CNN’s Roberts: ‘Grandeur of History’ With Hillary or Obama Nomination |
| Published: February 1, 2008, 4:18 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, liberals amp amp democrats, candy crowley, diane sawyer, harry smith, john roberts, wolf blitzer, cnn, other cnn, video |
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CNN's "American Morning" co-host John Roberts and CNN senior political correspondent Candy Crowley gushed over the "historic" nature of the Obama and Clinton race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Roberts seemed almost giddy over the coming primaries on Super Tuesday. "Yeah, it is going to be a transformational primary here on the Democratic side of things. Do you get a sense that people are recognizing this idea of the grandeur of history involved here?"Roberts echoed his colleague at CNN Wolf Blitzer, who began the debate Thursday night by declaring, "This is truly an historic moment for the Democratic Party. It's the first time that we will see a woman and an African-American vying for the Democratic presidential nomination." Video (50 secs): Windows (2.99 MB), plus MP3 audio (371kB).Barack Obama, in his opening statement, expressed his agreement with Blitzer by using two "history" lines of his own. "[I]t is a [ Full article ] |
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