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OPINION

Apr 23, 2008 2:19 PM CDT

Is Barack on the Rocks?

Punditry ponders electability gaps, buyer's remorse, next moves for Obama

(Newser) - How bad is the Pennsylvania result for Team Obama and what does it mean going forward? Three writers think it through:

“He can’t finish her off,” says Dan Kennedy in the Guardian. Obama scooped up presumptive-nominee status too soon, and now Americans have “buyer’s remorse”

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Pennsylvania: When a Win Is Not a Win

ANALYSIS

Apr 22, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

Pennsylvania: When a Win Is Not a Win

Clear-cut margin of victory needed to be convincing

(Newser) - Polls agree that Hillary Clinton should win the popular vote today in Pennsylvania, but watchers say that victory won't be clear-cut. Adam Nagourney in the New York Times and Peter Wallsten in the Los Angeles Times predict that while an outright Clinton loss would end her candidacy and a 10-point...

George Will Knows the Working Class?

OPINION

Apr 18, 2008 7:37 PM CDT

George Will Knows the Working Class?

Scribe slams GOP pundit for his stance on 'Bittergate'

(Newser) - George Will knows blue collar America? Probably not, Jonathan Chait writes in the New Republic, but the "fabulously wealthy, bow tie-wearing, pretentious" pundit still blasted Barack Obama for saying rural voters "cling to" firearms and religion. And Will is not alone—US leaders have long treated blue collar...

Obama Rips Clinton's Reaction to 'Bittergate'

Apr 14, 2008 4:46 AM CDT

Obama Rips Clinton's Reaction to 'Bittergate'

'She's talking like she's Annie Oakley'

(Newser) - As Barack Obama reiterated that he regretted calling American heartlanders gun loving and bitter, he also lashed Hillary Clinton for her reaction backing hunting, AP reports. “She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen,” Obama told a Pennsylvania audience yesterday. “She’s...

Why 'Bittergate' Is
So Bad for Obama

ANALYSIS

Apr 13, 2008 4:45 AM CDT

Why 'Bittergate' Is So Bad for Obama

'Elitist' remarks could be turning point of campaign, Politico argues candidate's 'Dean Scream?'

(Newser) - The uproar over Barack Obama's description of small-town Americans as "bitter" has hit the candidate so hard that there's talk of a Hillary Clinton comeback, and Politico's Mike Allen can think of plenty of reasons why. For starters, Obama has alienated a swath of blue-collar voters just nine days...

Obama: 'Bitter' Words Were Ill-Chosen

Apr 12, 2008 1:34 PM CDT

Obama: 'Bitter' Words Were Ill-Chosen

But working class frustration is real, candidate argues

(Newser) - Barack Obama acknowledged today that he’d chosen his words poorly when he said small-town working-class voters are “bitter” and “cling to guns and religion.” “I didn’t say it as well as I should have,” Obama said, but he insisted that working-class frustration is...

Obama Slammed for Calling Small Towners 'Bitter'

Apr 12, 2008 6:16 AM CDT

Obama Slammed for Calling Small Towners 'Bitter'

Candidate described small towners as 'bitter'

(Newser) - Barack Obama is catching flak for comments made to an audience of wealthy Californians about small towners, Reuters reports. Talking about people in towns where jobs have vanished, the candidate said, "It's not surprising they then get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who...

GOP Embraces Clinton as Obama Surges

OPINION

Apr 4, 2008 4:05 PM CDT

GOP Embraces Clinton as Obama Surges

And as Barack tries on his blue collar, righty suggests running mate

(Newser) - As Barack Obama emerges as Democratic front-runner, Republicans appear to be recalibrating their compasses:

Disparaging Obama and praising Hillary Clinton is an inevitable response to Obama's growing odds of winning, Jonathan Chait writes in the New Republic: Karl Rove & Co. “discredit” Obama by defining his “supporters out

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Casey Nod Perfectly
Timed, Placed

ANALYSIS

Mar 28, 2008 3:21 PM CDT

Casey Nod Perfectly Timed, Placed

Endorsement could help Obama among conservative Pennsylvania men

(Newser) - The endorsement of Sen. Bob Casey will give Barack Obama aid right where he needs it, Shailagh Murray notes in the Washington Post—among Pennsylvania’s lower-income white men. So-called “Casey Democrats”—anti-abortion, pro-gun social conservatives—are the kind of voters Obama must prove he can sway April...

Obama: Can
He Make White
Men Jump?

Mar 17, 2008 8:16 PM CDT

Obama: Can He Make White Men Jump?

Failure to woo subset turned key states to Hillary, pundits say

(Newser) - White men have become key swing voters in the Democratic race, the Washington Post reports, and Barack Obama has failed to woo them. His success with the subset in Wisconsin and Virginia was a major breakthrough, pundits say, but he couldn't make white men jump in Texas and Ohio—turning...

Obama Has
70% Chance of Topping Ticket

OPINION

Mar 10, 2008 4:35 PM CDT

Obama Has 70% Chance of Topping Ticket

Master strategist opens up, offers advice, predictions

(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,...

Obama Makes Inroads in
Ohio, Texas

Feb 18, 2008 11:19 AM CST

Obama Makes Inroads in Ohio, Texas

Youth focus boosts effort to sway Latino, blue-collar voters

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's staunchest allies include Hispanic and working-class voters, and those are exactly the assets Barack Obama is targeting in the must-win states of Ohio and Texas, the Los Angeles Times reports. He's using young voters as a wedge: In a radio ad aimed at young Latino Texans, the announcer...

Service Union to Back Obama

Feb 14, 2008 6:44 PM CST

Service Union to Back Obama

Endorsement of powerful SEIU likely to help with Texas' Latinos, in blue-collar Ohio

(Newser) - The giant Service Employees International Union will endorse Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential nomination race, Politico reports, with the move expected tonight or tomorrow. The union's national front had remained neutral in the primary campaign, though many of its state committees had backed now-departed John Edwards. The SEIU has...

The Playbook for a Comeback

OPINION

Feb 13, 2008 12:43 PM CST

The Playbook for a Comeback

Strategists outline how they'd take back momentum for Clinton's campaign

(Newser) - Can she get back on her feet before she’s counted out? The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza asked Democratic strategists how Hillary Clinton could regain momentum in her faltering campaign. The four-point play:

Follow Bill’s “It’s the economy, stupid” lead: Put out a "white paper"

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In Sweep, Obama Breaks Into Hillary's Base

Feb 13, 2008 5:50 AM CST

In Sweep, Obama Breaks Into Hillary's Base

Wins among women, whites, Latinos in Virginia

(Newser) - With his wins yesterday in the three Potomac primaries, Barack Obama made stunning inroads into Hillary Clinton's base of support, the Washington Post reports. Obama won a majority of white voters in Virginia and Maryland, and also captured the support of 54% of Latinos, a traditional Clinton stronghold. He dominated...

Hillary Captures Base Critical
to Primaries

Oct 8, 2007 4:05 PM CDT

Hillary Captures Base Critical to Primaries

She's solid among vital women, seniors, blue-collar voters

(Newser) - While cautioning that it's still early, the LA Times reports that Hillary Clinton’s frontrunner status owes largely to her dominance among groups that are stalwarts in the Democratic nominating process. Barack Obama rules among the young and affluent, but likely primary voters are women, seniors, and blue-collar voters—all...