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Is the Democratic Party hesitating about race as it moves to the brink of nominating an African-american to be president?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary clinton and Barack obama entered the final phase of an increasingly nasty U.S. presidential fight on Wednesday, with Clinton saying her decisive Pennsylvania win proved she was the best candidate to lead the Democrats back to the White House.

North Carolina expected not to matter, but is excited to help decide between clinton and Obama

Hillary clinton claimed the 'tide is turning' in her favour after beating Barack obama in the Pennsylvania primary and pressed her case that she had the better chance of winning the White House for the Democrats

Democratic leaders resigned themselves yesterday to a prolonged and potentially damaging battle between Sens. Hillary Rodham clinton and Barack obama for their party's presidential nomination, but said they will push for a quick conclusion to the warfare once the primaries end in early June.

Several republican Party committees and candidates launched ads this week linking Democratic candidates to controversies surrounding Sen. Barack obama, signaling one of the party's strategies should the Illinois senator secure the Democratic presidential nomination.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barack obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, said in excerpts from an interview released on Thursday that people airing snippets of his fiery sermons were trying to paint him as 'some sort of fanatic.'

Seven things he should do to fix his image problem.

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign and North Carolina Republicans clashed on Thursday over an advertisement critical of Democrat Barack obama's links to a controversial preacher.

Barack obama's campaign is in the news every day. But what's behind the scenes? Katie Couric visits the obama war room and meets the back-room warriors who really make the campaign tick.