Black lawmakers rethink Clinton support
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In a fresh sign of trouble for Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the former first lady's congressional black supporters intends to vote for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, and a second, more prominent lawmaker is openly discussing a possible switch.
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The perception that Hispanics won't vote for Barack Obama because he is black is a myth, and Obama trails Hillary Clinton among Latinos because she has long courted their vote and he was late to reach out, experts say.
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A judge's ruling to desegregate public housing by moving its mostly black and poor residents to the suburbs &#151; a plan similarly proposed and rejected a decade ago &#151; seems to be generating the same old resistance, and, surprisingly, some cautious new support.
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It is unclear whether Gov. Bill Richardsonâs supporters will gravitate to Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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In five House elections from 1992 to 2000 and then again in 2004, voters in a black-majority suburban Atlanta sent Democrat Cynthia A. McKinney to Congress. During that time, she gained some loyal supporters with her advocacy on behalf of minorities, women and the poor.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who grew up in the palest of Chicago suburbs,  is now competing for black votes across the South.
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One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most prominent black supporters said Sunday he was insulted by the characterization by rival Barack Obama's presidential campaign of her remarks about the civil rights movement.
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Black leaders in Congress asked the federal government Tuesday to weigh in on the legality of a vote by the Cherokee Nation earlier this month to revoke citizenship from descendants of former tribal slaves.
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Two black South Carolina ministers listed by Barack Obama's campaign as endorsing his White House bid say they did no such thing, and at least two others affirmed their support only after being contacted by campaign workers when questions were raised about their endorsements.
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When civil rights elders signed on to support Hillary Rodham Clinton's run for president, it was seen as a coup in the competition for the black vote, especially in the Deep South.
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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the  other Democratic candidates for president lobbied for the  African-American vote on Thursday with vows to make sure black  votes are fully counted in the 2008 election.
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Gov. Ed Rendell, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most visible supporters, said some white Pennsylvanians are likely to vote against her rival Barack Obama because he is black.
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President Bush has doubled his support among blacks in four years and Sen. John Kerry's backing among the key Democratic voting bloc is down slightly from the support Al Gore won in 2000, according to a poll released Tuesday.
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It is unclear whether Gov. Bill Richardsonâs supporters will gravitate to Senator Barack Obama or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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A key black Democratic leader in South Carolina has negotiated a $10,000 per month consulting contract with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign, a development that came to light when the lawmaker endorsed the presidential hopeful.
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The woman who famously labeled Bill Clinton as the "first black president" is backing Barack Obama to be the second.
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MACON, Georgia  - With its painful history of slavery and segregation, it is easy to presume how Southern white voters will respond to Barack Obama, who would be the country's first black president, but observers say simple assumptions about politics in the region would be wrong.