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...Al Gore would be proud...
...director of the University of Maryland's African American Leadership Center, says, "You can't send young volunteers into the hollows of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida with BlackBerries, reaching out to black voters, and expect them to do the same kind of job. If people knew Jesse [Jackson] or Al [Sharpton] was coming, thousands would come out and do what they needed to do - show up on Election Day." Walters contends that blacks could account for as much as 20% of the Democratic vote nationally, up from 15% in 2004. "For [Obama's advisers] to hold the black civic culture...
...Although the Rev. Al Sharpton has vigorously campaigned in North Carolina and Pennsylvania in recent weeks to motivate black voters, Sharpton says his efforts are "independent." In an interview with TIME last week, Sharpton said, "I'm doing it because I think it's right, because we're looking for Obama to be a crusader for social justice." But at the same time, Sharpton said, "You've got to use people that can draw a crowd. Otherwise, you're making this race a lot closer than it needs to be. You're not maximizing the enthusiasm of some of your...
...Obama is unlikely to sigh irritably as Al Gore did in 2000, or get tongue-tied like George W. Bush in 2004, or seem peevish as Bob Dole did in 1996, or gaze impatiently at his watch, as George H.W. Bush did in 1992. Indeed, judging from past debates, it is McCain who has more flashes of churlishness or over-aggressiveness when attempting to corner or humble his opponent...
...stock market is tanking again; a global recession looms; and intelligence services report that al-Qaeda is stronger and more determined to strike than ever. But Wednesday found the leaders of France with a more important crisis to confront: the excruciating insult of hearing France's national anthem lustily jeered by the crowd at the opening of a France-Tunisia friendly match in Paris the previous night...