Reply #25: Mr Harnden doesn't know African-Americans well.

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"It is significant because key black politicians hold considerable influence over ordinary black voters."

Actually, Americans in the Black community are notorious for voting against the endorsements of Black politicians and activists. While this may be the most reliable voting bloc for the Democratic Party, African-Americans vote highly independant within the party primaries.

A few weeks back the Chicago Sun-Times included an editorial citing some statistics on this, but I did not both to save the link. Sorry.

This is just another case of poliphiles getting all excited about something that means nothing. And a chance to shout, "in your face," to our primary opponents for those of us currently supporting Obama.

Though my support is waning. Of all the Democrats in Cook Co to join his debate preparation team, why does it have to be Forest "cut taxes, smaller gov't, fewer services, privatize!" Claypool? And Obama should stop ducking the media on the Rezko situation. If you didn't do anything wrong, tell the truth and end this story now. If you did ... just refusing to talk to reporters about it is not the answer. That makes you look both guilty and too stupid to cover it up. First qualification for the Presidency is being good at coverups.

Am I becoming too cynical?