Analysis: Will race matter to Dems?
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Barack Obama accuses Hillary Rodham Clinton of making an "unfortunate" remark about Martin Luther King Jr. She retorts that King's a hero to her Â and no one should be thinking Obama is a new MLK.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in California
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Racial issues are sure to come up Monday night as the Democratic presidential candidates debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in South Carolina, the first state of the campaign season with a significant number of black voters.
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The political terrain favors Republicans, but personal dynamics in some races favor Democrats.
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The black vote was key to his decisive win Saturday. To be competitive in the Feb. 5 sweepstakes, he'll need a broader coalition of independents, young people, and affluent whites, analysts say.
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Sen. Barack Obama is facing a crucial test of support within the Democratic Party, as polls opened Saturday in a race in which more than half the voters are expected to be African-American.
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Rasmussen Reports - In the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton&#39;s lead over Barack Obama is down a bit for the week ending September 23. But, for the sixteenth straight week, the former First Lady still leads by a solid double digit margin (see summary of weekly poll results). The somewhat smaller lead may reflect a modest tightening of the race or it may be nothing more than statistical noise.
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Though insisting race and gender have little to do with it, many Democrats are supporting the presidential candidate who looks most like them.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats nationally.
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Black lawmakers are likely to lead key committees in the new, Democrat-led House, and that means issues such as Hurricane Katrina relief, hate crimes and voting problems are likely to get much more attention.
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Washington (Billboard) - While the race for the White House  draws most of the public's political attention between now and  Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector  industries will focus a good deal of effort on state races.
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African Americans are expected to vote overwhelmingly for Democrat John Kerry on November 2, but perhaps not in high enough numbers to ensure victory for the Massachusetts senator in the razor-thin presidential election, poll results suggested.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Maryland.
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Obama's got the momentum, Clinton's got the Machine. Which force wins out may ultimately depend on the superdelegates
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The simple fact that either Hillary Clinton, a white woman, or Barack Obama, a black man, will likely be the Democratic nominee for president is fueling a nationwide debate about how sexism and racism may shape this campaign.
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Race became a focus of  the Democratic presidential campaign on Sunday with Hillary  Clinton accusing rival Barack Obama of distorting remarks she  made last week about the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement.
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In a Democratic primary sure to attract a large number of black voters, race remained a persistent subtext as Barack Obama found himself going up against two Clintons.