Election2008

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July 5, 2013

Key Obama backers in '08 now sound ready for Hillary

theGRIO REPORT - Some of the most important critics of the Clintons during the 2008 campaign, instrumental in helping Barack…
March 10, 2012

Should there be a sequel to 'Game Change'?

OPINION - Watching the HBO movie 'Game Change,' based on the book by the same name, about the 2008 election,…
August 9, 2011

Cries of 'Hillary told you so' haunt Obama campaign

OPINION - In hindsight, maybe Hillary Clinton had a point about Barack Obama during their highly contentious race for the…
August 4, 2011

Palin parties like it's 2008 with retro Obama slams

OPINION - With nothing working, Republicans have now been forced to recycle played out attack lines from the last presidential…
May 28, 2011

GOP Rep: Obama elected because he's a `black man who was articulate'

Yesterday, GOP Rep. Joe Walsh raged at Jewish Americans for not being sufficiently pro-Israel...
February 4, 2011

Mass. church arson suspect wants confession tossed

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Authorities say the fire that destroyed Springfield's Macedonia Church of God in Christ in the early…
February 2, 2011

Dems’ Charlotte convention choice speaks to new South

OPINION - Charlotte spotlights the Democratic theme that there's a New South, and that the region is no longer the…
January 17, 2011

McCain calls Obama a ‘patriot’, rejects critics who say he’s ‘unworthy’ to lead

From Politics Daily: Sen. John McCain lost a bitter campaign against Barack Obama in 2008 and has been at loggerheads
January 4, 2011

Why GOP probes of Obama could suppress the black vote

OPINION - Republicans are making Obama their 'whipping boy' and perpetuating the voter fraud myth for two reasons...
November 1, 2010

Man gets 9 years for setting 2008 black church fire

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) - The fire destroyed the Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield in the early morning…
July 20, 2010

Conservatives balk at handling of Panther case

VIDEO - The debate continues over whether the U.S. Department of Justice mishandled the Philadelphia voter intimidation case...
July 19, 2010

Why Tea Party racism serves the right well

OPINION - The GOP would cut its throat if it denounced its racists and racism, and really meant it...
July 9, 2010

NAACP leaders hope to recapture '08 momentum

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The NAACP convention, set to start Saturday, also will focus on education and the mounting…
July 7, 2010

Will the New Black Panthers become another ACORN?

OPINION - With the case against the New Black Panthers, there's only smoke and mirrors, and lots of racial hating…
June 11, 2010

Guilty plea expected in Mass. black church arson

BOSTON (AP) - One of three white men accused of torching a predominantly black Massachusetts church because they were angry…
March 24, 2010

What we can learn from ACORN’s fall

OPINION - By choosing to represent the interests of poor people and minorities in a capitalist democracy, the forces of…
February 5, 2010

Tea Party opening speaker suggests law that kept blacks from voting be reinstated

The opening night speaker at the Tea Party convention suggested a return to a "literacy test" to protect America from…
January 12, 2010

Obama's racial exceptionalism exposed by Reid, Blago remarks

OPINION - Racial exceptionalism stems from the ingrained, but terribly misplaced, belief that blacks are perennially disgruntled, hostile, and rebellious...