Andrews says he heard racist strategy from Clinton camp  —  A Democratic superdelegate from New Jersey said this week he is worried that unifying the party behind Barack Obama may be difficult because the Clinton camp “has engaged in some very divisive tactics and rhetoric it should not have.”

You buying it?  —  Spiritual wise ones say: This sure ain't no ordinary politician.  You buying it?  —  I find I'm having this discussion, this weird little debate, more and more, with colleagues, with readers, with liberals and moderates and miserable, deeply depressed Republicans …

Dow Slides Nearly 400 Points; Oil Surges  —  The markets opened lower on Friday and then just kept falling, hit by remarkable rise in the price of crude oil and a spike in the unemployment rate.  —  Wall Street suffered its worst losses in more than two months.

3 A.M. For Feminism  —  Clinton dead-enders and the crisis in the women's movement.  —  Amy Siskind, a 42-year-old mother of two from Westchester, stood in a Washington, D.C., park on the last day in May, telling a few hundred cheering people that she would not, under any circumstances, vote for Barack Obama.

Black Group Offended by Delivery of T-Shirt  —  The president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation is disturbed by an offensive t-shirt the group received in the mail Wednesday, the day after Barack Obama claimed his party's presidential nomination.  The shirt has a cartoon image …

The Sleazy GOP Attack Machine Kicks Into High Gear: Welcome to “F**K Whitey” and “RadicalVille”  —  It's only been three days since Sen. Barack Obama historically won the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.  But the Republican venom against the candidate and his wife Michelle is starting to spew.

Prolonged battle gave Obama's opponents much time to prepare  —  When Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) finally secured the Democratic nomination Tuesday night, his Republican opponents were fully prepared to welcome the Illinois senator to the general election.  —  Given Obama's six-month, 54-contest …

Clarke On Iraq War Architects: 'We Shouldn't Let These People Back Into Polite Society'  —  Noting that “prominent Democrats” had ruled out impeachment, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann asked former counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke on his show last night, what “remedy” there could be for the lies …

Unemployment Rate Jumps to 5.5% As Economy Continues to Shed Jobs  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. unemployment rate posted its sharpest one-month increase in 22 years last month, suggesting U.S. consumers already facing a housing slump and soaring gasoline prices now confront even more pressure from a weakening jobs market.

HamNation: Obama on Your Shoulder  —  Mary Katharine Ham, with the help of her favorite songwriter, explores life under the new rules and politics of an Obama administration that's in all your business.  —  Your Name:  —  Your Email:

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Dems yank global warming bill  —  Apparently three days of debate was enough for what many senators called “the most important issue facing the planet.”  —  With little chance of winning passage of a sweeping 500-page global warming bill, the Senate Democratic leadership is planning to yank …