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Hillary Clinton supporters stories: 42 news summaries

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Clinton Rents Campaign Mail List to Pay Debt

Renter in chief? Bill, as Hillary races to raise cash before State gig

Dec 25, 08 7:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's campaign has hit on a novel way of repaying its debt, ABC News reports.  The campaign is renting out the vast list of email addresses compiled during the course of Clinton's failed presidential bid. Among the customers for the list, believed to be 5 million names strong,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • email • Bill Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008 • Clinton Foundation • campaign debt

 Is Palin a Woman's Woman? 

Women divided over conservative female veep pick's stand on women's issues

Aug 31, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate is drawing a mixed reaction from the female swing voters his campaign is desperate to woo, reports the New York Times. Some conservative women who have been lukewarm about a McCain presidency are energized by the pick, whereas many... More »

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John McCain • women • abortion rights • female voters • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008 • women in office • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

ANALYSIS

 Battle Is On for the Female Vote

McCain's veep choice could draw some vital votes away from the all-male ticket

Aug 30, 08 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP is betting that John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate will put 18 million dents in the Democrats' White House hopes, the Washington Post writes. The party hopes the choice will woo disaffected Hillary Clinton voters, while many Democrats dismiss it as pure political pandering.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • women • female voters • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • the female vote • political strategy

ANALYSIS

Palin Is
Risky Gamble
for McCain

Alaska gov. helps with women, conservatives, but lacks experience

Aug 29, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is an unconventional vice presidential pick for John McCain, the Wall Street Journal notes. Her selection seems like the latest ploy to lure Hillary Clinton supporters to the Republican ticket, while simultaneously appeasing McCain’s conservative base and burnishing his reformer credentials. But Palin also lacks experience, undermining... More »

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John McCain • social conservatives • Hillary Clinton supporters • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

 Hillary's
 Faithful
 Unswayed 
 by Speech

Hardcore base won't support Obama

Aug 27, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many Hillary Clinton supporters still won't vote for Obama despite her calls for unity last night at the Democratic Convention, the Washington Post reports. "Even if she can move on easily, that's not as easy for everybody else," said one Clinton supporter. Dissatisfied loyalists set up a Clinton... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democratic National Convention • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008

OPINION

 Hillary Left Too Much Unsaid

Speech plays with pundits, but what about the pumas?

Aug 27, 08 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s speech last night is getting rave reviews from the pundits, but she left too many key points unaddressed to get her most stubborn supporters on the Obama bandwagon, writes Michael Tomasky in the Guardian. The Dems' also-ran, in her critical pitch for party unity, failed... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Hillary Clinton supporters

Clinton Never
Was in Running
for Veep Slot

Already-strained relationship exploited by McCain ad

Aug 26, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a meeting soon after Hillary Clinton conceded the nomination, Barack Obama told her he probably wouldn’t select her for the VP slot, sources close to the conversation told the Washington Post. She had requested that he not put her through a charade of vetting if she wasn't a... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Hillary Clinton supporters • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes • vice presidential candidate

OPINION

 Hillary Can
 Only Lose
 Tonight—but
 She Knows
 How to Lose

Clinton takes on 'thankless' job of uniting party

Aug 26, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's mission in Denver tonight is both painful and fraught with peril, Marie Cocco writes in the Washington Post. As “cheerleader in chief" who may want to pursue another run herself, she can't really win—surely she'll be criticized for being either too methodical or too exuberant, and... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Hillary Clinton supporters • running mate

Deal Would Give Clinton Some Convention Props

Hillary would end voting for her with call to back Obama unanimously

Aug 25, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are close to a deal to allow symbolic voting during Wednesday’s Democratic roll call, the AP reports, which Clinton herself might stop by asking for unanimous backing for Obama from the convention floor. While Clinton says she plans to vote for Obama, she wouldn’... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Hillary Clinton supporters • DNC

Obama-Clinton Tension Runs High in Denver

Neither side is feeling the love as convention kicks off

Aug 25, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Months after Hillary Clinton announced her support for Barack Obama, tensions between the two camps have flared again, Politico reports, and behind-the-scenes sniping in Denver is intense. Bill Clinton is unhappy with his speech assignment—Wednesday night's theme, securing America's future, leaves him little room to revisit the successes of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters

 Hillary Plans
 Own Rally in
 Show of Strength

Clinton will gather her delegates before releasing them to Obama

Aug 25, 08 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton plans a demonstration of her political strength at the Democratic Convention by gathering her own delegates—and supporters—at a separate venue before formally releasing them to vote for Barack Obama. The Wednesday reception-rally at another convention center is viewed as part of Clinton's strategy for a potential... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Joe Biden • Democratic National Convention • Hillary Clinton supporters • Colorado Convention Center • Democratic National Convention arena • Philippe Reines • United Farm Workers

Denver Gears Up for Democratic Convention

City has enlisted 25,000 volunteers, raised millions for DNC

Aug 24, 08 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic convention is ready to roll in Denver tomorrow despite a few hiccups, like the 1,500 anti-war marchers who gathered outside the Pepsi Center today, the Denver Post reports. But the "Recreate 68" protesters dispersed when asked by police, returning the spotlight to the Democrats' mega-plan—which... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • protests • anti war movement • Obama 2008 • Democratic nomination • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • protesters

Clinton Fans
Say Her Support for Obama Tepid

Her Florida speech seems lackluster, worrying partisans

Aug 22, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday Hillary Clinton gave a speech in Florida, site of her uncontested primary victory, and urged Democrats to vote for Barack Obama in November. But as the New York Times reports, many at the rally found her support for the presumptive nominee lukewarm at best. In a room full of... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic Party • Hillary Clinton supporters • Florida voting • Democratic candidates

McCain Pulls Even with Obama in Ohio: Poll

McCain gains ground on divided Democrats

Aug 18, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has caught up to Barack Obama in Ohio, a possible indication that staunch Hillary Clinton supporters have neither forgiven nor forgotten, the Hill reports. Obama led in the crucial swing state in June and July, but a new poll shows him and McCain tied at 45%. Almost 90%... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Hillary Clinton supporters • swing states

Rangel Denied Chance to Speak in Denver

Clinton ally sees it as snub

Aug 14, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Rangel won’t be speaking at the Democratic National Convention, Politico reports. Representatives made a pitch for an address by the House Ways and Means Chairman, but the Obama campaign told them that Rangel’s early support for Hillary Clinton had given him low priority—even though the congressman... More »

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Barack Obama • taxes • Democratic National Convention • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • campaign • speech • Hillary Clinton supporters • DNC

Clinton Backers Push for Convention Nomination

Supporters say symbolic roll-call vote will recognize 18 million Hillary voters

Aug 12, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of Hillary Clinton's delegates are working to make sure their candidate's name is put up for nomination at the Democratic convention, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Clinton backers say the symbolic move will serve as recognition for the 18 million voters who chose Hillary in the primaries, and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Democratic nomination • Hillary Clinton supporters • convention delegates

Clinton: I'm With You, Obama!

Tense week for Democrats ends as Hillary reminds voters to back ex-rival

Aug 8, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams—and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too. "Anyone who voted for me or caucused for me has so much more in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • White House • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • Election 2008

OPINION

Holdout Hillraisers Are
Acting Like Spoiled Rich

Do Hillary-backers support a progressive agenda, or do they want a GOP victory?

Jul 12, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - To Hillary supporters continuing to nurse their wounds and vowing to vote for John McCain, Michael Kinsley has this to say in Time: "Now is the time to just get over it." Their complaints of sexism in the campaign are misdirected—"there is no easy way these... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Obama 2008 • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • Election 2008 • party unity

GLOSSIES

 Clinton Wins by Losing 

Her campaign made her an Evita, but where does she go from here?

Jun 16, 08 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton won big by losing narrowly, shedding her toxic image and escaping her husband's ambiguous legacy to become a lionized figure for women, the left, and even some Republicans, John Heilemann writes in New York. "Although in the end she may wind up being dwarfed by Obama, for... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Hillary Clinton supporters • Democratic candidates

OPINION

 Bolting Clinton Fans?
 It's a GOP Myth  

Democratic unity flies in face of GOP & media storyline

Jun 15, 08 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's aggressive courtship of Hillary Clinton's female supporters shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times. "The fictional scenario of mobs of crazed women defecting to Mr. McCain" rather than Barack Obama fits right in with the "new bogus... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • McCain 2008

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