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On the recordOctober 5, 2008
Look, if I lose this election, it's because my ideas, I didn't do good enough job putting my ideas across, not because I'm black.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama addresses concerns about racial bias affecting his election chances.

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