Read more the race card stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30981/the-race-card.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:16:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41587/white-obama-support-defies-doubters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA minority of white voters—44%—are now supporting Barack Obama, but he trails by less than previous Democratic presidential candidates, reports the New York Times, including Bill Clinton. Both the impact of racial attitudes and the proportion of white voters in the electorate have diminished, analysts say. In a...http://www.newser.com/story/41587/white-obama-support-defies-doubters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Nov 2008 8:04:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40187/obamas-the-only-one-playing-the-race-card.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama's campaign has been unjustly accusing John McCain of appealing to racial prejudice, Charles Krauthammer argues in the Washington Post . McCain is taking the flak for what a few "agitated yahoos" shout at his rallies, he writes—a guilt by association that Obama seems to have escaped despite his...http://www.newser.com/story/40187/obamas-the-only-one-playing-the-race-card.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Oct 2008 9:47:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39736/forget-sticks-stones-her-words-are-bullets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe McCain campaign has crossed the line from negative campaigning to “inciting vigilantism” with racist tactics that should raise alarms about Barack Obama’s safety, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times . Particularly troubling is Sarah Palin’s repeated linking of Obama to “terrorists” and her refusal to quell the frenzy—...http://www.newser.com/story/39736/forget-sticks-stones-her-words-are-bullets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Oct 2008 9:12:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39167/unconscious-racism-holds-obama-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama’s race could be holding him back in polls by some 6 points, a poll suggests, but it’s not necessarily because of racists, Nicholas Kristof writes in the New York Times . More likely, it’s an unconscious matter of “aversive racism”—decisions made based on race by people who don’t...http://www.newser.com/story/39167/unconscious-racism-holds-obama-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Oct 2008 10:07:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35976/mccain-cleverly-made-race-factor-emanuel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain’s campaign managed to slip the issue of race into the presidential election, Democratic heavyweight Rahm Emanuel said today. “They got it through customs," Emanuel said at a Politico-hosted roundtable, characterizing the Republicans’ tactic of injecting race with reaction to a perceived offense by Barack Obama. "They did a...http://www.newser.com/story/35976/mccain-cleverly-made-race-factor-emanuel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Aug 2008 16:29:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34187/clintons-still-seething-over-racist-portrayal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Democratic primary battle ended months ago, but many in both Hillary and Bill Clinton’s circles still harbor a grudge over the way her campaign was painted as racist, Ben Smith writes in Politico. This ill will is coming back to haunt presumptive nominee Barack Obama as he grapples with...http://www.newser.com/story/34187/clintons-still-seething-over-racist-portrayal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 Aug 2008 12:23:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33996/obama-treads-lightly-on-issue-of-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRace has once again crept into the presidential race this week, and Barack Obama did his best to ignore it, the New York Times reports. John McCain’s campaign accused Obama of “playing the race card…from the bottom of the deck” when the Dem said McCain might attack him because he...http://www.newser.com/story/33996/obama-treads-lightly-on-issue-of-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 Aug 2008 14:13:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33905/lets-keep-britney-oj-out-of-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain's lurch into negative campaigning is beginning to echo loaded racial issues of the past, according to the New York Times editorial board. The "celebrity" attack ad against Barack Obama featuring Britney Spears and Paris Hilton recalls a Republican ad—from workers now on the McCain team—that juxtaposed...http://www.newser.com/story/33905/lets-keep-britney-oj-out-of-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 Aug 2008 5:04:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33896/neither-side-has-played-race-card.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAccusations of "playing the race card" are flying back and forth between the John McCain and Barack Obama camps, but neither is truly guilty, Joan Walsh writes in Salon. McCain has run an "appalling low-road campaign" of late, but not a racist one, while Obama's comment about not looking like...http://www.newser.com/story/33896/neither-side-has-played-race-card.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 Aug 2008 2:56:39 CDT