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  • Will Obama have to be better because he's black?

    01/26/2009 4:53:13 PM PST · by ransomnote · 44 replies · 880+ views
    CNN ^ | By John Blake
    "...According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll, 53 percent of blacks say the American public will hold Obama to a higher standard than past presidents because he is black. Most whites -- 61 percent -- say Obama's race will not matter in how he will be judged."
  • Reid floats Democrats' 2006 slogan ('America Can Do Better')

    10/20/2005 2:38:30 PM PDT · by Crackingham · 51 replies · 1,259+ views
    Las Vegas Sun ^ | 10/20/5 | Benjamin Grove
    It doesn't have the cachet of Ronald Reagan's "It's Morning in America," and probably will never go down in the history books next to "A chicken in every pot" as one of the more memorable campaign slogans. But if Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has anything to say about it, the phrase "America Can Do Better" will become a familiar part of the Democratic message in next year's elections. The Nevada Democrat has been routinely dropping the slogan into speeches and interviews, and his communications staff has used it liberally in press releases, even slapping it into the subject lines...