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A Black President Will Boost Brand USA

Electing Obama will replace America's battered image with one of equality

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 23, 2008 9:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – Skin color is no reason to vote for anybody, Nick Kristof writes in the New York Times, but there's no denying that electing a black president would give America's image abroad a much-needed boost—"redefining the American 'brand' to be less about Guantánamo... Read full story »

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