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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
- 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 »
- Wright Takes Cross Over Racial Divide
  
  New Yorker | Apr 6, 08 8:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright built his Chicago church on black liberation theology, which directs Christianity at African Americans, Kelefa Sanneh writes in the New Yorker . The movement’s founder aimed to “emancipate the gospel from its ‘whiteness,’” but also from Frederick Douglass’ belief that antebellum America had profoundly perverted Christianity. More »
- No Deal on Mich., Fla. Until June: Dean
  
  Associated Press | Apr 6, 08 7:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Florida and Michigan delegates will likely have to wait until June to see whether they can participate in the party’s convention, Howard Dean said on Face the Nation today. The DNC chairman said Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would rather focus on the final primaries, which will end on June 3, the AP reports. "But I think we can work it out, and I want to work it out," he said. More »
- When to Drop Out?
  
  Washington Post | Apr 6, 08 7:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - How does a Democratic candidate know it's time to quit? Common indicators like low funds, indifferent press, and fading support may not apply in this year's race, where both hopefuls have enough of all three to last to the convention. Instead, one may quit when fighting on hurts that candidate’s political future, writes John Dickerson in the Washington Post . More »
- Penn Quits as Clinton Strategist
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 6, 08 6:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton's top strategist stepped down today after drawing fire for his trade meeting with a Colombian envoy last week, the Wall Street Journal reports. Clinton advisers said Mark Penn was all but pushed out, a move many in the camp had sought after Clinton lost key primary races. But campaign manager Maggie Williams said Penn's polling company will still give data and counsel to the campaign. More »
- Keystone State Students Won't Boost Obama
  
  Politico | Apr 6, 08 5:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - College kids' love for Barack Obama won't help him in the Keystone State, Politico reports. Many of Pennsylvania's 680,000 students hail from elsewhere and have voted absentee; among natives, a high number are Independent and therefore barred from the April 22 primary. Worse, attempts by Obama backers to enroll student voters may have come too late. More »
- Chelsea Thesis May Clarify Hillary's Role in Irish Peace
  
  Newsweek | Apr 6, 08 2:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - While Hillary Clinton stands accused of exaggerating her part in the 1998 Irish peace process, the answer might lie in an unlikely 150-page document—Chelsea Clinton's senior thesis from Stanford. Only problem? No one seems to know where it's gone, Newsweek reports, and a Clinton spokesman warns it was "written to satisfy an academic requirement—not media curiosity." More »
- Barr Considers Libertarian Bid for White House
  
  The Hill | Apr 6, 08 11:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With only seven months left in the presidential race, Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr is considering tossing his hat belatedly into the ring, the Hill reports. The ex-congressman said it was up to the Libertarians to give the American people a "real choice." "They deserve better than the choices that they have faced year after year after year, and that is for going for the lesser of two evils,” he said. More »
- Obama Prods Pro-Gun Pa. Voters
  
  Politico | Apr 5, 08 8:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is aiming to win pro-gun votes in Pennsylvania by touting the Second Amendment, Politico reports. His camp emailed state gun clubs this week about “the right and traditions of sportsmen" as Obama courted Pennsylvania's pro-gun Democratic lawmakers. The NRA fired back at Obama—and Hillary Clinton, too—calling overtures “scripted rhetorical tricks.” More »
- Hillary Renews Call for State Re-Votes
  
  Associated Press | Apr 5, 08 8:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Stumping in Oregon today, Hillary Clinton kept up her fight to recognize Florida and Michigan primary results, saying the votes had been “officially tallied,” the AP reports. “The question is whether those 2.3 million Democrats will be honored.” Meanwhile Barack Obama’s camp, which has offered to evenly split the disputed delegates, reminded reporters that Clinton once said the contests “didn’t count for anything.” More »
- Obama Holds 5-Point Lead Over Hillary
  
  Gallup | Apr 5, 08 5:56 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama held a 5-point lead over Hillary Clinton in the latest Gallup poll and grabbed a rare 45%-45% tie with John McCain. McCain usually polls higher than either Democrat, and currently edges Clinton 47% to 45%. The numbers are a sign that Obama has overcome his January/February swoon, largely attributed to the Jeremiah Wright scandal, the Swamp blog reports. More »
- Who Will Win the Veep Sweepstakes?
  
  Politico | Apr 5, 08 5:36 PM CDT