Ill. senator gains 25 during primary
sweep while Clinton loses 2
Associated Press Feb 23, 08 6:41 PM CST
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Barack Obama's primary spree is swaying more superdelegates to his side: He has won over 25 of the elite voters and Hillary Clinton has lost two in the past 2 weeks, the AP reports. One California superdelegate has switched from John Edwards to Clinton to undecided, saying superdelegates must pick "the candidate that people have chosen, as opposed to advocating for our own choice."
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Spending calls might reflect poorly on Clinton's management skills
Christian Science Monitor Feb 23, 08 5:26 AM CST
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Hillary Clinton invested heavily to try to lock up the Democratic presidential nomination on Super Tuesday—but that didn't happen, and her failure to plan for the long haul let Barack Obama rack up 10 straight wins since and left some doubting her management skills. Clinton's dwindling war chest also helped Obama gain momentum to raise funds: $37 million last month vs. Clinton's $15 million.
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He wins white men
3-2 in Wisconsin
Slate Feb 20, 08 5:48 AM CST
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Barack Obama's 17-point victory in Wisconsin contains a major warning for Hillary Clinton: not only did the Illinois senator win among his usual coalition of well-educated, young and black voters, but he also captured the vote of the working class, particularly men. The "durable coalition" that Clinton strategist Mark Penn thought would sweep her to victory doesn't seem so impregnable after all, writes Slate.
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Primary shapes up as test of momentum
Politico Feb 18, 08 4:06 PM CST
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Tomorrow's primary in Wisconsin won’t decide the Democratic nomination, but Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are fighting tooth and nail anyway, Politico reports, airing their first negative ads of the campaign and taking shots at each other through aides. At stake is momentum: Obama doesn’t want to break his winning streak, and Clinton wants to prevent another Potomac-level blowout.
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Unlikely to catch up, she'll push for Fla., Mich. delegates
New York Times Feb 14, 08 9:10 AM CST
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Barack Obama has taken a lead of more than 100 delegates in the race for the Democratic nomination, leaving Hillary Clinton with a deficit she's not likely to make up unless she wins Texas and Ohio with a landslide, the New York Times reports. With dwindling options, aides say she'll push aggressively to seat disqualified delegates from Florida and Michigan, where she won the primaries unopposed, a move likely to be highly divisive.
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OPINION
Dowd: Maybe you want a woman president —but not this woman
New York Times Feb 13, 08 1:03 PM CST
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Barack Obama's sweep of eight primaries in the past four days has put Hillary Clinton on the ropes, and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wonders if women will once again come to her aid as they did in New Hampshire. But the "national seminar on gender and race" that is this year's Democratic primary has a strange tenor: while Obama aims to transcend race, Clinton often tries to use her sex as a tool, or worse, as an excuse, says Dowd.
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796 insiders must walk line between public's wish, party allegiances
Washington Post Feb 10, 08 6:23 AM CST
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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 deciding their candidate is just the beginning of the problem. The superdelegates—worth the equivalent of two Californias—give extra nominating clout to the party's elected officials.
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Strategy to capitalize on mid-sized states likely to pay off come March
Politico Feb 10, 08 5:35 AM CST
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With three monster victories yesterday, Barack Obama could be poised to extend his pledged, "locked-in" delegate lead over Hillary Clinton before March 4 brings contests in Ohio and Texas. The gain is a feather in the cap of the Illinois senator's strategists, who had been doubted for aiming so much money at races after Super Tuesday, Politico reports.
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UPDATED
Dem hopeful tops Clinton in Wash., Nebraska, Louisiana, Virgin Islands
New York Times Feb 9, 08 10:19 PM CST
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Barack Obama swept all four primaries and caucuses tonight and nabbed the winner's share of the 161 Democratic delegates up for grabs, the New York Times reports. He won roughly two-thirds of Washington and Nebraska votes to Hillary Clinton's one-third, and snagged racially divided Louisiana by more than 10 points, MSNBC reports. He also beat Clinton in the Virgin Islands, which have nine delegates.
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College grads prefer him by 20%; working class goes for Clinton
Chicago Tribune Feb 9, 08 4:30 PM CST
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Barack Obama’s camp has spotted Hillary Clinton’s edge among working class voters, the Chicago Tribune reports. A recent Obama campaign memo said he expects to lose in states where collars are more blue than white. And numbers support the Dem divide: Workers picked Hillary over Obama by 60% to 40% in California, while a national poll has Obama swaying college-educated voters by the same margin.
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Leaked memo forecasts dead heat with Clinton for nom
Bloomberg Feb 7, 08 10:54 AM CST
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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 would give Obama a lead in delegates but not an outright majority.
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