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Wilder on Obama




Appropriately, Doug Wilder believes in the Wilder Effect, as Bloomberg reports:

``Let's not kid ourselves again, the issue of race will not disappear; but I don't think it will predominate,'' the former Virginia governor said in an interview at his office in Richmond, where he is now mayor. At the same time, he said, even if Obama is the nominee and heads into the fall with an apparent lead, the election ``will be closer than any polls will suggest.''



 


Josh Goodman

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