Dems SC strategy focused on race
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South Carolina is where two presidential candidates lectured the media for focusing on race, but behind the scenes worked furiously to use the state's diversity to their advantage.
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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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The presence of an African American and a woman at the front of the race for the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination is shaking up the politics of identity in unpredictable ways, analysts said.
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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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Howard Dean, who is weighing a bid for leadership of the Democratic Party, will call on Democrats to fight for victory across the country instead of ceding wide swaths of the South and West to Republicans.
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Next stop: South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, Jan. 26.
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The Democratic candidate offers up four new principles, and with a thin veil, addresses the outsider vs. insider messages of her rivals.
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YANKTON, S.D. -- Democratic hopes of regaining the Senate majority hinge first on defending five endangered seats, with none more important than that of Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle. Daschle, long a fixture of South Dakota politics, is holding on by a thread as Republicans spend millions to try to protect their thin majority and topple a high-profile nemesis. Democrats have spent even more, making this lightly populated prairie state the unlikely epicenter of a battle for control of the Senate.
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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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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 Democratic presidential candidates have moved from the politics of piling on to the politics of unity.
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After losing back-to-back presidential elections, Democratic leaders are trying to figure out how to make the party more relevant to mainstream Americans and keep it from slipping into perpetual minority-party status. And the task is daunting, many Democratic consultants and leaders agree.
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It has unfolded mostly under the radar. But an important development in the 2008 Democratic battle may be the building backlash among African Americans over comments from associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that could be construed as jabs at Sen. Barack Obama's race.
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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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The Democratic contest is more likely to be decisive.
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Los Angeles Times - ORLANDO, Fla. &#8212; Ever since President Bush narrowly won Florida four years ago, Democrats have meticulously courted key voting blocs that strategists believe could help reverse the party's fortunes in 2004 &#8212; showering attention on seniors, African Americans, Jews, and Cuban and Haitian Americans.
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In a fast-moving presidential contest with little breathing room, Democratic candidates are courting their base hard.