Here's a snippet from yesterday's Cincinnati Enquirer (a serious newspaper having nothing to do with the National Enquirer). It was about a fundraiser that Obama had in Cincinnati a couple days ago.

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Harold Brooks, a long-time Republican Party activist from Westwood, said he came to the breakfast because he plans to help organize a 'Black Republicans for Obama' organization in Ohio.

"My party may not like it, but I support Sen. Obama," Brooks said. "He’s the best candidate I’ve seen."

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Which reminds me of the night a few years ago that Bill Simon won the republican nomination in the CA governor race. Since I was working for Bill's investment firm, I was at the victory party. Bill introduced me to a black man, who said, "I am chairman of the California Black Republicans for Bill Simon Committee. There are four of us."

Well, it was funny at the time.