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 GOP Lawmakers Holding
 Out on McCain 

At least 14 say they won't endorse candidate

Jun 12, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least 14 GOP lawmakers are refusing to publicly support John McCain’s White House bid, and more than a dozen more are keeping mum about whether they back the senator, the Hill reports. A few say they are supporting their party’s candidate without going so far as... More »

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Iraq • energy • John McCain • GOP • nominee • political endorsement • Pennsylvania primary • Indiana primary • West Virginia primary

 Clinton Aides Start to
 Believe Own Spin 

Wright controversy a godsend for Clinton

May 1, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Optimism is spreading through Hillary Clinton’s once-dispirited war room, Politico reports, as a series of wins accumulate in their candidate’s column: fundraising has rushed in since Pennsylvania, she's collected some well-timed endorsements, she’s bobbed up in the polls, and Barack Obama is once again afflicted by Jeremiah... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • campaign fundraising • Democratic nomination • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • election

Bill Resumes Central Role
in Hillary's Campaign

Despite his critics, he seems to helping her regain momentum

Apr 26, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite controversial remarks on more than one occasion, Bill Clinton has moved to the forefront of his wife’s campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. In what some insiders call the “Billification” of Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, the ex-President is pushing for sharper attacks on Barack Obama amid... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • campaign trail • campaign staff • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • campaign tactics • North Carolina primary

OPINION

 Between Barack 
 and a Hard Place  

Clinton can't win, but if she keeps winning, she can't quit, either

Apr 25, 08 7:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton can’t win the Democratic nomination, Charlie Cook concedes in the National Journal, but if she keeps winning primaries, she’s stuck in “political purgatory:" She can’t quit, either. The primary system is such that for all Clinton's big-state victories and the media flak buffeting... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • momentum • Pennsylvania primary • purgatory

ANALYSIS

Age, not Race, Beat Barack in Pennsylvania

With 40% of voters
over 60, the 'Grandma Bloc' made Hillary's win

Apr 24, 08 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The best explanation for Hillary Clinton's big win in Pennsylvania was not race but age, Jonathan Alter argues in Newsweek. A remarkable 40% of the voters in Tuesday’s primary were over 60, and Barack Obama’s 41-59% defeat in the demographic was the killer. Pennsylvania is second only to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Pennsylvania primary • the senior vote

OPINION

Clinton's Victory Demeans Uplifting Politics

NY Times columnists is sickened by Democrat's pandering

Apr 24, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton prevailed in Pennsylvania by dragging Barack Obama's bipartisan, hopeful vision through the muck, proving politics is “frequently mean and irrational,” Gail Collins writes in the New York Times. Clinton showed that the playing field is dirty, and that even the junior senator from Illinois would go... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • negative campaigning • Pennsylvania primary • Bittergate

Analysis

Dems Look Small After Pa. Gutter Fight

Obama 'no longer the darling of his party,' took the biggest hit

Apr 24, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama, once the fresh-faced symbol of a new kind of politics, emerged from the Pennsylvania primary “stale, battered, and embittered,” Joe Klein writes in a stunningly dour piece on the state of the Democratic race in Time. Dragged into a morass of character attacks, some of it ... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Pennsylvania primary

Obama Aide: Dems Don't Win White Working Class Anyway

Bill Clinton pounces
on comments in NC

Apr 24, 08 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s top strategist yesterday downplayed the demographic that sank his candidate in Pennsylvania on NPR, noting that the “white working class has gone to the Republican nominee for many elections, going back even to the Clinton years.” Added David Axelrod: "This is not new that... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • North Carolina • blue-collar vote • David Axelrod • Pennsylvania primary

Race Looms Large After Obama Loss

Dems start asking whether a black candidate can win

Apr 24, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Until recently, Barack Obama seemed to have quashed concerns about the chances of an African-American winning the White House. But as he inches closer to the nomination, more Democrats are beginning to ask whether white and other non-black voters will elect a black man in November. The question has taken... More »

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Barack Obama • race • African Americans • voting • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • African-American voters • Pennsylvania primary • white voters

OPINION

 Is Barack on the Rocks? 

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

Apr 23, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(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
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • George McGovern • blue-collar vote • Pennsylvania primary • Indiana primary

Analysis


 Pa. Primary
 Changed the
 Spin, not
 the Race 

Both candidates try to shape narrative after predictable outcome

Apr 23, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pennsylvania primary didn't change the basic parameters of the race for the Democratic nomination in any significant way, Andrew Romano writes in Newsweek. But it had a huge effect on the narrative, handing Hillary Clinton Exhibit A for her claim that  Barack Obama can't win over white men. She... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Pennsylvania • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • political spin • Pennsylvania primary

ANALYSIS

Hillary Win Leaves Dems Unmoved, Barack Weaker

Pennsylvania primary changed nothing, party operatives agree

Apr 23, 08 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's 10-point win in Pennsylvania leaves the Democratic Party in the same quandary it was in before the primary, writes Carolyn Lochhead in the San Francisco Chronicle, but with the pressure ratcheted up. While the race did not much improve Clinton's chances, it did expose Barack Obama's... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • Democratic presidential primaries • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Steadfast Coalition Delivers 55-45%
Clinton Win

Women, whites, working-class were key

Apr 23, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton conquered Pennsylvania with the same coalition that drove her to victory in Ohio: white women, blue-collar workers and older voters. And once again, voters who decided in the last days of the primary skewed heavily toward the New York senator, reports Politico. The only surprise in her 55-45%... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • Pennsylvania primary

  Obama Looks to Next Primaries 

He thanks supporters for not allowing a Pennsylvania blowout

Apr 22, 08 10:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama looked to the next primaries in his speech tonight, applauding his supporters for making inroads against Hillary Clinton in the Pennsylvania primary despite his loss, CNN reports. Obama pushed his theme of changing politics-as-usual, saying, "It's easy to get consumed by the tit-for-tat," when the country... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary

 Clinton Celebrates Pa. Win 

She asks donors to go to her website

Apr 22, 08 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton savored her win in the Pennsylvania primary tonight, pitching herself in her victory speech as the toughest Democratic contender for the job. She dismissed calls for her to drop out of the race, adding, "The American people don't quit and they deserve a president who doesn't quit,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Pennsylvania • Democratic Party • Democratic campaign • Pennsylvania primary

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 Hillary Notches Critical 
 Win in Pennsylvania  

She gets boost she needs to keep Democratic tussle with Obama going

Apr 22, 08 8:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton gave her campaign a jolt of life tonight with a decisive win in the Pennsylvania primary, NBC News reports. With 99% of results in, Clinton led 55% to 45%, a margin of victory that gives her campaign enough credibility to remain in the race. "The tide is... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Pennsylvania • Democratic campaign • Pennsylvania primary

Blue-Collar White Voters Back Clinton

Exit polls give her big edge; he wins more than 90% of black vote

Apr 22, 08 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton fared especially well among white, blue-collar voters in Pennsylvania, exit polls show. She won two-thirds of their votes, her best showing among that group to date, the AP reports. She also won among women overall and late deciders. Barack Obama, meanwhile, won among young voters and affluent voters.... More »

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exit polls • Pennsylvania primary

ANALYSIS

Pennsylvania: When a Win Is Not a Win

Clear-cut margin of victory needed to be convincing

Apr 22, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • superdelegates • blue-collar vote • Pennsylvania primary • poll numbers

Analysis

 Demos to Watch in Pa. Vote 

Breaking down the groups that will decide the election

Apr 22, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some of the election season’s most intriguing demographics will be out in force in today’s Pennsylvania primary. The Wall Street Journal breaks down who they are and how they might vote in November.
  • Working-class white males mostly went red in 2006, supporting Republicans by a
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • demographics • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • the Hispanic vote • working-class vote • general election • young voters

OPINION

Pennsylvania: The Obama Referendum

Pundit says today's vote is on how voters perceive the candidate

Apr 22, 08 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Pennsylvanians go to the polls on what could be the decisive day of the Democratic primary, one columnist sees today's vote not as a race between two candidates, but a referendum on one. Barack Obama has appeared as both populist and elitist, crusader and policy wonk, black and post-racial.... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic presidential candidates • Pennsylvania primary

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