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  • Obama vs. McCain: Let's Get It On

    05/08/2008 4:49:37 PM PDT · by The_Republican · 13 replies · 62+ views
    WSJ ^ | May 8th, 2008 | DANIEL HENNINGER
    Barack Obama, the first "postracial candidate," is heading to the Democratic nomination almost entirely because of his near-universal support from black voters in the Democratic primaries. In both states Tuesday, his share of that vote was 90% or more. If one resets the black vote to the norm of earlier elections, Hillary Clinton is the nominee. The idea that Obama was a postracial politician dates to his famous keynote speech at the Democratic Convention in 2004. He set the postracial template himself in the speech's third sentence, describing his father born in a small Kenyan village, herding goats, etc. His...
  • Former DNC chairs: Hillary would beat McCain today — Obama wouldn't

    05/02/2008 1:53:50 PM PDT · by The_Republican · 58 replies · 84+ views
    CNN ^ | May 2nd, 2008 | Rebecca Sinderbrand
    Seven former Democratic National Committee chairs who support Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, and the family of one who is deceased, released a letter Friday arguing that she is the candidate best-equipped to beat John McCain in November. The letter was signed by former party leaders Kenneth Curtis, Charles Manatt, Debra DeLee, Don Fowler, Steve Grossman, Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, and Clinton adviser Terry McAuliffe. It was also signed by the family of the late Ron Brown, who served in the Clinton administration. They write that “if the election were held today, Hillary would beat Senator McCain, but Senator Obama would...