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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama rose to the occasion on Tuesday when he addressed allegations of racism against his pastor, Revered Jeremiah Wright, and announced his position on the state of race relations in America.

Among other things, Wright had stated that America brought the 9/11 attacks on itself with its foreign policy. After noting that Wright’s views were “profoundly distorted," and denounced them as “completely inexcusable” he also noted that he could not abandon his pastor just as he could not abandon black America.

After weeks of debate here at Looking Left, we have finally decided to endorse the candidate we feel best represents the spirit of the Democratic Party and the promise of America’s future- Barack Obama.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton had some fun Wednesday with her traveling press corps as she traveled between campaign stops in Nevada. As reported on Breitbart.com, while taxiing down the runway in Las Vegas the former First Lady offered a delightful impression of a commercial flight attendant for the reporters.

Fresh off of his win in Iowa, Barack Obama has found new support in the most unlikely of places- Germany. According to the International Herald Tribune, Obama’s youth, image, optimism, and his message of hope is echoing far behind the United States all the way to Central Europe.

Barack Obama came in first among the Democratic presidential candidates in yesterday’s Iowa caucus. The charismatic former Illinois senator beat out John Edwards and Hillary Clinton for the top spot.

Obama’s lead was nothing short of impressive. Obama took nearly 38 percent of the vote followed by Edwards with just shy of 30 percent. Hillary came in third with less than a full percentage point difference from Edwards. This is a setback for Hillary, who is regularly placed in the Democratic top spot in national polls.

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards handled a difficult question last Friday night when an elderly man in the audience made odd and racist comments regarding Edwards’ fellow candidate, Barrack Obama.

According to Reuters, former Bush Press Secretary Scott McClellan stated on Tuesday that President Bush was “involved” in disseminating inaccurate information regarding the leak of CIA officer Valerie Plame’s identity. The fiasco resulted in the trial, conviction, and pardon of Cheney crony Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby.

McCellan served as the White House Press Secretary from 2003 to 2006. His comments regarding Bush’s alleged behavior come from his forthcoming memoir, due out in April. The White House continues to deny that Bush had anything to do with leak.

Barack Obama wowed attendees at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner last Saturday night. “If we are really serious about winning this election, Democrats, then we can’t live in fear of losing,” Obama said. “This party, the party of Jefferson and Jackson and Roosevelt and Kennedy, has always made the biggest difference in the lives of the American people when we led not by polls but by principle, not by calculation but by conviction, when we summoned the entire nation to… a higher purpose.”

Barack Obama surprised national viewers Saturday night when the presidential hopeful appeared on the long running comedy show Saturday Night Live. The opening sketch involved a Halloween party featuring a bored Hillary (played by Amy Poehler) and an outrageous Bill Clinton (Darrell Hammond) speaking with the other Democratic candidates in their Halloween costumes.

Our country is in the final stages of rule by the only man to not learn the lessons of Vietnam. Are we really ready for more? Mitt Romney, one of the leading Republican primary candidates, recently commented that he is in favor of "bombardment of some kind" against Iran. We here at LookingLeft feel there are far more appropriate measures to be taken before bombardment even gets on the table.

Rest assured, if Bush doesn't mire our nation in another war, Romney will.