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Obama 2008

The junior senator from Illinois becomes the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee

Ask five Americans about Barack Obama, and you're likely to get six opinions: America's not ready for a black president; America can't afford not to have a black president; Barack Obama isn't really black. We're about to find out. The wunderkind Chicago Senator became the party's presumptive nominee in June after clinching the magic number of delegates. Will the man who inspires comparisons, favorable and not, to Kennedy, make it all the way?The real concerns are not about race but his youth and inexperience. Those who look into his record or lack of one have grave doubts he can do the job. His fancy speeches will not bring about change it will take real programs and solid ideas and knowing how to get things done in Washington.

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May 2008
- Does W. Va. Blowout Really Hurt Obama?
  
  Slate | May 14, 08 11:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama's West Virginia loss by a whopping 30 points probably won’t cost him the Democratic nomination, writes John Dickerson in Slate. But the loss does put a chink in Obama’s argument that he can unite disparate groups, since, apparently, these powers have failed him among at least one key voting block—the blue-collar whites that are Hillary Clinton's base. More »
- When GOP Says 'American,' It Really Means 'White'
  
  Washington Post | May 14, 08 10:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain’s first post-primary ad declares him “the American president Americans have been waiting for," and the repetition tells all, Harold Meyerson writes in the Washington Post . Forget "strong," or "experienced," he notes. For the GOP, " ‘American’ is a term to be used as a wedge issue, a way to distinguish their more racially and religiously homogeneous party from the historically more polyglot Democrats.” More »
- Clintons Are Reliving Their Worst Ordeal: Impeachment
  
  New Republic | May 14, 08 10:11 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - For Bill and Hillary Clinton, 2008 is smacking of 1998, as the struggle to stay in the presidential race looks remarkably like the battle to survive impeachment, argues Michael Crowley in the New Republic . The former first couple is under siege again, and again is willing to “ride out any crisis”—wrapping themselves in the mantle of populism and indicting the press. More »
- Democrat Nabs Unlikely Miss. House Seat
  
  Politico | May 14, 08 7:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Democrats scored a shocking upset last night, nabbing a House seat in a deeply conservative Mississippi district. Democrat Travis Childers prevailed 54% to 46% in the special election, Politico reports, soundly overcoming a nearly $2 million GOP campaign. Coming from a county that threw Bush 62% of its support in 2004, the results are panic-inducing for the GOP. More »
- Obama Hamstrung by 'Nearly Nominee' Status
  
  New York Times | May 14, 08 4:17 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is feeling like a winner but unable to start campaigning like one, the New York Times reports. The almost-nominee can't go after John McCain the way he would if he had the nomination sewn up for fear of infuriating Hillary Clinton's supporters, aides say. He also is still unable to completely write off Clinton's challenge for the Democratic nomination. More »
- Exit Polls Show Big Divisions Among Democrats
  
  CNN | May 13, 08 7:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Early exit polls in West Virginia suggest that Democrats have much healing to do when the primary season ends, CNN reports. Only 25% of Hillary Clinton supporters said they would be satisfied if Barack Obama won the nomination, and only 38% of Obama supporters said they'd be satisfied with Clinton as the nominee. More telling, 36% of Clinton supporters said they would vote for Obama if he's the nominee, but 35% said they'd jump ship for John McCain. The economy was voters' No. 1 issue. More »
- Obama Volunteers See Racial Vitriol First-Hand
  
  Washington Post | May 13, 08 7:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Volunteers in Barack Obama's campaign have had to steel themselves against racism on the trail, even as the White House hopeful has repeatedly played down the anti-black sentiment his candidacy has revealed. Though the campaign maintains its travels “only reinforced Sen. Obama’s view that this country is not as divided as our politics suggest,” the Washington Post finds many anecdotes to the contrary. More »
- Clinton Wins Big in W. Virginia
  
  Charleston Gazette | May 13, 08 6:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton won a decisive—and expected—victory tonight in West Virginia, the Charleston Gazette reports. With 95% of returns in, Clinton led 67% to 26%, and her camp hopes a big margin of victory will raise new doubts in superdelegates' minds about Barack Obama's ability to win over white voters. The state is nearly all white and has a high percentage of the working-class voters that have eluded Obama during the primary season. More »
- Reid Not Passing Reins to Clinton
  
  Huffington Post | May 13, 08 4:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harry Reid brushed aside yesterday suggestions Hillary Clinton, fresh from a primary defeat to Barack Obama, might ascend to the top Senate job. “Keep in mind,” he told the Huffington Post, “a senator coming back who’s run for president is not a very unique one. Sen. John Kerry ran, he’s back. Chris Dodd ran, he’s back. Joe Biden ran, he’s back.” More »
- Knowing the Candidates: The Proof Is in the Penmanship
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 13, 08 2:17 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Abraham Lincoln’s modesty and Ronald Reagan’s warmth were evident in their handwriting. Now, the Los Angeles Times wants to know what analysts think of the strokes of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain: Obama's writing is described as “fluid, graceful”; intelligent but also emotive. His words end in lines that reach out, a sign of flexibility—though a certain illegibility can be seen as subtly guarded. More »
- Obama Pockets 5 More Delegates
  
  Huffington Post | May 13, 08 12:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama won the support of five more delegates today, putting him within 145 total of clinching the nomination, by Huffington Post’s count. Obama's new backers include New Orleans' mayor, a former Democratic National Committee chair and the chairperson of DC’s Democrats. Obama also gained the support of an elected Hillary Clinton delegate from Maryland, a markedly rare switch of a pledged nominator. More »
- What to Watch Out for Tonight in W. Va.
  
  Politico | May 13, 08 10:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Some analysts see today’s West Virginia primary as a final chance for Hillary Clinton to raise questions about Barack Obama’s weaknesses. Here’s what to watch, via Kenneth Vogel on Politico: How will Mason County go? The 30,000-strong district has been a remarkably reliable indicator of statewide results in the past. More »
- McGovern: Save the Party, Campaign Together
  
  New York Times | May 13, 08 9:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Divisions among Democrats have killed the party’s presidential chances on more than one occasion, and it must not happen this time, writes George McGovern in the New York Times . The 1972 Democratic nominee—who recently switched his endorsement to Barack Obama—offers a plan to unite the party: Obama and Hillary Clinton should campaign side-by-side in the remaining states, outlining their plans for the country without attacking each other. More »
- Confidence in Bush Still Plunging: Poll
  
  Washington Post | May 13, 08 3:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Support for President Bush has sunk to its lowest level yet, according to a new Washington Post /ABC News poll. Bush's 31% approval rating marks a career low as 82% of Americans now think the country is heading in the wrong direction. Opinions were highly split along partisan lines. More »
- Mac's 7-Point Anti-Obama Plan
  
  Time | May 12, 08 8:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has already unveiled his campaign plan over the past few weeks, Michael Scherer reports in Time . Here's how it looks on paper: Pull Obama off his pedestal. Mac is not “blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save my country," he has said—unlike, no doubt, a certain someone. More »
- Clintonites Soldier On in W. Va.
  
  Baltimore Sun | May 12, 08 7:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton and her supporters are canvassing heavily in West Virginia despite a 20-point lead and little competition, the Baltimore Sun reports. “We are all pretty inspired,” said one Clintonite on the eve of the state's primary. But Clinton and her family were the only politicos stumping across the Mountain State today: Barack Obama was MIA. More »
- Twittering the Golden Age: 'When Obama Wins ... '
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 12, 08 5:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new pastime rocking the Twitter-verse is to envision the many ways life will become perfect when Barack Obama wins the presidency, the Wall Street Journal reports. A few examples: When Obama wins... we will all shower in beer, and soap will be replaced by bacon . When Obama wins... Charlie Brown will finally kick that football. When Obama wins... people will stop making bad remixes of Billy Jean . More »
- A Closer Look at the Math Problem Edwards Averted
  
  New York Observer | May 12, 08 4:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The long-tern effect of John Edwards’ early exit is that Barack Obama will wrap up the nomination by early June, a grateful Steve Kornacki writes in the New York Observer . A slower withdrawal would have spelled trouble for the Democrats, who are having enough trouble making up their minds. "Imagine the comparative mess Democrats might be in if Edwards had opted to stick around," says Kornacki, who dissects the numbers. More »
- 6 Routes Off Into the Sunset
  
  Politico | May 12, 08 1:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With Hillary Clinton’s chances of beating her rival all but shot, Ben Smith, on Politico, runs down the graceful and non-graceful ways to exit: Never say die: If Clinton can stomach shrinking coffers and departing supporters, she can bide time until the convention, ensuring that lightning hasn’t struck Barack Obama before she concedes. More »
- List Guy Craig Branches Out
  
  New York Times | May 12, 08 10:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Everyone knows Craigslist, but Craig himself is getting a little restless. Craig Newmark is spending more time and money on outside projects, the New York Times reports, even with his company in a high-profile tiff with eBay. Newmark, 55, says he spends half his time on customer-service issues, the other half on public-service projects and causes like Barack Obama's campaign. More »

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Colter Carlisle of Dubuque, Iowa, peers over a campaign sign while attending a grass-roots canvass for Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at Lincoln Elementary School in... (Associated Press)

Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the National Jewish Democratic Council conference Tuesday, April 24, 2007, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the National Jewish Democratic Council conference Tuesday, April 24, 2007, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during an Earth Day rally, Sunday, April 22, 2007, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopefuls Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., left, and Barack Obama, D-Ill., chat as they prepare for the seated portion of the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by Saint... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a forum on faith, values, and poverty hosted by Sojourners/Call to Renewal at George Washington University, Monday, June 4, 2007,... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, visits with residents in the South Hill Street neighborhood while conducting a grass-roots canvass with supporters in Dubuque, Iowa... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a town hall meeting, Monday, June 18, 2007, in Newton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Associated Press)

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