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Dems Hope
to Head Off Convention Feuding

Al Gore could
play peacemaker

Feb 16, 08 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Concerns about party unity are keeping Al Gore and other senior Democrats neutral in the Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton face-off—at least for now, the New York Times reports. Party elders are painfully aware that infighting or back-room dealing at the Democratic National Convention could look like the will of the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Al Gore • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Democratic Party • superdelegates

Superdelegates Are White Men

Possible decision-makers represent paradoxical turn in historic primary

Feb 15, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - If the Democratic primary comes down to the superdelegate vote, the historic black man-vs.-white-woman race will be decided by ... white men. At least 46% of the party’s superdelegates are white men, compared to just 28% of Democratic voters. “Obviously, it’s an imperfect system,” one representative... More »

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race • Democratic National Convention • white male • Democratic Party • female voters • African-American voters • superdelegates • Election 2008

Super Delegate Situation a Tangled Thicket

796 insiders must walk line between public's wish, party allegiances

Feb 10, 08 6:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have long been courting superdelegates—the 796 Democratic insiders whose votes are becoming ever more critical to their party's nomination—but the situation is rife with potential pitfalls, explains the Washington Post. The idea that the votes of everyday Democrats may not end up... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Democratic Party • Democratic presidential primaries • superdelegates

Team Obama Prepares for Stalemate

Leaked memo forecasts dead heat with Clinton for nom

Feb 7, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign is preparing for a deadlocked contest with Hillary Clinton and forecasting a virtual tie in the race for Democratic delegates, according to an internal memo. Bloomberg reports Obama's advisers envision him winning 19 of 27 remaining primaries but giving Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to Clinton. That scenario... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Committee • Democratic Party • Democratic presidential primaries • superdelegates • Election 2008

OPINION

Super Delegates Will Crown
Dem Nominee

Blogger runs math, fears party choice will 'lack legitimacy'

Feb 4, 08 10:06 PM CST
(Newser) - So-called super delegates will end up crowning the Democratic presidential nominee, Open Left’s Chris Bowers blogs. Even if Hillary Clinton wins a whopping 937 delegates to Barack Obama’s 862 on Super Tuesday, she would have to score 76% of the rest to win the nod. That's where 796... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic Party • convention • superdelegates • Election 2008

Why Kennedys Tapped Obama

Massachusetts senator points to Barack's 'inevitability'

Jan 29, 08 11:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Why did three members of the Kennedy clan anoint Barack Obama as the heir to Camelot and Democratic standard-bearer? In interviews with Time, Ted and Caroline Kennedy both point to the Illinois senator as uniquely capable of overcoming factionalism and uniting the country. As for the timing—before Super Tuesday—... More »

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Barack Obama • Ted Kennedy • Democratic Party • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg

Edwards Gains on Clinton in SC

In new polls, Obama maintains lead as runners-up move into statistical tie

Jan 25, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - South Carolina may yet smile on native son John Edwards, polls taken since Monday's debate indicate. A Zogby poll released yesterday and a Clemson University Palmetto Poll out today show the ex-senator in a statistical tie with Hillary Clinton—both well behind Barack Obama, reports The State. Common to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • poll • Democratic Party • South Carolina primary • Election 2008

Edwards Appearance Gets Hairy

David Letterman asks: 'Has it ever been messed up?'

Jan 23, 08 9:19 AM CST
(Newser) - David Letterman started it, when he couldn't resist giving John Edwards' perfectly coifed hair an exploratory  tousle. Letterman did get permission, asking “Could I just mess your hair up a little bit? Has it ever been messed up?" Edwards was game. “You want to? Go ahead,” the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • hair • late night talk show • David Letterman • Democratic Party

Super Tuesday May Be Super Confused

40% of voters will
pick, but race could
stay muddled

Jan 21, 08 7:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Some 70 million voters in 24 states will make their presidential primary picks in two weeks, but pundits doubt whether Super Tuesday will resolve 2008's muddled race in either party, McClatchy Newspapers report. "No one has ever seen anything like this," said one Bush-Cheney adviser. A political science... More »

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Super Tuesday • primary • US states • Republican Party • caucus • Democratic Party • delegates • election

Obama Cools Race Rhetoric, Praises Hillary

Clinton says MLK dispute doesn't show 'what is in our hearts'

Jan 14, 08 8:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Troubled by the "tenor of the campaign," Barack Obama cooled off the recent race row with Hillary Clinton and praised her for being "on the right side of civil rights issues," the Swamp reports. But he added that her recent comments on Martin Luther King, Jr.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • racism • Martin Luther King Jr. • Democratic Party • Election 2008

Willie Nelson's High on Kucinich

Singer takes up for candidate in Texas primary flap

Jan 4, 08 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - White House hopeful Dennis Kucinich has gained Willie Nelson’s support in his federal lawsuit to get on the Texas primary ballot. The Ohio congressman wasn’t having any of the Texas application’s pledge to support the eventual Dem nominee—so he scratched it out. Now Nelson has joined... More »

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Texas • Dennis Kucinich • Willie Nelson • Democratic Party • loyalty oath

Republicans Keep Seats In Special Elections

Democrats concede Ohio, Virginia races

Dec 12, 07 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Republican candidates won two congressional seats in special elections yesterday. The spots, in Ohio and Virginia, were left vacant by the deaths of representatives, both Republicans. They were in districts that have long favored Republicans, but Democrats had hoped that the low turnout typical of special elections would help them... More »

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Congress • Republican Party • Democratic Party • election

Nader Sues Dems, Claiming '04 Conspiracy

Suit says Dems and Kerry-Edwards blocked him from state ballots

Oct 30, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader jumped into the political fray today, suing the Dems for a "vast Democratic Party conspiracy" to block his 2004 election, McClatchy Newspapers reports. He accused the Democratic Party, Kerry-Edwards 2004, and other groups of keeping him from state ballots "as a means to drive into deep... More »

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John Edwards • John Kerry • lawsuit • conspiracy • sabotage • Democratic Party • Ralph Nader

Iowa Dems to Join GOP for Early Caucus

Latest ‘first in the nation’ move should
be okayed Sunday

Oct 25, 07 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dems will likely okay a January 3 date for Iowa caucuses and help the state stay ahead of New Hampshire in the rush for earliest caucus. Iowa Democratic Chairman Scott Brennan has already endorsed the date. "It was a recommendation that was not come to lightly," said a... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • New Hampshire • presidential primaries • caucus • primary leapfrogging • Democratic Party

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