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The -- first black president decided not to show up in person to the NAACP convention today sending.

His number two instead White House correspondent Wendell Goler on the vice president's attempt to fill -- shoes.

A day after Mitt Romney was booed by the nation's largest civil rights -- Joseph Biden was preaching to the choir.

I'm a lifetime member then double NAACP David for sixteen years the chairman -- ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee -- familiar with the group's leaders -- the -- they're concerned with.

The House of Representatives Republicans voted affirmatively.

To prevent the Justice Department from even investigating.

Whether or not there was voter suppression and he drew cheers for the president on the issue Mitt Romney was pulling for -- -- Affordable Care Act a -- strive for quite presidents starting with Teddy Roosevelt.

It required him early on they used up almost all of his political capital.

Mr.

Obama himself -- video to the conference and was criticized for not attending in person still not by the NAACP is leadership they reverend William Owens was critical -- And I think the president -- in the serious mistake by taking the black vote for granted and I think the NAACP in favor of serious mistake.

I -- pandering to the president.

The White House shrugged off the president's not attendance at the scheduling issue he had no public events the -- make clear his public schedule is not a measure of his workload.

He provides a video.

As a matter of routine events that he doesn't intend mr.

Obama's support among black voters is more than 90% but his support among the particular group -- Men without a college education.

Is the lowest of any Democrat and more than thirty years just 28%.

In a Washington Post ABC news poll compared to 65%.

In support Romney.

Polls suggest the contest is a tossup right now among independents.

Which means black voter turnout could be key in battleground states like North Carolina and Virginia this is on this day Biden seem determined to make sure black voters don't stay home for lack of enthusiasm.

This time.

Double ACP to do -- it's always done what it did for me -- young kid Wilmington Delaware -- inspire a generation to stand up.

Make our case stand our ground.

The president's back to doing his own campaigning tomorrow in Virginia -- 2008 win there the first for a Democrat in 44 years.

But the state has since elected a Republican governor and legislature press.

When the -- a -- in the north lawn Wendell thank you we're gonna follow up tonight on way.

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