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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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female president stories: 6 news summaries

 Finding the Next Hillary 

NYT peers into the future for women who could take the White House

May 18, 08 8:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Hillary Clinton looking fated to remain a senator, the New York Times explores who could succeed her as a likely contender to become the first woman president. The candidate would have to be from the South or the West, a Democrat with red-state appeal or a Republican from the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • female politicians • female president

OPINION

The McCain-Obama Buddy Flick

Guys jumping between the two are picking machismo over politics

Feb 26, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - For too many men, the 2008 election is a McCain-Obama buddy flick, writes Edward McClelland for Salon. The candidates may be ideological opponents, but the grizzled veteran and hip black guy share qualities men admire in other men, like independence, charisma, and toughness. Many guys are backing both, ideology be... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Superwoman • female president • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

Why Iowa's a Slog for Hillary

As memo predicted in May, the state has been an uphill battle

Jan 2, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Iraq • Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Iowa caucus • Democratic presidential primaries • female president • caucusgoers • Hawkeye State

OPINION

What's Bill Doing in This Picture?

Billary could become first woman* president, opines Politico scribe

Dec 31, 07 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Iowa caucus • Democratic presidential primaries • female president • New Hampshire primary • Election 2008 • presidential election

'Smash Highest Glass Ceiling,' Hillary Urges

Wellesley students
give alum a rock-star welcome

Nov 2, 07 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton may have taken a beating in the candidate debates this week, but the Wellesley College alum was hailed as a rock star when she returned to the all-women's campus to urge students to "shatter that highest glass ceiling." As students roared in approval, Clinton proclaimed: "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • feminism • debate • Wellesley • female president

'24' Will
Elect Female Prez in '08

Cherry Jones to
inhabit Oval Office
in Fox thriller

Jul 23, 07 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United States will have a female president next year—and on Fox, no less. The political thriller "24" will feature Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor when the seventh season of Jack Bauer's technological derring-do kicks off in January.  More »

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television • Hillary Clinton • 24 • Jack Bauer • TV shows • counterterrorism • Dennis Haysbert • Joel Surnow • Cherry Jones • female • Fox • female president

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