My friend and colleague Joshua Green recently dug up a trove of Hillary Clinton campaign e-mails that portray a candidate in crisis. Well, I've been pretty busy myself this week, and, with the help of the Atlantic's Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, I've discovered a series of secret e-mails from inside Obama headquarters that portray a campaign in crisis as well. Here is a small sample:

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