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  • April 2008

    • BET Founder: 'Ferraro Said It Right' on Obama

      Charlotte Observer  |  Apr 15, 08 3:18 PM CDT

      BET Founder: 'Ferraro Said It Right' on Obama

      (Newser) - BET founder and Hillary Clinton supporter Bob Johnson repeated Geraldine Ferraro’s claim that Barack Obama wouldn’t be a top White House contender if he weren’t black. "Geraldine Ferraro said it right," the billionaire told the Charlotte Observer yesterday. "The problem is, Geraldine Ferraro is white. This campaign has such a hair-trigger on anything racial." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • race  • negative campaigning  • Geraldine Ferraro  • Bob Johnson

    • Penn's Still a Player in Clinton Endgame

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Apr 14, 08 1:03 PM CDT

      Penn's Still a Player in Clinton Endgame

      (Newser) - Despite Hillary Clinton’s replacement of contentious Mark Penn with the more “ethical” Geoff Garin as chief strategist, the ousted adviser is still very much involved with the campaign, Robert Novak writes in the Chicago Sun-Times —or so he tells his friends. Those who interpreted the switch as a move away from a death-match strategy that would damage the Democratic party to a "Garin-style soft landing to conclude the campaign" could be mistaken. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • negative campaigning  • Mark Penn

  • March 2008

    • Dems Still Stuck at Starting Gate

      New Republic  |  Mar 31, 08 8:55 PM CDT

      Dems Still Stuck at Starting Gate

      (Newser) - It's time for Democrats to panic, the editors at New Republic say. Americans are ready for a lefty, yet Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are locked in an ugly battle over racism, sexism, and the minutiae of health care policy. When one of them emerges—probably in June—that candidate will have little time to drum up "narratives that justify their claim on the White House."  More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John McCain  • George W. Bush  • Democratic Party  • negative campaigning  • progressive

    • Al Gore, Dems' Back-Up Plan

      Time  |  Mar 28, 08 1:55 PM CDT

      Al Gore, Dems' Back-Up Plan

      (Newser) - If the Democratic nomination isn’t wrapped up before August's convention, the party might have a third choice: the one they crowned in 2000. If Barack Obama is too bloodied and Hillary Clinton too divisive, Joe Klein writes in Time , a superdelegate coup could yield an Al Gore-Obama ticket on the spot. Of course, the party would have to be “monumentally desperate.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John McCain  • Democratic National Convention  • superdelegates  • negative campaigning  • Al Gore

    • Obama Has 70% Chance of Topping Ticket

      New York  |  Mar 10, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      Obama Has 70% Chance of Topping Ticket

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is far more likely to be the Democratic nominee than Hillary Clinton is, says Joe Trippi, the veteran strategist who advised Howard Dean and John Edwards. In an IM interview with New York, he puts Obama’s odds at 70%, predicts a race that lasts until the convention, and foresees "a remote chance of a third candidate if this gets really ugly and Clinton takes a meat ax to Obama." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democratic National Convention  • negative campaigning  • Howard Dean  • blue-collar vote  • Joe Trippi

    • Would-Be First Spouse Thrives Out of Spotlight

      Associated Press  |  Mar 7, 08 3:10 PM CST

      Would-Be First Spouse Thrives Out of Spotlight

      (Newser) - Six weeks after Bill Clinton’s aggressive role in his wife’s campaign jeopardized her African-American support and helped drive Ted Kennedy to endorse Barack Obama, the potential First Gentleman is taking a more subdued tack, working far from the media eye to shore up rural voters, bring in the money, and woo superdelegates, the AP reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • negative campaigning

    • Mudslinging Obama Adviser Steps Down

      Reuters  |  Mar 7, 08 11:45 AM CST

      Mudslinging Obama Adviser Steps Down

      (Newser) - One of Barack Obama's top advisers resigned today, hours after the publication of an interview in which she called Hillary Clinton a "monster." Samantha Power apologized to both candidates, but her remark contrasted sharply with the campaign's take-the-high-road strategy, Reuters reports. "She is a monster, too—that is off the record—she is stooping to anything," Power told the Scotsman . More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • election 2008  • negative campaigning  • foreign policy  • Bosnia  • Samantha Power

    • Clinton Aide: Obama Is Like Ken Starr

      Talking Points Memo  |  Mar 6, 08 3:06 PM CST

      Clinton Aide: Obama Is Like Ken Starr

      (Newser) - The Democratic campaign took a turn for the nasty today, with a top adviser to Hillary Clinton alleging Barack Obama is “imitating Ken Starr”—an apparent reference to Obama’s recent Whitewater-tinted shots at his rival. Exclaims Greg Sargent at Talking Points, “Talk about throwing down the gauntlet,” and says Clinton’s camp may be trying to energize sympathy among female voters. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • negative campaigning  • Mark Penn  • Howard Wolfson  • Whitewater  • Kenneth Starr

    • How Hard Will He Hit Back?

      Talking Points Memo  |  Mar 5, 08 9:53 AM CST

      How Hard Will He Hit Back?

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton scored her dramatic comeback in last night's primaries by getting tough—even nasty—with her opponent, Josh Marshall writes on TPM, and the question is now whether Barack Obama has it in him to fight that kind of fight. "Can he take this back to Hillary Clinton, demonstrate his ability to take punches and punch back?" If Obama wants to win this, Ben Smith writes on Politico, “he’ll need to shove her off the stage.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democratic nomination  • superdelegates  • negative campaigning  • delegates

  • February 2008

    • Righty Host Furious After McCain Apology

      CNN  |  Feb 27, 08 12:45 PM CST

      Righty Host Furious After McCain Apology

      (Newser) - Bill Cunningham has “had it up to here with John McCain,” the conservative talk-show host tells CNN of the likely GOP presidential nominee. By apologizing for Cunningham’s remarks at a McCain rally yesterday—in which Cunningham called Barack Obama a “hack” and repeatedly used his middle name, Hussein—McCain “threw me under the ‘Straight Talk Express,’” Cunningham says. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John McCain  • negative campaigning  • conservative  • Muslims  • Ann Coulter  • Bill Cunningham

    • Obama Calls on Both Camps to Simmer Down

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 26, 08 5:15 PM CST

      Obama Calls on Both Camps to Simmer Down

      (Newser) - Barack Obama said today that both Democratic campaigns should chill out. “It is important for me as well as Sen. Clinton to communicate to our staffs as well that we’re both trying out for quarterback, but we’re on the same team,” said Obama. He noted that the trail has become noticeably "hotter" in recent days, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • negative campaigning  • Texas primary  • Ohio primary  • Chris Dodd  • debate

    • McCain Repudiates Backer's Anti-Obama Rant

      CNN  |  Feb 26, 08 3:20 PM CST

      McCain Repudiates Backer's Anti-Obama Rant

      (Newser) - John McCain is distancing himself from a conservative commentator who introduced him at a rally today and launched into a tirade against Barack Obama, CNN reports. Talk-radio host Bill Cunningham called Obama a “hack” and used his middle name, Hussein, three times. McCain called the speech “disparaging” and vowed, “It will never happen again. It will never happen again.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • negative campaigning  • Bill Cunningham

    • Clinton Aides Melt Down in Front of Press

      Washington Post  |  Feb 26, 08 2:11 PM CST

      Clinton Aides Melt Down in Front of Press

      (Newser) - With many top Washington reporters in attendance, two senior Hillary Clinton advisors tried to make their candidate’s case yesterday—and instead “severed all ties with reality” in a “flailing, a lashing-out,” Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank writes. The session, he says, "explained everything about the bitter relations between Clinton's campaign and the media." More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • negative campaigning  • Harold Ickes

    • Clinton: 'Shame on You, Barack'

      Reuters  |  Feb 23, 08 4:54 PM CST

      Clinton: 'Shame on You, Barack'

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton blasted Barack Obama today over a campaign mailer that she called “right out of Karl Rove’s play book.” “Shame on you, Barack Obama,” she said, brandishing a flier—which she says falsely accuses her of wanting to force people to buy health insurance. “Everything in those mailers is completely accurate,” an Obama spokesman responded. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Obama 2008  • Clinton 2008  • negative campaigning  • attack ad  • universal health care  • Hillary Care

    • Clinton Fails to Turn Tide in Debate

      Dallas Morning News  |  Feb 22, 08 8:00 AM CST

      Clinton Fails to Turn Tide in Debate

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton had to tread a difficult line in last night's debate—make a dent in Obama's credibility and momentum without sounding too negative—and she seemed to fall short of making any real headway, writes Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News . Clinton tried repeatedly to make the case that she's ready to be president and he isn't, but Obama "coolly deflected her attacks," Slater says. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democratic nomination  • presidential election  • negative campaigning  • Texas primary  • presidential debate

    • Surrogate Ups the Ante on Obama Attacks

      New York Times  |  Feb 20, 08 5:20 PM CST

      Surrogate Ups the Ante on Obama Attacks

      (Newser) - Political surrogates often get stuck with the dirty work, but one Clinton-backing union leader came “close to redefining the genre” last night, the New York Times ’ John M. Broder reports: R. Thomas Buffenbarger called Barack Obama a “silver-tongued warrior with a microphone…dancing to the tune of billionaires.” The Clinton camp reserved comment, voicing only pride in “the support of the machinists." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • negative campaigning  • surrogates  • machinists union

    • Clinton Camp: How Low Can She Go?

      MSNBC  |  Feb 20, 08 12:43 PM CST

      Clinton Camp: How Low Can She Go?

      (Newser) - With Hillary Clinton’s campaign down to its last moves, her advisers are duking it out over how negative the candidate should go, MSNBC reports. Pollster Mark Penn wants to go ahead full throttle, while communications director Howard Wolfson and ad guru Mandy Grunwald are concerned that Hillary might damage her future—including a potential White House run in 2012. John Heilemann notes in New York that the lopsided defeat in Wisconsin can be interpreted as a rejection of the negative messages she deployed there. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democratic nomination  • negative campaigning  • Wisconsin  • Mark Penn  • Howard Wolfson

    • McCain Adviser Will Quit If Obama Is Nominee

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 14, 08 6:30 PM CST

      McCain Adviser Will Quit If Obama Is Nominee

      (Newser) - John McCain's chief media adviser will leave the campaign if Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee—because he has too much respect for the Illinois senator to go negative against him. “I will be supporting from the sidelines,” Mark McKinnon said when asked yesterday if he’d follow through on a pledge not to be in a fight versus Obama, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • negative campaigning

  • January 2008

    • Clinton-Obama Iciness Has a Little History

      New York Times  |  Jan 30, 08 3:58 PM CST

      Clinton-Obama Iciness Has a Little History

      (Newser) - Contrary to his claims, Barack Obama did indeed snub his presidential rival Monday, writes the New York Times ' Maureen Dowd—who’s not surprised, given the long, untold tale of Clinton coldness to the Illinois senator. It began when friendly Obama, fresh from revealing he might run, was “brushed off” by Hillary; she’s been “icing” him ever since, and he seems finally fed up. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • negative campaigning  • snub

    • Romney Lets Guard Down, Boosts Appeal

      Time  |  Jan 29, 08 5:02 PM CST

      Romney Lets Guard Down, Boosts Appeal

      (Newser) - Mitt Romney's inner nerd is showing, and allowing voters to see it may make him seem likable enough to get elected, Time reports. The candidate's conservative attack dog persona flooded airwaves for months but didn't play well outside of Michigan; now, the tired candidate is letting his dweeby, number-crunching, spreadsheet-loving self out. More »

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      election 2008  • Mitt Romney  • recession  • negative campaigning  • Republican presidential primaries

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