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Waiting for Barack Obama: A Nightmare in One Act

May 21, 2008 - A few hours before the results for Oregon Democratic primary were in on Tuesday, Barack Obama made a speech in Iowa where he said the nomination...

Somehow, Democratic race continues after Obama wins Oregon

May 20, 2008 - Although Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama in Kentucky by 35 points, the Southern primary still gave Obama...

From The Room: My Apology

April 2, 2008 - I would like to take this opportunity to talk about recent inflammatory remarks made by my spiritual advisor--specifically, his statement that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingd...

Obama "whites down" his rhetoric for Pennsylvania's working class

April 2, 2008 - During his bus tour across Pennsylvania, which ends on Wednesday, Barack Obama has been careful to tone down his lofty rhetoric. Like its western neighbor Ohio, the Keystone state has been hit hard with home foreclosure and job loss. Pennsylvania is also aging- it has the third highest median age...

From The Room: "N" Like Me

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Obama sees Pennsylvania the way it's meant to be seen: by bus

March 28, 2008 - On Friday, Barack Obama began a six-day journey across Pennsylvania in anticipation of the state's April 22 primary. Polls show...

From The Room: New Rule: Catholics Must Get Up Out of the Pew and Walk Out of the Church Forever

March 28, 2008 - When Barack Obama didn't hear Reverend Wright say those awful things about America, he still should have rushed the stage, smite Reverend Wright with the cross, and left the church. If there's anything the right wing can agree on, it's that. And that gays are going hell...

The 23/6 Barack Obama Inspiration-O-Tron

March 27, 2008 - In a speech from New York City today, Barack Obama addressed the nation's ever-more-depressing housing market crisis and still managed to inspire the crap out of anyone with ears...

From The Room: The Black Elephant in the Room

March 20, 2008 - There's a great scene in John Waters' Hairspray where a frightened white mother goes to look for her daughter in a black neighborhood, pleading with the natives to leave her alone while they sit there and laugh at her idiocy. That reminds me of how conservatives are reacting to...

From The Room: How to Deal with the Historic '08 Candidacies

March 19, 2008 - This campaign has been tough on everybody, but particularly on members of the media who find themselves stymied when trying to navigate this year's historic candidacy minefield. And since all three candidates have proven to be a bit, shall we say, delicate, a hastily compiled handy reference guide a...

When Fox News sees a black man, they cross the street and file a report on gang violence

March 18, 2008 - Barack Obama gave a seminal speech on race Tuesday, in an attempt to end the controversy surrounding his former preacher, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. While the reviews have been overwhelmingly favorab...

From The Feed: Barack Obama is half-race, half-racist

March 18, 2008 - Barack Obama refuses to trash his racist black preacher or his racist white grandmother...

From The Feed: Barack Obama coins a new euphemism for white people

March 18, 2008 - Barack Obama warns that the message in a black church can sound frightening to "untrained ears...

Barack Obama's white grandmother sounds just like yours

March 18, 2008 - During his speech on race today, Barack Obama alluded to things that his white grandmother said which made him, "cringe...