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July 2008
- HRC to FNC: Howard Wolfson Joins Fox News
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 8, 08 7:51 AM CDT
  
  Howard Wolfson, a top strategist for HIllary Clinton's campaign and one of her most visible television surrogates, has found a new employer, and it's not Barack Obama. Wolfson will become a contributor to the Fox News Channel, appearing on multiple programs. His move to Fox echoes a general feeling among Clintonites that the network, once considered the scourge of Democrats, treated Hillary better than other news organizations during the primary. More »
  
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  Hillary Clinton • News Corp • Karl Rove • Democratic Party • Fox News • Howard Wolfson • Talking Heads • punditry
June 2008
- Delicately, Team Clinton Gets Behind Obama
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 26, 08 8:24 AM CDT
  
  Under the eye of one of Washington's most powerful lawyers, Barack Obama is negotiating with Hillary Clinton over a tangle of issues, from how to retire her campaign debt to what role she will play in this summer's convention. The Democratic party is slowly recovering from its bruising primary fight with the aid of Robert Barnett, who brokered book deals for Obama and both Clintons, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Democratic Party • Democratic National Convention • campaign debt • Terry McAuliffe
- Roosevelt. Reagan. Obama?
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 25, 08 7:26 AM CDT
  
  The novelty of minorities seeking the White House has occluded the more profound historical importance of this year's contest, Gary Hart says. The 2008 election is a hinge moment that could usher in a new era in American life, writes the former senator in the New York Times , and a victorious Barack Obama would have a chance to define "the next cycle in American history." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • United States • Democratic Party • history • Gary Hart
- As Clinton Returns, Obama Asks His Donors to Help Her
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 24, 08 10:49 PM CDT
  
  Hillary Clinton received a hero's welcome today with two standing ovations when she returned to Capitol Hill, Reuters reports. "There was a tear or two and a lot of high-fives," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland. Clinton may be getting more than moral support, however. Barack Obama asked his top donors in a conference call to help Clinton retire her $10 million campaign debt, ABC News reports. Also today, Bill Clinton publicly backed Obama and said he'd help him get elected. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Democratic Party • Harry Reid • US Senate
- Dems Work to Fuse Fundraising Machines
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 7, 08 6:10 AM CDT
  
  The Obama and Clinton campaigns have been working to merge their fundraising machines as Clinton prepares her swan song today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Clinton made a call to her top 50 fundraisers, urging them to get behind Obama and promising a private meeting with the presumed nominee. The combined operation could create a juggernaut capable of dwarfing the contents of John McCain's offers. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign fundraising • campaign finance • Democratic Party • political donors
- Noonan to Dems: You Dodged a Bullet
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 6, 08 5:18 PM CDT
  
  Hooray, Democrats! You dumped Hillary Clinton, not for her positions, or because you were sexist, but over her "essential nature," Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal . Another Clinton White House would have meant lies, scandal, drama, and "the sheer, daily madness that is her, and him"—aka, husband Bill. "She lost because enough Democrats looked at her and thought: I don't like that, I don't like the way she does it, I'm not going there ," Noonan writes. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • election 2008 • Democratic Party • Peggy Noonan
- Congrats Obama, Here's Your To-Do List
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jun 4, 08 11:14 AM CDT
  
  It wasn’t easy, but a bruised Barack Obama has finally wrapped up the Democratic nomination. The Guardian ’s Michael Tomasky knows what he needs to do next: Redefine himself. Obama has a lot of time now to remind us why he inspired people in the first place. Define John McCain. The honeymoon should be over for the GOP nominee; Obama can attack him pointedly on Bush, Iraq, and his growing array of flip-flops. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • nominee
- Superdel Win Signals Change Dem Honchos Believe In
  
  newser | Ebony | Jun 4, 08 9:30 AM CDT
  
  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 smoky backrooms of American power" that is the most telling sign that change has arrived. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Democratic nomination • superdelegates • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic Party
- Dems Move to End Clinton Campaign
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jun 4, 08 7:33 AM CDT
  
  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 that pushes for closure but does not push superdelegates toward Obama, observes the LA Times . More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • superdelegates • Nancy Pelosi • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic Party • Harry Reid • Howard Dean
- Hillary Still Dogs Barack's Campaign
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 4, 08 4:56 AM CDT
  
  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 reality that will dog the nominee whether she runs for veep or not, reports the New York Times . More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • vice president • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic Party • running mate • dream ticket
- Calm and Collected, Obama Makes History
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 4, 08 4:22 AM CDT
  
  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 New York Times . More »
  
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  Barack Obama • election 2008 • Democratic nomination • Illinois • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic Party
May 2008
- Dems Seat Fla., Mich. Delegates as Half-Votes
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 31, 08 6:45 PM CDT
  
  Democratic officials voted today to seat Florida and Michigan primary delegates as half-votes, the AP reports. At a boisterous hearing, delayed by nearly 3 hours of private talks, the party seated Florida delegates based on the state's primary vote, with 105 for Clinton and 67 for Obama. The Michigan deal was more complex, giving 69 of the half-votes to Clinton and 59 to Obama. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Florida primary • Democratic Party • Michigan primary • delegates
- Nader Likes Obama, but He's Still a 'Corporate Democrat'
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 31, 08 8:38 AM CDT
  
  Ralph Nader prefers Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton, but still considers Obama what he calls “a corporate Democrat,” the Green Party candidate for president tells the Wall Street Journal in a wide-ranging chat over lunch. Despite the populist rhetoric, Obama has “made his peace” with the need to be a “conciliatory, concessionary, adaptive politician to the reality of corporate power,” Nader notes. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • George W. Bush • Democratic Party • Ralph Nader
- Which Party Has Better Primaries?
  
  newser | New York Times | May 30, 08 9:20 AM CDT
  
  Which system is better, the ruthless Republican winner-takes-all primary system, or the Democrats’ kindergarten-inspired everyone-gets-a-prize process? New York Times columnists David Brook and Gail Collins banter on just that point. Brooks thinks the Republicans' swift, clean process is superior, while Collins notes that it’s the results that matter. If Obama wins the White House, Democrats will praise the long, endlessly vetting primary. More »
  
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  Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • presidential primaries • Democratic Party • Republican Party • opinion
- Could McCain Win Big?
  
  newser | Politico | May 24, 08 12:00 PM CDT
  
  Despite the odds stacked against Republicans, GOP analysts are cautiously saying that John McCain will not only win, but he might do so by a comfortable margin, Politico reports. When Obama’s specific and geographical weaknesses are played against McCain’s strengths, the result adds up to a win of up to 50 electoral votes, more than President Bush's 35-vote win in 2004. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Democratic Party • Republican Party • electoral college
- Dems Furious Over Bush 'Appeasement' Zinger
  
  newser | Reuters | May 16, 08 6:20 AM CDT
  
  Democrats stood shoulder-to-shoulder in fury yesterday to lash President Bush for indicating that Barack Obama is like a Nazi appeaser because he supports outreach to countries like Iran. Even Hillary Clinton leaped to her rival's defense, Reuters reports. "President Bush's comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous," Clinton said. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • George W. Bush • Iran • Nancy Pelosi • John Kerry • Democratic Party • appeasement
- McGovern: Save the Party, Campaign Together
  
  newser | New York Times | May 13, 08 9:13 AM CDT
  
  Divisions among Democrats have killed the party’s presidential chances on more than one occasion, and it must not happen this time, writes George McGovern in the New York Times . The 1972 Democratic nominee—who recently switched his endorsement to Barack Obama—offers a plan to unite the party: Obama and Hillary Clinton should campaign side-by-side in the remaining states, outlining their plans for the country without attacking each other. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • election 2008 • Democratic Party • George McGovern
- Who Is Brave Enough to Tell Hillary to Stop?
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 9, 08 12:00 PM CDT
  
  Now that Hillary Clinton has lost, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal , she’s busy tearing her party apart. Democrats "should be dancing in the streets" after the brutal campaign, but instead they’re holed up at DC bars, regarding the former first family with “depressed horror.” Hillary is sharpening every divisive tool in the shed, hiding behind her gender and insisting that white voters have chosen her. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic Party • white voters
- Hillary Defeat Would Shake Up Democrats
  
  newser | New York Times | May 8, 08 1:22 PM CDT
  
  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,” said one Democratic organizer. “The Clintons and their allies have been running the show for 16 years.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • Clintonites • Clintonism
- Brown, Clinton Suffer Same Fate
  
  newser | Times (UK) | May 8, 08 10:50 AM CDT
  
  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 parallels: not least, their support for the war in Iraq, the unspoken element in both of their downfalls. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iraq • Gordon Brown • Tony Blair • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic Party • Labour Party • Labour • triangulation

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