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Sharpton Questions Obama's Staying Power, Touts Edwards

Everyone's buzzing about Al Sharpton's comments to the Associated Press suggesting he may run for President again, but there's actually some far more interesting news buried in the interview: Sharpton questioned the staying power of fellow African American Barack Obama as a Presidential candidate. What's more, Sharpton added that Obama wasn't the candidate who most impressed him right now.

Asked by the Associated Press about Obama, Sharpton replied as follows:

"Right now we're hearing a lot of media razzle dazzle," Sharpton said. "I'm not hearing a lot of meat, or a lot of content. I think when the meat hits the fire, we'll find out if it's just fat or if there's some real meat there."

Sharpton said the candidate who impressed him most so far was former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who has made poverty the central issue of his campaign.

As for whether he'll run for President, Sharpton said: "I don't hear any reason not to. If we're talking about the urban agenda, can you tell me anybody else in the field who's representing that right now?"


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Rev. Al's analogies are making my hungry. Time for lunch.

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RUN AL RUN!

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Why? Sounds like Al's jealous that he is about to lose his unearned platform.

He is alway all about Al Sharpton, not the African-American community or the Democratic party, so I wouldn't be surprised if he got in to try to pull some votes from Obama, but if he does so, he'll be a miserable failure at it once again. They should exclude Sharpton, Kucinich, and the other non-viable candidates using a run as a platform exclusively for personal self-promotion, from the debates.

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