Friday, February 22, 2008 |
(Photo: Michael Stravato for The New York Times)
The last time Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama debated was before the Super Tuesday contests where both scored big in those races, splitting two dozen contests from coast to coast. However, Obama has enjoyed ten consecutive wins since Super Tuesday.
The last time the two debated, it was civil. This time, not so much.
After forty-five minutes of civility, things took a turn for the worse after Clinton stated “lifting whole passages from someone else’s speeches is not change you can believe in. It’s change you can Xerox.”
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
(Photo: Richard Carson/Reuters)
Sen. Barack Obama decisively beat Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Hawaii caucus and Wisconsin primary on Tuesday night, extending his consecutive wins since Super Tuesday to ten.
Obama won his native state, Hawaii, over Clinton with 76 percent of the vote. In Wisconsin, 58 percent to Clinton’s 41 percent.
Emerging as the Democratic front-runner, Obama is now turning his focus to the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4. He and Clinton will debate in Texas on Thursday.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
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Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are anxiously awaiting Tuesday evening, when one of them will receive a significant boost on behalf of voters in Hawaii and Wisconsin. With over 100 delegates at stake, the candidates hope that Tuesday’s events will give bring each of them closer to the victory they each want badly.
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 |
(Photo: John Nowak for The New York Times)
Rep. John Lewis, one of the most prominent black supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton, said Thursday night he planned to cast his vote as a superdelegate for Sen. Barack Obama, according to a New York Times article.
However, a spokeswoman for the former civil rights leader told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Friday morning the story is inaccurate. Lewis’s press secretary, Brenda Jones, did not elaborate and did not respond to a message requesting clarification.
The Associated Press also reported Thursday that U.S. Rep. David Scott was discussing a possible defection to Obama, who has a narrow lead over the former First Lady in a desperately close race for the Democratic nomination. Scott represents a district that gave more than 80% of its vote to Obama in the Georgia primary on Super Tuesday.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
Voters in Maryland on Tuesday. (Photo: Rich Vary, NewsHour )
The mainstream media has continued to make the battle between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton an issue of both race and gender, particularly stressing the difficult time that black women have faced before heading to the polls.
According to a recent Washington Post article published on The Root, Washington D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), who recently endorsed Obama, mentioned that the momentum for Obama can’t be denied.
“Whether anyone admits it, race and gender are a factor in everyone’s minds. Not the factor, but a factor,” he said. “The white Democrats have taken us for granted. They always thought our vote was there. The Republicans have ignored us. At last, we’re in a leveraged position in the Democratic Party.”
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 |
(Photo: Rick Bowmer)
Sen. Barack Obama enjoyed continued success Tuesday after winning three Democratic primaries — District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia — for a total of 93 delegates.
CNN reports Obama’s Potomac primary wins have propelled him past Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race for delegates: Obama now has 1,238 and Clinton has 1,207.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 |
( Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? Trailer )
Check out the trailer for the upcoming documentary Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? from Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me).
With no military experience, knowledge or expertise, he sets off to do what the CIA, FBI and countless bounty hunters have failed to do: find the world’s most wanted man.
The film is set to be released in April.
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