‘States’ Archives
Majority Whip James Clyburn endorses Obama
U.S. Rep. And House Majority Whip James Clyburn is endorsing Barack Obama for president. The South Carolina congressman said on Monday that he has started to phone the state’s superdelegates to ask them to get behind one candidate. When asked whether that candidate [Read More]
Obama takes rally to GOP convention hall
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – The Obama campaign announced today that Barack Obama will select St. Paul, Minn. as the site for a rally Tuesday night marking the end of primary season in the drawn-out Democratic presidential contest. The decision to hold the rally on symbolic [Read More]
Catholic League attacks Obama, but quiet about child abuse
The Catholic League sharply criticized Barack Obama Friday for his ties to the out speaking Catholic minister Michael Pfleger, saying in a statement the Illinois senator should have severed ties with him long ago. The criticisms come after wide circulation on the Internet [Read More]
In the land of Ritalin Assassination Joke is not funny
First it was a so-called joke by former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee follow by another assassination joke (analysis) by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and lately a joke by Fox contributor Liz Trotta. Former Republican [Read More]
Hillary’s right, nomination process needs to change
“We’re going to have to change the system by which we pick the nominees, I believe, and we are with the system we have now,” Clinton said, responding to a supporter in Brandon, South Dakota who lamented the role of superdelegates in selecting the party’s nominee. [Read More]
Is Hillary Predicting Obama’s Death in June?
Does Hillary know something that we don’t know? Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Senator from New York noted today “I think people have short memories,” she said then. “Primary contests used to last a lot longer. We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby [Read More]
Is Hillary Clinton a fighter or a divider?
Obama now has a majority of pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention. Despite the daunting odds of overtaking Obama in the overall delegate count, Hillary Clinton remained defiant and promised to stay in the race. "You've never given up on me, because you [Read More]
Gay Marriage in California
On Thursday, May 15, 2008, California Supreme Court struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage saying sexual orientation, like race or gender, “does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights.” The justices wrote [Read More]
Tennessee GOP attacks Michelle Obama
The Tennessee Republican Party unveiled a Web video today highlighting comments Michelle Obama made when she said “I am proud of America for the first time in my adult life.” Michelle Obama is the target of a video by the Tennessee Republican Party ahead of her [Read More]
Team Obama faced racism while campaigning
There have not been much in the news pertaining to information in the news about Senator Obama’s phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates encountering a “RAW” and “PURE” racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed and [Read More]
Clinton’s decisive victory in West Virginia
Clinton’s largest margins, as expected, were registered among voters at the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder or poor whites. Clinton defeated Obama by 50 points among white voters without a college degree. Her margin of victory was more than 60 points among white [Read More]
Harold Washington – Chicago’s Greatest Mayor
Barack Obama: That's how black people talked about Chicago's mayor, with a familiarity and affection normally reserved for a relative. His picture was everywhere: on the walls of shoe repair shops and beauty parlors; still glued to lampposts from the last [Read More]
