[lbo-talk] Barack Obama

[Greg Boozell]

Part of Obama's success is owed to the fact that the leader in the demo
polls,
Blair Hull had his candidacy sunk due to public scandal.  (Which
subsequently
occurred with his republican challenger, Jack Ryan)  Obama was also
unwilling to engage in much negative campaigning during the primary which
featured 7 candidates in all.  He waited until relatively late in the
campaign
to push his message and visibility after the public had grown weary of
the
other candidates gnawing on each other's skulls.  Very smart.

It's also interesting to add that Obama had as much if not more trouble
securing the support of urban black machine political leaders than in
attracting white voters.  Chicago Sun Times reporter, Laura Washington
wrote, "Is Barack black enough?"  Being well-acquainted with Chicago
politics,
machine resistance to endorse a candidacy should be viewed as a hopeful
sign.

Greg Boozell
gboozell at juno.com

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:25:53 -0700 (PDT) andie nachgeborenen
<andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> writes:
He's awesome, I can't recall when I could say that about a Democrat,
including Wellstone. His politics are solidly progressive. He's black and
has an African name and he somehow connects with conservative white
voters in downstate Illinois. 
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