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Election 2008

Competition is hot for the highest office in the land. Will it be Barack Obama or John McCain? Just so long as it isn't George...

The most diverse crowd of presidential hopefuls ever hit the campaign trail for 2008. On the left, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton geared up for a close race; John Edwards rounded out the top three on the Democratic side, with Al Gore playing the role of potential spoiler. Months later, the charismatic-but-inexperienced junior senator emerged as the delegate winner. Meanwhile, on the right, the Reaganites held out hope for a definitive Fred Thompson run. Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani became early favorites, only to bow out, with the others, in favor of John McCain.

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April 2008
- Penn Ties Still Hurting Clinton in Pa.
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 9, 08 9:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The demotion of Mark Penn in Hillary Clinton's campaign hasn't ended the problem the errant consultant is causing her in Pennsylvania, Bloomberg reports. Unions supporting Barack Obama have pounced on the strategist's advocacy of a Colombian free-trade deal, calling him pro-business and anti-worker. "She has to sever completely with Mark Penn," said Teamsters president James Hoffa. "Her credibility is at stake." More »
- Obama's Grannie Trumped Bias
  
  USA Today | Apr 9, 08 8:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama wasn’t the first in his family to defy convention: His grandmother bucked prejudices in Hawaii against women and whites in the 1960s and '70s, USA Today reports. Madelyn Dunham, now 85, fought to become one of the Bank of Hawaii’s first female vice presidents. “Was she ambitious? She had to be,” said a former colleague. “It was a tough world.” More »
- Traders Predict Obama Victory
  
  Reuters | Apr 8, 08 6:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Futures traders are betting Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee—and that the Democrats will take the White House. Although they expect Hillary Clinton to take three upcoming primaries, groups based in Iowa and Dublin give Obama an 86% chance of winning the party’s nod, compared to 12.8% for Clinton. Studies say such predictions are about as accurate as public polls, Reuters reports. More »
- Candidates Seize Petraeus Moment
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 8, 08 4:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Today’s Capitol Hill appearance by Gen. David Petraeus was a golden opportunity for the White House hopefuls to flex their Iraq rhetoric, the Los Angeles Times reports. Hillary Clinton called for a troop withdrawal; though she agreed the decisions weren’t “easy,” she said the Bush administration “often talks about the costs of leaving Iraq … while ignoring the greater costs of staying.” More »
- Rice as Running Mate Would Be Icing on Cake
  
  Washington Post | Apr 8, 08 3:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Is it too much to ask for one more major dose of entertainment this election season, Eugene Robinson wonders in the Washington Post —then answers his own question by begging John McCain to pick Condoleezza Rice as his running mate. The secretary of state may not come with a natural base, but she’s vice-presidential timber if there ever was any, Robinson writes. More »
- Arizona's Black Leaders Haven't Felt the Mac Love
  
  Politico | Apr 8, 08 2:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has "pretty well zero relationship" with African Americans in his home state, says one prominent civil rights leader, and many others say they've never even gotten their senior senator's attention—much less met him. McCain's perceived indifference may be one thing in Arizona, and quite another in the event of a general election in which he faces Barack Obama. More »
- $14M Penn Tab Underscores Consultants' Fleecing Spree
  
  Salon | Apr 8, 08 12:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mark Penn leaves Hillary Clinton’s campaign with a hefty $14 million lining his own pockets, a new high in the skyrocketing world of campaign consultancy, and some 9% of all money Clinton has laid out to date. But ordinary Americans are newly in the position of having their donations misspent, reports Mike Madden in Salon —previously only a risk for lobbyists and wealthy donors. More »
- Obama's Youth Army Takes Aim at Mom and Dad
  
  New York Times | Apr 8, 08 8:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has a secret weapon in winning over undecided voters: their children, who have glommed onto the Illinois senator as they would a rock star. Voters from both parties tell the New York Times that their issue has turned them around on the issues—or at least turned them onto the youthful candidate—with dinner-table pitches and cold calls home from college. More »
- Condi Debunks Veep Rumors
  
  Washington Post | Apr 8, 08 6:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has once again quashed speculation that she is seeking the vice presidential nomination as John McCain's running mate, reports the Washington Post . A McCain-Rice ticket would satisfy many of McCain's conservative critics and represent a formidable challenge to a Dem ticket headed by a woman or African American. More »
- McCain Blasts Dems on Iraq
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 7, 08 3:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain slammed his Democratic presidential rivals today over their calls for an Iraq troop withdrawal, calling the notion “the height of irresponsibility.” Speaking to veterans in Kansas City, McCain said a quick departure would be “imprudent and dangerous." The remarks foreshadowed political heat over this week's visit to Capitol Hill by Gen. David Petraeus, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »
- Why Clinton Should be Winning
  
  Salon | 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 1,430 delegates to 1,257, with her total jumping to 1,743 if Florida and Michigan were counted. More »
- Clinton Staff Glad to See Penn's Exit
  
  Politico | Apr 7, 08 10:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mark Penn might have shaped the Clinton campaign, but he wasn’t well liked within it, Ben Smith writes in Politico. Some blamed him for the campaign's strategic blunders, while others were irked by his huge salary—he’s billed Clinton $13 million—and private-sector distractions. “It was very demoralizing for the staff that's working 24/7 to see him doing book tours,” said one Clinton supporter. More »
- Obama Doesn't Shy From Hard Truths: Sister
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Apr 7, 08 9:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama's diverse family has remained silent since the flare-up over his former pastor's sermons. But in her first public comments since Obama's speech on race in America, half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng told the Telegraph their "typical white" grandmother, whose opinions on blacks sometimes made the candidate "cringe," was "entirely supportive" of Obama and his descriptions. More »
- Hillary Dumps Another Tall Tale
  
  CNN | Apr 7, 08 5:02 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Another story Hillary Clinton has told repeatedly on the campaign trail turns out to be untrue, CNN reports. This one is about a pregnant woman from Ohio who dies after being turned away from a hospital because she has no health insurance. A spokesman for the hospital has denied the account, saying the woman had insurance and received care. Clinton, who was apparently told the story while visiting Ohio, has since dropped the anecdote. More »