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Clinton-Obama Tussle

"Are there three people in this debate, not two?" -John Edwards

The feud between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is getting intense...so intense that it could cost the Democrats a White House victory. Clinton has called Obama a "frustrated" former "slumlord," while Obama has criticized Clinton's "different kind of politics" and "looseness with the facts." Whose side are you on?

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March 2008
- Minn. Senator Klobuchar OKs Obama
  
  newser | The Hotline | Mar 31, 08 2:28 PM CDT
  
  Amy Klobuchar endorsed Barack Obama today, saying her Senate colleague can "dissolve the hard cynical edge that has dominated our politics.” Obama and Hillary Clinton are now tied in upper house support, Talking Points Memo reports, with each Dem boasting 14 Senate backers. The vote among the Senate women is now 6-2 Clinton. More »
- Obama Appears To Gain in Texas Delegate Count
  
  newser | Houston Chronicle | Mar 31, 08 12:43 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama apparently overtook Hillary Clinton in Texas’ pledged-delegate count after this weekend’s regional Democratic conventions netted him seven to nine more at-large delegates than Clinton, the Houston Chronicle reports. “We can confirm now that Barack Obama won Texas,” an aide said after the campaign's math gave the Illinois senator a five-delegate lead; Clinton's camp puts Obama's edge at three. More »
- Foreign-Policy Bigwigs Duel on Wisdom of Ending War
  
  newser | Washington Post | Mar 31, 08 11:36 AM CDT
  
  Advisors to Barack Obama and John McCain spar over ending the Iraq war in Washington Post editorials, with Zbigniew Brzezinski saying rapid departure will likely bring stability, and Max Boot arguing it would spell disaster. The former national-security adviser says much jihadism is product of anti-American fervor, a charge Boot dismisses—adding it’s sunny optimism to expect relief at US departure. More »
- Clinton Speaks Working Class' Language
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Mar 31, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been boosted by her ability to connect with blue-collar voters, despite her not-so-blue-collar personal history, Jim Tankersley writes in the Chicago Tribune . Analysts say Clinton's focus on economic issues, her clear speeches and her own past struggles in the public eye all help the candidate endear herself to working-class voters. More »
- Bill to Dems on Primaries: Chill!
  
  newser | San Jose Mercury News | Mar 31, 08 5:00 AM CDT
  
  Former President Bill Clinton told California Democrats to "chill out" and let the long, bruising battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination continue. "We are going to win this election if we just chill out and let everybody have their say," Clinton told the state Democratic convention in San Jose yesterday. He said it would strengthen the Democratic Party to allow the rest of the states to vote. More »
- Obama Nails 10-Point National Lead in Gallup Poll
  
  newser | Gallup | Mar 31, 08 4:43 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama jumped to his largest national lead of the year in a new Gallup poll, pulling ahead of Hillary Clinton 52% to 42%. The figure marks the Illinois senator’s third consecutive lead, and the first double-digit lead since Hillary chalked up a 11% lead over Barack in early February. More »
- Vendors to Clinton: Don't Be a Deadbeat
  
  newser | Politico | Mar 30, 08 1:17 PM CDT
  
  Hillary Clinton’s campaign is earning a deadbeat reputation among some campaign vendors, reports Politico. To keep pace with Obama and maintain reserves for future media buys and events, it has put off paying hundreds of bills, leaving many—mostly small and local—businesses grousing. Clinton ended February with $16 million in primary funds, including $5 million of her own money, and $8.7 million in unpaid bills. More »
- Dems Hope May 6 Primary Will Settle Race
  
  newser | Newsweek | Mar 30, 08 5:30 AM CDT
  
  Many Democratic observers are looking past the April 22 Pennsylvania primary to the May 6 contests in Indiana and North Carolina as a chance to finally determine the primary race before the national convention. With 187 delegates at stake, May 6 holds the biggest delegate trove remaining, and the outcome of the day's contests may sway uncommitted Dem superdelegates, Newsweek reports. More »
- Hillary Says She Won't Drop; Obama Thinks That's OK
  
  newser | Washington Post | Mar 29, 08 9:06 PM CDT
  
  Hillary Clinton insisted today that she will not drop out of the race early, and Barack Obama thinks that's just fine. Clinton told the Washington Post that she will compete in every primary, then take her fight to the convention in August if necessary. Could any scenario change her mind? "No," she said. In Pennsylvania, Obama said Clinton "can run as long as she wants,” AFP reports. More »
- 'Ugly, Divided' Party Will Lose, Dean Warns
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 29, 08 6:22 PM CDT
  
  Democrats continue to clash over the effects of a long and bitter primary race, the New York Times reports. "If we have an ugly, divided convention, we will lose" the November election, said Howard Dean, who has called on superdelegates to decide by July. But Hillary-backer Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa said, "We’ve become a bit too squeamish. I, for one, want my nominee to be battle tested.” More »
- Clinton Supporters See Sexist Backlash
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Mar 29, 08 8:51 AM CDT
  
  Many women who support Hillary Clinton—and even some who don't—find that the New York senator's bid for president has unleashed unsettling sexist hostility in the workplace and elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal reports. A woman shouted at by a stranger for her Hillary bumper sticker says the "level of venom" always takes her by surprise. More »
- Leahy Be Damned, Hillary Soldiers On
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 29, 08 5:14 AM CDT
  
  Citing the rights of voters to speak their piece and the “many differing opinions and strong-minded individuals” of the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton yesterday reaffirmed her candidacy in the face of senator Patrick Leahy’s call for her end a campaign with “no very good reason” to continue and make way for Barack Obama, the New York Times reports. More »
- That's Professor Obama to You
  
  newser | Politico | Mar 28, 08 4:28 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama was indeed a professor at the University of Chicago's law school, the school said today. The Clinton campaign and the Sun-Times have said otherwise, but academic semantics back the onetime senior lecturer. The university said that title did qualify Obama as a professor—and the law school had even offered him a tenure-track position. More »
- Casey Nod Perfectly Timed, Placed
  
  newser | Washington Post | Mar 28, 08 3:21 PM CDT
  
  The endorsement of Sen. Bob Casey will give Barack Obama aid right where he needs it, Shailagh Murray notes in the Washington Post —among Pennsylvania’s lower-income white men. So-called “Casey Democrats”—anti-abortion, pro-gun social conservatives—are the kind of voters Obama must prove he can sway April 22 in Pennsylvania, and nationwide in November. More »
- Leahy to Clinton: You're Out
  
  newser | Vermont Public Radio | Mar 28, 08 2:45 PM CDT
  
  Continued sniping with Hillary Clinton is hurting Barack Obama's chances of winning the White House, and "she ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama," Sen. Pat Leahy told Vermont Public Radio in an interview aired today. The harsh assessment coincided with a suggestion from another influential Vermonter, DNC chairman Howard Dean, that the superdelegates make their plans public by July 1. More »
- Al Gore, Dems' Back-Up Plan
  
  newser | Time | Mar 28, 08 1:55 PM CDT
  
  If the Democratic nomination isn’t wrapped up before August's convention, the party might have a third choice: the one they crowned in 2000. If Barack Obama is too bloodied and Hillary Clinton too divisive, Joe Klein writes in Time , a superdelegate coup could yield an Al Gore-Obama ticket on the spot. Of course, the party would have to be “monumentally desperate.” More »
- Pa. Senator to Endorse Obama
  
  newser | Politico | Mar 28, 08 9:05 AM CDT
  
  Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey will endorse Barack Obama today, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, in what could be big break for the presidential hopeful who's been trailing Hillary Clinton in polls there. Not only can Casey help Obama with Keystone State Democrats, says Politico’s Ben Smith, but his endorsement could signal a superdelegate surge to Obama. Casey had vowed to stay neutral until after the April 22 primary. More »
- Obama Plan: $30B Stimulus, More Regulation
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Mar 27, 08 2:29 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama called today for stricter financial regulations and laid out a $30 billion stimulus plan, the Wall Street Journal reports, including measures aimed at the foreclosure crisis. The Democratic candidate said President Bush had “a generally scornful attitude toward oversight and enforcement,” and proposed expanding Fed powers and upping banks’ capital requirements. More »
- Feds Must Ward Off Stagnation, Clinton Says
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Mar 27, 08 11:15 AM CDT
  
  The government should step into the mortgage mess on a broader scale, Hillary Clinton told the Wall Street Journal yesterday, suggesting monetary policy alone can’t ignite a recovery and warning that procrastination could lead to stagnation similar to Japan’s weary economy. Clinton said the Federal Housing Administration should buy troubled mortgages in combination with a program to auction defaulted loans. More »
- Clinton Slips to New Low in Poll
  
  newser | MSNBC | Mar 27, 08 6:51 AM CDT
  
  Hillary Clinton is suffering some of the worst poll numbers of her political career, according to an NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll. Clinton chalked up a personal approval rating of just 37%, the lowest since March 2001, two months after her election to the Senate. And of Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain, the poll ranked Hillary the least capable of uniting the nation. More »

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Democratic presidential hopefuls, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., pass during a break between the televised Republican and Democratic presidential debates at Saint Anselm... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. greets a familiar face as she visits a polling place on primary day in Manchester, N.H. early Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (Associated Press)

Sen. Barack Obama speaks at the Sunday morning church service at Dr. Martin Luther King's Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Sunday. Obama has vowed to get tougher in his opposition to Bill and Hillary... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., participate in a Democratic presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Monday, Jan. 21, 2008.... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, listens as Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a Democratic presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Monday, Jan. 21,... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the current economic news and attacks Sen. Hillary Clinton's economic positions during a speech on the campus of Furman University... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. gestures during a news conference in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. speaks at a campaign rally in Hackensack, N.J. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in Hackensack, N.J. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (Associated Press)

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