Obama faces uphill fight for Houston's black vote
As Sen. Barack Obama gets set to campaign for president in Houston, local political leaders and voters reflect the national surveys showing that he has no early lock on the black vote, which could play a key role in next year's Texas Democratic primary. Linzy Hughes, 94, one of several black voters interviewed at lunch Tuesday at the Family Cafe, a political crossroads near downtown Houston, said America is not ready for a black president and he will support Hillary Clinton, if he "make(s) 95," simply because he thinks she has a better chance of winning. On the other hand, Obama's relative youth and outlook appeal to Carroll Robinson, a former Houston councilman and associate dean of external affairs at Texas Southern University. Robinson, who is 45, the same age as the presidential contender, said he did not experience the John F.
Land related to Obama transaction could be turned into condos
CHICAGO A piece of property related to a business transaction by U-S Senator Barack Obama (ber-AHK' oh-BAH'-muh) could be the site of a new condominium. The property once belonged to the wife of indicted political insider Antoin "Tony" Rezko. The Chicago Sun-Times reported today that property records show she sold it late last year to her husband's business attorney. Michael Sreenan plans to build a six-unit condominium on the site, next door to Obama's house in a historic South Side neighborhood. Obama bought a ten-foot-wide strip of the Rezko land in January 2006. The Democratic presidential candidate has since called the purchase "boneheaded" and "a mistake." Rezko is a longtime Obama political supporter and was known to be the target of a federal investigation.
Obama says he wants end to 'tit-for-tat'
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Fresh off a spat with rival Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he'd like to see an end to the "tit-for-tat" that dominates politics.The Obama and Clinton campaigns fired off dueling press releases this week over a top Hollywood donor who was a supporter of Bill Clinton but is backing Obama in this race.The Clinton campaign demanded that Obama return DreamWorks studio co-founder David Geffen's money after Geffen criticized the Clintons as dishonest, among other things. Obama declined, and his spokesman criticized Clinton in return for accepting the support of a South Carolina lawmaker who said Obama can't win because he's black.Obama told donors at a Houston fundraiser Thursday night that the nation will remain at a standstill "if we continue to engage in small and divisive politics and tit-for-tat.""Our country is at a crossroads right now," he said, citing problems in Iraq and domestically with education, energy and health care.
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