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Obama, Clinton and identity politics
Posted by Sandyenglish
According to the American media, the emergence of African-American man and a woman as leading presidential candidates represents a social advance for masses of people-despite the fact that Obama was carefully groomed by wealthy corporate interests, while Hillary Clinton owes her political prominence to her marriage to the former president.
Are evangelicals abandoning their political agenda?
Posted by jakebouma
...In other words, the non-abortion and non-gay-rights issues have now become the elephant in the room for evangelicals. So what to do?
Paint Virginia Blue? Obama’s Trying.
Posted by Jeff from Newsweek
He could've picked Ohio. Or Florida. Or any one of the dozen or so traditional swing states that have decided American presidential elections since the dawn of time (or at least 1992). But for his first official stop on the trail to November, newly minted Democratic nominee Barack Obama visited a place last week that hasn't voted for a dreaded Democrat since the slightly more Southern Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas triumphed there in 1964. The special state? Virginia.
Clinton backs Obama and bows out
Posted by Jeff from BBC News
Black lawmakers emotional about Obama s success
Posted by theangryindian from Politico
Rep. John Lewis D-Ga. was about to enter his Capitol Hill office on Wednesday afternoon when a tourist from Miami rushed up to him. "I was watching Barack last night, and I just kept thinking, 'What would Dr. King think?'" the tourist, Larry Ellery, told Lewis expectantly.
Obama Bans DNC from Taking Lobbyists' Money : NPR
Posted by theangryindian from NPR
Morning Edition, June 6, 2008 · Presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama, exerting his new power as leader of his party, has told the Democratic National Committee to eschew all contributions from Washington lobbyists and political action committees.
Wall Street backs Obama
Posted by SoxFirst
Despite concerns about higher taxes, Wall Street is backing Obama. Securities firms think they are on a winner
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