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nationaljournal.com - 8/27/2008
National Journal Online - Bloggers Poll
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National Journal has invited top bloggers to join in its survey of insiders for the Democratic and Republican conventions. Roll over a section of pie to see comments from our participants. Q: Who is Obama most like -- John F. Kennedy, Jackie Robinson, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter or Colin Powell? Left of Center : Tom Oriel of 2008 Democratic Convention Watch , John Aravosis of AMERICAblog , ...

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Patterico's Pontifications:  Another Poll

Outside The Beltway | OTB:  Obama as Jackie Robinson

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Another Poll
Patterico's Pontifications — The latest National Journal blogger poll: “Who is Obama most like — John F. Kennedy, Jackie Robinson, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter or Colin Powell?” Answers here. My quote isn’t there, but you can easily guess what I said.

Obama as Jackie Robinson
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... George H.W. Bush in 1992, Al Gore in 2000, and John Kerry in 2004.  Or any seriously contested presidential primary, of either party, in my memory.  Being “out of touch” with “regular Americans” is a political liability.   Caring about “people like me” is good.  Being elite is fine.  Being elitist, not so much. Getting back to Serwer’s quote, it marks the second time in recent days I’ve seen the Jackie Robinson comparison trotted out.  A National Journal poll over the weekend, the results of which were released today, asked, “Who is Obama most like — John F. Kennedy, Jackie ...

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