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Sweet blog special: Obama, on Tavis Smiley on the black vote

By  Lynn Sweet
   
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DES MOINES, IA.–Obama, talking about the black vote on the Tavis Smiley show. LINK

(hat tip, Ben Smith at Politico.)

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