http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/racewar/ en-us Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:16:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034482/posts A Thursday afternoon meeting between Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus grew tense and emotional for a moment -- perhaps illustrating that weeks after Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., suspended her presidential campaign, some nerves remain frayed. Sources at the meeting said that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, a Clinton supporter, expressed the desire that Obama and his campaign would reach out the millions of women still aggrieved about what happened in the campaign and still disappointed that Clinton lost. Obama then said, "However, I need to make a decision in the next few months... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034482/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024407/posts Former Clinton operative and ABC pseudo-journalist says that Hillary Clinton's campaign is waiting on more to break on Obama and his church, and that that's why Obama left his church yesterday. red state http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024407/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024375/posts With senator Barack Obama poised this week to clinch his party's nomination for President, there are growing fears in some quarters that the Democratic party may not be choosing its strongest candidate to beat Republican John McCain. Senator Hillary Clinton has been making that argument for weeks. Now some recent polls and analysis, looking particularly at vital battleground states and support among white voters, have bolstered her case - even as Obama looks certain to become the nominee. Obama supporters reject this argument and point to his record of boosting Democratic voter turnout, especially among the young. But sceptics in... Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024375/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 14:20:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023951/posts All-night meeting fails to come up with resolution Rules committee searching for plan to count Michigan, Florida delegates Both states' delegations invalidated for violating party rules Members of the Democratic National Committee's rules and bylaws panel convened for more than five hours behind closed doors Friday evening. The meeting ended at 1:30 a.m. ET Saturday -- eight hours before the committee is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the matter. cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023951/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 13:02:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014466/posts From the very beginning, the premise and the promise of Barack Obama’s campaign was that it would transcend race. And last autumn the Obama team also knew this was the only way it could win. The Clinton brand among black voters was so strong, so unbreakable, so resilient a force that even the first credible black candidate for the presidency remained stuck 20-30% behind Hillary Clinton among African-American voters. She was, after all, the wife of the “first black president”, as the author Toni Morrison called Bill. She had almost all the black political establishment behind her. Her husband, from... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014466/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 18:37:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014114/posts The Clintons have never understood how to exit the stage gracefully. Their repertoire has always been deficient in grace and class. So there was Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asserting to USA Today that she was the candidate favored by “hard-working Americans, white Americans,” and that her opponent, Barack Obama, the black candidate, just can’t cut it with that crowd. “There’s a pattern emerging here,” said Mrs. Clinton. There is, indeed. There was a name for it when the Republicans were using that kind of lousy rhetoric to good effect: it was called the Southern strategy, although it was hardly limited to... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014114/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 18:29:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007774/posts Two very bad things have happened to Barack Obama. One is that he has been Jesse Jackson-ized. The other is that he has been Michael Dukakis-ized and John Kerry-ized. Only one bad thing has happened to Hillary Clinton. It was that her husband continued to run his mouth and wag his finger without attention to plain truth. If she'd file for divorce right now, she'd likely gain six points in the polls. The biggest political news last week was not that Hillary beat Obama by 10 points in Pennsylvania. It was two other things. One was that she beat him... The Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007774/posts#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:09:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007614/posts Hillary Clinton is pinning her hopes on the party’s superdelegates to gift her the nomination. But America’s most senior black congressman warns she is playing with fire and could force a split in the DemocratsSarah Baxter in Fayetteville, North Carolina The most senior black congressman in America had a tough warning for Hillary Clinton this weekend as she fought to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from Barack Obama. “We’ll be playing with fire if we interfere with the voters’ choice,” James Clyburn, the party’s chief whip in the House of Representatives, told The Sunday Times. “African-Americans will feel cheated.” Clinton... Times On Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007614/posts#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:48:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006750/posts The third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives and one of the country’s most influential African-American leaders sharply criticized former President Bill Clinton this afternoon for what he called Mr. Clinton’s “bizarre” conduct during the Democratic primary campaign. Representative James E. Clyburn, an undeclared superdelegate from South Carolina who is the Democratic whip in the House, said that “black people are incensed over all of this,” referring to statements that Mr. Clinton had made in the course of the heated race between his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Senator Barack Obama. Mr. Clinton was widely criticized by black leaders... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006750/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:44:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004749/posts <p>CLINTON INTERNALS SHOW 11-POINT LEAD IN PA Mon Apr 21 2008 11:10:14 ET **Exclusive** Controlled excitement is building inside of Clinton's inner circle as closely guarded internal polling shows the former first lady with an 11-point lead in Pennsylvania! Clinton is polling near to nearly 2 to 1 over Obama in many regions of the granite state, a top insider explained to the DRUDGE REPORT. A strong coalition of middle-class and religious voters has all but secured a Clinton victory Tuesday, with headline-making margins, the campaign believes. "It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of how much," a senior campaign source said Monday morning. When pressed if the dramatic internal polling numbers could somehow be flawed in a state as demographically complex as Pennsylvania, and with new voter registration surging to unseen levels, the campaign insider held firm. "Senator Obama would be wise not to unpack his bags quite yet." MORE With less than 24 hours to go until the beginning of the end of primary season voting, Obama has handedly captured Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, but has failed to dominate suburban sprawl, the campaign's polling reveals. An 11-point victory in Pennsylvania for Clinton would expand on margins scored in Ohio. Clinton will quickly move to feverishly focus on Indiana starting Tuesday night, hoping to somehow convince superdelegates that she not only has superior stamina but has crucial swing state appeal. Without superdelegate intervention, Clinton still faces impossible math to nomination. Developing...</p> Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004749/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:35:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004363/posts As the candidates' dueling sound bites ring out with increasing sting, Democrats are growing ever more anxious about how long it's taking to nail down their party's presidential nominee. And among Bay Area Democrats, there is deep concern that the Clinton vs. Obama rhetorical mud wrestling shows no sign of abating. "Obviously, you don't like the personal attacks. I think it will be hot and heavy all the way," to the August convention, predicted San Jose Assemblyman Jim Beall, a Clinton backer attending Friday night's annual Santa Clara County Democratic Party dinner. The exchanges between the candidates grew even sharper... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004363/posts#comment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:15:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004334/posts PITTSBURGH - The Lawrenceville neighborhood, with its car-repair shops and convenience markets giving way to coffee houses and yoga salons, represents both sides of the upscale/downscale electoral coalition that Democrats hope will carry them to the White House in November. But Lawrenceville, like many Democratic precincts, is increasingly divided in its politics along class lines. Last week, while 27-year-old Bronwyn Loughren, co-owner of an art gallery called La Vie, was expressing disgust over Hillary Clinton's hardball political tactics, beautician Jenny Skrinjar, 53, of the Style North Hair Salon was fuming about Barack Obama. "He looks down on people," she said.... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004334/posts#comment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:03:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995848/posts Black Democrats are voting largely along racial lines. With few policy differences between the candidates, Obama won 92 percent of the black vote in Mississippi, 91 percent in Wisconsin, 87 percent in Ohio, 84 percent in Maryland, and 84 percent in Texas. White Democrats are voting significantly less along racial lines, but there are still divisions. There seems to be no chance Clinton can win more black votes against Obama, so her only hope is to encourage more whites to vote along racial lines. No one in the campaign would ever say such a thing — they certainly haven't to... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995848/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 03:03:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995207/posts In an interview with me this morning, senior Hillary adviser Harold Ickes confirmed that Reverend Jeremiah Wright is a key topic in discussions with uncommitted super-delegates over whether Obama is electable in a general election. The comments from Ickes, who is Hillary's chief delegate hunter, are to my knowledge the first on-the-record confirmation from a Hillary adviser that the Wright controversy is a subject in conversations between the Hillary campaign and the super-delegates her advisers are trying to win over to Hillary's side. In the wide-ranging interview, Ickes also: * Said that it was possible that Hillary forces on the... TPM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995207/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:46:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992904/posts In further evidence that the Democratic primary is straining the party, liberal activist organization MoveOn.org is circulating a petition that attacks a group of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) donors, who had “threatened” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for her stance on superdelegates. “This is pretty outrageous: a group of Clinton-supporting big Democratic donors are threatening to stop supporting Democrats in Congress because Nancy Pelosi said that the people, not the superdelegates, should decide the presidential nomination,” said MoveOn, which is backing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), in an e-mail to supporters. A group of deep-pocketed donors had, in a letter... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992904/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:04:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987659/posts It was extremely unlikely that Hillary Clinton was going to overcome Barack Obama's lead in delegates, states and total votes and take the Democratic nomination, but Obama's speech this morning -- graceful, thoughtful, nuanced, sweeping, challenging, unprecedented -- pretty much wiped out any chance at all. It was a speech Hillary could never have given -- really, few U.S. politicians ever could have given. I write this not just because I think this will dampen the Rev. Wright controversy. I write this because Obama did an extraordinary job of presenting himself as the candidate of "the better angels of our... The San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987659/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986449/posts Cannot be posted due to copyright issues: http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803150328 The Newark Advocate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986449/posts#comment Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:35:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984896/posts WASHINGTON — Despite the celebration of Barack Obama's electoral successes as evidence that the nation has moved beyond racial divisions, signs are emerging of a small but unmistakable race-based resistance to his historic White House bid. Beneath Obama's easy win in Mississippi on Tuesday, exit polls show a state polarized along racial lines, with white Democrats there rejecting his candidacy 70 percent to 26 percent, while 9 of 10 blacks voted for him. It's a dramatic reflection of a recurrent pattern most pronounced in the South. Geraldine Ferraro, in 1984 the first woman nominated by a major party for vice... www.ChicagoTribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984896/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:50:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984182/posts ON first watching Hillary Clinton’s recent “It’s 3 a.m.” advertisement, I was left with an uneasy feeling that something was not quite right — something that went beyond my disappointment that she had decided to go negative. Repeated watching of the ad on YouTube increased my unease. I realized that I had only too often in my study of America’s racial history seen images much like these, and the sentiments to which they allude. I am not referring to the fact that the ad is unoriginal; as several others have noted, it mimics a similar ad made for Walter Mondale... The NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984182/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:18:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980569/posts Read all about it at the link, details to follow.... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980569/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 06:02:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977509/posts JANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A day after lecturing her presidential rival for not rejecting a controversial minister's support, Hillary Rodham Clinton declined Wednesday to reject one of her Texas backers who commented on Barack Obama's race. During a series of satellite television interviews, Clinton was questioned by Dallas station KTVT about comments by Adelfa Callejo, a local activist who supports Clinton candidacy. The interviewer quoted Callejo as saying "Obama's problem is he happens to be black" and asked Clinton to respond. "Well obviously I want all of us judged on our merits," Clinton said. "I believe strongly that the fact... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977509/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:50:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976583/posts A message posted January 20, 2008 on the Islamist forum Al-Hesbah (hosted by NOC4Hosts Inc. in Florida, USA), by a member calling himself Al-Jawfi, suggests stirring up racial tension between African-Americans and whites in the U.S. by spreading inflammatory materials on the Internet. In the discussion thread, other members proposed posting racist materials against African-Americans (such as insulting jokes and pictures) on sites frequented by African-Americans, in order to arouse anger and bitterness in their community. Another suggestion was to post, on white supremacist sites, materials that present African-Americans as a threat to American society. The following are excerpts from... MEMRI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976583/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:36:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975500/posts NEW ORLEANS -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledged Saturday night that her husband may have offended some African Americans with his comments last month about Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy, but she said that Bill Clinton's record on race relations and "his heart" attest to his good intentions. Clinton was asked about her husband's comments by broadcaster Tavis Smiley at the annual "State of the Black Union" conference, which drew thousands to the Morial Convention Center. "If anyone was offended by anything that was said, whether it was meant or not, whether it was misinterpreted or not, then obviously I regret... Washington (com)Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975500/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:29:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975227/posts NEW ORLEANS - Hillary Rodham Clinton strongly defended her husband's record on civil rights Saturday at a forum in which she acknowledged "painful moments" in a presidential contest pitting the first woman candidate against a pioneering black contender. At the annual State of the Black Union conference hosted by PBS's Tavis Smiley, Clinton pushed back hard on the notion that Bill Clinton had inflamed racial tensions while campaigning for her in the run-up to South Carolina's primary last month. The former president — once so popular among black voters he was dubbed the first black president by novelist Toni Morrison... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975227/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:27:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974645/posts White Americans are both genetically weaker and less diverse than their black compatriots, a Cornell University-led study finds. Researchers analyzed the genetic makeup of 20 Americans of European ancestry and 15 African-Americans. The Europeans showed much less variation among 10,000 tested genes than did the Africans, which was expected, but also that Europeans had many more possibly harmful mutations than did African, which was not. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974645/posts#comment Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:13:54 GMT