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...Beyond any possible racial divide, the Obama campaign argues the greater hurdle in the 37th District is that of the establishment: both Richardson and former opponent Oropeza are united in their support of Clinton. And, like California in general - home to two women U.S. Senators, as well as Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the House - the district is partial to women, having elected them to Congress since 1996. "I know people want to make a lot about race in our campaign, but it really wasn't about that," Oropeza said. "And it won't be about...
...campaign field offices of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in New York City's Harlem district are separated by just five blocks on Malcolm X Boulevard. Located in a converted storefront at 130th Street, Obama's headquarters were leased from a real estate office just two weeks ago. Last Thursday a stable of supporters worked the phones with unflagging energy, enumerating their candidate's merits with the fervor of the converted. But like any nascent operation, it was still ironing out the kinks. "Someone came in on Monday and donated a printer, but we keep running out of ink," says...
Clinton is also on friendly ground here, thanks to prominent supporters like Congressman Charles Rangel, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, who is in his 19th term representing the district. "No one has more reach in this neck of the woods," says Kevin Wardally, the Harlem political operative spearheading the New York senator's efforts. Her husband, long popular in the district, maintains his post-presidential office a few blocks down 125th Street, Harlem's main artery. But his effect on her candidacy has come into question. To many in this community, the former president's recent...
...office, "We have our cake and we're eating it, too." Clinton's team volleys back the compliment: "I think it's pretty clear that Obama will do very well among African-American voters," says Wardally, though he expects his candidate to garner "her piece" and carry the district. A Jan. 20 statewide poll conducted by Siena College, which found Clinton leading Obama, 46-36, among black Democrats seems to support his prognosis. Either way, says Durant, the Obama volunteer, "I feel like I have clout...
...Damadola, meant to take out al-Qaeda number two Ayman al Zawahiri, killed his son-in-law and some 16 civilians - earning Musharraf widespread criticism for allowing the U.S. to attack targets within Pakistani borders. Another strike in October, on a suspected militant training camp in nearby Baijur district, killed some 80 men. The Pakistani government took responsibility for the attack, but many in the region suspect that the missiles came from a predator drone...