Barack Obama collected the support of four of John Edwards’ Democratic National Convention delegates, then gained the backing of four superdelegates and a large labour union as he marched steadily toward the party’s presidential nomination.
The fresh support brought Obama’s overall delegate total to 1,895, compared to 1,718 for his rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton. It takes [...]
Former U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards endorsed Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday, giving a major boost to the Illinois senator’s effort to unify the party behind his bid for the White House.
Edwards, the 2004 vice presidential nominee, had been heavily courted by both Obama and rival Hillary Clinton.
“The reason I am here tonight is the [...]
Hillary Clinton cruised to an emphatic victory over rival Barack Obama in West Virginia primary today, handing the Democrat front-runner one of the worst defeats of his campaign but effectively doing little to dent his prospects in the race for White House. With votes from 76 per cent of the largely working-class state’s precincts counted, [...]
In one of the last-remaining US primaries, the voters of West Virginia have started heading towards the polling booths from where Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is expected to clinch an easy win as she battles all odds for her candidacy.
A measure of the certainty of the result in Clinton’s favour could be gauged from [...]
There has been a buzz about an Obama/Clinton ticket since the early days of the primaries when media types fawned over both candidates and lamented how they wish that a vote could be cast for each. Will you run on one ticket, a dream ticket?
Early on Hillary said that the idea was a good one [...]
Prince William is under fire for “a show-off stunt” in which he landed an RAF helicopter at his girlfriend’s family home.
William, second in line to the British throne, landed a Chinook helicopter - used for transporting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan - in a field owned by Kate Middleton’s parents which is next to [...]
I think I would call this a gaffe. It certainly seems like a campaign that is coming apart. It smells of desperation. Nahhh, I take that back. It’s more like stupidity. In any case, don’t look at it. It isn’t polite to stare.
From Time, Obama refers to small town PA and says:
“And it’s not surprising [...]
We have sat back and watched as the media has painted Barack Obama’s former Pastor Jeremiah Wright as a racist and anti American. We can’t hold our peace anymore. Foxnews’ Bill O’Reilly aired the clips and labeled Rev. Wright a racist and anti American for what??? Telling the truth. Let’s just keep it all the [...]
Over the next several days, we will chatter a lot about the political fallout from Sen. Barack Obama’s speech today. My initial sense is that he may have lanced the boil but he will continue to feel some pain from his association with the Reverend Wright for a while to come.
But even as we [...]
FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:
Barack Obama’s speech today on race may have been a blessing in disguise.
Perhaps the biggest question surrounding the senator from Illinois was whether he had the stomach for the kind of bare knuckle campaign he is likely to face at the hands of the Republicans if he is the nominee. Pastor Jeremiah [...]
