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Influential Blacks Eye Fresh Opportunities

Obama backers stand to gain status in wake of historic victory

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2008 9:58 AM CST

(Newser) – A circle of black power brokers who helped Barack Obama in his rise to the White House are ready to see their influence grow under his administration, Wall Street Journal reports. The close-knit group of fundraisers, execs, and Harvard grads believe their presidential connections will... Read full story »

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