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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:28 AM
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Now this is change--from today's Washington Post article on the South Carolina primary
Edited on Sun Jan-27-08 10:28 AM by flpoljunkie
Most significantly, Obama virtually swept the African American vote despite rejecting typical tactics deployed in the South; aides said they hadn't paid "street money" to local leaders and community organizers to get people to the polls. Obama campaign officials had bragged about bucking this long-entrenched system, but they weren't certain until Saturday whether it would work.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/26/AR2008012601018_3.html?hpid=topnews
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:32 AM
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1.  edit
Edited on Sun Jan-27-08 10:36 AM by Viva_La_Revolution
edit: nevermind... link is to page 3 of the article... :blush:
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:53 AM
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2. no special speaking arrangements at black churches? I doubt we will ever know
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RoveRage Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:55 AM
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3. Did Bill sing at any black churches? I know he did that often before the campaign started.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:47 PM
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5. Everyone tried to get into as many churches as possible - I didn't track the detail
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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 11:40 AM
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4. Donna Brazile made particular note of this today on THIS WEEK.
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