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Barack Obama addresses the crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina on the night of the Democratic Primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.
Sort by The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) - 05/07/2008
Yes. We. Can. I think this race made a significant shift tonight. If I’m feeling that right, we should see more superdelegate flow to Sen. Obama. Clinton will get a bone or two thrown her way from West Virginia and Kentucky, but that's already priced in. Yes. He. Can. UPDATE: Clinton's speech was very downbeat, and the talk [...]
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In Barack Obama's speech last night, he told Americans they could choose not to be distracted by the Republican's phony issues even when rentlessly enabled by the media. His message was directed at the fall campaign, but part of it was aimed at the media, telling them he understands they are distracting the country and he's willing to take them on.
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Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton in North Carolina by a decisive 56%-42% margin, exceeding expectations and extending his lead among pledged delegates. Obama also won the popular vote by over 230,000, some 20,000 more than Clinton's margin in Pennsylvania, a key issue for wavering superdelegates. Here's Obama's victory speech in North Carolina :
Sort by DMI Blog (Free subscription) - 05/13/2008
This is a nonpartisan site, but the consideration of whether any leader in any party is effectively making a clear, strong case for a progressive worldview and approach to governing is entirely in-bounds for discussion here. The problem we face as a nation is that even with the house of conservativism on fire and everyone running for the exits, it's still not exactly clear where we go next. Progressives...
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Below are the speeches from Senators Obama and Clinton in order of their delivery last night. One quick comment: I wonder why former President Clinton was in camera view during Senator Clinton's speech. It was hard not to watch his reaction to every word she spoke. And with that, here are the videos: Barack Obama: Hillary Clinton:
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The contest continues, but barely. Only Clinton's personal ambition, Limbaugh's Operation Chaos tomfoolery, and Obama's own political liabilities and weaknesses, enable this lopsided boxing match to continue until the 10th and final round. Clinton's monies are drying up quickly and the UBER-Delegates will start to trickle and increase to a steady stream to Obama's camp as the writing's on the wall...
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Senator Barack Obama, with a decisive win in North Carolina, and with a rousing speech, appeared to be resetting his campaign for the general election. He seemed to be letting Hillary Clinton down gently with kinder words - always the...
Sort by The Blue State (Free subscription) - 03/11/2008
Yep, they're back! As we post in the middle of each night, here are some of the top political clips making their rounds on the blogs tonight: Bush vetoes intelligence bill that contains anti-torture language. Obama: Hillary trying to bamboozle you with VP talk. Barack Obama on Monday in Columbus, Mississippi. More clips tomorrow night! ...
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The landslide win by Barack Obama in North Carolina (56-42) and the narrow win by Hillary Clinton in Indiana (51-49) means Obama gets closer to the nomination at the same time Clinton will continue (Obama leads delegates 1823-1676 with 2025 needed to clinch). Barack Obama landslide win in North Carolina | 21:01 Hillary Clinton squeaks win in Indiana | 5:37
