Archive: 2008 Presidential Race
A D.C. View of Historic DNC Meeting
Several District residents had a presence at the Democratic Party's rules committee meeting this weekend in Washington. Donna Brazile, a member of the committee, invited local activists such as Lawrence Guyot to attend, noting, "it is because of the historic achievement of Lawrence Guyot, Fannie Lou Hamer and a generation...
By Marcia Davis | June 2, 2008; 01:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
Clinton Supporter Chides Evans for Flip-Flop
Updated: 2:41 p.m. Political activist Peter Rosenstein has sent a scathing letter to D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) for announcing support for Sen. Barack Obama though he was elected to be a delegate for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. "I just think...
By Nikita R Stewart | May 19, 2008; 12:44 PM ET | Comments (6)
Jack Evans Switches to Obama, Opens Own Campaign
Updated: 5:19 p.m. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) knows how to party every now and then---and to send a message or two. He threw a big cookout today to kickoff his reelection bid and to give a shoutout to Sen. Barack Obama, who's been busy lately trying to lock...
By Marcia Davis | May 17, 2008; 01:51 PM ET | Comments (52)
Merida Chats About Racism Story on Obama
Did you read Kevin Merida's very interesting story on racism and the presidential campaign for Sen. Barack Obama in today's post? Merida is doing a live chat right now....
By Marcia Davis | May 13, 2008; 04:18 PM ET | Comments (1)
Breaking News: Another Superdelegate for Obama
Superdelegate Anita Bonds, chair of the DC Democratic Party, announced last night that she will endorse Sen. Barack Obama at the Denver convention. Her announcement continued the superdelegate march toward Obama after last week's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. Bonds's announcement was impromptu and prompted, she said, by Mayor...
By Nikita R Stewart | May 13, 2008; 07:06 AM ET | Comments (5)
Camp Obama, Camp Clinton
It was an especially tough, close fight for votes in Indiana yesterday. The DC Wire is again turning to District residents Tom Smith and Jason Berry, the Clinton and Obama volunteers respectively who've been blogging from the ground war. Camp Obama: Jason Berry Hi Washington, WOW! what a crazy 36...
By Marcia Davis | May 7, 2008; 10:31 AM ET | Comments (4)
Camp Obama, Camp Clinton in Indiana
Camp Clinton: Tom Smith Tuesday, May 6 ... Before calling it a day on Monday, my group made one last canvassing stop - a carnival in a strip mall near Indianapolis. Mixing a little bit of fun with politics, I met one man whose wife had died about a year...
By Marcia Davis | May 6, 2008; 06:56 AM ET | Email a Comment
Camp Obama, Camp Clinton in Indiana
Camp Clinton: Tom Smith updated: 1: 40 p.m. Monday, May 5... Both candidates appeared last night at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner, the annual fundraising event for the Indiana Democratic Party. Sandwiched around a speech by Howard Dean, both candidates showed signs of being tired and weary after what must be a...
By Marcia Davis | May 5, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (10)
Camp Obama, Camp Clinton in Indiana
Camp Clinton: Tom Smith Sunday, May 4... Though the weather was unseasonably cold and windy last night, Sen. Hillary Clinton heated up a crowd of about 7,000 people at a rally with a fiery populist appeal that centered on the price of gas, jobs, health care and her determination to...
By Marcia Davis | May 4, 2008; 10:42 AM ET | Comments (8)
Church and State: Whither the Black Minister?
It's hard to forget the image of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the Rev. Otis Moss III kneeling and praying with their families and others at D.C.'s Shiloh Baptist Church. Monday had been a tough day. For Wright, what was supposed to be a brief moment to answer questions after...
By washingtonpost.com editors | May 4, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
Camp Obama, Camp Clinton in Indiana
Camp Obama: Jason Berry Hi Washington! Greetings from Indianapolis, Washington! I'm one of the 4,000 supporters of DC for Obama - the grassroots movement in the District supporting Senator Obama's presidential bid this year. In addition to helping Obama win 76 percent of the vote in DC, my wife and...
By Marcia Davis | May 3, 2008; 01:30 PM ET | Comments (44)
Democratic Party Superdelegates
D.C.'s Democratic Party holds it local convention today at the District of Columbia and organizers say more than 500 participants are expected to attend. The party has only four remaining uncommitted superdelegates, including well-known party activist and former Al Gore campaign director Donna Brazile. In the Washington metro area, those...
By Marcia Davis | May 3, 2008; 08:45 AM ET | Comments (2)
Guest Bloggers From Clinton and Obama Camps
Your read our guest blogs from the Pennsylvania primary. Watch this space from Saturday through Tuesday, primary day in Indiana and North Carolina, for D.C. campaign volunteers' notes from the ground war. Campaign workers will blog about the battle for Indiana....
By Marcia Davis | May 2, 2008; 05:33 PM ET | Comments (1)
McCain Gets Rhee's Vote on "No Child Left Behind"
D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee calls herself a "card-carrying Democrat," but said Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain is her guy when it comes to his support for the federal "No Child Left Behind" law. Rhee, speaking this evening in Chinatown to the Korean American Coalition D.C. Chapter, accused Democratic...
By Bill Turque | May 1, 2008; 09:22 PM ET | Email a Comment
Seeking D.C. Residents On Road for Clinton, Obama
Are you heading to Indiana this weekend? Maybe North Carolina? You read our guest bloggers this week, campaign volunteers who worked in the Pennsylvania primary for Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Well, D.C. Wire is looking for others who are traveling for the May 6 primaries. We...
By Marcia Davis | April 30, 2008; 04:59 PM ET | Email a Comment
Barbara Reynolds Sticks to Her Guns on Wright
Barbara Reynolds has been the subject of speculation and debate this week, after the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial appearance at the National Press Club. Reynolds, who sat next to Wright at the press club, was one of the main organizers of Wright's appearance Monday. Some supporters of Barack Obama have...
By Marcia Davis | April 30, 2008; 04:00 PM ET | Comments (7)
Rev. Jeremiah Wright Mostly Quiet at Panel, Talks to The Post
The chapel of the Howard University School of Divinity was filled with religious leaders from across the country today as they discussed the implications of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial comments in the context of the black church experience. Though Wright spoke for more than hour at the National Press Club...
By Marcia Davis | April 29, 2008; 05:05 PM ET | Comments (105)
The Rev. Wright Attending D.C. Conference
The focus may be on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright today when he speaks at the National Press Club, but Barack Obama's former pastor is joining other black ministers and theologians for the two-day Samuel DeWitt Proctor conference at Howard University. The conference, "The Prophetic Witness in the African American Religious...
By Marcia Davis | April 28, 2008; 07:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
Dispatches from Camp Obama and Camp Clinton
DC Wire invited two residents to be guest bloggers. Barack Obama supporter Keshini Ladduwahetty and Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter Tom M. Smith share their experiences from working in the Pennsylvania primary last week, and what's ahead in the coming days-- the Indiana and North Carolina primaries on May 6. On...
By Marcia Davis | April 28, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (33)
A Clinton Superdelegate in Obama Country
The Democratic Party's superdelegates probably are watching the polls in Pennsylvania more closely than even Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. The District's Democratic Party lists five remaining unpledged superdelegates, but D.C. Wire learned yesterday that the count is off by at least one. D.C. Superdelegate Mona G. Mohib,...
By Nikita R Stewart | April 22, 2008; 07:45 AM ET | Comments (4)
Thomas Explains Switch From Clinton to Obama
Harry Thomas Jr. told the D.C. Wire yesterday that he decided to throw his "superdelegate" support behind Barack Obama last week to honor the "will of his constituents." Thomas, the council member for Ward 5, had gotten the pot boiling in the District when, after winning a superdelegate seat to...
By Marcia Davis | April 21, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (159)
