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Hope and change worth having without an Obama racial test by Marie Jon'

Hans Gruen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:49:11 +0000

Let us be extremely wary when we ask for “change.” The Democrat Party is guilty of injecting race into the presidential campaign. America is no longer a racist country, and Americans are deeply offended when it is portrayed as such. These...

Obama quits Chicago church steeped in controversy

AP — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:12:02 +0000

Barack Obama said Saturday he has resigned his 20-year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago “with some sadness” in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and more...

Obama quits Chicago church after long controversy

AP — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:31:34 +0000

Barack Obama is resigning a 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.Obama campaign communications director Robert Gibbs said Obama had submitted a...

Obama quits church after long controversy

AP — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:27:07 +0000

Early WV exit poll highlights

AP — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:04:45 +0000

An exit poll finds two in 10 voters in the West Virginia Democratic primary say Barack Obama shares the views of his fiery former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, “a lot.” Another three in 10 say Obama shares Wright’s views “somewhat.”The exit polling...

Honesty is such a lonely word...in this election.

Crystal Stevens — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:11:43 +0000

While even SNL decided to call Hillary and her supporters “sore losers” the other night, it dawns on me that there is some name-calling that Hillary and her supporters have not done. Well, I think it’s time to do just that. In a...

I refuse to let the blind man drive the bus

Crystal Stevens — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:57:53 +0000

Given the results of the Indiana and NC primaries, the sad reality has dawned on me that Hillary may not win the nomination. My support for her remains as strong as ever. However, that it’s just become a little bit more challenging for her to...

Evidence scant that Wright hurt Obama much in Ind., N.C.

AP — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:11:09 +0000

The reaction _ or lack of it _ by Indiana and North Carolina voters to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s incendiary comments emphasizes how deeply entrenched the racial lines of support are for the two Democratic presidential rivals.It doesn’t...

Exit polls: Race key in NC, IN but Wright's impact mixed

AP — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:53:50 +0000

Race again played a pivotal role in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential clashes, as whites in Indiana and North Carolina leaned solidly toward Hillary Rodham Clinton and blacks voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama, exit polls showed. Half the...

Exit polls: Wright important factor for half in NC, IN

AP — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:32:32 +0000

Exit polls show that about half the voters in Indiana and North Carolina said the focus on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was a major factor in deciding whom to back in those states’ presidential primaries. But the controversy was providing little...