President Obama looks to Rev. Al Sharpton for help in 2012 reelection bid

President Obama looks to Rev. Al Sharpton for help in 2012 reelection bid: "President Obama is making his second visit to the city in as many weeks - and is calling upon an unlikely ally to shore up the support of his political base.

Obama will be speaking Wednesday for the first time as commander in chief at the annual convention of the National Action Network and standing with its founder, the Rev. Al Sharpton - whom the President largely ignored before his 2008 election."

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