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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (7897)	12/20/2003 10:09:34 PM
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GOP Building Army Of Cheaters To Rig The Vote

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (7897)	12/21/2003 12:55:24 AM
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Young to campaign with Clark in S.C. ajc.com By MATTHEW C. QUINN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 12/19/03 Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young plans to campaign with Wesley Clark in South Carolina on Sunday, but refused Thursday to say the joint appearances will constitute an endorsement of the retired general's presidential campaign. "An endorsement is telling other people what to do and I don't like to do that," Young said in a telephone interview. "I don't think I ever made an endorsement." Young, an ordained minister and onetime lieutenant to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said he would appear with Clark at two African-American churches, where he expects to speak from the pulpit. He also plans to appear with Clark at South Carolina Democratic Party headquarters, where Clark is expected to present qualifying petitions to appear on the ballot in the state's Feb. 3 primary, the first in the South. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who has endorsed Clark, is expected to join the two. Young said the purpose of the trip is to "get to know" Clark. "You can call it what you want," he said. Asked whether he would appear with any other presidential candidates in South Carolina, Young said, "Probably not. But I might in Georgia or Texas. I don't know." But Meighan Stone, a spokeswoman for Clark's South Carolina campaign, said the campaign is "excited" about Young's appearance. She declined to say whether Clark expects Young's endorsement. Young, 71, is among the nation's best-known African-American leaders. He was elected in 1972 as Georgia's first black member of Congress since Reconstruction, was a key backer of Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign and served as Carter's U.N. ambassador. He later served twice as Atlanta's mayor. His appearance with Clark is part of a scramble by the presidential candidates to line up support from black leaders before the South Carolina primary, when African-Americans are expected to account for half the electorate. Word of Young's plans leaked last week just as Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri picked up South Carolina's most highly sought endorsement from U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn, the state's senior black politician. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois has endorsed former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and appeared with Dean earlier this month at an African-American church in Columbia. Jackson's father, a South Carolina native and two-time presidential candidate, has declined to endorse any candidate, although he has praised Dean. And last week, Dean showcased an endorsement from Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. But it's not clear whether endorsements will translate into votes. "I don't think endorsements mean much," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who doesn't have many but leads among black South Carolina voters in the polls. "That's overblown by people who don't understand the African-American community." Endorsements are also not forever. State Rep. Brenda Lee of Spartanburg, an influential African-American lawmaker, endorsed Dean early in the campaign, but on Saturday announced her support for Gephardt. "I made the decision after the Dean people didn't see fit to return my phone calls," she said. "I figured they didn't need my support anymore." Lee said she could not assess the impact of Young's support for Clark -- should he offer it. "It's not Jim Clyburn's endorsement. That's for sure," she said.