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Edwards to Endorse Obama - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, according to Obama's campaign.
Karl Rove - Bamboozling the American Electorate Again - Not so. According to an article in Time magazine last November, Republicans have been organized in many states to throw their weight behind Senator Barack Obama, hoping to deprive Senator Hillary Clinton of the Democratic nomination.
Clinton Beats Obama Handily in West Virginia - As the Clinton campaign noted in a strategy memo on Tuesday, no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916. Bill Clinton carried the state in 1992 and 1996, but Al Gore and John Kerry lost the state in 2000 and 2004...
Patriotic Barack Obama Lapel Pins Unveiled Honoring All 57 States - [Obama] let it slip that during ... presidential nomination struggle against a bunch of dropouts and this female political zombie from New York who won't surrender short of a silver stake, he had already visited 57 states with one more to go.
Clinton Campaign Brought Sexism Out of Hiding - But for all Clinton's political blemishes, the darker stain that has been exposed is the hatred of women that is accepted as a part of our culture.
The New American Disenfranchisement - The Answer… You create your own candidate from a blank slate and opportunistically disenfranchise large segments of the Clinton voter coalition.
Obama's Backers - Sen. Evan Bayh... was asked on CNN how he could account for such a close race between Clinton and Obama, Bayh said that he couldn't account for it at all... a recount would likely show that Clinton had indeed taken the state by a far larger margin.
Why the Dems Could Lose - Democrats seem intent on nominating Barack Obama, in the face of mounting evidence that Hillary Clinton would be the stronger candidate against John McCain in November. And they only have themselves to blame.
Freedom Rider: The End of Truth - A Barack Obama presidency would certainly be a first - the first time that 'most black people will end their historic progressive politics and applaud this country's criminal activity just because the head criminal looks like them.'
Wright Story: What Took So Long? - Barring some really strange math or a lot of second thoughts, the Democrats seem poised to nominate for president a man with the fewest credentials and least familiarity to the American people of anyone in modern history.
Obama and Me - 'Can you name any—can you name anything he's accomplished?' Matthews pressed. 'No,' Watson, whose district includes Austin, finally admitted. 'I'm not gonna be able to do that.' 'Well, that's a problem, isn't it?' Matthews said.
Larry Sinclair - ATTN: FOX,CBS,CNN,ABC,NBC,MSNBC; I Will Disclose Drivers Name on LIVE Nationwide TV - I Will disclose the identity of the Driver face to face on any live nationwide broadcast with Barack Obama and David Axelrod. Lets see who runs from this opportunity to address the TRUTH as Barack Obama claims he wants to tell to the American People.
Clinton Wins Indiana, Obama Takes N.C. - CBS News projects that Hillary Rodham Clinton will win the Indiana Democratic primary and Barack Obama will win in North Carolina.
McCain Courts Hispanic Voters - 'I believe the majority of Hispanics share our view that the border must be secured...' McCain said in Phoenix, Arizona. 'But they also want us to have an attitude... that these are God's children and they must be taken care of.'
Glenn Beck: Obama's Odd Timing on Wright - Sen. Barack Obama is moving away from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright so fast he may claim to be an atheist by next weekend.
Narrow Victory for Obama in the Caucuses in Guam - When hand-counting finished shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday, delegates pledged to Mr. Obama, of Illinois, had received 2,264 votes, compared with Mrs. Clinton’s slate, which had received 2,257, according to The Associated Press.
Obama's Oregon Plan: Protection for the 'Great Lakes'? - “When your Oregon plan is an afterthought, it’s easy to make (a) 1,700 mile mistakes,” said Julie Edwards, Oregon Communications Director, in a press release pointing out the geography gaffe.
By Federal Law, Senator Obama is Arab-American, Not African-American - You must be at least 12.5% of the racial component you claim for minority status...Mr. Obama is only 6.25%. The further effect is that Mr. Obama would have to convince Americans... that now is the time for America's first Arab-American president.
Larry Sinclair asks: 'Will it be Obama or Wright who first throws the other off the Donald Young murder bus?' - And it is my OPINION that both of these individuals know more than has been told about Mr. Young’s murder. And a complete unbiased investigation should prove that to be true
For Obama, the Danger From Wright Isn’t Over - The most damaging thing Rev. Jeremiah Wright said... had nothing to do with God damning America, or AIDS, or chickens coming home to roost. It had to do with whether Barack Obama is telling the American people the truth about himself.
To Tell the Truth - Will the real Barack Obama please stand up? - E.J. Dionne's column in the Washington Post asked this question about Barack Obama: 'Is he Adlai Stevenson or John F. Kennedy?' In the New Republic online, John Judis wondered if Obama might be 'the next' George McGovern... who lost in a landslide.
More GOP Ads Target Obama - Recent criticisms of him provide fodder -- and raise concerns for some Democrats about his electability.
Sinclair Story Hits MSM In Puerto Rico - The fact that one of Puerto Rico's most popular television programs devoted an entire hour this week to Larry Sinclair's sex and drug allegations against Obama is an indication the story is not fading.
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