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TPMtv: Marianas: I'm Loving It!

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, APRIL 10 2008 01:38 PM | PERMALINK

Marianas: I'm Loving It!

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: As we've been reporting, Colorado senate candidate Bob Schaffer (R) says we should remodel our national immigration policy on that of the Mariana Islands -- a program notorious for child prostitution, forced abortions, beatings, slavery, twelve hour days and sex trafficking. Now it turns out he went on a Jack Abramoff junket to the islands and came back saying it was A-OK! We look at the latest in today's episode of TPMtv.
TPMtv: '08 Roundup: Episode #18

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, APRIL 03 2008 02:42 PM | PERMALINK

'08 Roundup: Episode #18

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In today's episode we examine the contending theories for how racialized voting may be affecting the Democratic primary race.
TPMtv: The Argument

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, APRIL 02 2008 04:27 PM | PERMALINK

The Argument

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In today's episode we look at news that the Clinton camp is discussing Jeremiah Wright in conversations with super delegates and how the press and spinners on both sides are reacting.
TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Should She Stay or Should She Go?

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, MARCH 31 2008 11:40 AM | PERMALINK

Sunday Show Roundup: Should She Stay or Should She Go?

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Calls for Hillary's exit and her fighting response was the big topic on the Sunday shows, with Obama supporters reeling back some of their more aggressive calls from earlier in the week. We bring you the highlights in today's Sunday Show Roundup.
TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: McCain of Arabia

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, MARCH 24 2008 12:57 PM | PERMALINK

Sunday Show Roundup: McCain of Arabia

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Does McCain have al Qaeda on the brain? And which Democratic campaign is definitively evil? We run down the key questions raised on this weekends Sunday shows.
Bloomberg and Paterson react to Obama's speech

POSTED BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD, MARCH 20 2008 04:07 PM | PERMALINK

New York City Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson's thoughts on Obama's speech about race.

The New York Observer's Politicker blog reports:

Paterson praised the speech, saying, “He talked about the different avenues of society that become frustrated.” Bloomberg, who deferred to Paterson at first said, “I think it’s an issue that he has to address, I thought he should have done it earlier, I’m glad he did and let’s get on with it.
McCain aide suspended for pushing new Obama/Wright video

POSTED BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD, MARCH 20 2008 03:13 PM | PERMALINK

An aide to John McCain has been suspended from the campaign for circulating a racially-charged video about Barack Obama, which calls into question the Illinois senator’s patriotism. The video melds clips from Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons, sound bites from Michelle Obama, and previous interviews of Barack Obama.

According to the Politico, “Soren Dayton, who works in McCain's political department, sent out the YouTube link of "Is Obama Wright?" on twitter at 12:31 today with the tag, "Good video...
TPMv: '08 Roundup: Episode #17

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, MARCH 20 2008 02:15 PM | PERMALINK

'08 Roundup: Episode #17

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: So where do we stand in the presidential race? Have Wright and the CinC questions hurt Obama? It's just a snapshot. But as of today the answer looks like a pretty clear yes. In today's campaign 2008 roundup we survey the numbers.
Poll shows gender harder to overcome than race

POSTED BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD, MARCH 19 2008 02:18 PM | PERMALINK

Another interesting article from Slate shows that 39 percent of voters polled by CBS think that a female candidate would "face more obstacles in presidential politics today," as compared with 33 percent who believe a black candidate would.

The poll shows that "42 percent of voters believe that Hillary Clinton has been judged more harshly on account of her gender, while only 27 percent think the same for Obama and his race."

Furthermore, "while 5 percent of voters say they would prefer to vote for a...
Obama on race circa 1990

POSTED BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD, MARCH 19 2008 01:48 PM | PERMALINK

Below is a feature from the Chicago Reporter on Obama just before he graduated from Harvard Law School. In the article, he notes that with his credentials, he won't have a hard time finding a job, but wonders if minorities who must attend state schools due to financial constraints would have the right to be as "mediocre" as their white male classmates. Full story courtesy of Slate.