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  • March 2008

    • Obama Erases Clinton's Lead With Speech

      Baltimore Sun  |  Mar 25, 08 9:01 AM CDT

      Obama Erases Clinton's Lead With Speech

      (Newser) - A new Gallup poll puts the two Democratic presidential candidates on even footing nationally, with Barack Obama holding a statistically negligible 1-point lead over Hillary Clinton. The poll, conducted after Obama's widely praised speech on race, suggests that the Illinois senator has erased the damage done by the Jeremiah Wright controversy, writes the Baltimore Sun . More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Hillary Clinton  • poll  • Democratic nomination  • race  • Jeremiah Wright  • Democratic presidential candidates  • Gallup poll

    • Obama Recalls Sparring With Preacher

      Politico  |  Mar 24, 08 10:41 AM CDT

      Obama Recalls Sparring With Preacher

      (Newser) - “This is not a crackpot church,” Barack Obama told a conservative Philadelphia radio host in an interview defending Trinity Church, Politico reports. The Democratic hopeful says that despite Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s “very offensive views,” he built “one of the finest churches in Chicago. Witness the fact that Bill Clinton invited him to the White House when he was having his personal crises.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Bill Clinton  • Chicago  • Jeremiah Wright  • church  • poll numbers  • Trinity United Church of Christ

    • Clinton, McCain Could Pick Up Some Pointers From Obama

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 22, 08 1:45 PM CDT

      Clinton, McCain Could Pick Up Some Pointers From Obama

      (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 »

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

    • Obama Backer Compares Clinton to McCarthy

      Associated Press  |  Mar 22, 08 6:33 AM CDT

      Obama Backer Compares Clinton to McCarthy

      (Newser) - A retired Air Force general yesterday compared Bill Clinton to red-baiting Sen. Joe McCarthy, after Clinton made comments that seemed to question Barack Obama's patriotism. The former president said at a North Carolina rally, "I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country, and people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • North Carolina  • Jeremiah Wright  • Joe McCarthy

    • Voters Split Over Obama's Pastor Problem

      Boston Globe  |  Mar 21, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      Voters Split Over Obama's Pastor Problem

      (Newser) - How is the Jeremiah Wright controversy playing with voters in Pennsylvania and Indiana? The reaction isn't unanimous, but the Boston Globe finds many who say the inflammatory sound bites swayed them toward Hillary Clinton. “Twenty years he put up with that?” said one 82-year old Indiana woman said of Barack Obama. “He was softening me up. He was kind of even with Hillary.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Jeremiah Wright  • Pennsylvania primary  • Indiana  • voters

    • Richardson Backs Obama, Cites 'Unique Moral Ability'

      Oregonian (Portland)  |  Mar 21, 08 1:21 PM CDT

      Richardson Backs Obama, Cites 'Unique Moral Ability'

      (Newser) - Bill Richardson endorsed Barack Obama today, saying the senator’s landmark race address this week “asked every American to see the reality and the pain of other Americans. He appealed to the best in us." The Democratic candidates eagerly sought the New Mexico governor’s nod, and Obama said he “couldn’t be more honored” to receive it, the Oregonian reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • race  • endorsement  • Jeremiah Wright  • foreign policy  • Bill Richardson

    • Bill Clinton Welcomed Wright

      Politico  |  Mar 21, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      Bill Clinton Welcomed Wright

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor was twice invited to the Clinton White House with groups of influential clergy, Politico reports, demonstrating that he is not the fringe figure he's been made out to be in the recent flap over his views. A photograph of Jeremiah Wright with Bill Clinton was posted by an anonymous blog supporting his church and has been distributed elsewhere, including the New York Times , courtesy of the Obama campaign. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • Jeremiah Wright  • Monica Lewinsky  • Clinton administration

    • Clinton Pulls Ahead in Polls

      Politico  |  Mar 20, 08 1:32 PM CDT

      Clinton Pulls Ahead in Polls

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton has scored her first statistically significant national lead over Barack Obama in several weeks—49% to 42%—in a Gallup poll taken early this week, Reuters reports. And her edge in Pennsylvania has doubled since February, two new polls show. They put her lead at 51%-35% and 53%-41%, up from 44%-37% and 49%-43%, respectively, Politico reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Jeremiah Wright  • Pennsylvania primary  • white voters  • working-class vote

    • Clinton Must Catch Perfect Wave, Aides Say

      New York Times  |  Mar 20, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      Clinton Must Catch Perfect Wave, Aides Say

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s aides say their candidate’s chances of winning the Democratic nomination grow ever slimmer, the New York Times reports, and she will need victories in Pennsylvania and the national popular vote—as well as a confidence-shaking event in Barack Obama's camp—to succeed. She can't likely overtake Obama without re-votes in Michigan and Florida, and the Jeremiah Wright flap is cooling. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Nancy Pelosi  • Al Gore  • Jeremiah Wright  • Florida primary  • Michigan primary

    • Huckabee: Lay Off Obama Pastor

      ABC News  |  Mar 20, 08 8:05 AM CDT

      Huckabee: Lay Off Obama Pastor

      (Newser) - Barack Obama got some unexpected help yesterday from Mike Huckabee, of all people. The former candidate called Obama’s speech “historic” and said it wasn’t fair to hold candidates accountable for everything the people near them say, ABC News reports. Huckabee, once a pastor himself, said he understood how Wright could get “caught up in the emotion” of an extemporaneous sermon and warned against taking his comments out of context. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Mike Huckabee  • race  • Jeremiah Wright  • Jerry Falwell  • segregation  • pastor  • Joe Scarborough  • sermon

    • Wright Sermons Weren't 'Black Equivalent of a Klan Rally'

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 19, 08 8:38 PM CDT

      Wright Sermons Weren't 'Black Equivalent of a Klan Rally'

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s pastor is a good man, says a fellow churchgoer, and though his “going off on white America” kept T. Shawn Taylor—a black woman—from inviting white friends to worship, it didn’t stop her from marrying a white man. Taylor writes in the Chicago Tribune that whites may be “tired of walking on eggshells” around blacks, but don’t knock Wright too much. More »