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Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama's historic run heads south

Did his victory in Iowa and strong showing in New Hampshire really "put to rest the notion that a black candidate can't win in America"?
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Wednesday, January 23, 2008 09:30 PM

    Another omission by Walter

    After getting the chronology of the debate wrong, Walter omits to mention that Sen. Obama ran against Alan Keyes, another African American, in his 2004 Senate race. So the question of whether ``white'' people would vote for African-Americans was rather moot and I am perplexed by what Michele meant about that race.

    —Anonymous

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