Afterward, several audience members said in interviews that they admired and respected Mrs. Clinton but were not especially moved by her comments. A couple of them said that the pace of were delivery was too quick, without pauses or artful cadences, to build much excitement. Others said they were troubled by the specter of race in the Democratic contest, though they added that they were not entirely clear on what Mrs. Clinton had said last week about Dr. King.
As for the key question – which one of their own to support in the New York primary on Feb. 5, the hometown Mrs. Clinton or the African-American Mr. Obama? – several people said they were undecided but leaning toward Mr. Obama.
“My older relatives all like Hillary – I’m in my 50s – and all of my younger relatives love Obama,” said Joyce Tabb, of East New York, who worships at one of the co-sponsors of the event, St. Paul Community Baptist Church.
“Hillary is very good – she’s a Christian woman, she’s been to my church – but Obama is so fresh and brilliant,” Ms. Tabb added. “We’ve got a woman and a black man. It’s hard. But I’ll probably go with Obama. He’s the one who gets me really excited.”
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