Obama Conquers the New New South
 The Real Network
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The spark for the civil rights movement happened 48 years ago in Greensboro, North Carolina. The state has voted red since 1976 - and it was red until mid-September. Pepe Escobar, reporting from Greensboro and financial center Charlotte, tells how Senator Barack Obama's campaign has energized voters from a broad spectrum, including blacks, female voters and independents, suburban and exurban, to the point that the state is now turning blue.
The Republican Party "Southern Strategy" is not working anymore. This is the new New South, 16 years after Bill Clinton; Obama - a liberal black senator from Chicago - is on the road to carry other southern states, from Virginia to Florida.
Pepe Escobar, born in Brazil is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for The Real News Network. He's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, based in London, Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, and Bangkok. Since the late 1990s, he has specialized in covering the arc from the Middle East to Central Asia, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has made frequent visits to Iran and is the author of Globalistan and also Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge both published by Nimble Books in 2007. |
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