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Democratic presidential candidates stories: 53 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

State Job Isn't Guarantee She Succeeds Obama: Silver

Staying out of Obama administration, popular or not, seems better role

Nov 17, 08 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is a contender to be Barack Obama’s Secretary of State, but taking the job probably wouldn’t help her if she wants to succeed Obama in 2016, Nate Silver writes on FiveThirtyEight. Being part of a popular Democratic administration certainly wouldn’t hurt, but it would be... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • secretary of State • Democratic presidential candidates • Obama administration • Nate Silver • President Obama

 How He Almost Didn't Run 

Obamas struggled for months about Barack's White House bid

Nov 7, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama needed months to be persuaded that he should run for the White House, and wife Michelle, who had veto power, finally agreed on one condition: that he give up smoking. The tidbit appears in Part 1 of a seven-installment Newsweek series reported along the campaign trail on... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Democratic presidential candidates • Dick Durbin • Election 2008 • President Obama

Analysis


 Can Obama
 Talk Smart to
 Dumbed-Down
 America?

Can Barack raise level of discourse without losing his audience?

Jun 24, 08 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s trip to the DNC podium is expected to be the "rhetorical blockbuster of the summer," writes Sam Anderson in New York.  But is the senator up to using his oratorical sophistication to expand his popularity among Americans hooked on a junk-food diet of low-brow... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • Democratic presidential candidates • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • DNC

 Hillary's Next
 Challenge:
 Paying Bills 

Candidate ends race with record debt

Jun 10, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's White House bid made history—by ending with what is believed to be the largest presidential campaign debt ever. The New York senator had approximately $9.5 million in unpaid bills at the end of April, not to mention $11.4 of her own money that she lent... More »

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Hillary Clinton • presidential campaign • campaign finance • debt • Democratic presidential candidates

OPINION

Superdel Win Signals Change Dem Honchos Believe In

Victory in 'smoky backrooms of power' shows how country has shifted

Jun 4, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama clinching the Democratic nomination is a major moment in history, Eric Easter writes in Ebony, and it is the superdelegate victory that signals the biggest shift in attitudes. The candidate's win among ordinary voters of all races is hugely significant, but it is the win in "the... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • superdelegates

ANALYSIS


 How Obama Did It:
 The Delegate
 Strategy 

Delegate-by-delegate fight led to historic upset

Jun 4, 08 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last night was not a triumphant coronation for Barack Obama, whose campaign limped over the finish line in Montana and South Dakota. But the Illinois senator's victory over Hillary Clinton—one of the biggest upsets in US political history, writes the Washington Post—was never about glamorous wins in battleground... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • primary • Democratic presidential candidates • delegate count • pledged delegates • caucuses

 Dems Move to
 End Clinton Campaign 

Pelosi, Reid, Dean give superdelegates 48 hours

Jun 4, 08 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic party's three top leaders wasted no time in calling on all outstanding superdelegates this morning to make up their minds by Friday. Only a few hours after Barack Obama laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Howard Dean issued a carefully worded statement... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Harry Reid • Howard Dean • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic Party • superdelegates

Hillary Still Dogs Barack's Campaign

Obama faces
tough decision
on No. 2 spot

Jun 4, 08 4:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's non-concession speech last night left the Obama campaign with a major headache, as the New York senator left open the possibility that she might demand the second spot on the Democratic ticket. Clinton managed to take some of the spotlight from Obama even on his biggest night—a... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • vice president • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic Party • dream ticket • running mate

ANALYSIS

 Calm and Collected,
 Obama Makes History 

Obama has played it cool throughout his career

Jun 4, 08 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is not merely the first black presumptive presidential nominee of a major party—he's also only 46, having entered the Illinois state Senate just 11 years ago. He's also a brilliant, imperfect, unstoppably ambitious man with an astounding ability to remain calm throughout a manic campaign, writes the... More »

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Barack Obama • Illinois • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • Election 2008

Jesse Jackson Hails Obama Victory

Civil rights leader calls win 'transformational' moment in history

Jun 4, 08 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jesse Jackson praised Barack Obama's key victory last night as a "transformational moment" in American history, Reuters reports. "We knew this breakthrough was possible—we didn't know when or who," said the two-time presidential candidate, emphasizing the remarkable 53-year journey of African-Americans from a Mississippi lynching in... More »

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Barack Obama • Jesse Jackson • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination

Top Democrats
Say Race Ends
Next Week

Reid, Pelosi to push
for quick resolution,
good news for Obama

May 29, 08 9:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic leaders say the primary fight will be over next week, making it all but certain that Barack Obama will be the nominee. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and party chief Howard Dean say they will press uncommitted superdelegates to make up their minds by midweek,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Michigan primary • Florida primary

OPINION

'Poor Hillary' Refrain Has Hillary-Like Staying Power

Voters, rivals and pundits have been tut-tutting for years, but Clinton marches on

May 16, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s Hillary Clinton, writes Libby Copeland in the Washington Post, and then there’s “Poor Hillary.” Though Barack Obama destroyed her “inevitability,” she continues to quixotically pursue the Democratic nomination, touting the power of “grit” against arithmetic, and moving op-ed writers, news anchors and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • sexism • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Democratic presidential primaries • Hillary haters

OPINION

 Brown, Clinton Suffer Same Fate 

For Clinton and Brown, Iraq is the unspoken element

May 8, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the last few weeks, two giants of center-left politics—Hillary Clinton in America and Gordon Brown in Britain—have seen their electoral chances reduced to near impossibility. Both have struggled as uncharismatic politicians in a media age. But for one columnist in London's Times, their trajectories have more important... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Tony Blair • Gordon Brown • Labour • Labour Party • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic Party • triangulation

8 Questions on the Table
in Today's Primaries

Obama and Clinton face off in what could be decisive contests

May 6, 08 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voters in North Carolina and Indiana go to the polls today in what many are seeing as the last major battle in the Democratic race. The Washington Post outlines the stakes.
  1. Has Obama put the Wright controversy behind him? Pretty much, say both sides; it's a media story now.
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic campaign • Election 2008 • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary

 Oprah Also Turned
 On Rev. Wright 

TV star didn't want to offend her audience, friend says

May 4, 08 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey attended Jeremiah Wright's church but ultimately gave up on it, Newsweek reports. She went for nearly a decade, starting in 1984, and wasn't surprised by his angry sermons. But "Oprah is a businesswoman, first and foremost," a friend said. "She's always been... More »

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Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey • president • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic campaign • Trinity United Church of Christ • Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Ex-DNC Chair Switches to Obama Camp

Andrew abandons Clinton, tells superdels to 'heal the rift'

May 1, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Andrew, a superdelegate and the Democratic Party chair during Bill Clinton's presidency, has switched his allegiance from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama, reports the AP. Andrew had endorsed Hillary on the day she announced her candidacy, but in a lengthy letter to other superdelegates he says they must rally... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Committee • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • superdelegates • Joe Andrew

Race Looms Large After Obama Loss

Dems start asking whether a black candidate can win

Apr 24, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Until recently, Barack Obama seemed to have quashed concerns about the chances of an African-American winning the White House. But as he inches closer to the nomination, more Democrats are beginning to ask whether white and other non-black voters will elect a black man in November. The question has taken... More »

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Barack Obama • race • African Americans • voting • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • African-American voters • Pennsylvania primary • white voters

OPINION

Pennsylvania: The Obama Referendum

Pundit says today's vote is on how voters perceive the candidate

Apr 22, 08 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Pennsylvanians go to the polls on what could be the decisive day of the Democratic primary, one columnist sees today's vote not as a race between two candidates, but a referendum on one. Barack Obama has appeared as both populist and elitist, crusader and policy wonk, black and post-racial.... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic presidential candidates • Pennsylvania primary

 New Hillary Attack Ad
 Features bin Laden 

Hillary invokes terrorist to cast doubt on Obama's readiness

Apr 22, 08 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voters go to the polls today in Pennsylvania after a bruising last day of campaigning in which Hillary Clinton unleashed a particularly harsh attack ad that uses an image of Osama bin Laden. The TV spot shows news footage of Black Thursday, Pearl Harbor, the Berlin Wall and the mastermind... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • advertising • Democratic presidential candidates • political advertising • campaign commercials • Pennsylvania primary

Stephanopoulos Sticks Up
for Tone of ABC Debate

Focus on electability mirrored campaign trail chatter, pundit says

Apr 17, 08 7:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Stephanopolous has drawn fire for posing too many "gotcha" questions at last night's Democratic presidential debate on ABC, but the pundit is sticking to his guns. Stephanopolous says he didn't focus on electability over policy issues by accident. "It's not only, who will be the best president,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • ABC • presidential debate • Democratic debate • Democratic presidential candidates • George Stephanopoulos • Pennsylvania primary • ABC News

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