Black Members of Congress to Aid Kerry

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3848585,00.html

Thursday March 11, 2004 3:01 PM


By MIKE GLOVER

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Black members of Congress expect to confer regularly with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and help him plan campaign strategy and involve minorities in his effort to unseat President Bush, an official of the Congressional Black Caucus said Thursday.

Kerry met privately for 45 minutes with caucus members as he spent the day on Capitol Hill shoring up his support among congressional Democrats. Following meetings with other members of the House and his colleagues in the Senate, the presumptive nominee to challenge Bush in November was to meet with former rival John Edwards.

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., the first vice chairman of the caucus, said after the meeting with Kerry that caucus members were encouraged ``this will be an ongoing relationship. ... It is clear we are all about the business of building America.''

Kerry posed for photos with black leaders but ignored questions from reporters regarding Republican criticism of his comments Wednesday describing GOP critics as ``the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.'' A GOP official has called on Kerry to apologize for a statement ``unbecoming of a candidate for the presidency.''

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[Cooley Hurd]

1. This is good...

...kinda negates the charge from the Andrew Young National Center for Social Change that Kerry was out of line with his "2nd Black President" comment, doesn't it?

[NashVegas]

2. Dupe

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