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Black Rift Widens Over Obama
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| News Date | Monday, February 5, 2007 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By: Ben Smith
February 5, 2007 09:17 AM EST
A key supporter of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama urged united African-American support for his presidential bid, questioning whether black Democrats still "owe" Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton their support, according to several people who attended a meeting of black Democratic politicians.
The comments by Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr., which he confirmed Saturday, angered Clinton backers and deepened a sharp rift among African-American political activists.
"How long are you going to owe politicians for past favors?" Jones asked in a speech Friday to more than 100 members of the Democratic National Committee's black caucus and other political operatives gathered at the Washington Hilton for the winter meeting of the DNC, according to people who were there.
Jones, a veteran black legislator, implored the black officials and operatives not to act like "crabs in a barrel" the attendees said, and drag down a successful member of their community. |
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