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SF Gate
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Sen. Barack Obama's historic speech earlier this month in Philadelphia on race relations has elevated the discussion about the issue to the point where it has worked itself into the pews and pulpits of Bay Area churches.
Local ministers say they gave s..
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SF Gate
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Barack Obama confronted the nation's racial divide head-on, tackling both black grievance and white resentment in a bold effort to quiet a campaign uproar over race and his former pastor's incendiary statements.
Standing before a row of eight American..
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SF Gate
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Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary and Hawaii caucuses Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages.
The twin triumphs made 10 straight for Obama, and left the form..
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MSNBC
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Sen. John McCain in the Republican presidential race on Thursday, praising him as an “extraordinary leader” who can cross party lines to make progress.
McCain has "proven over and over again that he is..
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SF Gate
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Following his third place finish in Florida, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to drop out of the presidential race today and endorse Sen. John McCain.
Last night, Giuliani stopped short of announcing he was stepping down, but delivered a..
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CNN
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Mitt Romney claimed a much-needed victory in Tuesday's Michigan Republican primary, making the race for the GOP presidential nomination anybody's game. "Tonight marks the beginning of a comeback -- a comeback for America," the former Massachusetts governo..
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MSNBC
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GOP race remains in flux
The poll’s findings are based on a national telephone survey conducted Jan. 9-12 with 1,061 registered voters; it has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.
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SF Gate
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People across the political and racial spectrums started discussing presidential candidate and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's race after he spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Some insist he is not African American and is unsuited to be a b..
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New York Times
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A Democrat who narrowly lost the Congressional race here is seeking a recount after dozens of people reported problems using Sarasota County’s touch-screen voting machines and a significant number of ballots had no recorded votes in the high-profile rac..
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MSNBC
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Sen. George Allen will concede the Virginia race to Democrat Jim Webb when he addresses supporters Thursday afternoon, a source within the Allen camp told the National Journal...
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MSNBC
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A woman who died two months ago won a county commissioner's race in Jerauld County on Tuesday. Democrat Marie Steichen, of Woonsocket, got 100 votes, defeating incumbent Republican Merlin Feistner, of Woonsocket, who had 64 votes...
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CNN
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As both Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton race to make history, some political observers believe Obama might have a unique problem because he's African-American. They claim voters often say they'll go one way, then act quite differently at the polls..
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CNN
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Pennsylvania voters will finally get to weigh in on the Democratic presidential race Tuesday, the first contest on the primary calendar in six weeks. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be competing for 158 delegates.
Obama currently leads Clin..
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MSNBC
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And when you really have a serious conversation about race, people clear the room,” said Ms. Brazile, who as the manager of Al Gore’s bid for the White House in 2000 was the first black woman to run a major presidential campaign.
Bill Clinton says..
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BBC News
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US Republican John McCain moved closer to his party's presidential nomination after Super Tuesday's polls, while the Democratic race stayed finely balanced.
Mr McCain won the big states of California and New York, although Mike Huckabee did better than..
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BBC News
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US voters have begun going to the polls in primaries and caucuses on Super Tuesday - the biggest day in the presidential nominating race so far.
The 24 states involved account for over half the delegates who will choose the candidates for November's el..
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BBC News
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has pulled out of the Republican race for the White House after disappointing primary results in Florida.
Mr Giuliani announced he was giving his support to Arizona Senator John McCain, describing him as "an American..
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BBC News
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Republicans in Florida are voting in a crucial primary election for the candidate they want to represent their party in the US presidential race.
Polls suggest John McCain and Mitt Romney are neck and neck, with Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani trailing..
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BBC News
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Republican Mitt Romney has won his party's presidential primary in the US state of Michigan, throwing the race for the nomination wide open.
Mr Romney, who lost the first two major contests, said his win was "the beginning of a comeback".
Senator Jo..
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MSNBC
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Race has always been an issue’
Most of the pre-debate buzz surrounded the accusations traded by supporters of Obama and Clinton over race. Obama backers accused Clinton of slighting King’s achievements, while Clinton supporters claimed that the Oba..
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