Ttrying to stem the damage to his presidential campaign, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama confronted racial divisions and the uproar over his pastor’s incendiary sermons.

On Tuesday, Obama rejected some of the pastor’s statements, but he says black anger still persists over injustice in America and whites shouldn’t be surprised that it bursts out in sermons.

Denouncing Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s comments as he has before, Obama attributed them to a bitterness he said hurts the black community. But, he added, “the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away.

In today’s story, Obama defended his longtime spiritual mentor,…

If you did, the results show that it didn’t happen.

Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama have split states. Clinton gets New York, with hundreds of delegates. Obama gets Georgia and Illinois. And so on. Sen. John McCain, Gov. Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney have also split a number of states.

Did you expect more closure on a night when 24 states were casting primary ballots? Were you hoping to get a clearer idea about who the parties would nominate as their standard-bearer?

Are you disappointed — or heartened — by any of the results of Super Tuesday? And what…

The reports are out: Former Sen. John Edwards is dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president. Unable to win any of the primary states up to this point, finishing far behind in Florida, and likely running out of money, he’s gone as of noon today (St. Louis time).

According to the AP story on the subject:

The former North Carolina senator will not immediately endorse either candidate in what is now a two-person race for the Democratic nomination, said one adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the announcement. Both candidates would welcome Edwards’ backing…