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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Clinton 2008 stories: 88 news summaries

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Harsh Reality: Clinton May Lose

Backers nervous as she heads into must-win situation in Texas and Ohio

Feb 12, 08 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - With a string of losses swinging momentum away, Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff and supporters are slowly realizing she could actually lose. “She has to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she’s out,” a superdelegate supporting the onetime frontrunner told the New York Times. Other... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Texas • Ohio • Clinton 2008 • Democratic nomination • superdelegates

'Bossy? Aloof?' Index of Hillary Bio Is Way Off

Blogger dissects
back pages of book
on Dem hopeful

Feb 11, 08 7:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Readers looking for a crash course in everything Hillary can try the index of Carl Bernstein's A Woman in Charge, and find a laundry list of moody traits: "bossiness," "aloofness," "anger, temper and hurt" are only the A's and B's. But New York Times blogger... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Carl Bernstein • Clinton 2008 • biography • personality • book

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Obama Dominates All 4 Races

Dem hopeful tops Clinton in Wash., Nebraska, Louisiana, Virgin Islands

Feb 9, 08 10:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama swept all four primaries and caucuses tonight and nabbed the winner's share of the 161 Democratic delegates up for grabs, the New York Times reports. He won roughly two-thirds of Washington and Nebraska votes to Hillary Clinton's one-third, and snagged racially divided Louisiana by more than 10 points,... More »

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Barack Obama • Louisiana • Nebraska • Washington state • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic presidential primaries • Virgin Islands • Election 2008

Obama Expects to Rake in $30M
This Month

Half of record January millions were
donations under $200

Feb 7, 08 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - After hauling in an epic $32 million in contributions in January, Barack Obama is expecting a near record-busting $30 million in donations this month. Even more striking, the candidate for change seems to raise most of his money in just that—change. Half of January's yield came in online contributions... More »

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Barack Obama • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • campaign contributions • online donations • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters

Fake 'Pollsters' Selling Hillary in Voter Questions

Reports of pro-Clinton 'push-polling' in California

Feb 3, 08 8:50 AM CST
(Newser) - With Super Tuesday fast approaching, at least one campaign appears to be benefiting from so-called "pollsters" who are stumping for their candidate. A pro-Hillary Clinton "push-poll" is asking leading questions of Southern California independent voters whose real purpose appears to be to spread positive information about Clinton, and... More »

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California • Clinton 2008 • push-poll

OPINION

GOP Will Lose, Unless Hillary Faces McCain

'Billary' could mean Dems' demise, writes Frank Rich

Jan 27, 08 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite a crippled GOP, the Dems could still lose the White House in '08, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times: All they need is for Clinton to face McCain. 'Billary' alone would provide "two fat targets" to unite Republican rage. Plus a vetting of donors to Bill's... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democrats • Republican • Bill Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Clinton Presidential Library • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • presidential election

Tyra, Hillary Dish About Bill

Clinton: 'I never doubted Bill’s love for me ever'

Jan 15, 08 4:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton talked about her husband's affair with Monica Lewinsky during a taping of The Tyra Banks Show yesterday, People reports. No tears were shed (it's New York, not New Hampshire), and Clinton said she "never doubted Bill’s love for me, ever." Asked to offer advice to... More »

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entertainment • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Tyra Banks • Clinton 2008 • America's Next Top Model

Did Hillary's Tears Win
the Race?

Softer, emotionally accessible Clinton may have won over voters

Jan 9, 08 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Did Hillary Clinton's emotional waterworks help her win New Hampshire? Some columnists think so. The image of the often-steely Clinton getting teary-eyed in a coffee shop Monday—splashed on newspapers and replayed obsessively on television yesterday—may have been enough to soften her image, especially with female voters, a critical... More »

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women • Democratic voters • Clinton 2008 • female voters • New Hampshire primary

Why Iowa's a Slog for Hillary

As memo predicted in May, the state has been an uphill battle

Jan 2, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The Hillary Clinton camp was convinced that the road to the nomination must go through Iowa, but right about now they may be wishing they'd taken the advice of an aide who urged her to bypass the first caucus state completely. Politico revisits the aide's May memo for keys to... More »

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Iraq • Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Iowa caucus • Democratic presidential primaries • female president • caucusgoers • Hawkeye State

Chelsea's
Lips Are
Sealed

On trail with mom, ex-first kid stiffs press—
even preteen reporter

Dec 31, 07 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton has strictly maintained press silence while campaigning with her mom in Iowa, turning down even a “kid reporter” for the Scholastic News, the AP reports. "I'm sorry,” Chelsea told the 9-year-old yesterday, “I don't talk to the press and that applies to you, unfortunately.... More »

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Clinton 2008 • Chelsea Clinton • Iowa caucus • Sydney Rieckhoff

OPINION

What's Bill Doing in This Picture?

Billary could become first woman* president, opines Politico scribe

Dec 31, 07 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Once, Hillary Clinton wanted to keep Bill and his baggage tucked safely in the backseat. Now, as panic takes hold in Iowa, she's set him loose, the latest swerve in a "herky-jerky" campaign that has hopped from strategy to strategy, writes the Politico’s Elizabeth Drew in an analysis... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Iowa caucus • Democratic presidential primaries • female president • New Hampshire primary • Election 2008 • presidential election

Clinton Official Slams Obama's Drug Past, Then Backpedals

Obama's people rip 'desperate' low blow

Dec 13, 07 4:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Clinton campaign officials are rushing to distance themselves from comments that Obama Barack's teenage drug use could be a big problem for the Dems, AP reports. Top adviser Bill Shaheen has apologized for remarks to the Washington Post that much of Obama's past was unknown and "there are so... More »

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Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Jeanne Shaheen • campaign • Election 2008

Hillary Gets Comfy in Blue Collar

Working-class women form Clinton's most ardent supporters

Nov 24, 07 7:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Women of all stripes like Hillary Clinton, but her most ardent supporters aren’t her high-powered peers, but working-class women. That oft-neglected voting block represents Hillary’s backbone, the Boston Globe reports, admiring the tough resolve she projects and her populist policies. To exploit the edge, Clinton is softening... More »

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Hillary Clinton • poll • Clinton 2008 • female politicians

Clinton Shifts to Aggressive Campaign Style

More direct criticism of Obama, Edwards as Iowa race tightens

Nov 23, 07 7:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Facing a tightening race in Iowa and increasing criticism from chief Democratic rivals John Edwards and Barack Obama , Hillary Clinton has shifted from an above-the-fray style when she led more comfortably in polls to a more aggressive approach, the LA Times reports. Her new TV ads defend her electability and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Clinton 2008 • Iowa caucus

Clinton, Obama Duel Over His Experience

She says he hasn't got foreign policy smarts; he says he's lived it

Nov 21, 07 7:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Clinton and Obama exchanged volleys on the campaign trail yesterday over Obama's foreign policy experience, Reuters reports. After Obama said the years he spent living abroad as a child give him a better perspective on international affairs, Clinton fired back that her experience as senator and first lady better prepares... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • poll • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Iowa caucus

OPINION

Rove: How to Beat Hillary

Republican mastermind defines strategy for GOP nominee

Nov 18, 07 7:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Blast away at Hillary for now, Karl Rove tells GOP hopefuls, but he warns that next year’s nom must go further and risk controversial stands to win. In his first Newsweek column, Rove advises the nominee to tackle tough topics like health care and minority issues. “Against a... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Karl Rove • Clinton 2008 • Election 2008

Hillary's Dirt on Barack?

Clinton camp denies rumor of hurtful information on rival

Nov 18, 07 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Does Hillary Clinton have dirt on Barack Obama? Robert Novak said yes in his weekend column and sparked a day of bickering between the camps. Obama’s campaign called the report “devoid of facts, but heavy on innuendo and insinuation of the sort to which we've become all too... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Valerie Plame • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Robert Novak • Election 2008

Clinton Rocks the Youth Vote

Poll shows Hillary has big lead among twenty-somethings

Nov 10, 07 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary has taken a big lead over Obama among twenty-somethings, a new poll says. The recent survey of 400 18- to 29-year-old Democrats shows Clinton with 54% of the vote over Obama's 24%, reports Politico. Previous polls had showed Obama ahead among youths or the two running neck-and-neck. "Young... More »

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poll • Clinton 2008 • Election 2008 • young voters

Obama Vows New Ties With Iran

He would reward 'changes in behavior' with economic incentives

Nov 2, 07 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama says he would take a much different approach to Iran than the Bush administration, pushing high-level talks and economic incentives in exchange for cooperation on Iraq and nuclear issues. In an interview with the Times, the candidate said Iran's obstinance on those issues is caused in part by... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • terrorism • nuclear weapons • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • George W. Bush

She's Tough, Focused, Blunt
and Efficient

Not like that other Clinton who was
all leadership, no management

Oct 26, 07 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - “The worst thing you can do when you work for Hillary Clinton is sit there and nod yes," one veteran of the other Clinton administration told the New York Times. Hillary has a penchant for bluntness, she likes data, and she hates meandering meetings. In an analysis... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Hillaryland • campaign trail • first lady

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