Nation: Wooing the Black Vote

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At last week's Republican National Committee meeting, the delegates resoundingly defeated the bid by a black woman, Dr. Gloria Toote, a supporter of Ronald Reagan, for the party's co-chairmanship. The 118-to-37 result primarily reflected incumbent Mary Crisp's first-rate performance, not racial division. Still, before the vote, one G.O.P. leader explained his preference for Crisp by noting: "We're getting Jesse Jackson tomorrow. That's enough."

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