68% of blacks picked no one over Hillary, bad news for fight in South
CNN Jan 16, 08 3:10 AM CST
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Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton beat off a challenge in yesterday's Michigan primary from a new tough contender—the "uncommitted" choice that 40% of voters checked off to the 55% who voted for the New York senator. Blacks and young voters favored "uncommitted," which is largely viewed as a vote for Barack Obama or John Edwards. Neither candidate ran in the state and supporters of both urged voters to choose uncommitted.
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Sets his sights on Southern primaries
New York Times Jan 9, 08 8:45 AM CST
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John Edwards isn't letting a distant third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary get him down, and certainly isn't letting it count him out. "Two races down; 48 states to go," the upbeat Democratic candidate told supporters last night. The Edwards camp projects a resurgence in primaries in the Southern states, reports the New York Times.
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Obama's message of change sits better with voters
Bloomberg Jan 4, 08 8:55 AM CST
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Hillary Clinton is suddenly an underdog and must now prove she has the same resilience her husband showed after a sluggish start in the primaries 15 years ago. The strategy of running as an incumbent didn't play with Iowans, Margaret Carlson notes on Bloomberg. "The folks in Iowa didn't seem to be yearning for a third Clinton term, hers if not his," Carlson writes.
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UPDATED
With 100% of Democratic precincts reporting, Edwards just ahead of Clinton
Chicago Tribune Jan 4, 08 3:00 AM CST
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Riding a record turnout of young, independent and new voters, Barack Obama decisively won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa last night, with John Edwards narrowly edging out Hillary Clinton for second. With all Democratic precincts reporting, Obama, aiming to be the first black president of the United States, prevailed with a commanding 38%; Edwards took 30% and Clinton 29%, CNN reports.
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As memo predicted in May, the state has been an uphill battle
Politico Jan 2, 08 2:05 PM CST
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The Hillary Clinton camp was convinced that the road to the nomination must go through Iowa, but right about now they may be wishing they'd taken the advice of an aide who urged her to bypass the first caucus state completely. Politico revisits the aide's May memo for keys to her disappointing standing with one day left: For starters, the Hawkeye State has never elected a woman—not as governor, senator, or congresswoman.
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OPINION
Billary could become first woman* president, opines Politico scribe
Politico Dec 31, 07 11:25 AM CST
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Once, Hillary Clinton wanted to keep Bill and his baggage tucked safely in the backseat. Now, as panic takes hold in Iowa, she's set him loose, the latest swerve in a "herky-jerky" campaign that has hopped from strategy to strategy, writes the Politico’s Elizabeth Drew in an analysis of the campaign that once looked "inevitable." If the first woman president needed her husband to win, does that deserve an asterisk?
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Fresh face draws
voters, but Bhutto assassination could help Hillary: poll
Los Angeles Times Dec 28, 07 8:50 AM CST
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Barack Obama has erased Hillary Clinton’s lead in New Hampshire, pulling into a tie by persuading voters he is more honest and change-minded, according to a Los Angeles Times /Bloomberg poll. In Iowa, both hopefuls are neck-and-neck with John Edwards—but Clinton could rise if the Bhutto assassination focuses voter concern on national defense, an area where she is perceived as strong.
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Obama's recent surge threatens old ties the Clintons cultivated
Washington Post Dec 16, 07 11:41 AM CST
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As Barack Obama draws into a tie with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire polls, the New York senator looks to be leaning more and more on the relationships she and her husband established back in Bill's campaigning days. Clinton officials shrug off the tightening polls, but some find her camp's lack of energy "scary," reports the Washington Post .
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'Believable' candidate surges to first among GOP hopefuls
Reuters Dec 15, 07 8:08 AM CST
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GOP contender Mike Huckabee has grabbed the top spot among Republican candidates in South Carolina because voters find him the most "believable," according to a poll released yesterday. "Huckabee has come on because he has a more personable or pastoral appeal to a lot of voters," a political science professor noted. Huckabee, whose support appears to be growing across the nation, was backed by 24% of those polled.
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She denounces,
seeks to distance herself from drug slam
Associated Press Dec 15, 07 5:40 AM CST
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Hillary Clinton yesterday rejected and distanced herself from an official in her campaign who suggested that Barack Obama's teenage drug use could be used against him if he becomes the Democratic nominee. The official's statement "was in no way condoned," Clinton said. "I didn't know about it, and he stepped down."
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Party strips state
of delegates for
moving up primary
Associated Press Dec 1, 07 12:18 PM CST
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The Democratic Party today voted to strip Michigan of all its delegates to the Democratic National Convention, a widely expected and possibly temporary punishment for bumping up the state’s primary. Candidates have already agreed not to campaign in Michigan, and some—including Obama and Edwards—have removed themselves from the ballot. But Michigan officials believe the eventual nominee will re-instate the delegates.
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