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Thursday, February 12, 2004
Should Sharpton continue to run?
Continued from page 1A
“South Carolina ought to
he a wake-up call because
that’s the biggest. This was
the first southern state he’s
faced. This was probably the
best chance he’s had to pick
up any delegates. He should
pull out,” says Ron Walters,
University of Maryland
political science professor
and adviser to Jesse Jackson
during his two presidential
runs.
Things improved slightly
for Sharpton last Saturday.
In Michigan, he tied for
fourth-place with Wesley
Clark, with 7 percent of the
vote. Kerry won the caucus
with 52 percent, following by
Howard Dean with 17 per
cent and John Edwards at
14 percent. Dermis Kucinich
came in last-place with 3
percent of the Democratic
vote. As expected, Sharpton
did not pick up any delegates
over the weekend in
Washington state or Maine.
Stni, Sharpton was predict
ing that he’d remain in the
campaign to the end and go
into the convention with 300
to 400 delegates, an
extremely optimistic projec
tion, given his performance
so far.
Walters said Sharpton
should stay in the race only
under certain circum
stances.
“There is an ‘unless’ ques
tion,” he explains. Sharpton
should quit unless he can
start winning significant
black votes.
“I would try to make it a
gigantic effort to go to the
black leadership and say to
them: ‘Look, I’m running
this so that we can have
some influence over this
party, particularly at the
convention,”’ Walters says.
“‘So, now, if you are able to
back me with courage in the
remaining primaries and
black people would vote for
me on the strength of a clear
strategy that we have, then
I’m going to stay in the race.
But, if I don’t get any more
support because it looks like
I’m not going to pick up any
more delegates without your
support, then I’m going to
get out.”
Sharpton did not respond
to repeated requests for com
ment left for him over a
week. However, in a speech
Sunday at a Richmond, Va.
church, Sharpton said, “... I
am not going to drop out. I’m
going to go all the way
because we cannot be disre
spected or marginalized.”
Donna Brazile, campaign
manager for former vice
president Al Gore in the
2000 presidential race, says
Sharpton needs the support
of more than black leaders if
he is to remain credible.
“I think Al Sharpton has to
take his campaign directly to
the black community,” she
said. “But here’s what Al
Sharpton is bumping up
against. He’s bumping up
against a black community
that would like to see some
one who can beat Bush.
They know that Sharpton
cannot beat Bush.”
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42
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