If Obama wins the Dem caucuses in Iowa, a white state...

Colobo

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Thu Jan-03-08 01:21 AM
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Poll question: If Obama wins the Dem caucuses in Iowa, a white state...

Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 01:26 AM by Katzenkavalier

would your doubts about America electing a black man for president dissappear?

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OHdem10

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Thu Jan-03-08 01:29 AM
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1. How many people who have won the Ia caucuses have gone

on to be the nominee or the President?

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Colobo

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Thu Jan-03-08 01:31 AM
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2. Kerry, Carter, Mondale...

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TwilightZone

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Thu Jan-03-08 01:32 AM
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3. Do not presume that Iowa represents anything other than Iowa.

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sandnsea

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Thu Jan-03-08 01:39 AM
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4. Nobody will tell you the truth

Have you not figured out that everybody just plays political games with these polls.

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Blue-Jay

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Thu Jan-03-08 01:41 AM
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5. Only yours.

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The Traveler

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Thu Jan-03-08 01:50 AM
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6. My hope is that America has grown beyond

the idea of race as a qualifier for the presidency. I think we have ... I really do. But there is a part of me that is uncertain and afraid the answer might be otherwise. Fears of that sort must have no part in the nomination process. Better to face that one straight on.

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dysfunctional press

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Thu Jan-03-08 01:54 AM
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7. the difference between caucussing and voting is pretty big...

and a lot of the people standing and being counted for obama might act differently behind a curtain in a private booth...this IS america, after all.

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Zynx

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Thu Jan-03-08 01:56 AM
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8. No. The states with the most blacks in them are the most racist.

Vermont is more likely to elect a black man statewide than Mississippi.

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monmouth

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Thu Jan-03-08 08:06 AM
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9. Even though I'm a Bidenite, the question of Obama's race (my second choice)

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is sooooo retro 1950. Voters these days, I'm thinking for the most part, don't allow race to even enter the equation. Voters these days are better educated and on the scale of what's important and what's not, race isn't/shouldn't be a factor. I still have Obama's speech that he gave at the last DNC. Awesome, he was a man colorless, that knew how to give a great speech and say something great at the same time...

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cboy4

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Thu Jan-03-08 08:21 AM
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10. There is no way America will elect a black person for

president, because of the fact racism and bigotry is alive and "well" in this country.

(Which is why it's disturbing and ironic Obama got involved with embracing a bigot).

I believe if Obama is the nominee, it will prompt the bigots (who otherwise would not have even voted) to go to the polls to help make sure it won't happen.

Hopefully that wouldn't happen, but I just think there are too many in this country who will vote for anyone against Obama if he's the alternative.

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bryant69

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Thu Jan-03-08 08:22 AM
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11. Which states are black states?

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

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