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Obama's General Election Plan: Sign Up Voters

Barack's massive registration drive could 'change the math'

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 2, 2008 2:34 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama's general-election strategy is to rejigger the electorate in his favor by signing up massive numbers of new voters—mainly young and African-American voters. Suspicious Dems point out that a similar effort failed John Kerry in 2004, but, reports Politico, there's legitimate reason to... Read full story »

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