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					Originally Posted by  flippyshark
					 
				 
				It will be impossible to know if this is a factor until the event is over.  For what it's worth, I'm not voting for Alan Keyes, and I feel no white liberal guilt for that fact whatsoever. 
			
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 And I believe most people are like you.  And like me.  It's about policy, not about race. 
As far as Powell goes, though, Powell has said that having a black President would be "electrifying".  That may not be his overwhelming motivation, but it is apparent that it comes into play a bit because of that statement.