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Californian makes a name for herself

By Greg Atwan, Newser User

Posted Jun 16, 2008 7:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – Two of the biggest recent campaign scoops—Barack Obama's "bitter" bomb and Bill Clinton's "scumbag" tirade—originated not with the mainstream media but with a 61-year-old Oakland resident who blogs for the Huffington Post. The New Yorker visits with Mayhill Fowler, who ruminates about her exclusives and expresses a few regrets.

The Tennessee native has an insightful, Catholic mind for news (she's covered the Middle East as well as domestic politics) with a fillip of down-home charm. Fowler refers to Obama's "cling to guns or religion" comment as "the fateful fundraiser" and says she'll avoid the candidate and cover his Republican rival, despite a rocky start: "The McCain campaign is a little email-challenged."

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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., works the rope line at a rally in Denver, Colo., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., reach out with their cameras as Obama worked the rope line during a rally in Dallas, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Hillary Clinton works a campaign rally crowd. Can you spot the citizen blogger(s)? (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)

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Obama an Elitist?:Friday's breaking coverage on Lou Dobbs of Sen. Obama's latest remarks which even Obama supporter Mayhill Fowler, the lady who broke the story on the Huffingtonpost.com, found offensive. She's interviewed here. (Marc1a)

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