Monday, September 1, 2008
Indian Americans swing into action at Denver's Pepsi Center
Despite making up only about 58 of the 4,440 delegates and alternate delegates at the Democratic National Convention, Indian Americans swung into action at Denver's Pepsi Center and around town, because of the positions they occupy in the party and the room they have carved in the political campaign debate.
In the morning session Sunita Leeds, Co Chair of the very important Rules Committee and Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Indo-American Leadership Council, was introduced along with the other members of the Rules Committee, by Howard Dean, Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
The DNC also organized an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Caucus meeting at Four Seasons Hotel, where several Indian Americans addressed the issue of getting out the youth vote and securing swing states for the party on the road to November. In the panel themed ‘Showing our Strength: Our Electeds, Our Candidates, Our Future,' Ohio State Representative Jay Goyal, was one of three state level elected officials to speak He spoke about how Democrats could win Ohio, a swing state, and if it won that state, Obama's presidency was in the bag, according to him.
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In the morning session Sunita Leeds, Co Chair of the very important Rules Committee and Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Indo-American Leadership Council, was introduced along with the other members of the Rules Committee, by Howard Dean, Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
The DNC also organized an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Caucus meeting at Four Seasons Hotel, where several Indian Americans addressed the issue of getting out the youth vote and securing swing states for the party on the road to November. In the panel themed ‘Showing our Strength: Our Electeds, Our Candidates, Our Future,' Ohio State Representative Jay Goyal, was one of three state level elected officials to speak He spoke about how Democrats could win Ohio, a swing state, and if it won that state, Obama's presidency was in the bag, according to him.
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Labels: AAPI, action, Barack Obama, campaign, debate, delegates, Democratic National Convention, Denver's Pepsi Center, Indian Americans, presidential nomination, youth vote
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Race is likely to remain major point of contention in bitter contest
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have tried to step back from a divisive debate over race, with each candidate denying that he was the first to inject the issue into the campaign.
Nonetheless, the candidates and campaigns have been battling over the issue and which side was engaged in ‘low road' politics, an indication that race is likely to remain a major point of contention in what is becoming an increasingly bitter contest.
For Obama, the argument is an unwelcome distraction that could complicate his efforts to win over voters who may be skeptical of a relative newcomer with a less than typical background.
It also pulls the focus away from his efforts to focus on bread-and-butter economic issues.
For McCain, any hint of racist tactics would hurt his efforts with the moderates and independents he needs to win in November.
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Nonetheless, the candidates and campaigns have been battling over the issue and which side was engaged in ‘low road' politics, an indication that race is likely to remain a major point of contention in what is becoming an increasingly bitter contest.
For Obama, the argument is an unwelcome distraction that could complicate his efforts to win over voters who may be skeptical of a relative newcomer with a less than typical background.
It also pulls the focus away from his efforts to focus on bread-and-butter economic issues.
For McCain, any hint of racist tactics would hurt his efforts with the moderates and independents he needs to win in November.
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Labels: accused, African American community, Barack Obama, battle, black nationalists, campaigns, candidates, debate, economic issues, politics, Race, Sens. John McCain, St. Petersburg, voters
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Both defended handling of missteps, misstatements; directed sharp criticism
Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton both defended their handling of missteps and misstatements on the campaign trail and directed sharp criticisms toward each other - during a potentially pivotal Democratic debate in Philadelphia on April 16 night.
With the race for the Democratic presidential nomination mired in a form of trench warfare that has left party leaders searching for a way to bring it to a conclusion before the party's late summer convention, Clinton, D-N.Y., and Obama, D-Ill., began their first head-to-head encounter in nearly two months focused on political disputes rather than their relatively narrow policy differences.
Obama, who leads in the delegates needed to claim the nomination, fielded tough questions about his relationship with his former pastor, his patriotism and his description of small-town voters as "bitter," the latter a controversy that has engulfed his campaign for much of the past week.
Obama argued repeatedly that voters are smart enough to differentiate petty issues from important economic matters.
"So the problem that we have in our politics, which is fairly typical, is that you take one person's statement, if it's not properly phrased, and you just beat it to death," Obama said. "And that's what Senator Clinton's been doing over the last four days. And I understand that. That's politics. And I expect to have to go through this process.
But I do think it's important to recognize that it's not helping that person who's sitting at the kitchen table who is trying to figure out how to pay the bills at the end of the month."
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With the race for the Democratic presidential nomination mired in a form of trench warfare that has left party leaders searching for a way to bring it to a conclusion before the party's late summer convention, Clinton, D-N.Y., and Obama, D-Ill., began their first head-to-head encounter in nearly two months focused on political disputes rather than their relatively narrow policy differences.
Obama, who leads in the delegates needed to claim the nomination, fielded tough questions about his relationship with his former pastor, his patriotism and his description of small-town voters as "bitter," the latter a controversy that has engulfed his campaign for much of the past week.
Obama argued repeatedly that voters are smart enough to differentiate petty issues from important economic matters.
"So the problem that we have in our politics, which is fairly typical, is that you take one person's statement, if it's not properly phrased, and you just beat it to death," Obama said. "And that's what Senator Clinton's been doing over the last four days. And I understand that. That's politics. And I expect to have to go through this process.
But I do think it's important to recognize that it's not helping that person who's sitting at the kitchen table who is trying to figure out how to pay the bills at the end of the month."
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Labels: Barack Obama, campaign trail, debate, defended, Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton, politics, sharp criticism, United states
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