# Barack Obama - future President?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 4, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-future-president/272917 "2004-11-04T04:08:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-future-president/272917/49 "2004-11-05T07:28:20Z")

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> [@roger thornhill](#):
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> Does Barack Obama, newly elected Senator for Illinois, represent the future for the Democratic Party? Charismatic and a brilliant public speaker, could he succeed where Gore and Kerry failed in firing the imagination of swing voters in the States?

Is America ready to elect a black man? Man, that would be great.

But I’m not holding my breath.

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