politico.com - 8/13/2008
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The Tennessee GOP, which has been at the forefront of attempts largely resisted by McCain and others in the party to inject issues related to race and patriotism into the campaign, has gone where no other official party has dared to venture: explicitly tying Barack Obama and the recently jailed mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick.
In a new Web video , the state party features a clip of the ...
Detroit: Kilpatrick Not Obama's Only Problem
riehlworldview.com 8/7/2008 — No doubt you'll be seeing more of this video of Obama praising Kwame Kilpatrick at Hot Air .
But that's not all the political fun Detroit holds for Obama. Back in May a columnist at the Toledo Blade was already pointing out Kilpatrick would be ...
Tennessee GOP Links Obama To Black Scandal-Plagued Mayor —
TPM Election Central
We bet this will blow up into a big story today. The Tennessee GOP -- which has hit Obama with previous incendiary attacks such as that video hitting Michelle Obama's "proud of America" quote and that effort to tie Obama to anti-semites and Farrakhan -- has just done it again.
They're out with a new video linking Obama to Kwame Kilpatrick, the mayor of Detroit who just landed in the ...
Obama’s Michigan Problem —
Patterico's Pontifications
[Guest post by DRJ]
According to Steve Mitchell in a RealClearPolitics’ article, Barack Obama’s problem in Michigan is that the GOP will successfully link Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and Barack Obama like the Three Musketeers.
Bonus question: Will Michigan’s Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm remove Mayor Kilpatrick from office before the ...
Now... KWAME KILPATRICK Charged With Assaulting Cop!!! —
Gateway Pundit
Obama Friend & Supporter Jailed Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Charged With Assaulting Cop Kwame Kilpatrick must agree to wear a tether before he is released from jail. It was only 4 short years ago that this Democratic Darling was speaking at the DNC Convention to throngs of liberal admirers. This morning Barack Obama's good friend and supporter was led from jail to the court house and charged ...
Something to follow —
doubleplusundead
Kwame Kilpatrick is the latest to be thrown under the Hopenchangemobile, but I'll be curious to see how much corrupt political machinery harms the Obama campaign. Kilpatrick has been a disaster for Detroit, but by no means is Kilpatrick the only corrupt politician in Detroit that could become a high profile embarrassment for Obama. That link talks about the equally unstable Monica Conyers. ...
Obama: 'A sad day for Detroit' —
Ben Smith's Blog
Obama's campaign is responding cautiously to the arrest today of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for violating his bond by going to Canada without notice.
"This is a sad day for Detroit," said his Michigan spokesman Brent Colburn, offering no support to the embattled Mayor. "These are very serious charges. Senator Obama believes that the legal process will resolve them ...
Bummer. Detroit Mayor & Obama Supporter Kwame Kilpatrick Is Jailed —
Gateway Pundit
Click On Detroit has live video coverage of the Democratic mayor's jailing. He will spend the night in jail. I guess this means he won't be speaking at the DNC Convention this year? The embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was a star attraction at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004. Super-delegate Kilpatrick picked Obama earlier this year. Bummer. Another major ...