Presidential politics will take center stage in New Orleans on Saturday at the annual "State of the Black Union" symposium, where the hottest topic is likely to be which candidate is there and which one isn't.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will address a largely African-American crowd of thousands in New Orleans' Ernest M. Morial Convention Center -- where thousands of the city's poorest residents sought shelter in squalid conditions after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Clinton's Democratic rival, is skipping the event. He'll focus instead on campaigning in Texas and Ohio in hopes of delivering a knockout blow to Clinton in those states' presidential primaries March 4.
The Republican presidential candidates, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, also declined to attend the symposium, which Tavis Smiley, the TV and radio talk show host, organized and will host.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Clinton To Speak At Black Forum
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