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Posted on 07/07/2003 12:27:50 PM PDT by amused
This is from the middle of the column.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Dean
Is the Democratic Party dividing along racial lines? Last week we analyzed a pair of competing poll results that suggested it may be: the MoveOn "primary," which Howard Dean won handily, and a Gallup poll, which showed Joe Lieberman in the lead and Al Sharpton in a fourth-place tie overall and leading the pack among black Democrats. It seems Sharpton noticed the same Gallup poll. On CNN's "Late Edition" yesterday, he cited it in expressing his frustration over all the attention Dean is getting after the latter's recent fund-raising success:
Sharpton: The basis of being taken seriously in a democracy ought to be the response of the people. I'm not a poll believer, but your own poll is the exact opposite of the fund-raising. I remember last quarter John Edwards was ahead, and it was all the hoopla about that. Now it's something else.
Judy Woodruff: No, I understand what you're saying. I'm not sure which poll you're referring to, but I know that at this point . . .
Sharpton: Your CNN-USA Today poll by Gallup that you released last week.
Woodruff: All right. And I'm aware that a lot of that is national name recognition, and you are certainly well known, Reverend Sharpton.
We surmised last week that Dean's supporters probably included very few blacks....(excerpt continues)
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Not only that, but the DU types who back Dean seem to hate blacks.
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