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Poll: [IL Sen] Obama most likely to become president of U.S.
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Media | Newspaper - Rockford Register Star |
News Date | Saturday, November 26, 2005 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | National Journal reported the Illinois Senator was picked by 45 percent of Democrats who responded.
Published: November 25, 2005
WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama, already portrayed by the Washington media as the Senate equivalent of a rock star, has wowed his Democratic colleagues as well.
National Journal, a respected Washington weekly magazine covering politics and government, asked 101 members of Congress and 137 lobbyists, former government officials and other political insiders which politician has the greatest potential to become president in 20 years.
The answer: the 44-year-old freshman senator from Illinois.
Of the 89 Democrats who responded, 45 percent picked Obama, the Senate’s only black member, National Journal reported in its Nov. 11 edition. The second choice was “don’t know,” at 13 percent.
Some sample anonymous comments from poll respondents: “He’s a laser in a room of lamps,” and “He has the charisma and steady leadership qualities to make it to the White House.”
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs brushed off the poll results. |
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