Clinton strategists believe racial fallout has tagged Obama as "the black candidate" [View All]

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4207846, Clinton strategists believe racial fallout has tagged Obama as "the black candidate"
Posted by jackson_dem on Sat Jan-26-08 02:35 AM

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A new McClatchy/MSNBC poll holds warning signs for Obama. He leads Hillary Rodham Clinton in South Carolina, but his support among white Democrats fell in one week from 20 percent to a mere 10 percent after race became more of an issue in the campaign.

Blacks comprise large portions of the Democratic electorate in Deep South states, and they could help Obama win a handful of primaries, including South Carolina's. Indeed, after the results are in Saturday night, he's heading to Macon, Ga., and then on to Alabama on Sunday for campaigning.

But the more Obama is seen through a racial lens, the more it might hamper him in other, bigger states, especially those where voters might be unaccustomed or unwilling to support black candidates.

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Her strategists deny any effort to stir the racial debate, but they say they believe the fallout has had the effect of marking Obama as "the black candidate," something he has worked to avoid.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/ap_on_el_pr/obama_race