USA Today's Page: Candidate can't win state Obama carried because he's... African-American

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USA Today's Page: Candidate can't win state Obama carried because he's... African-American

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USA Today's Page: Candidate can't win state Obama carried because he's... African-American
April 20, 2010 4:23 pm ET by Karl Frisch

File this one under half-baked political analysis.

USA Today's Susan Page rattles off a number of reasons she thinks Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) is a "weak" U.S. Senate candidate in Florida including the fact that he's... an African-American.

From the April 19, 2010 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews:

He's an African-American. We know it's hard -- although not impossible -- for African-Americans to win statewide.

Nope, it's not impossible. In fact, it happened in the most recent Florida statewide election when Barack Obama carried the state in the presidential contest.

Incidently, according to a Miami Herald article from earlier this month, Meek is "the first U.S. Senate candidate in state history to qualify for the ballot by petition" submitting a few thousand more than the required 112,476 valid signatures. A sign of weakness to be sure.

We know it's hard -- although not impossible -- for reporters to offer thoughtful political analysis on cable television.

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Tue Apr-20-10 07:22 PM
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1. Florida's got race problems, but it ain't no Utah or Georgia

He can win this state if Obama can.

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Apr-20-10 07:26 PM
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2. Esp. with Obama's help...

.... and I'd imagine he'll get it.

But then again, the way he's been moving lately, he may not need it.

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Ter

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Wed Apr-21-10 01:50 PM
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7. I agree

But would Obama win Florida is he were running in 2010? The state appears to have made an unfortunate turn to the right in just two years.

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NJmaverick

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Tue Apr-20-10 08:09 PM
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3. K&R

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Cha

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Tue Apr-20-10 08:12 PM
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4. That's what people like who have a vision for the future..

that "they can't do it". It makes them work even harder to show that "Yes We Can".

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WI_DEM

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Wed Apr-21-10 10:12 AM
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5. I believe a Quinnipiac Poll just last week showed Meek only four-points down in a 2-man race

Edited on Wed Apr-21-10 10:13 AM by WI_DEM

in FL against Rubio. Besides Susan Page, when I've seen her on TV, has never impressed me.

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Bullet1987

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Wed Apr-21-10 11:49 AM
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6. Don't blow her analysis out of proportion

Edited on Wed Apr-21-10 11:50 AM by Bullet1987

The reaction of some to the election of Barack Obama shows that race is still a major hurdle for aspiring Black politicians. I don't think that makes him a "weak" candidate as much as what it says about Florida if you can't run because you're too dark. But the same could be said about many states in America. So it's a national problem as well.

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