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draft_mario_cuomo

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Tue Jun-26-07 04:10 PM
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20. How many millions of dollars did he lose by race-baiting?

Edited on Tue Jun-26-07 04:10 PM by draft_mario_cuomo

The calculation, as it always is in instances of race-baiting, is the candidates' gains among the general population will offset the loss among the targeted group. That backfired since this did substantial damage to the Obama brand and his talk--and that is just what it is, talk--about a "new kind of politics." Indian-Americans who were on the fence or pro-Obama shifted in droves to HRC and Obama gained nothing among the general population. In fact, the gains he made during 4 months of campaigning seem to have been erased by memogate and his ties to Rezko.

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