Mr.L:If You Believe Hillary Clinton Can Beat Sarah Palin in Alaska in 16 #39;You #39;re High
The campaign for the inevitable Hillary Clinton presidency has begun. Last week, PPP released a poll claiming Hillary Clinton could beat Sarah Palin in the s...
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MetroFocus Preview Feb. 27: Hillary Clinton Book, Coney Island Lighthouse, Ramen Noodle Maker
The next edition of MetroFocus examines the success of mentoring in the public schools with a repeat of reporter Rick Karr #39;s visit to the Academy for Softwar...
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Hillary Clinton on immigration
Hillary Clinton on immigration.
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Rep. Bachmann (R): U.S. Isn #39;t Ready For Woman (Hillary Clinton) President!
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is a Domestic Terrorist: http://www.politicalarticles.net/blog/2009/06/11/evil-crazy-terrorist-congresswoman-michelle-bachmann...
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) -- To hear some tell it, the 2008 South Carolina primary clash between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was a few steps away from a full-blown race riot.
"It was unbelievable down here in 2007 and 2008," said Bridget Tripp, a Democratic organizer from Lexington who supported Obama in that year's primary. "Bill Clinton was going through downtown Columbia calling Barack Obama a racist."
It never got that bad, of course. But in the runup to the contest and in its aftermath, the Clinton campaign scrambled to explain away comments that rankled the black community: Hillary Clinton seeming to downplay Martin Luther King Jr.'s role in passing the Civil Rights Act, Bill Clinton's biting characterization of Obama's campaign as "the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen" and a range of remarks from Clinton allies that seemed to belittle Obama's achievements.
Bill Clinton's remarks in particular went over so poorly that South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, then the state's highest-ranking African-American in Congress, went on national television and told the former president to "chill." The morning after Obama's crushing 28-point victory, Bill Clinton waved it off in glib terms, comparing Obama to Jesse Jackson, just another black candidate with black support.
The loss was a stinging defeat for the Clintons, a Southern power couple who viewed their longstanding friendships in the African-American community as crucial bulwark against any Democratic foe.
McCain: If election were today, Hillary Clinton would be president
But African-American voters were suddenly flocking to Obama in the wake of his Iowa caucus victory, a win that made the prospect of electing the nation's first black president suddenly seem real. Black voters made up more than half of the South Carolina primary electorate, and Obama won almost 80% of them.
The Democratic primary fight went on for months, but Obama banked a decisive delegate lead, and Clinton never recovered from the loss.
Clinton supporters have fresh bounce in their step
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