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Poll: Most White Voters Comfortable With Black President

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

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The WashPost/ABC poll finds nearly 90 percent of whites would be comfortable with a black president, with about two-thirds being "entirely comfortable."

Approval is much lower for someone entering the White House at 72.

*all times Eastern

- 9:30 am
- President Obama receives presidential daily briefing
- 9:50 am
- President Obama receives economic daily briefing
- 10:30 am
- President Obama meets with senior advisers
- 12:45 pm
- President Obama attends a roundtable with health care providers
- 1:05 pm
- President Obama delivers statement to the press on health care reform
- 1:30 pm
- President Obama meets with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Latter-Day Saints President Monson
- 2:00 pm
- President Obama meets with Apollo 11 Crew and NASA Administrator Bolden
- 3:00 pm
- President Obama will participate in a credentialing ceremony for foreign ambassadors