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Clinton's standing among blacks on the line

Analysts say that the rise of Sen. Barack Obama means Sen. Hillary Clinton can't take black women's vote for granted

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Even in a Harlem church where former President Bill Clinton is revered, his wife and presidential aspirant Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has some work to do with black women once expected to be firmly in her camp.

"Right now, she's my front-runner, but that may change the more I learn about Obama," said Angela Lago, a retired hospital recruiter among the ranks of black women voters looking at Sen. Barack Obama as an alternative among Democratic contenders.

Danese Smalls, who sells jewelry in the historic black New York neighborhood, said she changed her mind after Clinton voted to support the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

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