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May 2008
- Obama Quits Trinity Church
  
  Politico | May 31, 08 6:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama quit his longtime church today in an apparent attempt to quell its latest pulpit controversy, Politico reports. Obama resigned by letter to the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where a reverend accused Hillary Clinton this week of acting "entitled" to the presidency because she is white. Last month, Obama denounced Trinity's Rev. Jeremiah Wright for his heated racial sermons. More »
- Dems Hashing Out Delegates
  
  Associated Press | May 31, 08 12:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Democratic party leaders continue to wrangle over the disputed delegates of Florida and Michigan today, hearing impassioned pleas from representatives of both states and campaigns. Hundreds of protesters are gathered outside the Washington meeting as the party's rules committee seeks a compromise, the AP reports. “We are strong enough to struggle and disagree and to even be angry and disappointed and still come together at the end of the day and be united,” said party chief Howard Dean. More »
- Nader Likes Obama, but He's Still a 'Corporate Democrat'
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 31, 08 8:38 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ralph Nader prefers Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton, but still considers Obama what he calls “a corporate Democrat,” the Green Party candidate for president tells the Wall Street Journal in a wide-ranging chat over lunch. Despite the populist rhetoric, Obama has “made his peace” with the need to be a “conciliatory, concessionary, adaptive politician to the reality of corporate power,” Nader notes. More »
- Democrats to Settle Score on Fla., Mich.
  
  Washington Post | May 31, 08 7:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Democratic rules committee has begun a daylong meeting to try to settle the dispute over the seating of Florida and Michigan’s delegates, chosen in violation of party rules. Many Dems expect half the delegations from each state to be seated, the Washington Post reports, which would do little to alter the delegate math that underscores Barack Obama’s virtual lock on the nomination. More »
- Obama Repudiates Preacher Over 'White Tears' Slam
  
  MSNBC | May 30, 08 3:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has had to apologize for another troublesome preacher at his home church, reports MSNBC. The Rev. Michael Pfleger—a white Catholic priest widely known as Chicago's "renegade" priest for his liberal social activism in the city’s black community—mocked Hillary Clinton in a guest sermon, saying she squirted tears on the campaign trail because her sense of white entitlement had been punctured by Obama's success. More »
- Mich.-Fla. Plan, Net Gain of 19 for Clinton, Picking Up Steam
  
  Talking Points Memo | May 29, 08 5:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A plan to give each of Florida’s Democratic delegates a half-vote and to split Michigan’s halved delegates evenly between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is “gaining some traction in the right circles” ahead of Saturday’s DNC meeting, Talking Points Memo discerns from an MSNBC report. The compromise would net Clinton 19 delegat

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Obama Quits Trinity Church

Dems Hashing Out Delegates

Nader Likes Obama, but He's Still a 'Corporate Democrat'

Democrats to Settle Score on Fla., Mich.

Obama Repudiates Preacher Over 'White Tears' Slam

Mich.-Fla. Plan, Net Gain of 19 for Clinton, Picking Up Steam