Dems race for black vote

Steve Hildebrand is the political pro who gave Barack Obama the Iowa caucuses, who turned him into a potential Hillary beater by winning the first round in the fight to be the 2008 Democrat candidate for the White House.

The victory made the prospect of a first black president real, offering American voters a vision of salvation from generations of racial shame. Which is quite something from a man with a goatee beard we have never heard of. So who is he?

Hildebrand is officially number two on the letterhead, Obama's deputy campaign manager. He is one of a triumvirate running a campaign with roots deep in the Democrat party machine. The other two, manager David Plouffe and political consultant David Axelrod, are partners in