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To: tejek who wrote (525939)	11/4/2009 1:19:28 PM
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LACK OF DIVERSITY "On Sunday I went to the Prudential Center in Newark to hear President Obama make the case for Gov. Jon Corzine's re-election here in New Jersey," Melissa Harris-Lacewell writes at www.thenation.com. "Already a strong supporter of Gov. Corzine I wasn't going to be convinced. And I wasn't particularly excited about standing in a long line, on a chilly afternoon to listen to two men I've heard speak dozens of times. But I was determined to go. One year ago I'd been in Newark to hear candidate Obama make his closing arguments, and I wanted to check out what an Obama rally looks like one year later," Ms. Harris-Lacewell said. "Some elements of the atmosphere were familiar: insanely long lines, intense police presence, surprisingly jovial mood despite the chill. One thing was noticeably and distressingly different: The crowd waiting to see President Obama in Newark on Sunday was much less diverse than the crowd that greeted him in the waning days of the 2008 election. By my estimation the supporters in Newark [Sunday] were not exclusively, but certainly predominately, African-American. "The event mirrors recent trends in the polls. Presidential job-approval polls by Gallup have tracked two consistent trends in President Obama's ratings: overall decline and a widening racial gap between black and white Americans."