Race and Gender Are Issues in Tense Day for Democrats
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Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been thrust into a social and political debate that transcends their candidacies.
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Democrats began turning Wednesday to the fight that some in the party fear they wage most consistently: with one another. Democratic politicians and operatives said the
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Expressions of sexism and racism emerging from the contest between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barak Obama have been blatant, subtle and perhaps sometimes imagined, and they are renewing the national debate over what is and isn't acceptable to say in public.
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The Democratic nomination fight once appeared to be a contest over issues: the Iraq war, Iran, universal health care and economic uncertainty. But as the candidates' positions have melded, they have found themselves agreeing that voters are ready for the changes they are all proposing -- but figh...
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Alberto R. Gonzales' civil liberties record worries Democrats; conservatives question him on abortion and affirmative action.
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The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party is under way. And the outcome of this battle will likely not be determined by any one of the rising number of candidates for the party's 2008 presidential nomination, but rather by the Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill.
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Democratic leaders have a wish list a mile long as they ponder a successor to Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The person they pick will be the first sign of where the party is headed after agonizing White House and Senate losses last month.
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The Democratic presidential candidates have moved from the politics of piling on to the politics of unity.
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Infighting among US Democrats after their victory in the November 7 elections has led some to wonder if the party is up to the task of controlling Congress.
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The Democratic candidate is polling poorly among one important ethnic group. Is race the reason?
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seek to set aside a row over civil rights in their fight for the US Democratic ticket.
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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.
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Rasmussen Reports - In the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination, a woman is the clear frontrunner and an African-American is clearly in the number two position.
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Democrat leaders search for a mediator as race for party nomination threatens to drag on until August convention
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One of the two democratic campaigns will end up with a fresh sense of possibility, the other with a sense of opportunity lost.
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Knocked around by setbacks on three big issues, House Democrats have endured perhaps their toughest week since taking control of the chamber.
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U.S. News & World Report - In a sign of things to come, a dose of negativity has entered the Democratic presidential campaign.