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Obama : from the new JFK to the new Malcolm X in just four weeks 2008-03-16 19:42:00 Barack Obama
may have started his campaign being billed as the new John Kennedy and as America's first post-racial candidate for president, but in recent weeks it it has has been the words Muslim, Hussein, Somali, Farrakhan, black separatist, white oppressor, radical, racially charged and firebrand that have come to dominate media coverage of the Illinois senator. In a country with such racial baggage as the United States, where 22% of people who voted for Hillary Clinton in the recent Ohio primary admitted that race had been an important factor in their decision, this represents a worrying development for Mr Obama. Support for Obama has fallen significantly in the Gallup and Rasmussen Democratic nomination tracking polls since videos of incendiary and racially charged sermons by his "s Read more:Malcolm
Democrats : popular vote may now be key 2008-03-09 17:10:00 Hillary Clinton's victories in Ohio and Texas last Tuesday may have done little to reduce Barack Obama's lead in the pledged delegate count (she enjoyed a net gain of just 10 delegates on the night according to the latest figures from Realclearpolitics) but the margin of her victory in the popular
vote, which she won by 330,000 votes across the two states , raises an intriguing possibility : that come the end of the primary season in June, Democrats
could face a situation where Barack Obama has more pledged delegates yet Hillary Clinton has an overall lead in the popular vote.According to the rules, the Democratic nomination is awarded to the candidate who amasses most delegates - that is, a sum of both pledged delegates (awarded according to the results of primaries and caucuses) and supe
Clinton set to fight on after March 4th 2008-03-03 12:07:00 Her husband may have stated publicly two weeks ago that failure to win both the Ohio and Texas primaries would end her chances of securing the Democratic nomination, but the noises coming out of the Hillary Clinton
camp over the last three days suggest that her campaign is set to continue even if she fails to win both states tomorrow.A memo sent to the press by her campaign staff on Friday attempted to draw attention to Obama's spending power and included the following statements :If he cannot win all of these states with all this effort, there’s a problem. Should Senator Obama fail to score decisive victories with all of the resources and effort he is bringing to bear, the message will be clear: Democrats, the majority of whom have favored Hillary in the primary contests held to date, h Read more:fight
, March
Hillary on the ropes 2008-02-25 11:45:00 March 4th, the date of the Texas and Ohio primaries, promises to be another night of high drama in the epic duel for the Democratic nomination. After 11 straight defeats, no one in the Clinton camp is under any illusions as to how important these two contests have now become, with former president Bill Clinton even stating publcly last week that his wife's chances of securing the nomination will end if she does not win both states.Amid all the media talk of Texas and Ohio representing Mrs Clinton's "firewall", it should not be forgotten that another of the New York senator's fall-back positions, her possible reliance on superdelegates in the event of narrowly losing the pledged delegate count, also appears to be under threat. According to the Associated Press, since February 9th Obama has Read more:Hillary
Obama vs Clinton : there will be blood 2008-02-16 21:18:00 The extraordinarily close race between Barrack Obama
and Hillary Clinton
for the Democratic nomination may make compelling viewing for neutral observers, but senior Democratic officials are becoming increasingly worried about the consequences for the party if the current deadlock between the two cannot be broken. Hovering above the party, like twin swords of Damocles, are two major controversies surrounding delegates that could well decide the nomination if Clinton and Obama remain neck and neck, and could cause enormous damage to the party if not handled correctly.The first problem causing Democrat leaders sleepless nights is the issue of superdelegates. At the Democratic convention in Denver this August a total of 4.048 delegates will vote on who should receive the party nomination and c
The worst week of Hillary's career 2008-02-13 17:31:00 Three more crushing defeats in Tuesday's Potomac Primary bring an end to what surely must be regarded as the worst week in Hillary
Clinton's politcal career.Defeat to Obama on Super Tuesday was followed the next day by the news that she had loaned her campaign $5 million of her own money and that some senior staffers had temporariliy gone without pay. The weekend brought heavy defeats in Washington state, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska and the US Virgin Islands and Monday saw the New York Times reporting unease amongst her donors and superdelegates that the nomination was slipping away.Tuesday saw more losses in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland, meaning the former First Lady has now lost all eight contests held since Super Tuesday, hardly a backdrop conducive to raising money an
¡Sí se puede! Richardson endorses Obama as nomination begins to slip away from Clinton 2008-03-21 06:10:00 An endorsement by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
, the most senior Hispanic politician in the United States, today gave a a major boost to beleaguered Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
.Whilst the endorsement would have been infinitely more valuable three weeks ago (before Texas and its sizable Hispanic population went to the polls), Obama will nonetheless be hugely grateful for such a show of support at a time when he is attempting to recover from the fallout from the first major scandal of his political career, caused by the airing on US televsion of racially charged sermons by his pastor the Rev Jeremiah Wright.The language used by Richardson in his endorsement speech was significant :“My great affection and admiration for Senator Clinton
and President Bill Clinton wi
¡Sí Se Puede! Bill Richardson endorses Obama as nomination begins to slip away from Clinton 2008-03-21 06:10:00 An endorsement by New Mexico Governor Richardson
.htm">Bill Richardson
, the most senior Hispanic politician in the United States, today gave a a major boost to beleaguered Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
.Whilst the endorsement would have been infinitely more valuable three weeks ago (before Texas and its sizable Hispanic population went to the polls), Obama will nonetheless be hugely grateful for such a show of support at a time when he is attempting to recover from the fallout from the first major scandal of his political career, caused by the airing on US televsion of racially charged sermons by his pastor, the Rev Jeremiah Wright.The language used by Richardson in his endorsement speech was significant :“My great affection and admiration for Senator Clinton
and President Bill Clinton w
Obama : from the new JFK to the new Malcolm X in four weeks 2008-03-16 19:42:00 Barack Obama
may have started his campaign being billed as the new John Kennedy and as America's first post-racial candidate for president, but in recent weeks it it has has been the words Muslim, Hussein, Somali, Farrakhan, black separatist, white oppressor, radical, racially charged and firebrand that have come to dominate media coverage of the Illinois senator. In a country with such racial baggage as the United States, where 22% of people who voted for Hillary Clinton in the recent Ohio primary admitted that race had been an important factor in their decision, this represents a worrying development for Mr Obama. Support for Obama has fallen significantly in the Gallup and Rasmussen Democratic nomination tracking polls since videos of incendiary and racially charged sermons by his "s Read more:Malcolm
Democrats : popular vote may now be key 2008-03-09 17:10:00 Hillary Clinton's victories in Ohio and Texas last Tuesday may have done little to reduce Barack Obama's lead in the pledged delegate count (she enjoyed a net gain of just 10 delegates on the night according to the latest figures from Realclearpolitics) but the margin of her victory in the popular
vote, which she won by 330,000 votes across the two states , raises an intriguing possibility : that come the end of the primary season in June, Democrats
could face a situation where Barack Obama has more pledged delegates yet Hillary Clinton has an overall lead in the popular vote.According to the rules, the Democratic nomination is awarded to the candidate who amasses most delegates - that is, a sum of both pledged delegates (awarded according to the results of primaries and caucuses) and supe
Clinton set to fight on after March 4th 2008-03-03 12:07:00 Her husband may have stated publicly two weeks ago that failure to win both the Ohio and Texas primaries would end her chances of securing the Democratic nomination, but the noises coming out of the Hillary Clinton
camp over the last three days suggest that her campaign is set to continue even if she fails to win both states tomorrow.A memo sent to the press by her campaign staff on Friday attempted to draw attention to Obama's spending power and included the following statements :If he cannot win all of these states with all this effort, there’s a problem. Should Senator Obama fail to score decisive victories with all of the resources and effort he is bringing to bear, the message will be clear: Democrats, the majority of whom have favored Hillary in the primary contests held to date, h Read more:fight
, March
Hillary on the ropes 2008-02-25 11:45:00 March 4th, the date of the Texas and Ohio primaries, promises to be another night of high drama in the epic duel for the Democratic nomination. After 11 straight defeats, no one in the Clinton camp is under any illusions as to how important these two contests have now become, with former president Bill Clinton even stating publcly last week that his wife's chances of securing the nomination will end if she does not win both states.Amid all the media talk of Texas and Ohio representing Mrs Clinton's "firewall", it should not be forgotten that another of the New York senator's fall-back positions, her possible reliance on superdelegates in the event of narrowly losing the pledged delegate count, also appears to be under threat. According to the Associated Press, since February 9th Obama has Read more:Hillary
Obama vs Clinton : there will be blood 2008-02-16 21:18:00 The extraordinarily close race between Barrack Obama
and Hillary Clinton
for the Democratic nomination may make compelling viewing for neutral observers, but senior Democratic officials are becoming increasingly worried about the consequences for the party if the current deadlock between the two cannot be broken. Hovering above the party, like twin swords of Damocles, are two major controversies surrounding delegates that could well decide the nomination if Clinton and Obama remain neck and neck, and could cause enormous damage to the party if not handled correctly.The first problem causing Democrat leaders sleepless nights is the issue of superdelegates. At the Democratic convention in Denver this August a total of 4.048 delegates will vote on who should receive the party nomination and c
The worst week of Hillary's career 2008-02-13 17:31:00 Three more crushing defeats in Tuesday's Potomac Primary bring an end to what surely must be regarded as the worst week in Hillary
Clinton's politcal career.Defeat to Obama on Super Tuesday was followed the next day by the news that she had loaned her campaign $5 million of her own money and that some senior staffers had temporariliy gone without pay. The weekend brought heavy defeats in Washington state, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska and the US Virgin Islands and Monday saw the New York Times reporting unease amongst her donors and superdelegates that the nomination was slipping away.Tuesday saw more losses in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland, meaning the former First Lady has now lost all eight contests held since Super Tuesday, hardly a backdrop conducive to raising money an
Portugal v Turkey 2008-06-06 20:42:00 Portugal likely team to play Turkey
Coach : Felipe ScolariRicardoBosingwa..........Pepe..........Carvalho..........RibeiroVeloso..........PetitRonaldo..........Deco..........SimaoNuno GomesPossible changes :Miguel at right back, Bosingwa or Ferreira at left backa more attacking formation would see Petit as sole defesnive midfielder, with Moutinho and Deco playing more advanced in a 4-1-4-1 formatio Read more:Portugal
Switzerland v Czech Rep team news 2008-06-06 19:52:00 Switzerland likely team to play Czech
RepublicCoach : Kobi KuhnBenaglioLichtsteiner.........Mueller.........Senderos........ MagninBehrami....................Inler .............Gelson .........VonlanthenStreller..............FreiPossible changes :Degen could play at right back.Barnetta could play on left wing, with Vonlanthen on the right.Derdiyok could play instead of Streller.Czech Rep likely te Read more:Switzerland
McCain team accused of playing the race card as tone of campaign darkens 2008-10-09 16:14:00 An attempt in recent days by John McCain
's campaign to shift the focus of the presidential election away from the economy and towards the past associations of Barack Obama has led to criticisms from some Democrats and sections of the media that Republicans are trying to stir up racial prejudice in an attempt to halt Obama's momentum.With McCain currently trailing Obama by alarming margins in opin Read more:accused
Polls suggest Obama could be on course for landslide victory 2008-10-01 17:49:00 Largely overshadowed by media coverage of tonight's US Senate vote on the rescue package for America's banking industry, a batch of opinion polls released today show a striking shift of support away from John McCain and towards Barack Obama
, which could mark a decisive turning point in this year's presidential campaign.New polls from InsiderAdvantage/PollPosition, CNN/Time, Suffolk/WSVN and Quinni Read more:course
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