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Dana Milbank: Speaking before an audience that included Marion Barry, Cornel West, Malik Zulu Shabazz of the New Black Panther Party and Nation of Islam official Jamil Muhammad, Wright praised Louis Farrakhan, defended the view that Zionism is racism, accused the United States of terrorism, repeated his view that the government created the AIDS virus to cause the genocide of …

Unsurprisingly, the NY Times has uncovered that the Obama campaign deliberately placed that trio of A&F-clad boys behind their candidate, a bit of “stagecraft” done by all campaigns interested in reaching a particular demographic. Mystery solved. The so-called Abercrombie boys who showed up behind Senator Barack Obama during his speech Tuesday night in Evansville, Ind., were just random Obama fans. …

Here’s a preview of what we’re in for this fall. To his credit, John McCain has written the North Carolina Republican Party and demanded that they pull the ad. Dear Chairman Daves, From the beginning of this election, I have been committed to running a respectful campaign based upon an honest debate about the great issues confronting America today. I …

Obamacrombie! The trio of A&F-wearing Obama supporters pictured here is tickling bloggers today. What brand do Hillary’s supporters prefer? (Via- Every Gay Blog Out There.)

As expected, Hillary Clinton won Pennsylvania’s primary. At the time of this post her margin is 8%, not exactly enough to shout down those calling for her withdrawal from the race, but not bad considering how Obama outspent her, with his campaign shelling out over $11M to Clinton’s $4.8M. In Philadelphia, Obama trounced Clinton by nearly a 2-1 margin, but …

After his widely-panned performance in Wednesday’s debate in Philadelphia, Barack Obama has decided that 21 debates with Hillary Clinton is enough. Sen. Barack Obama suggested Thursday that he doesn’t see any point in having another debate with Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton. Wednesday’s debate on ABC may be the final face-off between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. At an …

According to this week’s poll, John McCain is now tied with both Obama and Clinton. Republican Sen. John McCain has erased Sen. Barack Obama’s 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic candidates in an Associated Press-Ipsos national poll released Thursday. The survey showed the extended Democratic primary campaign creating divisions among supporters of Obama …

UPDATE: One paragraph in the interview is bringing wide media attention. In it, Obama says that he won’t make the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” a “litmus test” for his potential Joint Chiefs of Staff appointees. The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund agrees with Obama’s position. Victory Fund spokesperson Denis Dison says, “In terms of any kind of litmus …

Just days after the Philadelphia Gay News published a large blank section on their front page to protest Barack Obama’s unwillingness to speak to the gay press, the Dallas Voice has confirmed that The Advocate has conducted an interview to be posted on their site tomorrow. It is Obama’s first interview with the gay press since he discussed the Donnie …

You may recall me posting a photo of my primary election vote for Hillary Clinton, in which I demonstrated by uncertainty with crossed fingers. I still think she would make a wonderful president. And I think Obama would too. But this cartoon expresses my feelings today. As some of you said in yesterday’s Ellen Degeneres post, I’d like to see …

Hillary Clinton appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show yesterday where Ellen strongly urged Clinton not to drop out of the race, saying it was the choice of the voters, not Barack Obama’s campaign. Hillary then told the touching story about her parents’ gay neighbors and pledged to work for gay rights. And finally, in a dig at Obama, they bowled. …

Speaking to a Nigerian newspaper, former President Jimmy Carter made it clear how he’s casting his vote as a superdelegate, saying, “My children and their spouses are pro-Obama. My grandchildren are also pro-Obama. As a superdelegate, I would not disclose who I am rooting for, but I leave you to make that guess.” If you include Carter’s coy statement, Obama …

As an April Fool’s joke, yesterday Hillary challenged Barack Obama to a “bowl-off”, making fun of the 37 score Obama received while bowling the day before at a Pennsylvania campaign stop. Warning: lame puns.

The latest salvo from Hillary: Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused rival Sen. Barack Obama and his allies of trying to stop people from voting as some of his backers have called on her to drop out of the presidential race. The Obama campaign rejected the charge, dismissing Clinton’s criticism as “completely laughable.” In a series of television interviews in …

Barack Obama is taking the high road on calls for Hillary to drop out. Barack Obama is refusing to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Hillary Rodham Clinton to step away from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. “My attitude is Senator Clinton can run as long as she wants,” Obama said on the weekend.Obama told …

Some are speculating that Obama would do well to choose a Jewish running mate in the hopes of defusing the Rev. Wright debacle. But according to the NY Times, the two weren’t exactly BFFs at yesterday’s meeting in NYC. It was only hours after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg finally made it clear he was not running for president that his …