quot;I was incredibly inspired by his character, his heart, and his ability to bring people together in a way that none of his recent predecessors have,&amp;quot; says Fennell, who is chronicling the experience on her ELLE.com blog, The Obamaphile. &amp;quot;I decided to put all my energy into helping him get elected.&amp;quot;  Thanks to a sensibility she describes as &amp;quot;urban sophistication with a bohemian alter ego,&amp;quot; Fennell came prepared with the perfect wardrobe for planning events and meeting with potential donors: womanly, unfettered looks by YSL, Calvin Klein, and Dolce &amp;amp;amp; Gabbana, plus a few fearless accessories. For fall, it&amp;#039;s Prada&amp;#039;s curve-carving black peplum belt. &amp;quot;Off the body, it doesn&amp;#039;t look like much,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;But it instantly changes the look of anything you wear it with.&amp;quot; If only electoral politics could be so easily resolved.  For more info on getting involved, visit  barackobama.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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