1.0 link 86312 <![CDATA[The Ongoing Evolution Of Obama's "Post-Racial Politics"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-chang/the-ongoing-evolution-of-_b_86312.html Obama and his staff's internal wrangling over the place of race in the campaign. They show Obama's evolving sense of what it means to be a "post-racial" candidate.

Thompson begins with an early strategy meeting, in which Obama lays out his philosophy in five words:

Halfway into the session, Broderick Johnson, a Washington lawyer and informal adviser to Mr. Obama, spoke up. "What about race?" he asked.

Mr. Obama's dismissal was swift and unequivocal.

He had been able...

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