AP: Obama outshines fellow Dems at NAACP Convention

[TeamJordan23]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_naacp_forum_8

Obama outshines fellow Dems at NAACP
By DAVID RUNK, Associated Press Writer

DETROIT - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama outshone his Democratic rivals Thursday, drawing the loudest cheers at a civil rights forum as he assailed the Bush administration's record on race relations.

The eight Democrats shared the stage at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 98th annual convention. John Edwards called on his "brothers and sisters" as he evoked the struggles of the civil rights movement. Front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton thanked the organist for soulful musical interludes.

But it was Obama, seeking to become the first black president, who drew the strongest applause and cheers from the 3,000 attendees.

"I know what you know, which is that despite all the progress that has been made we still have more work to do," said the first-term Illinois senator.

Black voters are a core party constituency, and the candidates are in a fierce struggle to capture their support, refusing to cede it to Obama. Clinton is counting on the goodwill engendered by her husband during his presidency, while Edwards has won praise for his anti-poverty effort.

SORRY, LINK IS UP NOW

[Ethelk2044]

1. Go Obama!

[Colobo]

2. Gobama!

[MetaTrope]

3. Of course, to Republican readers the headline means this

[CurtEastPoint]

4. And TANCREDO was the only Republic to show up!

Ah, the irony of that!

[maximusveritas]

5. He'll go anywhere to get face time

Kind of like Kucinich and Gravel going to Fox News.

[TeamJordan23]

6. Well the GOP must wonder why they get like 10% or less of the African American vote. nt

[jenmito]

9. The NAACP got 10% of the Repub. candidates to come to the debate...

so it seems fitting. :hi:

[snowbear]

22. 10% of the r-thugs showed up... too funny Jenny!

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[JANdad]

15. self delete

[LordJFT]

13. Ha! I wonder if there were any Cuban-Americans in the audience

[illinoisprogressive]

7. I watched the webcast and Obama came out swinging.

[Colobo]

8. Hopefully, he will come out swinging on the 23rd

[TeamJordan23]

14. I saw a little bit of him today. He is doing a lot better.

He will be ready by the fall. Although this short-format debates are not his strengths (he does really well on the long-format where you can talk for a while), he definetly looked good today.

[jenmito]

10. Is it available to watch online?

TIA. :D

[illinoisprogressive]

11. There is no video of it up yet but, I have a link,

the problem is that the debate was over hours ago.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/2008-bush-and-democrats-square-off/

[illinoisprogressive]

12. A link to a video of the intros

http://cbs5.com/video/?id=[e-mail]

[beaconess]

16. Yeah - but is he black enough?

:sarcasm:

[draft_mario_cuomo]

17. 8 candidates but the CMSM declare Clobama the winner of every debate and forum

;)

[Ethelk2044]

18. Mni clip

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3223812505307829786&q=naacp+presidential+forum&total=9&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

[TeamJordan23]

20. thanks. nt

[Imagevision]

19. Hillary thanked the organist for soulful musical interludes - (heavy sigh)

[Ethelk2044]

21. I wish they would publish the whole debate.

[silverweb]

23. Obama's opening statement.

Posted on YouTube _here_.

GObama!