Capital Sources: Barack, Hillary and Race
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How will African-American voters respond to a Barack-Hillary showdown?
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Maryland.
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It was an interesting election until the Clintons started calling Obama the nice young African-American candidate. Yeah, I lived in the south long enough to understand what that means. When I went to Tulane I was often explained as soandso's Jewish friend Dave. It meant that I could come over for dinner, but there would never be a marriage. I should say The Old South. The problem for the Clintons is that the country has changed, as recently as the generation that's now in its early 20s. Because of my experience at Harvard, I know quite a few of them, and I promise you, race doesn't mean to them what it meant when I was their age. To them, this country is a melting pot where we've not only accepted blacks and Hispanics, but people from incredibly far away with incredible complexions, hair, clothes, traditions and names. Amazingly, it's still America.  Once again we are the melting pot. And this time around a young African-American with a funny name is very mainstream, so much so that the blatant appeal racism of the white-haired old man is as ridiculous as the praise Trent Lott gave to the almost-dead holdover from the Old South, Strom Thurmond.  Problem for Clinton is actually much worse, we now saw how she'd govern. Let's say a young African-American Senator from Illiinois got in the way. Would she argue the issues with him in a respectful way? Why bother when you can smear him into silence. Now she spins around like her husband oblivious to what the rest of us suspected, and now knows for sure. If there isn't now a landslide of support for Obama, from all segments of the Democratic Party and from many Republicans, then our country truly is without hope. I suspect that's not what will happen, and we'll see the same kind of weak attempt at redemption that Trent Lott tried after his fiasco. It won't work, because, as with Lott, we've seen too much. Now do we know that Obama would be any different? We don't. My cynical side says of course he's just like the Clintons say. "Give me a break" -- it's a "fairy tale." (BTW, I'm quoting Bill Clinton accurately, a form of respect they don't practice.) Maybe they're right. Maybe this is the last gasp of hope in America for America. Okay, maybe so. But I'm willing to give it one more try. I think it would say to the rest of the world that America has caught up with reality. Look at how we've changed. Maybe they'll put pictures of Obama in their public buildings as they did with JFK. I could think of worse things. (Carolyn Kennedy thinks it's possible.) What a fantastic way to recover from Bush, who so completely represented the greed and arrogance and uglyness of America, to reinvent ourselves in the image of our best, in the image of hope.  Hope, that's the difference, and it's not just a word. We've all been disempowered during the Clinton and Bush years, sidelined. I remember when I gave up on Clinton, it was during the brightest period of hope for the web, when they passed a compromise that said that the First Amendment didn't apply here.  There are some things that are so important that you can't compromise on them. It was then that I knew that Clinton (and Gore) were phonies. Maybe Obama isn't. I never thought I'd get another chance to use my vote to say, along with so many other Americans, that we still believe the bullshit they taught us in school and that our grandparents taught us, and that the flag says to us every time we think of what it means. There's a reason this country is so great. We forgot it. Let's remember. Bill Clinton wanted us to think well of him when he spoke at Davos in 2000. I choose to remember what he said then, Find A Shared Vision. If by any chance he should read this, I'd say it's time for you to not just say those words but to live them.
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Democratic presidential   hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are locked in a unique fight to secure their place in history, says the BBC's Jamie Coomarasamy.
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Different readings in the presidential race point, in part, to a volatile electorate.
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In a Democratic primary sure to attract a large number of black voters, race remained a persistent subtext as Barack Obama found himself going up against two Clintons.
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Not sure where I heard this, but if Bill can be the first black president, then Barack can be the first woman president.  Pass it on.  "cheesecake"
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The Obama Express. My latest piece on Huffington.  If you like it, please feel free to pass it on.  "cheesecake"
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Bloomberg - Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton accused the campaign of Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama of twisting her words about civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Democrat Barack Obama eclipses Hillary Clinton in the battle to raise funds for the US presidential elections.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama dug in Wednesday for a campaign unlike any other, a woman and a black man drawing record voter turnout in an unpredictable race for the Democratic presidential nomination. John McCain claimed the role of resident underdog in the Republican race, despite his big win in the New Hampshire primary.
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Five democrats in Harlem weigh in on the choice between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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TITLES: Clinton ad: "Ideas." Obama ad: "Anything Radio."
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Candidates' race, gender, age, and religion are among the factors that could shape the election.
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Hillary Clinton raises doubts about the authenticity of Barack Obama's claims to represent a new breed of politics
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Obama hints of sharper edge against Clinton; McCain presses for Michigan win ... Bloomberg begins nationwide effort to gauge support ... Romney pulls ads in South Carolina, Florida ... Obama wins support of powerful Nevada union...
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama come face to face for first time since race issue featured in campaign