I apologize for posting Obama stories back-to-back, but for all of the objectors that don't believe America will elect a Black man, here's what the other people think. If White people think Obama is a viable candidate, I wonder why so many Black people cannot accept a Black man on the ticket for President. Is that racism?
More Blacks Lean Toward Obama
Shift in Allegiance From Clinton Could Tighten Primaries in South
By JONATHAN KAUFMAN and VALERIE BAUERLEIN December 14, 2007; Page A5
Barack Obama's rising poll numbers among white voters in Iowa and New Hampshire are having an unexpected ripple effect: Some black voters are switching their allegiance from Hillary Clinton and lining up behind him too. That could mean a further tightening of the Democratic presidential race, especially in southern states where blacks make up as many as half of Democratic primary voters.
Barack Obama's rising poll numbers among white voters in Iowa and New Hampshire are having an unexpected ripple effect: Some black voters are switching their allegiance from Hillary Clinton and lining up behind him too. That could mean a further tightening of the Democratic presidential race, especially in southern states where blacks make up as many as half of Democratic primary voters.
...The black vote is likely to be crucial in the cascade of primaries that follow Iowa and New Hampshire next year. Blacks make up almost half of Democratic primary voters in South Carolina and Georgia, one third in Virginia and a quarter in Tennessee. They also make up a fifth of primary voters in New York and 15% in Delaware and Ohio.Read the full story here
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