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Romney: Newt Never Calls to Concede

'I guess Speaker Gingrich doesn't have our phone number'

(Newser) - Traditionally, etiquette dictates that losing politicians call their rivals and congratulate them after an election—but apparently no one ever told Newt Gingrich that. Gingrich didn't call Mitt Romney after last night's Florida primary, or indeed after any of the contests so far, Romney said today, in interviews...

Clintons Cool to Obama After Hillary Snub

Insiders say he wouldn't promise her a Supreme Court seat

(Newser) - Bill and Hillary Clinton are doing little to help elect Barack Obama because the Democratic nominee “balked” at promising Hillary a Supreme Court judgeship, insiders tell the New York Post. “Hillary wants an assurance that if she shows loyalty and goes out there like a good soldier, she...

Ditch the Double Standard for Palin, McCain
Ditch the Double Standard
for Palin, McCain
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Ditch the Double Standard for Palin, McCain

Respect and courtesy, certainly, but 'deference' is pushing it

(Newser) - The McCain camp's insistence that Sarah Palin not submit to questioning until the media shows "respect and deference" is a brazen double standard bound to raise voter eyebrows, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times. She is certainly due respect, Rutten writes, but it is hard to justify...

McCain, Palin Embrace Hugging Etiquette

What's the etiquette for a mixed-gender ticket?

(Newser) - In 1984, Walter Mondale had a strict "hands-off" policy with running mate Geraldine Ferraro, never even putting his palm on her back when they waved to crowds. Two decades later, times have changed: John McCain and Sarah Palin have been embracing on the campaign trail, forgoing handshakes for a...

Obama Turns Army Loose on Chicago's WGN

Supporters protest radio airtime for campaign critic

(Newser) - Barack Obama's camp deployed its devoted followers to flood the phone lines of Chicago's WGN-AM last night during an appearance by writer Stanley Kurtz, an Obama critic. A WGN producer tells the Tribune the campaign's push generated “the biggest response we've ever got” during the 2-hour segment with Kurtz,...

Obama Gears Up for GOP Smears
 Obama Gears Up
 for GOP Smears 

Obama Gears Up for GOP Smears

Camp McCain is seeking ways to attack without seeming racist

(Newser) - John McCain is prepping for a smear campaign this summer while camp Obama, ever cool and controlled, awaits the first strike. "It's going to be Swift Boat times five on both sides," said one McCain adviser who expects Obama to return fire. McCain's challenge is to hit above...

Obama, Clinton Skip Courtesies
Obama, Clinton Skip Courtesies

Obama, Clinton Skip Courtesies

Congratulations are out, while stepping on toes is in for 2008

(Newser) - Perhaps the super-long primary season has made candidates forgetful, but the Democrats were not at their most courteous last night, as Hillary Clinton failed to congratulate Barack Obama on his Wisconsin victory, and Obama took the stage in Texas while Clinton was still speaking in Ohio. No rules govern either...

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