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  • June 2008

    • Top Clintonites Push Hillary for Veep

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 4, 08 11:45 AM CDT

      Top Clintonites Push Hillary for Veep

      (Newser) - Mere hours after Barack Obama secured the Dem nomination, key Clinton insiders stepped up lobbying for a VP slot for her. Former White House staffer Lanny Davis started a petition drive—without campaign coordination, he insists—at Womenforfairpolitics.com, the Los Angeles Times reports. “We must field the strongest possible ticket,” the letter to Obama on the site reads. Clinton “would be, by far the most qualified and strongest candidate to be your running mate.” More »

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Key Black Leaders Back Clinton in SC

      Associated Press  |  Jan 25, 08 5:11 PM CST

      Key Black Leaders Back Clinton in SC

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton won endorsements today from two influential black women in South Carolina, who both asked African Americans to look past their enthusiasm for Barack Obama, the AP reports. Clinton has concentrated on wooing white voters there, but today she visited historically black Benedict College, where dean Stacey Franklin Jones said it’s crucial to “focus on our community’s future rather than acting on pure emotion.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • African Americans  • South Carolina primary  • Jim Clyburn

    • Invoking King May Backfire for Clinton in SC

      New York Times  |  Jan 11, 08 4:30 PM CST

      Invoking King May Backfire for Clinton in SC

      (Newser) - The highest-ranking African American in Congress, Rep. Jim Clyburn, is reconsidering his neutrality in South Carolina’s Democratic primary after comments by Hillary Clinton he perceived as “denigrating” Martin Luther King. Competing with Barack Obama over the legacies of JFK and MLK, Clinton said: “King’s dream began to be realized when President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It took a president to get it done.” More »

  • April 2007

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