US Democratic presidential candidate
Obama speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
policy conference in Washington, US, June 4, 2008. (Xinhua
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WASHINGTON,
June 4 (Xinhua) -- As U.S. Senator Barack Obama clinched the Democratic
presidential nomination, U.S. media organizations Wednesday look seriously at
some of the challenges he is likely to face in the general election.
The Washington Post said the primary "revealed a
racial schism within the Democratic Party, and potential resistance to a black
candidate in some parts of the country that will play out in the
general-election campaign."
In an analysis article, the Los Angeles Times
examines Obama's need to woo "the white working class, Latinos, and independent
and moderate Democratic women frustrated that their dream of historic
achievement was derailed by the dreams of others," and asks if Obama can "sell
his vision of hope and change to the political middle?"
On the CBS Evening News, Jeff Greenfield said of
Obama's win, "This is hardly a triumphant march. He's lost most of the primaries
starting on March 4th. In fact, no nominee of either major party since the dawn
of the primaries will have lost as many big states as Obama has."
The Wall Street Journal reported that some "worrying
signs" for Obama came out of in Tuesday's final pair of primaries, as Obama
"showed weaknesses in South Dakota in particular that rival Senator Hillary
Clinton's campaign has warned could haunt him in November."
Early exit polls show "voters Tuesday appeared to
have strong concerns about his two decades of membership in Trinity United
Church of Christ in Chicago."
New York Senator Hillary Clinton speaks
at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference
in Washington, US, June 4, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
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WASHINGTON, June 4 (Xinhua) -- After effectively losing to
Senator Barack Obama in the Democratic nomination race, Senator Hillary Clinton
is pondering her next move.
Clinton said Tuesday night she will let her
supporters and party leaders decide her course.
"Now, the question is: Where do we go from here?" she
asked supporters gathered at New York's Baruch College. Full story
WASHINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Republican senator
John McCain on Tuesday formally recognized Democratic senator Barack Obama as
his opponent in the general election.
Kicking off his general election campaign at a rally in
Kenner, Louisiana, the senator from Arizona said Obama is "an impressive man,
who makes a great first impression." Full story
