> [WS:] Social proximity and the size of the niche. The
> chances of Clinton or Dukakis competing with the
> figures in the narrow niche of radical black identity
> politics are next to nil. This cannot be said about
> Obama - he can be plausibly seen as a radical (of a
> sort) black identity activist, and thus he represents
> competition if not a threat to the figures already
> occupying that niche. That explains the opposition to
> his candidacy coming from those quarters.
You're saying Obama is messing with Glen Ford's stealth candidacy?
-- Andy