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Politics : DEMOCRATIC NIGHTMARE - 2008 CANDIDATES
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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (538)5/14/2007 6:04:50 PM
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TETERBORO, N.J. (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Monday he won't take the black vote for granted, especially since rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former President Clinton, have established strong ties with the community.

''I expect to have to earn it,'' said Obama, who also accepted the endorsements of two mayors. ''I think that the African-American community is sophisticated, like any group of voters, and they're going to make up their minds based on whether they think I have the leadership capacity and the agenda that's going to make their lives better.''

Obama acknowledged strong competition in a crowded Democratic primary season in New Jersey and in other states. Sen. Clinton is the front-runner in the race, leading Obama in popularity polls.

Obama received the backing Monday of Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy.

The Newark mayor said over the weekend that he also would be part of Obama's campaign leadership in New Jersey. Booker has been linked with Obama as part of a new generation of black leaders.

''It's time that we have a national leader that's going to raise us around our highest common ideals and remind us that we have more in common as a people than we do that divides us,'' Booker said Saturday.

Several other high-ranking Democrats in New Jersey have already announced their support for presidential candidates. Senate President Richard J. Codey is supporting former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, while Gov. Jon S. Corzine has endorsed Hillary Clinton.
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