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Quetzal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 05:21 AM
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Chicago Tribune: Beyond race ... or not (Obama)
Chicago Tribune: Beyond race ... or not

Barack Obama's spectacular victory in Illinois' Democratic primary election for U.S. senator did not simply write a new chapter in state politics--it rewrote the book.

For nearly half a century, race and ethnicity have been defining issues in city and state elections--most pointedly in the city of Chicago, but a factor virtually everywhere.

The magnitude of Obama's win, sweeping predominantly white wards, townships and counties with long histories of anti-black voting patterns, suggests that race may no longer be a major obstacle for black candidates seeking high office--nor may an unusual name prove electorally fatal, as it once did.

Obama, 42, a state senator and law professor whose father was a black Kenyan and mother a white Kansan swept to victory with more than 52 percent of the vote in a field of seven contestants. That group included several eminently well-qualified candidates as well as a multimillionaire vanity candidate who pumped more than 30 million of his own dollars into his failed effort.

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http://www.obamaforillinois.com/artman/publish/article_282.shtml
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:15 PM
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1. Obama has really impressed me
and I think he'd instantly become one of the top five speakers in the Senate. He's a very good debater that I've seen, as well.
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