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To: Cogito who wrote (46937)	1/27/2008 8:29:16 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542872

Allen, Obviously, people know that Obama is black. Until three or four weeks ago, his race was not a big issue because his message and personal appeal transcends racial lines. Have the Cintons undermined that perception? Should we be encouraged or discouraged that the South Carolina exit polls show him getting 24% of the white vote? Should I have placed the word "only" in front of 24%? While every poll that I have seen indicates that U.S. voters would have no problem electing a black president (as opposed to a Mormon), the Clintons have not gotten, or chose to ignore, that message. They want to label Obama as a candidate representing a relatively narrow base. Bubba: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson January 26, 2008 8:18 PM Said Bill Clinton today in Columbia, SC: "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88. Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here." This was in response to a question about it taking "two people to beat" Obama. Jackson had not been mentioned. Boy, I can't understand why anyone would think the Clintons are running a race-baiting campaign to paint Obama as "the black candidate." -- jpt blogs.abcnews.com