Word: sharptons
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...DONE A RADIO AD SUPPORTING AL SHARPTON FOR PRESIDENT. IS THERE ANY GREATER LOST CAUSE THAN THAT? I don't know that he expects to win. But he's an articulate spokesman, and he's bringing out issues other candidates aren't. We should be hearing from him. If you ask me what candidate I would support more than anybody else, it's probably John Edwards...
Former Vermont Governor and onetime Democratic frontrunner Howard B. Dean was polling in fifth place in South Carolina at press time, trailing behind the Rev. Al Sharpton and Clark...
Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree, an adviser to Sharpton, said the candidate’s third-place showing was proof that Sharpton “has to be taken seriously...
...Sharpton] continues raising issues that matter to a broad segment of the community that feels disenfranchised,” Ogletree said...
Compared with Edwards, Kerry looks like a tourist in South Carolina and still has minimal staff on the ground. His military pedigree may appeal to black voters, but his more remote style may be a liability. Not surprisingly, Al Sharpton has had one of the strongest presences in South Carolina, handing out Thanksgiving dinner to homeless people in Charleston and bringing congregations to their feet across the state. But as the black vote becomes less uniform, a boutique black candidate suffers. "A lot of blacks in South Carolina want the same thing as people in Iowa," says David Bositis...