Things Not to Say on the Campaign Trail

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• Hillary Didn't Really Want VP Slot: Bill

  Sep 22, 08 6:48 PM CDT
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• Ooops: Biden Says Hillary Might Have Been a Better Pick

  Sep 11, 08 9:19 AM CDT
  Joe Biden, rushing to the defense of Hillary Clinton yesterday, delighted the opposition (not to mention Hillary diehards) by saying she might have been a better VP pick for Obama than he was. It started when a man at a New Hampshire rally said he was glad Biden had been chosen over Clinton. “Not because she’s a woman,” the man said, “but because, look at the things she did in the past.”
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• Biden Complicates McCain's Veep Calculus

  Aug 27, 08 11:55 AM CDT
  Joe Biden presents a problem for John McCain, Jeanne Cummings notes on Politico. “McCain knows Biden well," says one Republican insider. "He knows how good he is as a knife fighter." Stacked up against Biden, all of the rumored GOP short-listers reveal potentially fatal flaws:  

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• Yeah, She Made History—What About the Guy Who Won?

  Aug 27, 08 7:37 AM CDT
  Last night's Hillaryfest was the culmination of a months-long homage to the New York senator's "historic" achievement of almost winning a major party's presidential nomination. But it's odd, notes Alessandra Stanley, that while an "also-ran" has made her candidacy a milestone, there's been little mention of the "arguably more remarkable breakthrough" of the man who actually won the primary.
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