Democrats court black vote, pledge to end Iraq war
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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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Courting the anti-war constituency, Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both voted against legislation that pays for the Iraq war but lacks a timeline for troop withdrawal.
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African Americans in Congress are weighing whether to shift support from Clinton to Obama.
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Democrats hope the power of the pulpit will buttress support among blacks, a key voting bloc that must turn out heavily for presidential candidate John Kerry to win the White House.
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois  - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, citing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, pledged on Saturday to bridge the partisan gridlock in Washington, end the war in Iraq and transform American politics as the first black U.S. president.
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Ahead of votes on U.S. troop presence in Iraq, Republicans argued Thursday that the United States must stay put to help the fledgling Iraqi government while Democrats demanded the Bush administration make clear that American forces won&#039;t be in Iraq forever.
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Democratic presidential hopefuls vowed to fight the scourges of AIDS, poverty and discrimination afflicting African Americans and to get tough with Sudan over Darfur, in their third live televised presidential debate Thursday.
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Even as Pentagon planners search for ways to shift the Iraq mission from combat to support with fewer U.S. troops, Democrats plan to raise their pressure on President Bush to end U.S. involvement in the unpopular war.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Thursday called on US African-Americans, who have traditionally backed Democrats, to vote on November 2.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson on Wednesday called for the U.S. to end the war in Iraq, arguing that the troops exacerbate the sectarian violence and the billions spent could be used for health care and other needs.
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Leading U.S. Democrats vowed on Sunday a push to revise President George W. Bush's 2002 authorization to wage war in Iraq, as a way to raise pressure for a change in strategy.
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President Bush summoned support from Democrats whose "dreams and goals are not found in the far left wing" of their own party on Wednesday in a late-campaign appeal for crossover votes. Sen. John Kerry said that when it comes to Iraq, the man in the White House "doesn't get it, and he can't fix it."
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Liberal activists, disgruntled that the Democratic Party takeover of Congress has not expedited an end to the Iraq war, have threatened to sponsor 2008 primary challenges to House Democrats who they believe haven't been tough enough in standing up to President Bush.
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Democratic campaigners are targeting Florida's black community, hoping to channel their anger over the 2000 electoral fiasco into a resolve to defeat President George W. Bush.
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Democrat John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may attempt to suppress black voter turnout to help President Bush to victory in November. "What they did in Florida in 2000, they may be planning to do in battleground states all across this country this year," the Democratic presidential nominee said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Congressional Black Caucus. "Well, we are here to let them know that we will fight tooth and nail to make sure that this time, every vote is counted and every vote counts."
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Democrats need to do something dramatic, even histrionic, to dispel the perception they are powerless to stop the Iraq War.
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INDIANOLA, Iowa  - Six Democratic White House contenders mixed grilled steak and raw politics on Sunday, courting Iowa voters with promises of change and pledges to end the Iraq war and reverse many of President George W. Bush's policies.