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Why Jan Brewer's disrespect will motivate black voters for Obama

By Sam Fulwood III

5:40 PM on 02/02/2012

OPINION - With a waggle of her right index finger last Wednesday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer erased the question of whether black voters will be enthusiastic about going to the polls in support of President Obama...
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Obama campaign launches African-American voter outreach program

By theGrio

11:17 AM on 02/01/2012

VIDEO - The Obama campaign Wednesday officially launched 'African-Americans for Obama', their program to get blacks to turn out in the November elections...
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Newt Gingrich confronted by black New Hampshire resident for 'food stamps' remark

By theGrio

6:43 AM on 01/09/2012

At a recent town hall event, Gingrich said that if invited, he would love to speak at the annual NAACP convention 'about why the African-American community should demand pay checks and not be satisfied with food stamps'...
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Ron Paul: Past racial writings raise questions about Iowa frontrunner

By Gordon Jackson

8:00 AM on 12/22/2011

theGRIO REPORT - With Ron Paul's sudden rise in the polls comes increased scrutiny about past allegations of ambiguous and offensive views about black Americans that have been considered both borderline and outright racist by his critics...
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Could South Carolina voter ID law cause black voter disenfranchisement?

By Mara Schiavocampo

6:00 PM on 12/08/2011

THE BIG ISSUE - NBC News reporter Mara Schiavocampo explores the pros and cons of voting reform in the Palmetto State and around the country, and discovers that finding a "valid ID" can be harder than you think...
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O'Reilly: Will Obama's black outreach include 'Soul Train' cameo?

By theGrio

12:57 PM on 12/07/2011

President Obama is launching a new outreach program to African-American voters, a strategy that temporarily left Bill O'Reilly asking questions on his program today...
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White House makes its case to black voters

By theGrio

11:16 AM on 12/05/2011

POLITICO - The White House and President Barack Obama's reelection team have cranked up their outreach to black voters...
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Black voters give Obama advantage in Virginia

By theGrio

10:46 AM on 11/17/2011

With Obama's approval rating now in the low- to mid-40s, there's a school of thought that battleground states like Virginia could be an uphill climb in his reelection bid in 2012...
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Poll: Black Americans more optimistic, enthused about 2012

By Chika Oduah

5:58 PM on 11/07/2011

theGRIO REPORT - A newly released NBC News/Wall Street Journal/theGrio.com poll finds that 49 percent of African-Americans feel the country is headed in the right direction, versus 38 percent who say the country is on the wrong track...
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Buchanan: Blacks 'bought propaganda' on 'liberal plantation'

By Tamy Cozier

1:53 PM on 09/30/2011

VIDEO - When Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain controversially touted that black voters are brainwashed and not open to considering a conservative point of view, he found an ally in Pat Buchanan...
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Herman Cain: I'll win a third of the black vote

By theGrio

12:19 PM on 09/27/2011

POLITICO - Herman Cain predicts on Fox News he could win a third of the black vote in an upcoming presidential election...
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Poll: Obama slips with black voters

By theGrio

11:04 AM on 09/23/2011

Politico - The drop in support among black voters mirrors the declining support for Obama among all groups...
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Is black America satisfied with Barack Obama?

By Camilo Smith

6:16 PM on 09/15/2011

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama has struggled to meet the expectations of some in the black community, which is wading in high unemployment and poverty...
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Barack Obama's African-American charm offensive

By Joy-Ann Reid

3:06 PM on 09/14/2011

OPINION - Because the administration rarely communicates its outreach or the president's sentiments about African-Americans in public, they are often unknown, even to most black Americans...
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Poll: Obama's black base is staying put

By theGrio

1:01 PM on 09/14/2011

MSNBC - Despite apparent outrage at the president at one of the CBC's town halls in Detroit, 92 percent of black respondents said they approved of Obama's job with 5 percent disapproving...
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Will blacks who backed Obama in '08 stay home in 2012?

By Jay Scott Smith

10:45 AM on 09/07/2011

theGRIO REPORT - The biggest problem the president is facing is not whether people will switch sides. It's whether people will turnout for him again...
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African-Americans strongly support Obama re-election bid

By News One

5:02 PM on 08/11/2011

NEWS ONE - According to a new BlackPlanet/NewsOne poll, 88 percent of African-Americans said President Barack Obama should be reelected while 12 percent said he shouldn't...
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Gingrich: Obama so bad, blacks will vote Republican

By theGrio

9:44 AM on 06/24/2011

Newt Gingrich told a GOP banquet that President Barack Obama is so bad that he's made it possible for the Republicans to win over the African American vote in 2012...
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Obama's big bet on blacks is key to 2012 victory

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:37 AM on 04/19/2011

OPINION - The black vote is still Obama's prime trump card. And they can't just vote for him as the Democratic presidential standard bearer...
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Can Obama reach common ground without selling out black base?

By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

8:53 AM on 11/04/2010

OPINION - How does the president work with this new crop of conservatives whose ire has been focused as much on race and ethnicity as pubic policy?...
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