The Clinton Vote And The Racist Tipping Point
Last night's primary results demonstrate again that the issue underlined by the Clinton campaign is not race but racism. "White working class" does not mean racist-- not in Oregon or Vermont or Iowa.
Last night's primary results demonstrate again that the issue underlined by the Clinton campaign is not race but racism. "White working class" does not mean racist-- not in Oregon or Vermont or Iowa.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home
In the VIP line at the rally were those who had caucused for Edwards, Kucinich, Richardson, Biden and Dodd. There were Iowans for all the Democratic candidates. Except one. And there were no Republicans.
Amanda Becker | Posted 05.28.2008 | Home
There is little diversity in Kentucky but the voting won't just be about race. "We're not progressives. The party machine is Clinton and she's speaking to traditional Democratic concerns."
Reny Monk | Posted 05.17.2008 | Home
"I voted for Jesse Helms and was proud to do it. I voted for Fared Ali... and he's as Black as any man I ever seen... It comes down to if they're gonna do the right thing for the country."
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
USA Today notices that Sen. Hillary Clinton has begun referring explicitly to her appeal among white voters while on the campaign trail: Hillary Rodh...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.12.2008 | Media
NBC Nightly News was live tonight from Memphis, Tennessee, starting off with anchor Brian Williams standing before the Lorraine Motel where Martin Lut...
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Clinton, speaking at Philadelphia City Hall, began by preempting questions about Obama's speech: "I did not have a chance to see or to read yet Sen. ...
NY Times | Orlando Patterson | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
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 -- someth...
America Blog | John Ararvosis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Via America Blog: I went and got the original footage from the Clinton ad, and then compared it to 3 different video clips of the same debate from 3 ...
Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
As a controversy over racially charged politics threatened to spin out of control and supporters of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Oba...
John K. Wilson | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home