Tuesday, March 18 2008, 05:39 PM
Obama Confronts Racial Division
Barack Obama confronted the nation's racial divide head-on Tuesday, tackling both black grievance and white resentment in a bold effort to quiet a campaign uproar over race and his former pastor's incendiary statements. Standing before a row of eight...
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Obama Delivers Sweeping Speech On Race
'What Barack Obama did was give a gift to this country' Addressing inflammatory statements by a pastor, Barack Obama spoke broadly about America's racial divide in a speech in Philadelphia on Tuesday. [Prepared text of the speech]
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The Politics Of Obama?s Speech On Race In America
Following up on my earlier analysis of the address, I’ve seen a few suggestions this afternoon that the downside of Barack Obama’s speech on race today in Philadelphia, which emerged before he even uttered a word, is that Obama was putting rac
Wonkette
Liveblogging Barack Obama's Race Speech! [oratory]
Hey everybody, Barack Obama is going to talk about how his mother was Kansan and his father was Kenyan! But will he denounce and reject his former pastor, who said inflammatory things about how more black people are in jail than white people? Stay with us
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Pa Polls
Still a month away, but two new polls out of PA today, both showing a big Clinton bounce. Quinnipiac: Clinton 53 (49) Obama 41 (43) PPP: Clinton 56 Obama 30 The Quinnipiac poll was over a period from the 10th to t
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Ap Solidly In Obama's Camp
I guess we know where Nedra Pickler and the Associated Press stand: solidly behind Barack Obama. Obama confronts racial division. PHILADELPHIA - Barack Obama confronted the nation’s racial divide head-on Tuesday, tackling both black grievance and w
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Barack Obama Watch: Quelling The Jeremiah Wright Flap
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at the Community College of Beaver County in Monaca, Pennsylvania March 17, 2008 Senator Barack Obama will deliver in about an hour a speech regarding race, his cam
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On Defensive, Obama Plans Talk On Race (press Association)
Press Association: On Defensive, Obama Plans Talk on Race — Faced with what his advisers acknowledged was a major test to his candidacy, Senator Barack Obama sought on Monday to contain the damage from incendiary comments made by his p
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Race Uproar Offers Test For Obama (the Politico)
The Politico: Race uproar offers test for Obama — Democrats who worry that Barack Obama is untested can put their concerns to rest. — The inflammatory rhetoric of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has confronted Obama with the
