In a conference call with the Sen. Hillary Clinton’s (D-NY) presidential campaign, her advisers discuss new polls that demonstrate that she is better prepared than Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to beat Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in the general election because of her strong position on the economy.

 

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Talk Radio News Service speaks with singer/songwriter and four-time Grammy Award winner Carole King about why she’s supporting Hillary Clinton for President. (11:09)

 

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At the National Press Club Breakfast, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, in response to a question about things that he has said, he says he means that as a Christian, he understands forgiveness, and politicians says what they say and do what they do, based on electability and soundbites. Preachers say what they say because they are pastors, and he has to be accountable to God, and “I am not running for office, but I am open to being Vice President.” (0:52)

 

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At the National Press Club Breakfast, in response to a question on whether or not he really believes that HIV was deliberately created, Reverend Jeremiah Wright says based on what has happened to African Americans in this country, he believes our government is capable of anything. We sold Hussein biological weapons, and anytime you can do that, yes, I believe we are capable. (0:38)

 

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At the National Press Club Breakfast, Reverend Jeremiah Wright says that he is the pastor of Senator Barack Obama, not his “spiritual mentor.” It’s about policy, not the American people, and that it is Biblical that God condemns, or damns, certain things. This does not make me unpatriotic. (0:52)

 

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The Reverend Jeremiah Wright spoke before a huge crowd of guests at the National Press Club. While the Vice President of the Press Club introduced him, including a statement about all of his previous inflammatory comments and how Senator Barack Obama is distancing himself from the Preacher, the Reverend looked at the floor with a half smile.

Although originally designed as a speech, the Reverend Wright spoke with great eloquence and passion as if giving a sermon, as his voice modulated up and down before the exuberant audience, mainly members of churches and a few non-profit organizations. As the speech progressed, members of the audience started shouting “yeah,” or “right,” and eventually “amen!”

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By Ellen Ratner
Talk Radio News Service Bureau Chief

After last week’s Pennsylvania debate between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, my very good friends on the left were screaming.

ABC moderators George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson were being denounced as traitors, knaves and, in a few instances, things that cannot be mentioned in a family news website. The complaint was that for the first 45 minutes of the debate, the questions were mostly issue-free and centered on Obama’s negatives and such matters as his relationships with the incendiary Rev. Wright and ex-SDS weathermen Bill Ayres.

Some on the left say that it was unfair, unbalanced, tilted against Obama and favoring his opponent.

I agree.

I disagree.

Yes, it was unfair; yes it favored Hillary and indirectly, McCain. Yes, it was a radical departure from previous debates.

And yes, it was in Barack Obama’s long-term interest that he be subjected to an onslaught of unfair and unbalanced questions, bias and a strong tilt against him.

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Supporters in Philadelphia, PA, for both Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama say why they picked their candidate during the debates held on April 16, 2008. (2:54)

 

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The much awaited debate between Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) took place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA. Enormous crowds of supporters lined the street in anticipation of the event, holding signs, chanting slogans, and trying to out-shout each other. The debate was referred to almost as if it were a boxing match, with Moderator Charlie Gibson saying it was like the fifteenth round in a scheduled ten rounder.

In his brief opening statement, Obama said everywhere he goes, he is struck by the frustration that he sees. It’s typical for people to be frustrated and not feel as if they are being heard. In her opening statement, Clinton said the “promise” is alive and well, but the people feel as if the government is not solving problems. Make our education the true passport to opportunity. “We the people, can have the kind of future” that our children and grandchildren so richly deserve, she said.

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Two one minute videos of supporters outside the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA.

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