Presidential Race

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Obama and the Taliban

Mark Levine | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Obama Europe, Bush, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Nato, Presidential Race, Obama, Taliban, Europe, Iraq, War on Terror, Foreign Policy, Politics News

While sharing a similar ideology, al-Qa'eda and the Taliban are fundamentally distinct entities. It would behoove Sen. Obama, and his Republican counterpart, to explain exactly who the "Taliban" are they plan to fight.

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Obama Should Implore Bill to Campaign for Him

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Kerry, Independents, Conservatives, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Heartland States, Bill Clinton, Southern States, Military Preparedness, Al Gore, War on Terrorism, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Politics News

Though Obama has kept his distance from Bill, he hasn't distanced himself from his winning strategy.

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Midwest Auto Workers Look To Obama For Change

Dan Treul | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

"GM won't change anything until they have every operation overseas," says Danny. "This started back in the 1980s with Reagan... We know we're not going to get any help from McCain."

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Forget Apologizing to Obama, Jackson Should Apologize to Blacks for His N Word Hypocrisy

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stereotypes, Fox Networ, Barack Obama, Black Leaders, Civil Rights, Presidential Race, N Word, Jesse Jackson, Racial, African-Americans, Bigotry, Barack Obama Jesse Jackson, Michael Richards, Politics News

Jackson should immediately apologize to blacks for not only trashing them, but also apologize for his hypocrisy. But that's not all.

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Can McKinney Really Hurt Obama?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney, Georgia Congresswoman, Presidential Race, Progressives, Democrats, Green Party, Black Voters, Politics News

At first glance there's no reason to think that she can: she's not Ralph Nader, whose credentials as a consumer crusader were impeccable. But that doesn't mean McKinney can't toss a curve at Obama.

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Give Clark a Star

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Military, Presidential Race, Military, John McCain 2008, 2008 Presidential Race, General Wesley Clark, Wesley Clark, Wesley Clark McCain, Commander-in-Chief, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News

After spending time with Clark, it became clear to me that he isn't a politician -- he's a straight shooter. We need people like him who speak the truth, without beating around the bush, if you get my drift.

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Denver Singer's Black National Anthem Switcheroo Was a Risky Act for Obama, and Black Americans

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Patriotism, Star Spangled Banner, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Black National Antheme, Rose Marie, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Racism, George Bush, Democrats, African-Americans, John McCain, Republicans, Home News

Heaven only knows what black Denver singer Rose Marie was thinking when she stood at the microphone and belted out the lyrics of the black national ...

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TV Ad Wars: Changing McCain v. Working Obama

William Bradley | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Energy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, George W. Bush, Oil, TV Advertising, John McCain, Global Warming, Politics, Media, Media News

While insiders obsess over the constant back-and-forth on cable news and in the blogosphere, the campaigns seek to drive longer range messages for the non-insiders who will decide the election.

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Open Letter to the Presidential Candidates

Paul C. Light | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Politics, Presidential Race, John McCain, Ethics Reform, Regulatory Reform, Mccain, Obama, Presidential Election, Barack Obama, President, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News

Dear Senators McCain and Obama, I am writing to seek your support for a bipartisan effort to restore the federal government's ability to faithfully execute the laws.

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The Media Is Already Demonizing Obama as Being Different

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Fox News, Presidential Race, Barack Obama Race, Rick Sanchez, Cnn, Barack Obama, Terrorist Fist Jab, Michelle Obama Baby Mama, Father's Day, Obama Father's Day, Politics News

Fox News, in an obvious and crass way, has already established one of its approaches to attacking Obama: It will try to scare people by implying that Obama is "different."

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Historians See Little Chance For McCain Victory

Politico | DAVID PAUL KUHN | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Historians Mccain's Chances, History, Mccain's General Election Chances, Mccain Battles History, Historians, Barack Obama, 2008, Presidential Race, 2008 Elections, John McCain, Politics News

One week into the general election, the polls show a dead heat. But many presidential scholars doubt that John McCain stands much of a chance, if any....

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McCain Spends $1M Campaigning Without Rival In Mich.

Dan Treul | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Michigan Primary, Barack Obama, Mccain, Presidential Race, Tracking Polls, Campaign Finance, Political Ads, Obama, Vote 08, Michigan, John McCain, Political Polls, Home News

McCain has been managing to lose a race against no one in the critical general election state, despite spending more than $500,000 per week since the end of May on TV ads there.

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Call to Action: Who Will Speak for Obama?

Michelle Kraus | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senator Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Chairman Howard Dean, President Bill Clinton, Democratic Politics, Senator Hillary Clinton, Election 2008, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Politics News

Who will provide the flashlight, the superglue, the call to action, the call to unify for the Party? Will it be Howard Dean or Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid?

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How McCain Can Win the White House

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Economy, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., Gop, Iraq, George Bush, John McCain, War on Terrorism, Politics News

The terrorism issue is still a McCain election trump card, but it's not enough. He must duck the economic mess Bush made by spinning the standard GOP line that his plan is pro-growth.

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Dean Slams Media Coverage Of Presidential Race: "Blatantly Sexist Comments... Blatantly Racist Remarks"

CNN Political Ticker | Posted 05.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Coverage, Howard Dean, Presidential Race, Media News

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean had tough words for the media on Saturday, saying that the presidential race had been plagued by "b...

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Will Clinton Really Back Obama, and Will it Really Help?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Bill Clinton, George Bush, Dnc, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Democratic Convention, Politics News

The arm twist pitch to her will be that if Clinton doesn't go full throttle for Obama she risks losing party money, support, goodwill, and to be relegated to a permanent pariah in the party.

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Hillary Turns Fire On The Media

Politico | Kenneth Vogel | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Media, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Politics News

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is increasingly aiming its punches not at her front-running opponent Barack Obama, but at the media. On the c...

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"Nobody Drops Out of a Presidential Race. They Just Run Out of Money": Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio

Robert Guttman | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senator Sherrod Brown, Money, Presidential Race, George W. McCain, Sherrod Brown, Superdelegates, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

It was refreshing to step back and listen to one of the up and coming new Democratic senators speak out on the issues of the day in an unaffected and low key manner.

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Franken Called Limbaugh a Big Fat Idiot, But Just Who Was the Idiot in Limbaugh's Latest Con?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Whites, Latinos, Rural Voters, Big Fat Idiot, Presidential Race, Texas, Blue Collar Voters, Rush Limbaugh, John Kerry, Operation Chaos, Barack Obama, Pennsylvania Primaries, Blacks, Al Franken, Ohio, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Indiana Primary, Politics News

By dignifying anything that Limbaugh says, Kerry and Team Obama do a disservice to the success that Obama's retooled stump tactics had in making the Indiana race closer.

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Message to Hillary (And the DNC): Win Indiana, And You're in the Money

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Blue Collar, The DNC, Youth Vote, Male, White House, Rural Voters, Barack Obama, Black Voters, Presidential Race, White, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Indiana Primary, Politics News

A Clinton win among Democrats in the parts of Indiana that most resemble the rest of mid-America is irrefutable proof that she can go toe to toe with the GOP with these voters.

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Obama's PA Strategy: The Rendell Way

Laura J. Mansfield | Posted 04.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Democrat, Election 2008, Pennsylvania Primary, Ed Rendell, Barack Obama, Off the Bus, Presidential Campaign, Presidential Race, Home News

Obama has to follow Gov. Rendell's path to victory in PA: Win huge in Philadelphia, a large margin in the suburbs, break even in Allegheny County, and hold on for dear life in the rest of the state.

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The Clintons, Indian Folklore and a Non-White American President

Vinod K. Jose | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, India, 2008 Election, Presidential Race, India Barack Obama, India Bill Clinton, Politics News

The non-white world is watching this presidential race much more closely than any time in history, especially, people like Kuttappan who lives and breathes Indian village folklore.

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Hillary Clinton Deluged With Calls For Her Withdrawal

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. and Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 03.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Nomination, 2008 Campaign, 2008 Elections, Democratic Primaries, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Home News

In her most definitive comments to date on the subject, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Saturday to put to rest any notion that she will drop out o...

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Will Americans Ever Put a Person Genetically Predisposed to Choleric Temperament in the White House?

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Race, Genetics, Politics News

Here in the USA we still decide questions of who shall lead by voting, not by measuring nucleotide codes against each other, and this will never change.

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Presidential Candidates Are Hot Topic Around The World

Wall Street Journal | DAVID LUHNOW, JOHN W. MILLER and SARAH CHILDRESS | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrats Abroad, Clinton Mexico, Presidential Race Abroad, Obama Europe, Presidential Race World, Global Primary, Presidential Race, Politics News

For America's presidential candidates, the global electoral map is looking as divided as the domestic one. When foreigners look at the three contende...

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