Election 2008

S.C. GOP ad leaps to McCain's defense

The S.C. GOP is offering the bluntest answer yet to the question of how many houses John McCain owns: For five years, his "home" was in Vietnam, as a prisoner of war.S.C. GOP official Rob Godfrey tells us this ad will air ...

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Obama's speech is moment of history

Barack Obama stands before delegates and the nation tonight - the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech - to accept the Democratic presidential nomination, the first black man to claim such a prize.

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Obama watch parties

McCain make decision on running mate

Video: Kerry swings hard at GOP

ABC News: More blacks think their child could be president

Obama will aim to make choice clear

Bill Clinton calls Obama ‘ready'

For black Democrats, journey from surreal to real

By Jim Morrill | E-mail | 7:28AM

When Jim Clyburn was teaching kids in Charleston almost four decades ago, he told them to shoot for the sky – even though his own experience growing up in the segregated South belied that.

‘Almost resets the paradigm'
A risk viewed as worthwhile

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Cartoons from around the nation

Featuring the Observer's Kevin Siers and other cartoonists in the McClatchy group.

Easley recalls ground that Gantt broke

7:31AM

Gov. Mike Easley told N.C. delegates Wednesday that Harvey Gantt's U.S. Senate races laid the groundwork for Barack Obama in North Carolina.

Bill Clinton calls Obama ‘ready'

By Scott Lindlaw | Associated Press | 7:32AM

Former President Clinton forcefully endorsed Barack Obama's bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is “ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world.”