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 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

 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

Holdout Superdelegates Play Wait-and-See in Pa.

Last 7 uncommitted pols may stall until after primary

Apr 14, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama face off in Pennsylvania next Tuesday not only for 158 pledged delegates, but also for seven undeclared superdelegates, many of whom are awaiting the outcome of the primary. Fourteen Pennsylvania superdelegates have sided with Clinton and five with Obama, the Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice reports. The... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Pennsylvania • superdelegates

Bitter Schism Dominates
Faith Forum

Dems try to close
God Gap, but debate
cleaves to politics

Apr 14, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secular politics won the day at last night's "Compassion Forum" in Pennsylvania, the LA Times reports, despite the Democratic contenders' resolve to present a united front on faith. Hillary Clinton used her pulpit at Messiah College to sermonize against her rival's comments on "bitter" religious voters, again calling... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • religion • Pennsylvania • faith • Bittergate • compassion forum • Messiah College

NYPD Cop Accused in
3 Heists

He allegedly robbed banks to buy engagement ring

Apr 12, 08 8:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New York cop nabbed for robbing a bank this week may have committed two other heists last year, the NYPD said today. Christian Torres, a transit officer described by NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly as “a model cadet,” will be charged in New York after proceedings wrap up... More »

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NYPD • corruption • Pennsylvania • bank robbery • bank robber • New York City Police Department • Raymond Kelly • Christian Torres

Obama Clashes
With Philly Pols
Over Payouts

Candidate won't pay 'street money,' riling local Democrats

Apr 11, 08 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has been expected to do well in Philadelphia in this month's Pennsylvania primary, but a test of wills between his campaign and local party bosses might jeopardize his chances. The Philadelphia political scene has a long tradition of "street money"—payment to Democratic operatives who dispense... More »

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Barack Obama • Pennsylvania • Philadelphia • Democratic Party • Democratic presidential primaries • Pennsylvania primary

Keystone State Students Won't Boost Obama

Voter drive came too late to register them
as Democrats

Apr 6, 08 5:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - College kids' love for Barack Obama won't help him in the Keystone State, Politico reports. Many of Pennsylvania's 680,000 students hail from elsewhere and have voted absentee; among natives, a high number are Independent and therefore barred from the April 22 primary. Worse, attempts by Obama backers to enroll... More »

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Barack Obama • Pennsylvania • college student • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • young voters

Vs. McCain, Clinton Beats Obama in 3 Swing States

Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida polls show Hillary faring better in November

Apr 3, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polls in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida show Hillary Clinton faring better than Barack Obama in swing state head-to-heads with John McCain. Clinton beats the Republican by 8 points, 9 points, and 2 points, respectively, in those states while Obama wins by 4 points in the Keystone State and 1 point... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Ohio • Pennsylvania • white voters • swing states

 Clinton Ends Feb. $8.7M in Debt 

Aides explain much of it as paperwork matter

Apr 1, 08 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton had $8.7 million in debt at the end of February, including roughly $300,000 in unpaid health insurance invoices for her staff and $3,100 from her own high school alma mater, where she held a campaign event. Barack Obama notched only $625,058 in debt, reports... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • Pennsylvania • debt • campaign contributions • Democratic nomination • political donations • alma mater

ANALYSIS

 Casey Nod Perfectly 
 Timed, Placed  

Endorsement could help Obama among conservative Pennsylvania men

Mar 28, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion rights • Pennsylvania • blue-collar vote • Bob Casey

Now Taking Reservations
for Sometime Next Year

The country's hardest-to-get dinner reservation is in ... Pennsylvania?

Mar 22, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, French Laundry. The US' most in-demand dinner seat is in "flyspeck" Kennett Square, Pa., 35 miles from Philadelphia, Portfolio writes. Talula's Table takes reservations for its single, 12-seat table one year in advance. "My parents paid me $30 to stand out here," says one teen... More »

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food • best restaurants • gourmet dining • Pennsylvania • restaurant • French Laundry • menu • Talula's Table • Per Se • waiting list • John Turturro • Bryan Sikora

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

Superdelegates Waiting to Pick Sides

Batch of party elites could pick the next nominee

Mar 9, 08 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton lost Wyoming yesterday, but today the Washington Post has some welcome news for the Democratic underdog: Many superdelegates say they’ll wait until the end of the primaries to chose a candidate. “You’re going to see a lot of delegates remaining uncommitted,” said one... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Pennsylvania • Mississippi • Democratic National Committee • Democratic nomination • superdelegates • pledged delegates • Wyoming primary • Mile High City

OPINION

Obama Has Loose Ends to Tie Up

Pundits offer
counsel to all 3 remaining contenders

Mar 7, 08 6:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama “urgently needs to come up with a new speech,” Washington Post op-ed columnist Eugene Robinson writes: He must tap white working-class voters to win the nomination. "Obama managed to escape the danger of being pigeonholed as a 'black candidate,'" Robinson writes. “Now he... More »

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Barack Obama • Pennsylvania • bipartisanship • working-class vote

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

One-Man Beer Outfits Take Brewing Micro Indeed

Super-small operations cater to niches in US niche markets

Feb 24, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Some so-called “microbreweries” have grown much too large to use that sobriquet, but as certain outfits outgrow the label, others are just growing into it. Portfolio's Lew Bryson introduces the future of beer: one-man brewing. In a market where once-boutique names like Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada now command... More »

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San Francisco • beer • Pennsylvania • US economy • small business • Portland, Maine • brewery • Portland, Oregon • Sierra Nevada • microbrewing • keg • Samuel Adams

UPDATED

Teamsters Endorse
Obama Over Clinton

It's another troubling sign for Hillary and her base

Feb 20, 08 3:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The Teamsters union endorsed Barack Obama today, giving him a chance to make further inroads into Hillary Clinton's base of blue-collar workers. Obama met with Teamsters chief Jim Hoffa today, who afterward gave Obama the backing of the 1.4-million-member union, the Chicago Tribune reports. The move could help in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Ohio • Pennsylvania • working class • labor unions • teamsters • endorsement • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • Teamsters • James P. Hoffa

Soaring Prices Lure Oilmen Back to Oil City

Rural Pa. sees rush
to claim scraps from played-out fields

Feb 19, 08 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The world’s first commercial oil well was in Oil City, Pa., which saw its fortunes fall along with the crude supply. Now that prices are at historic highs, Oil City is part of a renaissance. The easy crude is long gone, but a motley assortment of would-be barons is... More »

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oil • Pennsylvania • oil price • crude oil

Clinton Leads Obama by Double Digits in Ohio, Pa.

Blue-collared Buckeye State a 'demographic fit' for Hillary

Feb 14, 08 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton leads by wide margins in Ohio and Pennsylvania, two primary states on which her campaign has staked its comeback, according to new polls on the Democratic race. The New Yorker leads Barack Obama in the Buckeye State by 55% to 34% and in Keystone country by 52% to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Democratic nomination • Buckeye State • Keystone State • Pennsylvania primary

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