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Hillary Clinton supporters stories: 42 news summaries

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 Clinton's Parting 
 Draws Tears and Jeers 

Hillary finally notes historic feat in moving farewell

Jun 8, 08 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - An emotional audience packed the National Building Museum to watch Hillary Clinton exit the campaign with a speech that finally addressed the historic nature of her candidacy, Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post. Some in the largely female audience wept as she spoke; some booed at the mention of... More »

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

Clinton Took to Heart
Blunt Talk From Friends

Rangel, Frank among those who finally swayed her to pull the plug

Jun 6, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - For Hillary Clinton, it was the candor of longtime supporters such as Charlie Rangel and Barney Frank that told her it was time to go. Politico offers more details from Clinton's conference call with House members, which began with deference but ultimately spelled out the political reality in blunt terms.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Congress • Charles Rangel • Barney Frank • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008

Obama's Press to Cherry-Pick Top Clintonites Under Way

Some staffers, fund-raisers ready to jump after vote; others await her approval

Jun 3, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps just hours from securing the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama's campaign is moving to grab the best donors, advisers, and operatives from Hillary Clinton's team, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some are merely waiting for primary voting to end to make the jump; others, out of personal loyalty or sheer... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Patti Solis Doyle • Madeleine Albright • Hillary Clinton supporters • Clintonites • Leon Panetta

 Dem Bankrollers
 Readying United Wallet 

Race will continue into June, but merger under way

May 18, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will fight each other for the nomination into June, but top fundraisers are already ensuring a McCain defeat, no matter who the nominee is. One DNC fundraiser was held in honor of a Clinton backer at the residence of an Obama supporter, the Washington Post... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • campaign funds • campaign fundraising • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters

Hillary's Superdelegate Hunter Holds Firm

Ickes is determined to win nomination for Clinton

May 4, 08 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - You can thank or blame one Democrat for the rise of superdelegates and demise of the party's winner-take-all primaries—but strategist Harold Ickes, who negotiated the primary system 20 years ago, is likely too busy to hear you. He's calling up superdelegates for Hillary Clinton, and using such a nasty... More »

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Democratic presidential primaries • Hillary Clinton supporters • superdelegates • Harold Ickes

Clinton Backer Behind
Wright Speech 

Journalist wanted to protect pastor's reputation from Obama

Apr 29, 08 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton can't be sorry to have Jeremiah Wright back in the news. So it’s interesting that the pastor’s defiant speech and press conference yesterday was scheduled and organized by Barbara Reynolds, an ordained minister, ex-USA Today editor, and ardent Clinton supporter. Reynolds wrote on her blog that... More »

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Barack Obama • race • religion • Jeremiah Wright • Hillary Clinton supporters

Top Clinton Fundraiser  Jumps to Obama Camp

Former ambassador "concerned" about tone of race

Apr 26, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton will lose one of her key fundraisers to Barack Obama, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, a former ambassador under President Clinton who had raised $300,000, “became concerned about the tone of the race,” an Obama aide said. But a Democratic strategist said one... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • RNC • campaign fundraising • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • DNC

 Clinton Plea Raises $10M 

60,000K go online after Pennsylvania victory speech

Apr 23, 08 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Clinton campaign has raised nearly $10 million since Hillary made a plea to voters last night in her Pennsylvania victory speech, Reuters reports. Clinton urged supporters to contribute through her website, and she struck a chord with 60,000 donors, campaign chief Terry McAuliffe said. It's the single biggest... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democrats • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • Hillary Clinton supporters • political donors

 Obama Girl's
 Town Is Hot for Hillary

Hazleton, Pa., doesn't share YouTube star's crush

Apr 2, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turns out that Obama Girl, aka Amber Lee Ettinger, hails from Hazleton, Pa., which is right in the heart of Clinton country. To get a sense of how her candidate’s message is getting through, McClatchy visited Ettinger’s family and neighbors in this former coal town near Scranton, Hillary’... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Hazleton • Obama Girl • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • Pennsylvania primary • working-class vote

ANALYSIS

Clinton Speaks Working Class' Language

Down-to-earth style appeals, as does struggle to keep up

Mar 31, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been boosted by her ability to connect with blue-collar voters, despite her not-so-blue-collar personal history, Jim Tankersley writes in the Chicago Tribune. Analysts say Clinton's focus on economic issues, her clear speeches and her own past struggles in the public eye all help the candidate... More »

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 Chelsea Surprised by Sexism 

Former first daughter touches on hot issue while stumping

Mar 30, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once and possibly future first daughter Chelsea Clinton said Friday that she "really didn't get how much sexism there was in this country" until the New Hampshire primary campaign, when someone told her he didn't think a woman could be commander in chief, and some men disrupted a campaign... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sexism • Chelsea Clinton • Hillary haters • Hillary Clinton supporters

 Clinton Supporters
 See Sexist Backlash 

Campaign unleashes anger, slurs from anti-Hillary men

Mar 29, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many women who support Hillary Clinton—and even some who don't—find that the New York senator's bid for president has unleashed unsettling sexist hostility in the workplace and elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal reports. A woman shouted at by a stranger for her Hillary bumper sticker says the "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sexism • Hillary haters • Hillary Clinton supporters

Pa. Primary Turns Politics of Race On Its Ear

Prominent Dems
cross racial lines to back their candidates

Mar 25, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The upcoming primary in Pennsylvania pits two of the state's prominent young Democrats against each other in a battle that seems to defy the normal conventions of race and politics, USA Today reports. Philadelphia's popular black mayor is pushing hard for Clinton in the city, where Obama is nearly... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Patrick Murphy • Michael Nutter • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • Pennsylvania primary • Iraq war • Philadelphia mayor • Bucks County

Consider Pulling Plug, NM Gov. Tells Hillary

Richardson insists he
is loyal, but Carville compares him to Judas

Mar 23, 08 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson advised Hillary Clinton today to consider quitting if she trails Barack Obama at convention time, Bloomberg reports. But Richardson, who has endorsed Obama, insists his heart is still with Hillary, CNN reports. “I’m very loyal to the Clintons,” said Bill Clinton’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • Democrats • Democratic voters • James Carville • endorsement • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters

Clinton Finally Figures Out
the Internet

She's no Obama, but suddenly Hillary has online donors too

Mar 22, 08 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is suddenly raking in donations over the Internet, the New York Times reports. Clinton took in $30 million online in February, and looks on pace for similar figures in March. That may pale before the $45 million the webizens bestowed upon Barack Obama, but it’s a... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • campaign fundraising • online donations • Hillary Clinton supporters

Obama Wins
in Iowa, Again

He nets 7 delegates over Clinton as Edwards backers shift in second-round voting

Mar 15, 08 10:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama netted seven more delegates in Iowa tonight, two months after the state held its caucuses, the AP reports. How so? Some of the delegates who originally backed John Edwards shifted to Obama during the state's county conventions, the second part of Iowa's election process. These are generally of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Iowa • Democratic National Convention • Democratic nomination • Iowa caucus • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • convention delegates

 Ferraro Quits Clinton Post 

She resigns honorary post after race flap over Obama

Mar 12, 08 8:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Geraldine Ferraro left her honorary post in the Clinton campaign today amid turmoil over her comment that if Barack Obama were white, "he would not be in this position." Ferraro stands by that assertion but says the Obama camp has twisted her remarks out of context. "I... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • race • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Geraldine Ferraro • Democratic campaign • Hillary Clinton supporters • racial tension

Clinton Spending Vexes Donors

Supporters ask why consultants are paid so much for failing campaign

Feb 22, 08 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The $25,000 Hillary Clinton's sputtering campaign dropped at Vegas' posh Bellagio last month is raising eyebrows among those cutting her the checks, reports the New York Times. Add $5 million for the very strategists who engineered her string of recent failures, and donors looking over her latest campaign finance... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bellagio • campaign fundraising • Democratic nomination • Hillary Clinton supporters • political donors • Mark Penn • Howard Wolfson • campaign finance report • political strategists • presidential election

OPINION

Hillary-Leaning Super Delegates May Cut, Run

Party loyalty to Clintons is already strained, IOUs collected

Feb 13, 08 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The Clinton campaign is fraught with worries after eight straight Barack Obama victories, and as Hillary loses momentum she may also be bleeding superdelegates, writes the AP's Ron Fournier. Even the most devoted Clinton allies aren't likely to stick around long if it looks like the Good Ship Hillary is... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • Democratic National Committee • Democratic nomination • Hillary Clinton supporters • superdelegates

Obama Expects to Rake in $30M
This Month

Half of record January millions were
donations under $200

Feb 7, 08 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - After hauling in an epic $32 million in contributions in January, Barack Obama is expecting a near record-busting $30 million in donations this month. Even more striking, the candidate for change seems to raise most of his money in just that—change. Half of January's yield came in online contributions... More »

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Barack Obama • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • campaign contributions • online donations • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters

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