Hillary Clinton Race

Clinton: Obama Not Winning Over "Hard-Working Americans, White Americans"

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...

NYT Op-Ed: 3AM Ad Sends Racist Message

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...

Clinton Backer Ferraro: Obama Is Lucky He's Black

Daily Kos | Markos Moulitsas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


More classiness, from one of Clinton's top surrogates, Geraldine Ferraro. If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he w...

Obama Skin Tone Darker In Clinton Ad?

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 ...

Black Clinton Supporters Face Down "Uncle Tom" Smears

Politico | Josephine Hearn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


African-American superdelegates said Thursday that they'll stand up against threats, intimidation and "Uncle Tom" smears rather than switch their supp...

Clinton Rejects Supporter's Comments About Obama's Race

Dallas Morning News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Hillary Rodham Clinton rejected comments Wednesday from one of her supporters, Dallas Hispanic leader Adelfa Callejo, who said that black politicians...

Hillary Endorsed By Harlem Minister

NY Times' The Caucus | C.J. Hughes | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On the eve of Martin Luther King Day, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton snagged an endorsement Sunday from Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, the influential pasto...

Novak: Clintons Using Term "Vetted" As Racial Code

Real Clear Politics | Robert Novak | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


With Barack Obama nipping at her heels in Iowa, Hillary Clinton went on the state's public television Dec. 14 to say: "I've been vetted. ... There are...

Hillary Recycled Old NAACP Endorsement On MLK Day

The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) recycled a nine-month-old endorsement from an NAACP leader earlier this week when the discussion ab...

Martin Luther King's Son Calls Clinton's Comments A Mistake

Boston Globe | David Abel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Martin Luther King III, in Boston for an announcement that the city will build a statue to honor his parents, said yesterday that Senator Hillary Clin...

Race War Truce? Think Again

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...

Clinton's Martin Luther King Remark Continues To Haunt Campaign

New York Times | Adam Nagourney and Patrick Healy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


RENO, Nev. -- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday accused Senator Barack Obama's campaign of distorting her remarks to suggest that she had cas...