Obama says race not an issue in U.S. election

Reuters ^ | 4/27/08 | David Wiessler

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WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - Barack Obama, struggling to win over white Democratic voters as he seeks to become the first black U.S. president, said in a Sunday television interview that race would not be a factor in November's election.

"Is race still a factor in our society? Yes. I don't think anybody would deny that," Obama said on "Fox News Sunday."

"Is that going to be the determining factor in a general election? No, because I'm absolutely confident that the American people -- what they're looking for is somebody who can solve their problems," the Illinois senator said in an interview taped on Saturday.

Obama and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, a New York senator, were focusing on Indiana, which along with North Carolina will be the next big tests on May 6 toward picking a presidential nominee to face Republican John McCain in November.

Obama is leading Clinton in the popular vote, states won and committed delegates to the party's nominating convention in August, but her recent victories in Pennsylvania and Ohio have raised questions about his ability to win white voters.

In Pennsylvania, Clinton won white union households and white Catholics -- two key Democratic blocs -- by about 70 percent to Obama's 30 percent. About one in seven Pennsylvania voters said race was an issue and that group voted overwhelmingly against Obama.

Obama said he had won many of those same voters in other states and after a Democratic nominee was decided, those voters would back the party's candidate against McCain.

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We’re proles with broken souls /s

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what they're looking for is somebody who can solve their problems

This is exactly why liberals should be seen only in zoos and never let out of their cages.

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I just heard the news: Obama is running as an independent and has given up on the Democrat party. This must be the case, because 1/2 of the Democrat’s policy is based on race as the other 1/2 is based on feminism.

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... the American people -- what they're looking for is somebody who can solve their problems," the Illinois senator said in an interview taped on Saturday.

Oprah? Dr Phil? I don't think so. They want someone to protect them from the Islamic Hordes. And Barack, that ain't you.

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"The American people -- what they're looking for is somebody who can solve their problems..."

That problem-solving somebody should be Barack himself. He could do us all a favor--- and quit right now.