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 Clinton's  Approval Rating
 Hits 2-Year Low 

Fallout from Bosnia controversy figures in; Pa. race tightens

Apr 1, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's approval rating has dropped to its lowest level since April 2006, with 29% of poll respondents saying they have a very negative opinion of her, compared to 15% for Barack Obama and 12% for John McCain, the Wall Street Journal reports. Another poll released last week shows 29%... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • Pennsylvania primary • approval ratings • poll numbers • phoniness

 Bill to Dems on Primaries: Chill! 

Let primary process continue, he urges party faithful

Mar 31, 08 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former President Bill Clinton told California Democrats to "chill out" and let the long, bruising battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination continue. "We are going to win this election if we just chill out and let everybody have their say," Clinton told... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Democratic nomination • San Jose, California • delegates • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • pledged delegates

Hillary Says She Won't Drop;
Obama Thinks That's OK

She says she'll take her battle all the way to the convention

Mar 29, 08 9:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton insisted today that she will not drop out of the race early, and Barack Obama thinks that's just fine. Clinton told the Washington Post that she will compete in every primary, then take her fight to the convention in August if necessary. Could any scenario change her mind?... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • Bill Clinton • Patrick Leahy • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • Indiana primary

Pa. Senator to Endorse Obama

Backing represents
big break; Casey had vowed to stay neutral
in crucial race

Mar 28, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey will endorse Barack Obama today, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, in what could be big break for the presidential hopeful who's been trailing Hillary Clinton in polls there. Not only can Casey help Obama with Keystone State Democrats, says Politico’s Ben Smith, but his endorsement... More »

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Barack Obama • endorsement • political endorsement • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • Bob Casey

Superdelegates Ask: Which Candidate Has the Coattails?

Undecided Pa. Dems look to own reelection

Mar 27, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten of Pennsylvania's superdelegates have yet to back a Democratic presidential candidate ahead of the April 22 primary. And while Clinton is expected to win the balloting, Bloomberg writes, some—especially several freshman congressmen up for reelection—are concerned that her "high negatives" might inspire more Republicans to come... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • Democratic presidential primaries • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • re-election • coattails

 Wright 'Would Not Have 
 Been My Pastor': Clinton 

She'd have left church over racial remarks by Obama's ex-preacher

Mar 25, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a week’s silence, Hillary Clinton spoke today on the Jeremiah Wright flap, saying the ex-minister at Barack Obama's church “would not have been my pastor,” the Washington Post reports. She said “getting up and moving” would have been the right choice for Obama. “You... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Don Imus • race relations • Jeremiah Wright • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008

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

OPINION

They're Just
Not That
Into You

Clinton must dominate next 3 primaries
or face the music

Mar 24, 08 8:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Clinton-Obama slugfest resembles the “drawn-out and painful break-up of a relationship,' Michael Tomasky writes in the Guardian—and the sparring couple might be on its last rounds. "Mark down May 7," he suggests. "That's the date by which Clinton should be one of two... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • breakup • Democratic presidential primaries • Pennsylvania primary • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary

Pa. Voters Like Tried-and-True Clinton Name

Keystone state
prefers 'heritage'
and Hillary by 12%

Mar 23, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Keystone state voters prefer old-school to bling, Politico reports—which is why they favor Hillary Clinton by 12 points in the state's April 22 primary. “If you are going to introduce a brand new product, you don’t come to Pennsylvania,” one analyst said. “We are much... More »

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

Voters Split
Over Obama's Pastor Problem

Some in Pa., Ind.
hold cleric's words against candidate

Mar 21, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - How is the Jeremiah Wright controversy playing with voters in Pennsylvania and Indiana? The reaction isn't unanimous, but the Boston Globe finds many who say the inflammatory sound bites swayed them toward Hillary Clinton. “Twenty years he put up with that?” said one 82-year old Indiana woman said of... More »

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Barack Obama • Indiana • voters • Jeremiah Wright • Pennsylvania primary

 Clinton Pulls Ahead in Polls 

White, working-class voters dismayed by Obama pastor's remarks

Mar 20, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has scored her first statistically significant national lead over Barack Obama in several weeks—49% to 42%—in a Gallup poll taken early this week, Reuters reports. And her edge in Pennsylvania has doubled since February, two new polls show. They put her lead at 51%-35% and 53%-41%,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jeremiah Wright • Pennsylvania primary • working-class vote • white voters

John Murtha, War Critic,
Backs Clinton

Congressman says
Hillary has 'similar position' on Iraq

Mar 19, 08 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Murtha, the Pennsylvania congressman who has become a leading critic of the Iraq war, is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, CQ Politics reports. “I know that Senator Clinton has a similar position that I have in regards to the war in Iraq,” Murtha said. While both he... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John Murtha • Pennsylvania • troop withdrawal • Vietnam veteran • war authorization • endorsement • defense spending • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • Iraq war

 Obama Banks 
 on Democratic
 Converts in Pa. 

State party has gained 65K members since the fall

Mar 14, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has 6 weeks to cut into Hillary Clinton’s lead in Pennsylvania, but only 10 more days to lay the groundwork: Voters must register as members of a party by March 24 to vote in the primary. Independents and Republicans must switch their affiliation to Democratic by then... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • African Americans • independents • Pennsylvania primary • voter registration

Dems Queue Up Keystone Plans

Clinton to spend less, get personal; Obama to stump elsewhere, but hopes time helps in Pa.

Mar 12, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have staked out very different strategies ahead of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary—with the pre-vote lull the longest the Democrats have faced since the run-up to Iowa. Camp Clinton won't shower Pennsylvania with the same lavish expenses it did in Hawkeye country, instead focusing... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • Iowa caucus • Pennsylvania primary • April 22

UPDATED

Obama Wins Miss. Primary

Hopeful also beats Clinton in Texas caucuses, gaining
most state delegates

Mar 11, 08 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to regain momentum, Barack Obama triumphed in a racially divided Mississippi primary today by winning about 90% of black votes and a third of white voters, CNN projects. He also won last week's Texas caucuses, scoring more state delegates overall than primary-winner Hillary Clinton. Mississippi awards 33 delegates and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic presidential primaries • African-American voters • Pennsylvania primary • Mississippi primary

Pa. Governor
a Risky Ally
for Clinton

Blunt, gaffe-prone Rendell could make
or break campaign

Mar 7, 08 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Ed Rendell could be Hillary Clinton’s greatest asset in Pennsylvania—or he could explode in her face, Politico reports. Pennsylvania’s governor is popular and authentic, and he knows how to raise money and find the state’s voters. But Rendell shoots from the hip, and often hits his... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democrats • politics • Pennsylvania • Ed Rendell • Democratic National Committee • fundraiser • Ted Strickland • Pennsylvania primary

Candidates Spin Tuesday: Math vs. Momentum

Superdelegates loom ever larger as Clinton barely narrows deficit

Mar 6, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's victories in Texas and Ohio changed little in the race for pledged delegates—by some estimates she netted only five—but Tuesday's primaries changed the dynamic of the Democratic contest, the Wall Street Journal reports. The candidates have divergent arguments: Barack Obama's team says the math favors him;... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • Texas primary • Ohio primary • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • delegate count

Clinton Shifts to Keystone State

With Pennsylvania voting not until April 22, pro-Hillary governor noting Ohio parallels

Mar 5, 08 2:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton staffers are breaking out the champagne today (actually, they were already serving reporters mimosas yesterday), but they’re still sober enough to look seven weeks ahead, to Pennsylvania's April 22 primary. Keystone State Gov. Ed Rendell is a major Hillary booster, and put out a memo this morning... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Ed Rendell • manufacturing • Ohio primary • Pennsylvania primary

Obama Not Making a Connection With Catholics

Clinton's Hispanic-Catholic base may prove key in coming contests

Mar 2, 08 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's poor primary showings with Catholic voters could become more problematic in Catholic-heavy states like Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, Politico reports. Despite Obama's string of victories, Hillary Clinton has consistently grabbed a large percentage of Catholics, in part due to her popularity with majority-Catholic Hispanics. Analysts and Catholic politicians... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Catholic Church • religion • Rhode Island • Catholics • United Church of Christ • Pennsylvania primary • the Hispanic vote

Clinton Camp Unveils Victory Blueprint

Plenty of time to turn
this thing around,
advisers believe

Feb 21, 08 3:04 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama continues to bask in the glow of a string of impressive primary victories, Team Clinton is pulling out the stops to capture important wins in Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania. Clinton advisers have hardly given up hope. They're optimistic Hillary can accomplish the latest victory blueprint: nail pending... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • primary • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Democratic campaign • campaigning • Texas primary • Ohio primary • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008

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