BREAKING: Obama Becomes The First African-American Presidential Nominee
BREAKING: Barack Obama Becomes The First African American Presidential Nominee.
Barack Obama wins the historic Democratic nomination, and becomes the first African-American Presidential Nominee. I will follow-up later tonight and tomorrow with video clips of speeches by Obama, Clinton, and McCain. Until then, our discussion on Healing The Democratic Party is open, and I would love to hear your comments on how you think that can be done. Would Hillary as Obama’s running mate help the healing process? Here is what has been released by The Associated Press…
Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House.
Vanquished rival Hillary Rodham Clinton swiftly signaled an interest in joining the ticket as his running mate.
Obama arranged a victory celebration in St. Paul, Minn., at the site of this summer’s Republican National Convention _ an in-your-face gesture to Sen. John McCain, who will be his opponent in the race to become the nation’s 44th president.
The 46-year-old Obama outlasted Clinton in a historic campaign that sparked record turnouts in primary after primary, yet exposed deep racial and gender divisions within the party.
In a campaign of surprises, Clinton’s comments about joining the ticket rated high.
According to one participant in an afternoon conference call among Clinton and members of the New York congressional delegation, Rep. Nydia Velazquez said she believed the best way for Obama to win over Hispanics and members of other key voting blocs would be to take the former first lady as his running mate.
“I am open to it,” Clinton replied, if it would help the party’s prospects in November, said the participant, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the call was a private matter.
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