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Va Elects First Gay African American (365Gay.com) (Falls Church, Virginia) Lawrence Webb has become the first gay African American elected to office in Virginia. Webb won a seat this week on the Falls Church City Council in his first run for political office.
Exploiting the Race Chasm (Seattle Times) When it comes to race, American politics is as polarized as a red-and-blue election map. On one side are those who try to distract from...
Web fuels and facilitates the new politics of rumor-mongering (The State) Some things about Barack Obama rub some voters the wrong way. "We don't need a Muslim," said Jannay Smith, a retiree from Kokomo, Ind. "Who's to say if he gets in there what he'll do?" Added Steve Shallenberger, a Kokomo electrician: "He's just calling himself a Christian because he knows that's what we in Indiana want to hear." Then there's Sherry Richey, also from Kokomo: "He wouldn't put his ...
Are Democrats willing to support Obama? (Hattiesburg American) In 2002, the Texas Democratic Party ran a "dream ticket" - a Latino for governor, an African-American for the U.S. Senate, and an Anglo for lieutenant governor. At one point during the campaign, a white political science professor expressed his concern that, with demographics changing, the Lone Star State might get to a point where the ranks of Democratic lawmakers would no longer include whites.
