The Nation — Georgia Congressman John Lewis, the Civil Rights movement veteran whose early and until-now steady support helped Hillary Clinton maintain a measure of political credibility in the African-American community, has announced that he will cast his superdelegate vote at this summer’s Democratic National Convention for Barack Obama.
Lewis is not [...]
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JACKSON, Miss - (AP) - A father fights for access to information about his son’s death during a law enforcement chase, only to find that Mississippi’s sunshine laws don’t require the public release of investigative records.A rural newspaper editor tries to report on disputes between county officials and trustees of a publicly [...]
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Former Candidate Torn Between Clinton and Obama in Democratic Race
(ABC) - As he weighs a possible endorsement in the Democratic race, former Sen. John Edwards is as split as the party he once hoped to lead and is seriously considering supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, despite the sharp criticism he [...]
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Conservatives have hard time supporting front-runner McCain
NORFOLK, Va - (TBS) - SuAnne Bryant is a self-described conservative - a “religious values” voter who opposes early withdrawal from Iraq.
Yesterday, she voted for Barack Obama.
“It’s not so much a vote for him. It’s a vote against Hillary,” said Bryant, 40, who, like all [...]
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Posted in Al Sharpton, DNC, Florida delegares, Julian Bond, Mary Frances Berry, Michigan delegates, NAACP, US COmmission on Civil Rights, disenfranchisement, violation of rules on February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON - (AP) -Seating delegates from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention would be a grave injustice, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday in a break with prominent civil rights leaders.”I firmly believe that changing the rules now, and seating delegates from Florida and Michigan at this point would not [...]
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - (AP) - The man who served as national manager of former President Clinton’s 1992 campaign plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama, an aide to Obama said Wednesday.Obama’s campaign planned a 1 p.m. conference call Wednesday to announce the endorsement by David Wilhelm, who later became chairman of the [...]
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Posted in Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Billy Clinton's lies, DNC, Hillary's a bully, Monica Lewinsky, NAFTA, RNC, never loved but feared, pawns in a game, rats leaving the ship, selfishness, superdelegates on February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON - (AP) - For years, Bill and Hillary Clinton treated the Democratic National Committee and party activists as extensions of their White House ambitions, pawns in a game of success and survival. She may pay a high price for their selfishness soon.
Top Democrats, including some inside Hillary Clinton’s campaign, say many [...]
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