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Clinton 2008 stories: 88 news summaries

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Opinion

 Rove: Get Ready
 for November,
 Obama 

Former Bush adviser breaks down the race

May 8, 08 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is now the prohibitive favorite for the Democratic nomination, writes Karl Rove, analyzing the presidential race for the Wall Street Journal. Clinton may still battle on, but there’s nothing Obama can or should do to stop her. Instead, he should focus on the general election... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Dems' (Next) Last Stop: Oregon 

With highest delegate count remaining, May 20 primary sure to attract attention aplenty

May 7, 08 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oregon’s primary, usually a non-event, is shaping up to get an unusual amount of attention this time around, the Oregonian reports. The state has 52 delegates at stake—huge among remaining contests—and is likely to be crucial for the Democrats in the fall as well. Says a state... More »

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Downtrodden Clinton Aides Grasp at Fla., Mich. Straws

Top adviser: 'We lost this thing in February'

May 7, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last night’s primary disappointments have Hillary Clinton's aides skeptical about their candidate’s chances, the Washington Post reports. Advisers say their only hope is a last-ditch push to include results from Florida and Michigan. “Absent some sort of miracle on May 31st, it’s going to be... More »

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OPINION

Clinton Looks More and More Like Scarlett

Sherman had nothing on last-ditch assault she's going to mount

May 7, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has morphed into Scarlett O'Hara, Maureen Dowd writes, while Barack Obama seems to be, weirdly, the idealistic, if naive, self Hillary used to be, before the campaign turned her into a hard-bitten political survivor. “Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you,” Rhett told the willful... More »

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 Clinton Lent
 Campaign
 $6.4M in 
 Past Month

Democratic contender puts money where her mouth is

May 7, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton injected $6.4 million of her own money into her presidential campaign over the past month, a senior aide tells the AP. That donation more than doubles the amount Hillary has lent her campaign so far.  But despite the personal largesse—$11.5 million so far—and... More »

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 Late Count Mars Clinton Victory 

Focus turns to one Ind. county

May 7, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you went to bed early last night, you missed a bizarre political cliffhanger. Indiana’s Lake County, a populous northwestern county with a reputation for corruption, didn’t report its results until well after 1 am, a full 6 hours after the polls had closed. When the results finally... More »

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updated

 Clinton Wins by a Whisker
 in Indiana Primary 

Her double-digit lead shrank to 2 points late

May 6, 08 11:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton held on to beat Barack Obama by the slimmest of margins in the Indiana primary, CNN reports. Though Clinton led by double digits early in the night, Obama made a dramatic recovery late and closed the gap to 51% to 49%. Populous Lake County held up the results... More »

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Indiana, NC Voters Rate Economy
No. 1 Issue

Voters evenly divided over Wright effect

May 6, 08 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - In exit polling in both Indiana and North Carolina today, voters overwhelmingly said the economy was the No. 1 issue influencing their decision in the presidential primary. In Indiana, 65% said the economy was most important, compared to 60% in North Carolina. Asked if the recession had affected their lives,... More »

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 Obama, Clinton
 Spar on Iran, Gas 

Dems hit competing morning talk shows

May 4, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Obama likened Hillary's stance on Iran to George Bush's "cowboy diplomacy" on Meet the Press today, while Clinton took to ABC to defend the gas tax and told voters mired in the Jeremiah Wright controversy "We should move on." Tim Russert ignored her advice, however, and devoted... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • NBC • ABC • Tim Russert • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • NAFTA • NBC News • gas tax • campaign • George Stephanopoulos • Meet the Press • Election 2008 • ABC News • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary • Iran war

 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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Clinton, Obama Split on Federal Gas Tax 'Vacation'

Hillary wants to suspend it; Barack says that's shortsighted

Apr 29, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has joined John McCain's call for a summer holiday from the federal gasoline tax, but Barack Obama says the move will hurt more than it helps, the New York Times reports. Clinton says she’d pay for it with a windfall-profits tax on the oil companies. “... More »

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NC Gov. to Support Clinton

Backing may boost hopeful, who lags behind Obama in
key primary 

Apr 28, 08 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley will back Hillary Clinton before next week's key primary, sources tell CNN. The move may give her a boost in a state where she last lagged Barack Obama by double digits. As a superdelegate, Easely also adds one to Clinton's delegate tally—but Obama added... More »

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Clinton 2008 • Mike Easley • delegates • superdelegates • North Carolina primary

 Clinton More Likely 
 to Beat McCain: Poll 

Hillary up 50%-41% on GOP candidate; Obama in virtual tie at 46%-44%

Apr 28, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton opened a commanding lead in a heads-up race against John McCain in the latest AP-Ipsos poll, leading the GOP’s presumptive nominee 50%-41%. Barack Obama, meanwhile, edged McCain just 46%-44%, a statistical tie. Today's numbers are a gift for Clinton, forwarding her argument that she would be more... More »

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 Clinton Calls for
 Moderator-Free Debate 

But Obama had ruled out debates before the next primaries

Apr 26, 08 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton wants one last debate before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries next month, and she’s ready to do it Lincoln-Douglas style. “After the last debate, Sen. Obama’s supporters complained a little about the tough questions,” Clinton told a crowd in South Bend today. “... More »

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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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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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 Chelsea
 Faces
 Campaign's
 Rough Side 

Tough questions start flying around youngest Clinton

Apr 18, 08 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Until recently, the campaign trail has been a generally hospitable place for Chelsea Clinton. She never talks to reporters, and her rallies generally attract fawning Clinton supporters lobbing softball questions. But as the race heats up, the questions are becoming more pointed, as is the scrutiny, the Los Angeles ... More »

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 Dems in Dead Heat
 for Hollywood Dough 

$300 in contributions separates Clinton, Obama

Apr 16, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic presidential candidates are in a neck-and-neck race for donations from Hollywood. Less than $300 in contributions from the entertainment industry separates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, reports the Los Angeles Times. Both boast just short of $3 million in Tinseltown cash. But John McCain has only shaken loose... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Tech Biz Workers Back Barack 

Young, liberal workers at Google and Yahoo like him

Apr 14, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google and Yahoo workers who have donated to presidential campaigns support Barack Obama, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports, donating significantly more to him than any other candidate. Obama does well with the tech industry as a whole, though his edge is less pronounced at older companies like Microsoft and Apple. Obama... More »

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Opinion

Why Clinton Should be Winning

If primaries were winner-take-all, she'd have a tidy lead

Apr 7, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is beating Hillary Clinton in the delegate count only because of the eccentricities of the Democratic Primary system, argues Sean Wilentz on Salon. Like it or not, the general election will be a winner-take-all affair, and if the primaries were conducted the same way, Clinton would lead Obama... More »

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