President Obama’s address to the Congressional Black Caucus’ annual dinner on Saturday was striking. First, there was Obama’s tone; the cadence – “a bit ‘a help,” instead of “a bit of help” – was reminiscent of a black Southern preacher, and candidate Obama of 2008. Second, he invoked a familiar Biblical theme by reminding the crowd – politicians, business leaders – that just five years ago, the idea of a junior black Senator from Illinois running for the presidency was not only “crazy,” but required an unexplainable faith in the unseen.
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