March 2008
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The housing crisis, as seen by blacks and whites
Algernon Austin, Daily Voice Whites and blacks have very different readings of what happened to produce the housing crisis. Whites tend to be more sympathetic to the tough-love approach espoused by Senator John McCain while blacks tend to think of the history of racial discrimination in housing. How the country responds or does not respond [...]
If Obama vs. McCain, will Southern white Dems support Obama?
Cash Michaels, Louisiana Weekly There was good news, and bad news in Sen. Barack Obama’s convincing March 11 win in Mississippi’s Democratic presidential primary. African Americans, who doubted Obama’s candidacy just six months ago, gave him an astounding 92 percent of their votes – the most of any primary contest thus far – in his [...]
Clinton campaign head made $200,000 with subprime lender
GLENN THRUSH, Newsday Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign manager, Maggie Williams, earned about $200,000 on the board of a Long Island subprime lender that charged prepayment penalties – a practice that Clinton, a critic of the subprime industry, now seeks to eliminate. Williams, who took over the reins of Clinton’s campaign in early February, served as [...]
New Backing for Obama As Party Seeks Unity
JACKIE CALMES, Wall Street Journal Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama’s side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to endorse Sen. Obama Monday, according to a Democrat familiar with her plans. Meanwhile, [...]
HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson to Announce Retirement
Staff Writer, BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson is expected to announce his retirement today. Recently, two senators – Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Patty Murray of Washington sent a letter to President Bush asking that Secretary Jackson resign due to allegations of wrongdoing, which the senators felt made him ineffective. Jackson was [...]
