Racial issues top debate agenda
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The struggles of the nation's blacks &#151; a loyal Democratic voting bloc &#151; topped the agenda Thursday as the party's eight presidential candidates gathered for their third primary debate.
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The top four Republican presidential candidates have set off a debate over whether the GOP is paying enough attention to blacks and Hispanics by skipping Thursday night's debate on minority issues.
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Democratic U.S. presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on Monday toned down their rhetoric over race, seeking to smooth over a clash that was dividing their party, which for decades has prided itself on standing up for minority rights.
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Democratic candidates for president tackled the economy as their debate got under way tonight in South Carolina. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards debate five days before the Democratic primary in South Carolina, where almost half of the voters are African-Americans.
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Candidates' race, gender, age, and religion are among the factors that could shape the election.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama face off in the CNN/Congressional Black Caucus Institute debate in Myrtle Beach.
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Expressions of sexism and racism emerging from the contest between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack 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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In the long-running debate on affirmative action, Scott E. Page, a professor at the University of Michigan, is a fresh voice.
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Our position is: Tough questions, sharp exchanges and opposing views on Iraq highlighted vice presidential debate. Voters again heard two distinct views of how to win the war in Iraq and confront terrorism during Tuesday night&#39;s vice presidential debate.
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Republican presidential candidates are to hold a debate in Florida ahead of a key presidential primary on Tuesday.
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The stands of these 2008 presidential candidates on a selection of issues:
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - 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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Barack Obama had hoped to be above racial tensions, but his campaign has been pulled into them from early on.
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama come face to face for first time since race issue featured in campaign
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Given the contemporary issues and ideological stances adopted
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry on the issues at Wednesday's debate:
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The issues of substance between the two main presidential candidates &#150; dramatically different governing priorities, and starkly different responses to whether the country is on the right course at home and abroad &#150; were on   vivid display Friday in their second debate.