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Monday, July 02, 2007

What is the relationship between Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Al Sharpton, Lenora Fulani and the independent movement?

These days political “truths” have been turned upside down, in no small part due to independents increased capacity to swing elections. The Neo-Independent magazine’s executive editor Jacqueline Salit weaves together a brilliantly insightful picture of the key players and the strategic choices before them.

Barack Obama: The Real Deal or Just Another Democrat
by Jacqueline Salit

“Barack Obama has good practical arguments for connecting with – even legitimizing – independent voters and the independent movement. But there is also a friction that is not easily overlooked. Independents do not like partisan politics. Obama must persuade them that he is more interested in doing good for the country than he is in empowering the Democratic Party, that he is not just another Democrat but the ‘real deal.’ This is a difficult challenge in a political world where there is no such thing as a ‘real deal’ because everything and everyone in the public square have been molded to maximize the chances of winning.”

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