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http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20121104/lead/lead1.html<snip>
The clue to whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will win the presidential battle come Tuesday may rest with the holder of the 100-metre sprint title.
American writer Edward McClelland recently did the checks and noted that in every year an American has won the Olympics 100 metres men's gold medal, a Republican has won that fall's presidential race.
In every year a runner born in the Caribbean has won, a Democrat has become president.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt is now the undisputed champion of the sprints and his victory in 2008 coincided with Obama's victory.
This matrix seems not to have been lost on the US president, as two months ago he warned supporters that the race to re-election was not similar to a Bolt contest.
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DUers calm your nerves - 100m winner might hold clue to US presidency - Bolt to the finish!! (Original Post)
malaise
Nov 2012
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HipChick
(25,485 posts)1. Jamaica like most countries are rooting for Obama
No-one seems to like that other Dude..
malaise
(269,054 posts)2. You Betcha
HipChick
(25,485 posts)5. As I was grabbing my flight back to States this week
A woman grabbed me, and said they are all praying for President Obama...even though they can't vote...brought a smile to my face..
malaise
(269,054 posts)3. By the way this is the lead story on the front page of the Gleaner today
and the background is light blue
Viking12
(6,012 posts)4. what happened when a drug assisted Jamaican-Canadian won?
malaise
(269,054 posts)6. GHW Bush won
but if you're disqualified you didn't win - you passed the tape first.