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NEWSWEEK: Media Lead Sheet/September 1, 2008 Issue (on newsstands Monday, August 25, 2008).
Date:8/24/2008

ign sees a mother lode of votes: a biographical 'narrative' to show he understands the economic fears and cultural cues of white middle-class voters in swing states."

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"So What If He Were Muslim?" (p. 37). Contributing Editor Ellis Cose writes that this election was not supposed to be a journey into the terrain of religious fears and prejudice. "But because many Americans think Obama is not what he actually is, it has become that." Cose adds that pollsters found that some 45 percent of voters were wary of Muslim candidates. "For Obama, that is a potential problem-particularly in a race that shows ever more signs of being extremely close." Cose also argues that there should be room for an intelligent discussion of religious bigotry and whether religion actually makes a difference in how one governs. "At some point, these are issues thoughtful people will need to face head-on-rather than cede the ground to propagandists who traffic in intolerance, and who, deprived of the ability to make racial slurs with impunity, simply shift their focus to religion."

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"What Will the Neighbors Think?" (p. 44). Special Correspondent Jacob Weisberg explores what an Obama loss would mean for the United States. "Many have discoursed on what an Obama victory could mean for America. We would finally be able to see our legacy of slavery, segregation and racism in the rearview mirror. Our kids would grow up thinking of prejudice as a nonfactor in their lives," he writes. However, "if Obama loses, our children will grow up thinking of equal opportunity as a myth. His defeat would say that when handed a perfect opportunity to put the worst part of our history behind us, we chose not to. In this event, the world's judgment will be severe and inescapable: the United States had its
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