Haysbert: Prez role on '24' may have helped Obama (AP)

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Haysbert: Prez role on '24' may have helped Obama (AP)
TV Squad found this 7/2/2008 on news.yahoo.com (flag)
AP - RENO, Nev. (AP) — Dennis Haysbert likes to believe his portrayal as the first African-American U.S. president on Fox's "24" may have helped pave the way for Barack Obama. (link)

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Dennis Haysbert says he paved the way for Obama
Published 7/2/2008 by Allison Waldman at TV Squad
... A lot of people have wondered if Haysbert's brave, commanding President David Palmer influenced the way people are thinking about Obama. Dennis Haysbert has now weighed in, and he believes that his role on 24 made a difference. ...

People Think President Palmer From "24" Is Real
Published 7/2/2008 by Joel Brown at TV with MeeVee
... " fans have a hard time separating reality and fiction - and also remembering what happened on the show. Dennis Haysbert, who played President David Palmer on the show (right), told the AP that fans constantly approach him and urge him to run in the presidential election. This even though his character was assassinated on the show, and Haysbert as been on " ...

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