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Obama's Candidacy is a Test

by Michael Barone

"They're going to try to make you afraid of me," Barack Obama told the audience at a Jacksonville fundraiser last month. "He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?" Obama was doing here by inference what many of his supporters do more explicitly. Obama's candidacy, in their view, puts American voters to the test: Are they open-minded enough to vote for a black candidate? Or are they still so overcome by racial prejudice as to rej ...

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Posted by: liz
Comment: #1
Sat Jul 5, 2008 3:20 PM

Good article. Clinton and Bush, alone and together, have convinced me we need a strong, mature President governing this country. I would have voted for Colin Powell, and still would today. He is a loyal and faithful servant of this country with maturity, strength, grace, diplomacy and the military knowledge to lead our troops and our country. I like Obama, I believe he will someday make a fine President, I'm not sure his time is now. However, if he should choose Colin Powell as his VP, and Colin should accept, well now we've got a dream team. If for one moment the dream team's race should matter and affect how people vote, then God help us all.

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