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May 2008
- Rove: Get Ready for November, Obama
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 8, 08 7:47 AM CDT
  
  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 where, by Rove’s count, he trails McCain in electoral votes 241-217. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • election 2008 • Obama 2008 • Karl Rove • McCain 2008 • Clinton 2008
- Dems' (Next) Last Stop: Oregon
  
  newser | Oregonian (Portland) | May 7, 08 3:25 PM CDT
  
  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 party official: “There’s talk that it’s going to be the last battleground state.” More »
  
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  Obama 2008 • Democratic presidential primaries • Clinton 2008 • Oregon • Oregon primary
- Late Count Mars Clinton Victory
  
  newser | New York Post | May 7, 08 7:35 AM CDT
  
  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 arrived, Hillary Clinton’s steadily dwindling lead had shrunk to an unimpressive 2-point victory, the New York Post reports. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Obama 2008 • Clinton 2008
- Clinton Wins by a Whisker in Indiana Primary
  
  newser | CNN | May 6, 08 11:46 PM CDT
  
  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 until after 1am ET. Having lost in North Carolina earlier, Clinton sorely needed an Indiana victory. More »
  
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  election 2008 • Democrats • Obama 2008 • Clinton 2008 • Indiana primary
- Indiana, NC Voters Rate Economy No. 1 Issue
  
  newser | MSNBC | May 6, 08 6:21 PM CDT
  
  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, 89% in Indiana said yes, as did 81% in North Carolina, MSNBC reports. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Obama 2008 • Clinton 2008 • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary • exit polls
- Obama, Clinton Spar on Iran, Gas
  
  newser | Talking Points Memo | May 4, 08 1:56 PM CDT
  
  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 his first 18 minutes to the pastor, reports the New York Times . “Obviously, it’s distracted us,” Obama admitted. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • election 2008 • Iran • Obama 2008 • NBC • Clinton 2008 • ABC • Indiana primary • campaign • North Carolina primary • Tim Russert • NAFTA • Meet the Press • NBC News • ABC News • George Stephanopoulos • gas tax • Iran war
- David Axelrod: Obama's Mastermind —and No. 1 Fan
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 2, 08 11:12 AM CDT
  
  David Axelrod isn’t just a political hired gun. Instead, Barack Obama’s chief strategist backs his candidates with the same passion he reserves for his beloved Cubs and Bulls, the Washington Post reports in a lengthy profile. “He loves his candidates when he starts. He’s usually let down when he finishes,” said one friend. “Obama is the one different guy.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • campaign staff • campaign adviser • political strategists • David Axelrod
April 2008
- Wright Tests Obama's Anger Management
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 30, 08 10:40 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama has spent his entire career trying not to be an Angry Black Man, but yesterday Jeremiah Wright forced him to tap his rage, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times . Wright, seemingly among the angriest of black men, had created a full-blown crisis for Obama, forcing the Democrat to commit “a painful form of political patricide.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • race • Jeremiah Wright
- Clinton, Obama Split on Federal Gas Tax 'Vacation'
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 29, 08 9:06 AM CDT
  
  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. “Middle-class families are paying too much and oil companies aren’t paying their fair share,” Clinton said. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Obama 2008 • Clinton 2008 • tax breaks • gas tax
- Clinton More Likely to Beat McCain: Poll
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 28, 08 1:10 PM CDT
  
  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 electable than Obama come November. More »
  
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  election 2008 • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Clinton 2008 • poll numbers • AP Ipsos poll
- Dems Assail McCain on War
  
  newser | Fox News | Apr 27, 08 4:33 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama and John McCain clashed over Iraq today, as the DNC readies an ad campaign criticizing McCain's now-infamous remark about keeping troops in Iraq for 100 years. In a Fox News interview, Obama pledged to withdraw troops from Iraq even if Gen. David Petraeus advised against it. But the McCain camp says Obama's leadership "can't deliver." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • John McCain • Obama 2008 • troop withdrawal • McCain 2008 • American troops • Iraq pullout • Iraq exit strategy • Howard Dean • Iraq war spending • DNC • advertising campaign • campaign advertising • campaign commercials
- Clinton Calls for Moderator-Free Debate
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 26, 08 4:51 PM CDT
  
  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. “I’m offering Senator Obama a chance to debate me, one-on-one, no moderators.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Obama 2008 • Clinton 2008 • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary • debates
- Dems Look Small After Pa. Gutter Fight
  
  newser | Time | Apr 24, 08 1:34 PM CDT
  
  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 “scurrilous trash,” Obama withered. “There is an immutable pedestrian reality to American politics,” Klein writes. “You have to get the social body language right.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Obama 2008 • Clinton 2008 • Pennsylvania primary
- Pa. Primary Changed the Spin, not the Race
  
  newser | Newsweek | Apr 23, 08 1:13 PM CDT
  
  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 will taunt him, as she did last night, for failing to knock her out, despite outspending her 3 to 1. Obama will boast, as he did last night, of cutting her Pennsylvania lead, and will hammer her for divisive tactics that are hurting the party. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Obama 2008 • Clinton 2008 • Pennsylvania primary • Pennsylvania • political spin
- Oklahoma Gov. Henry Endorses Uniter Obama
  
  newser | Tulsa World | Apr 23, 08 10:37 AM CDT
  
  Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry endorsed Barack Obama yesterday, saying the Illinois senator was the only one who could “transcend partisan games.” Henry is the third Oklahoma superdelegate to back Obama, the Tulsa World reports, bucking the results of the state’s Feb. 5 primary—which Hillary Clinton won 54-31%. Clinton has just one Oklahoma superdelegate, while six remain uncommitted. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • superdelegates • political endorsement • Oklahoma
- Obama Faces Counterpunch Dilemma
  
  newser | Washington Post | Apr 23, 08 3:43 AM CDT
  
  Without a knockout blow in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama is going to have to keep jabbing back at Hillary Clinton. But those counterpunches could hurt his campaign, warns Jonathan Weisman in the Washington Post. The Obama camp's swing to the negative in the closing days of the Pennsylvania campaign shows he can take on John McCain—but at the same time undercuts his message of fresh hope and an end to old-style politics, writes Weisman. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • election 2008 • Obama 2008 • negative campaigning • Indiana primary
- Dems in Dead Heat for Hollywood Dough
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Apr 16, 08 11:24 AM CDT
  
  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 some $500,000 from the Hollywood money tree. More »
  
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  celebrity • Hollywood • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Clinton 2008 • campaign contributions
- Tech Biz Workers Back Barack
  
  newser | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Apr 14, 08 5:19 PM CDT
  
  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 took in a whopping $264,800 from Google employees to Hillary Clinton’s $75,500. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • Apple • Yahoo • Obama 2008 • campaign fundraising • Clinton 2008 • tech industry
- Obama Rips Clinton's Reaction to 'Bittergate'
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 14, 08 4:46 AM CDT
  
  As Barack Obama reiterated that he regretted calling American heartlanders gun loving and bitter, he also lashed Hillary Clinton for her reaction backing hunting, AP reports. “She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen,” Obama told a Pennsylvania audience yesterday. “She’s talking like she’s Annie Oakley. She's out there like she's on the duck blind every Sunday." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • Pennsylvania primary • Indiana primary • blue-collar vote • small towns
- Why 'Bittergate' Is So Bad for Obama
  
  newser | Politico | Apr 13, 08 4:45 AM CDT
  
  The uproar over Barack Obama's description of small-town Americans as "bitter" has hit the candidate so hard that there's talk of a Hillary Clinton comeback, and Politico's Mike Allen can think of plenty of reasons why. For starters, Obama has alienated a swath of blue-collar voters just nine days before the Pennsylvania primary. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • Pennsylvania primary • Indiana primary • blue-collar vote • small towns

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