Plain and simple, Barack Obama cannot defeat John McCain and win the presidency without getting a majority of the white vote.
At the beginning of the primary season, this factor did not seem to present a problem, as whites flocked to…
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Loading ...Three cheers for Hillary! Although Senator Clinton did not achieve her personal goal of becoming the first female presidential nominee, she promoted democratic ideals by traveling the country and energizing her supporters against the wishes of many. Senator Obama and the…
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Political scientists will have a fertile field for investigation of and writing about the recent presidential nominations primaries. In some ways we have seen both the best and the worst of our public life. Both Senators McCain and Clinton demonstrated…
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So Barack Obama fundraiser Tony Rezko was found guilty of fraud, corruption and money laundering. Hillary fundraiser Norman Hsu was convicted of fraud and she had to return over $800,000 in donations to her campaign. Gee, two politicians from the…
(7 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5) Loading ...Gene Carton of Olivette is a frequent contributor to Post-Dispatch with his letters frequently appearing in the paper’s sports section. Recently I read one of his letters in the paper’s editorial section.
In his letter he spoke of the Clinton and Obama campaigns…
(9 votes, average: 2.78 out of 5) Loading ...It’s easy to see how Barack Obama has won the hearts and minds of thinking Americans. His courageous admission that his church had done him wrong had tears stinging my eyes. Without concern for his own welfare, he has gallantly…
(7 votes, average: 2.86 out of 5) Loading ...Can anything be more obvious than the Clinton camp’s current strategy?
Out thought and out organized at every turn, seeing the once sure nomination disappear to a virtual unknown midwest senator, their sight has now shifted to 2012. How to…
(4 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...“Invest in inflation; I hear it is going up.” America is running on empty. Empty wallets, gas tanks, and food pantries. Businesses are laying off workers. Mortgage lenders are trying to recover losses Home prices continue to decline. Is American…
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...In his letter printed Saturday, Gene Dalton says: [Barack Obama] “is unmistakably a product of highly educated parents and grandparents who sent him to private schools.”
If Dalton mistakenly believes this, he should read Dreams From My Father, Barack Obama’s…
(11 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...If Barack Obama goes to Iraq, he better make sure that someone checks that the landing beacon is on the landing strip, and not on some hillside. And keep Hillary away from Iraq!
Hal Wehrman
Manchester
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