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Three amigos? Obama, Clinton and Edwards compete for delegates in South Carolina.
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What's at stake in South Carolina? Clinton and Obama battle for supremacy
After weeks of exchanging barbs about race, the remaining Democratic candidates for president square off in South Carolina's primary on Saturday. In a state where roughly half of Democratic voters are black, many pollsters and commentators are giving Barack Obama the edge. But Hillary Clinton and her ex-president husband have been campaigning hard in the Palmetto State. And John Edwards is just trying to be heard.
When the ballots are counted, will the winner be the best candidate to face the Republican nominee in November? Has the racially-tinged campaign in South Carolina poisoned the election for the Democrats?
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Redefining progress in South Carolina
Submitted on January 25th, 2008 by BenWatching the factions of liberalism duke it out in the primaries is almost as fascinating watching conservatives hash out their problems with McCain, Rudy, et. al. That article by Kevin Alexander Grey in the Columbia, S.C., Free Times is worth reading for evidence of what pains Democrats this time around.
"It’s not just the 'old politics of division' that the Clintons represent; it’s the consequences of the policies that they left behind, including the demobilization of a lot of progressive black and working class forces who gave Bill a pass because he said, in many politically masterful ways, 'I feel your pain.' Whatever candidate starts defining 'change' in terms of abandoning those policies will get my vote." (emphasis added)
Enough of this "first black president" silliness about Bill Clinton. The Clintons did -- and continue to do -- real damage to the Democratic Party in much the same way George W. Bush sucked the very life out of the Republican Party. The damage will only get worse between now and November.