There was never any doubt that race would be a huge factor in filling Obama's vacant Illinois senate seat. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich proved that when he dumped veteran Democratic Party war horse Roland Burris into the seat. But Obama virtually guaranteed that race would be an issue, a big issue, in determining who got the seat. And in a weird backdoor way, so did the state's Republicans.
Obama, of course, ran against the hapless, political laughingstock Alan Keyes for the...
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