<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=us-ascii> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Part of Obama's success is owed to the fact that the leader in the demo polls,</DIV> <DIV>Blair Hull had his candidacy sunk due to public scandal.  (Which subsequently</DIV> <DIV>occurred with his republican challenger, Jack Ryan)  Obama was also</DIV> <DIV>unwilling to engage in much negative campaigning during the primary which</DIV> <DIV>featured 7 candidates in all.  He waited until relatively late in the campaign</DIV> <DIV>to push his message and visibility after the public had grown weary of the</DIV> <DIV>other candidates gnawing on each other's skulls.  Very smart.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It's also interesting to add that Obama had as much if not more trouble</DIV> <DIV>securing the support of urban black machine political leaders than in</DIV> <DIV>attracting white voters.  Chicago Sun Times reporter, Laura Washington</DIV> <DIV>wrote, "Is Barack black enough?"  Being well-acquainted with Chicago politics,</DIV> <DIV>machine resistance to endorse a candidacy should be viewed as a hopeful</DIV> <DIV>sign.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Greg Boozell</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:gboozell@juno.com">gboozell@juno.com</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:25:53 -0700 (PDT) andie nachgeborenen <<A href="mailto:andie_nachgeborenen@yahoo.com">andie_nachgeborenen@yahoo.com</A>> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV>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. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>