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...just Obama's historic candidacy that's eroding the Republicans' small black constituency. Many black pastors who supported Bush cannot credibly suggest that their congregations support the Republican ticket, not after the Bush Administration's mishandling of Hurricane Katrina and the economic crisis that particularly threatens an already fragile black middle class. For many blacks, there is little evidence that McCain, who still has the stigma of initially opposing a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in his home state of Arizona two decades ago, has a desire to cultivate the kind of relationships with black Republicans that Ronald Reagan...
...often working in closed-door sessions where members would not need to moderate their passions for public consumption. "I have not, in all those years, ever witnessed any moment when he wasn't in complete control over what he was saying and doing," says Warner. Several other politicians even suggest that McCain's outbursts are not irrational but calculated for effect, to help him push his agenda...
Speculating about the health of companies has long been considered imprudent in Washington, where an ill-considered, offhand remark by politicians can cost businesses and shareholders millions of dollars. With stock markets reeling, the slightest hint of corporate instability today can sink stock prices, making it unwise to suggest that financial titan X may be in danger of joining the roster of bailout candidates...
...Late last week, and with little fanfare, Palin began claiming at rallies and in a radio interview that Obama had once opposed providing medical care for certain newborn babies, who later died. Without any clear context, Palin's statements seemed to suggest that Obama supported a form of infanticide...
...without dispute that Obama is pro-choice; he has a long record of opposing efforts that might limit legal access to abortion. To suggest, however, that Obama supported the death of children born alive after abortions is misleading. State law in Illinois, which Obama supported, has always protected the life of a child born alive after abortions, if doctors believed the child had a reasonable chance of survival...