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 Clinton Wins Puerto Rico Easily 

But turnout in victory likely insufficient to give her an edge with popular vote

Jun 1, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton was projected to win the Puerto Rico primary by a wide margin today as polls closed, but turnout was estimated to be lower than the 700,000 that Bill Clinton said would support her emphasis on the popular vote. Hillary, Bill, and Chelsea Clinton had spent a combined... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • primary • Latino voters • Puerto Rico • Democratic nomination • popular vote

 5 Things to Watch in Puerto Rico 

Island doesn't vote in primaries, but today its Democratic delegates are up for grabs

Jun 1, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is banking on a sizable victory today in Puerto Rico to bolster her argument that she’s received more votes than Barack Obama and is a stronger draw for Latinos. Key points to keep an eye on:
  1. The second wave: While many Puerto Ricans sleep in, it's
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • presidential campaign • primary • presidential primaries • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Puerto Rico • Democratic nomination • delegates • presidential candidates

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

Obama to Fans: Don't Protest Rules Meeting

Campaign stays with unity message on Mich./Fla. decision

May 28, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is urging supporters not to demonstrate at Saturday’s meeting of the Democrats' rules committee, hoping to keep the event from becoming a cable-news circus, the Hill reports. Clinton supporters have pledged to gather outside the meeting, where party bigs will decide whether, and how many Florida and... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Michigan • Democratic National Committee • Obama 2008 • Democratic nomination • delegates • barred delegates • Democratic Rules and Bylaws Committee

 Bill Decries
 'Cover-Up'
 By Dem Brass 

'They' are trying to pressure superdelegates, bury poll numbers favoring Hillary

May 27, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton claimed this weekend that there is a conspiracy to bury polls showing Hillary to be the better Democratic general-election candidate against John McCain, adding, “I have never seen a candidate treated so disrespectfully just for running.” “Oh, this is so terrible," said the former... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • conspiracy • Democratic nomination • Michigan primary • Florida primary • superdelegates

 Senate Homecoming
 Won't Be Glorious 

Power will not fall in losing candidate's lap

May 26, 08 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Hillary Clinton does indeed lose the Democratic nomination, her Senate homecoming won’t be a glorious one, the New York Times reports. Clinton is still a junior senator, ranking 36th out of 49 Democrats, and would need to leapfrog a lot of people to become a committee chair—much... More »

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Hillary Clinton • politics • Senate • Senate Democrats • legislature • Democratic nomination • Senate Armed Services Committee

Kennedy Clan Blasts Clinton for RFK Flub

Remark 'may be last nail in her campaign's coffin,' one says

May 25, 08 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has defended Hillary Clinton’s RFK gaffe, but other Kennedy clan members are fuming, the New York Post reports. As the anniversary of RFK’s murder nears, one relative cited Clinton’s “perceived insensitivity,” especially after Ted Kennedy’s brain cancer diagnosis. Another... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • Kennedy family • Robert F. Kennedy

Opinion

Hillary's Killer RFK Quote Stuns Pundits

She shouldn't 'be elected dog catcher,' one gripes

May 24, 08 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary’s RFK gaffe certainly has people talking—and most aren’t being too kind.
  • Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News calls it “an X-ray of a very dark soul” that considers murder just another strategic possibility. Hillary has shot her chance at being vice
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • apology • Democratic nomination • Robert F. Kennedy • opinion

OPINION

On RFK, Clinton Should Have Known Better

Invoking opponent's killing 'sounds almost like wishful thinking'

May 24, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton used history to make a point, but her RFK gaffe provides a valuable lesson for those studying it: “There are taboos in presidential politics, and this is one of the biggest,” Libby Copeland writes in the Washington Post. Clinton has apologized for referring to the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • apology • Democratic nomination • Robert F. Kennedy

Clinton's RFK Remark Sparks Fear, Outrage

Hillary defends her prolonged bid by recalling '68 murder

May 23, 08 7:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton whipped up a storm of anger today by invoking Bobby Kennedy's murder as grounds for staying in the Democratic race, the New York Times reports. Recalling the surprise outcomes of past contests, including her husband’s in 1992, the senator told editors at a South Dakota newspaper... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • press conference • apology • Democratic nomination • Election 2008 • Robert F. Kennedy

ANALYSIS

No, She Isn’t Winning the Popular Vote

Claim divisive at best, untrue at worst,
so let's just call it a tie

May 22, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s insistence that she’s winning the popular vote not only promotes a meaningless rubric in a delegate contest, but it's also a dangerous claim—and a false one, Jonathan Alter writes in Newsweek. Not only is Clinton trampling on old sore spots (think Al Gore in 2000),... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • Michigan primary • Florida primary • caucuses • popular vote

 Clinton Ready to
 Take It to Convention 

Defiant candidate emphasizes the importance of Florida's vote

May 22, 08 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A defiant Hillary Clinton signaled yesterday that she might take the nomination fight all the way to the convention, the New York Times reports, again emphasizing the importance of seating Florida and Michigan delegates in a swing through the Sunshine State. Those delegates still wouldn't erase Barack Obama's lead, but... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Democratic nomination • Michigan primary • Florida primary • superdelegates • barred delegates • convention delegates

ANALYSIS

Hillary Will Win Huge Leverage in Narrow Defeat

She stands to be
more powerful than
any loser in history

May 21, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - It doesn’t look like Hillary Clinton will be the Dem nominee this year, but she “may gain more leverage from losing than almost any other failed presidential candidate,” says Michael Tackett in a Chicago Tribune piece about what’s in store for the second-place finisher. Assuming she... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Ted Kennedy • Democratic nomination • Hubert Humphrey • female voters

ANALYSIS

 Obama Won't
 Declare Victory
 Tomorrow 

Change shows sensitivity to alienating Clinton fans

May 19, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reversing earlier plans, Barack Obama will not declare the Democratic race over tomorrow night—in a move Carrie Budoff Brown, on Politico, sees as concern about “appearing presumptuous or antagonistic” toward Hillary Clinton. Hillary fans are sensitive about disrespect, so Obama will boast he’s won a majority of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • Democratic nomination

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

analysis

 Edwards' Endorsement
 Is No Game-Changer 

Move was inevitable, says Newsweek analyst

May 15, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards’ endorsement of Barack Obama may “hammer another nail into Clinton’s subterranean coffin,” but it won’t do much to sway primary voters, Andrew Romano writes in Newsweek. Had Edwards taken a pro-Obama stand a few months ago, it might have helped the senator with blue-collar... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democratic voters • Democratic nomination • endorsement • political endorsement • blue-collar vote • Election 2008

Obama Hamstrung by
'Nearly Nominee' Status

Barack Obama caught in the middle of two campaign phases

May 14, 08 4:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is feeling like a winner but unable to start campaigning like one, the New York Times reports. The almost-nominee can't go after John McCain the way he would if he had the nomination sewn up for fear of infuriating Hillary Clinton's supporters, aides say. He also is still... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic nomination • campaigning

OPINION

 A Closer Look at 
 the Math Problem 
 Edwards Averted 

Three-way race could have dragged on through the summer

May 12, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The long-tern effect of John Edwards’ early exit is that Barack Obama will wrap up the nomination by early June, a grateful Steve Kornacki writes in the New York Observer. A  slower withdrawal would have spelled trouble for the Democrats, who are having enough trouble making up their minds. "... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democratic National Convention • Democratic nomination

OPINION

 Team Hillary's
 5 Big
 Mistakes 

How mood, rules, caucuses, money, and pacing laid her campaign low

May 8, 08 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Clinton campaign in death throes, Karen Tumulty runs down its five crucial  mistakes in Time:
  • Mood. In a season when Democrats were desperate for change, Hillary “completely misread the mood” and went with incumbency.
  • Rules. Clinton's inner circle wasn't up on them. Mark Penn thought
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Internet • campaign fundraising • Democratic nomination • California primary • Mark Penn • caucuses

Hillary Defeat Would Shake Up Democrats

Divisive changing of guard looms if Clintons lose grip on party

May 8, 08 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Barack Obama headed toward the Democratic nomination, the Clintons' long reign over the party looks likely to end, the New York Times reports. That could lead to a bold new era—or a divided party that Obama can’t reconcile. “It’s going to create an upheaval,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • Clintonism • Clintonites

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