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Hillary: Undecided on Platform Apology for Slavery?

Clinton camp silent on repudiating party platforms attacking blacks, Asians.

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* Will Hillary Clinton lead the Democrats to an on-the-record platform apology for its repeated and very much on-the-record insistence on injecting race into American politics?

* Does she feel her party has anything to apologize for in this respect?

* Does she see no need to have it apologize?

This opportunity, along the lines of making lemonade when you’ve been handed a lemon, seems the perfect opportunity for Hillary Clinton to showcase her ability to lead on “Day One” of a new day for the Democrats — and America — when it comes to race.

Yet her campaign’s answer, so far, is silence. No wonder Ted Kennedy supports Obama.

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Taxes, Trade, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Business, Social Security, Religion, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, NATO, Africa, Immigration, Alaska

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Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.

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