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Black Politics, the 2008 Election, and the (Im)Possibility of Race Transcendence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Valeria Sinclair-Chapman  and
Melanye Price
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman
Affiliation:
University of Rochester
Melanye Price
Affiliation:
Wesleyan University
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When Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he was well on his way to claiming the open U.S. Senate seat once held by the only other black Democratic senator since Reconstruction, Carol Moseley-Braun. Although mostly unknown, the self-professed “skinny guy with the funny name,” made a lasting impression. Secure in his own Senate race, Obama, a rising political star, spent much of the fall traveling the country as a surrogate for Democratic candidates.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 739 - 745
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2008

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