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Hillary Captures Base Critical to Primaries

She's solid among vital women, seniors, blue-collar voters

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 8, 2007 4:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – While cautioning that it's still early, the LA Times reports that Hillary Clinton’s frontrunner status owes largely to her dominance among groups that are stalwarts in the Democratic nominating process. Barack Obama rules among the young and affluent, but likely primary voters are women,... Read full story »

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Hillary Captures Base Critical to Primaries

She's solid among vital women, seniors, blue-collar voters

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