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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
- 'Bitter' Voters Hand Obama 9-Point Lead
  
  Gallup | Apr 13, 08 7:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is holding a 9-point lead over Hillary Clinton despite the uproar over "Bittergate." He is ahead by 50% to 41%, a margin he has maintained with little change for the past week, including Friday and yesterday. Meanwhile, he and Clinton are both in statistical dead heats with John McCain. Any fallout from Obama's remark, that some rural Americans are "bitter," should be perceptible in the coming days, Gallup reports. More »
- 'Bittergate' Flares Up on Sunday Shows
  
  Chicago Tribune | Apr 13, 08 5:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - "Bittergate" erupted on talk shows today as pundits hammered Barack Obama for calling some rural voters "bitter," the Swamp blog reports. “He’s going to have to do some more explaining about this,” Clinton ally James Carville said. "It's big," said George Will. One GOP strategist called it "a general election nightmare" for Obama and the Democrats. More »
- The Real Reason She Won't Quit
  
  Politico | Apr 13, 08 3:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton stubbornly refuses to drop out because she knows Barack Obama will lose in November—but she won’t come out and say it, write John Harris and Jim Vandehei in Politico. While many believe Clinton is “in kitchen-sink mode,” in fact, she’s holding back from pointing to Obama weaknesses that John McCain will exploit in the general election. More »
- Bill's Charity Linked to Tibet Crackdown
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 13, 08 11:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton's strong public stance against the crackdown in Tibet flies in the face of her husband's past fundraising ties in China, reports the LA Times . At the crux is a 2005 speech the former president gave for which he received an undisclosed donation to his charitable foundation—from Internet giant Alibaba. More »
- Why 'Bittergate' Is So Bad for Obama
  
  Politico | Apr 13, 08 4:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
- Smiley Quits Radio Show After Obama Remarks
  
  Washington Post | Apr 12, 08 4:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Tavis Smiley is quitting as political analyst for a national radio show after comments he made about Barack Obama, the Washington Post reports. Smiley says he’s leaving the “Tom Joyner Morning Show” for personal reasons, but Joyner says otherwise. “The real reason is that he can’t take the hate he’s been getting regarding the Barack issue,” Joyner said. More »
- Clinton Camp 'Ticked Me Off': Richardson
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 12, 08 3:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bill Richardson says negative ads and arm-twisting phone calls from the Clinton camp pushed him to back Barack Obama last month, the Los Angeles Times reports. The New Mexico governor, labeled a "Judas" after supporting Obama, says he almost backed Hillary until her "3 a.m." ads came out—and Clintonites called saying he owed her support. "That really ticked me off," he said. More »
- John McCain: the Brand
  
  Washington Post | Apr 12, 08 2:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain is more than a candidate, he's a brand—and a successful one at that, the Washington Post reports. His image of independence, experience, and, of course, straight talk endures in the public eye and explains why he keeps rising in national polls despite his support for an unpopular war and an unpopular president. Two market research firms described him as a combination of Ford pickup, Wrangler jeans, and Timex. More »
- Revenge of the Geezers?
  
  New York Times | Apr 12, 08 1:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Once, Frank Lautenberg was a 58-year-old hopeful who implied that his opponent, at 72, was too old. Now, Lautenberg is running for re-election in New Jersey at the spry age of 84. “Age is not a factor,” he says. “The question is effectiveness.” But as John McCain seeks to become the oldest first-term president ever, age has become an issue, writes Gail Collins in the New York Times . More »
- Obama: 'Bitter' Words Were Ill-Chosen
  
  Associated Press | Apr 12, 08 1:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama acknowledged today that he’d chosen his words poorly when he said small-town working-class voters are “bitter” and “cling to guns and religion.” “I didn’t say it as well as I should have,” Obama said, but he insisted that working-class frustration is real. Hillary Clinton–who called the comments “elitist and out of touch”–and John McCain immediately pounced. More »
- Obama Slammed for Calling Small Towners 'Bitter'
  
  Reuters | Apr 12, 08 6:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is catching flak for comments made to an audience of wealthy Californians about small towners, Reuters reports. Talking about people in towns where jobs have vanished, the candidate said, "It's not surprising they then get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." More »
- Media Can't Agree on Superdelegate Count
  
  Politico | Apr 11, 08 6:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Media can't settle on a superdelegate count these days because many of the mucky-mucks refuse to name a candidate, Politico reports. Current figures all have Clinton leading Obama—and she needs the votes badly—but media estimates vary from 256-225 to 221-209. “This is an art rather than a science," the New York Times ’ political editor said. More »
- McCain Advisers Big on Loyalty, Dissension
  
  New Republic | Apr 11, 08 5:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain’s inner circle is a hotbed of animosity and infighting among his fiercely loyal advisers, Jason Zengerle writes in the New Republic . Years of Freudian feuding by John Weaver and Rick Davis created a team divided not only on personal lines, but also on philosophical ones, between a top-down campaign and a nimbler, decentralized effort. More »
- Obama Says McCain All Talk on CEO Pay
  
  Talking Points Memo | Apr 11, 08 4:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama grilled John McCain on CEO compensation today and continued laying into the public financing system for campaigns. He railed against execs who “make more in one day than their workers make in one year” and called for legislation requiring corporations to let shareholders set pay. He said McCain has “opted for continuing the do-nothing approach of the Bush years” on the issue, reports Talking Points Memo. More »