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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 »

  • April 2008

    • Red Herrings Abound on Campaign Trail

      New York Times  |  Apr 25, 08 3:38 PM CDT

      Red Herrings Abound on Campaign Trail

      (Newser) - Maybe Geraldine Ferraro and BET founder Bob Johnson are right about Barack Obama’s success, Colson Whitehead sarcastically posits in the New York Times. " The Guy Who’s Where He Is Only Because He’s Black" runs down his busy schedule and puzzles over the fact that "the higher up you go in an organization, the less you see of me." More »

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      Barack Obama  • race  • Geraldine Ferraro  • affirmative action  • Bob Johnson

    • BET Founder: 'Ferraro Said It Right' on Obama

      Charlotte Observer  |  Apr 15, 08 3:18 PM CDT

      BET Founder: 'Ferraro Said It Right' on Obama

      (Newser) - BET founder and Hillary Clinton supporter Bob Johnson repeated Geraldine Ferraro’s claim that Barack Obama wouldn’t be a top White House contender if he weren’t black. "Geraldine Ferraro said it right," the billionaire told the Charlotte Observer yesterday. "The problem is, Geraldine Ferraro is white. This campaign has such a hair-trigger on anything racial." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • race  • negative campaigning  • Geraldine Ferraro  • Bob Johnson

  • January 2008

    • Clinton, Obama Camps Throw Elbows on Race

      Salon  |  Jan 14, 08 11:10 AM CST

      Clinton, Obama Camps Throw Elbows on Race

      (Newser) - The racially charged crossfire between the Clinton and Obama camps continued today, as Bill Clinton said on a radio show he had a "a list of 80 attacks" from the Illinois senator on his wife. Clinton had been asked to respond to a remark made by  BET founder Robert Johnson, in introducing the senator at a black church in South Carolina yesterday, that included a coy reference to Obama's drug history. More »

      Tags

      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • South Carolina  • South Carolina primary  • Bob Johnson

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