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OBAMA VICTOR IN HISTORIC PREZ RACE; Voters turn out in record numbers.(News)

Article from: The Boston Herald Article date: November 05, 2008 Author: Wedge, Dave

Byline: DAVE WEDGE and HILLARY CHABOT

Barack Obama's meteoric rise from little-known state lawmaker to the nation's first black president became complete last night as he rolled over GOP Sen. John McCain in a historic race that saw record-shattering numbers of voters flock to polls nationwide.

"What a wonderful and long overdue night for America," Sen. John F. Kerry said at an Obama party at Boston's Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel last night. "I have the latest exit polls - Bush is exiting, Cheney is exiting and Barack Obama is entering the White House."

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Expect GOP to Turn Venom on Michelle

Posted Jun 11, 08 9:58 AM CDT in Opinion,  Politics 

Expect GOP to Turn Venom on Michelle
Source: AP Photo/Obama for America

(Newser) – Now that Hillary Clinton is out of the White House picture, it’s Michelle Obama’s turn to be the object of that “sulfurous national game of ‘Kill the witch,’” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. The fairer Obama can be more prickly than her sunny husband, and dwells more on racial oppression. Websites have already cropped up painting her as another Jeremiah Wright.

“Michelle,” one political observer says, “is a target-rich environment.” But Mrs. Obama is far from powerless; when she's on her game, she's a knockout, Dowd writes. She’s co-hosting "The View" next week, which will be a good opportunity to address her belated pride in her country. It’s her “big moment in the sun,” one ex-GOP strategist said. “She’ll have the opportunity to do pretty well, and the opportunity to really screw up.”

Source: New York Times

More about:  Michelle Obama • race relations • smear campaign • opinion

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is fair game,
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Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jun 11, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - They didn’t like Hillary Clinton or Teresa Heinz Kerry, and conservatives aren't hesitating to pile on Michelle Obama, either, the Los Angeles Times reports. Conservatives have seized on several statements from the Democratic candidate's wife, calling her angry and unpatriotic. The National Review recently ran a cover dubbing her “Mrs. Grievance,” and Michelle Malkin calls her “Obama’s bitter half.” More »

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 Tenn. GOP Rips
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 Mrs. O on Web 

Obama camp blasts 'shameful' tactic

CNN CNN May 16, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Tennessee GOP has produced a controversial internet video attack on Michelle Obama, blasting her recent remarks that she was proud of America "for the first time in my adult life." The four-minute video, released yesterday to coincide with her campaign visit to the state, features Tennessee residents boasting of their pride in America intercut with Mrs. Obama's comments. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Republican Party • Tennessee • smear campaign • patriotism • loyalty

OPINION

Clinton, McCain Could Pick Up Some Pointers From Obama

Noonan: They could try addressing us as adults

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Mar 22, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Add conservative columnist—and speechwriter of note—Peggy Noonan to the list of pundits impressed by Barack Obama’s address on race. “It was a speech to think to, not clap to,” Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal . And it holds a lesson for Clinton and McCain: Say "something interesting"—speak in paragraphs instead of soundbites—and you, too, might get more than an 8-second snippet of your speech on the news. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Michelle Obama • race relations • Jeremiah Wright • Peggy Noonan • blacks • whites


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