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Good Article
I would just add that, while there still may be some residual prejudice against black candidates qua black candidates, Obama's probably no less electable than Hillary, who isn't black, obviously, but has higher negatives and a gender problem. I think that if she's the nominee, Republican turnout will be a lot higher (even though they may not be terribly inspired by whoever their candidate ends up being) just because most Republicans dislike her so much. Either one, however, would probably win. Independent voters and even many Democrats, for reasons that I don't quite understand, like McCain a lot, but I think that would change when the Democrats run the inevitable attack ad quoting his remarks about us staying in Iraq for a hundred years.