ATLANTA (AP) – Civil rights icon Andrew Young says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is too young and lacks the support network to ascend to the White House. In a media interview posted online, Young also quipped that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has her husband behind her, and that “Bill is every bit as black as Barack.” “He’s probably gone with more black women than Barack,” Young said of former President Clinton
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Political Night Train 
Unfortunately this is what the Obama campaign has to deal with in some corners of the so called black leadership… http://www.enewsreference.com
Recent non-public polling data indicates that the traditional black leaders, those still pining for the old civil rights days, are no longer relevant with voters. Have you noticed that none of the Democratic front runners has pandered to the traditional black civil rights leaders?
I think the Democratic front runners are pandering in the background…Obama was up in NY having lunch with Al Sharpton and there is communications with Jesse Jackson considering the fact that JR is an advisor. I think the the generational divide within the Afro American community is interesting. We’re on the brink of something great here.
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