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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Thursday, March 18, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Obama carries high hopes of blacks
The Chicago Tribune
Erudite, studious and perhaps most comfortable when he is buried in an E.L. Doctorow novel or a Miles Davis recording, Barack Obama is not the kind of man who actively craves mass public adoration. But that is exactly what began happening Wednesday following a big win in the Democratic primary, which gives Obama a good shot at becoming the only African-American in the U.S. Senate. It also creates a dilemma of sorts for Obama. If he wins, he will instantly be catapulted into the top ranks of black leaders in the nation, setting expectations that may be difficult for a freshman senator to meet.
Obama's ascension to political star is being watched nationally, in large part, because of the symbolism of his candidacy and what it means to black Americans. And with such status comes the heavy burden of becoming a prominent spokesman for a race, with all the grandiose expectations accompanying that. The same expectations were thrust upon Illinois' Carol Moseley Braun when Illinois voters in 1992 made her the first African-American woman elected to the Senate. |
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