Key Quote: "It used to be called “the Jesse Jackson problem”: Democratic presidential candidates fearing they would lose black votes if they got on Mr. Jackson’s bad side, given the influence he accrued as a civil rights activist and his history-making races for the White House in 1984 and 1988."
Key quote: "It’s simply pointing out that – and by the way, the context in which I stated that is the fear of young black men on the streets."
" Race played a significant factor in Ohio,'' said Cuyahoga County Commissioner Timothy Hagan, who supported Obama. The state's white voters aren't ``bigots, but the image they see every day of black America is drugs, crime, guns and violence "
For nearly 45 years the U.S. has sanctioned Cuba with an embargo. And in the last few years, the Bush administration has added restrictions.
Now, Sen. Barack Obama is calling for an ease of regulations to Cuba.
"Senator Obama feels that the Bush Administration has made a humanitarian and a strategic blunder," according to an Obama spokeswoman.
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama told the National Association of Black Journalists that the question as to whether he is black enough reflects the attitudes of the African American community more than it does those of the general population.
"What it really lays bare, in part, is [that] we're still locked in this notion that if you appeal to white folks there must be something wrong."
Sen. Barack Obama has begun airing Spanish-language radio campaign ads in Nevada.
"Before 2,000 people at the convention of a powerful Hispanic advocacy group recently, Sen. Barack Obama made a pitch for unity between African Americans and Hispanics."
"Black voters are a core party constituency, and the candidates are in a fierce struggle to capture their support, refusing to cede it to Obama. "
Does Barrack Obama really have the support of most African Americans? This commentary says Obama may be alientating them.
"Frankly, his universalist strategy might work for white voters, but black voters have been taken for granted long enough."
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"Illinois Democratic senator Barack Hussein Obama captivated his New York supporters on Saturday, June 22nd at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City."
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