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Sharpton has been challenging Obama's credentials in the black community and saying that Obama is the darling of white leadership, according to Democratic sources.
Sharpton told CBS News that he is withholding his endorsement until after his National Action Network summit next month. Meanwhile, he's playing hard to get between the Obama and Hillary Clinton camps, even declining to return calls from Obama's campaign.
Now, it is fair to ask, what is Sharpton really up to? What is his real objection to Obama? That Obama has white supporters? That Obama has become the first serious black presidential candidate in U.S. history? That he lacks the civil rights bona fides that Sharpton claims for himself?
Or is the real problem that Obama's biracial appeal has trumped Sharpton's race card?
For the past few decades, black votes have been promised and delivered by brokers like Sharpton.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/al_sharptons_faux_magic.html
