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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
- Obama Nails 10-Point National Lead in Gallup Poll
  
  Gallup | Mar 31, 08 4:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Politico | Mar 30, 08 1:17 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Newsweek | Mar 30, 08 5:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Washington Post | Mar 29, 08 9:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  New York Times | Mar 29, 08 6:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 29, 08 8:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  New York Times | Mar 29, 08 5:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Politico | Mar 28, 08 4:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Washington Post | Mar 28, 08 3:21 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Vermont Public Radio | Mar 28, 08 2:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Time | Mar 28, 08 1:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Politico | Mar 28, 08 9:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 27, 08 2:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 27, 08 11:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  MSNBC | Mar 27, 08 6:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
- Journalists Crave That Touch of Link
  
  Time | Mar 26, 08 7:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - "If it bleeds, it leads" is a journalistic truism, but in the age of new media, the traffic-driving link is the gold standard. With aggregators and bloggers cherry-picking lively content, "since the hits are often coming for specific stories, and not the entire site, a blockbuster story that gets linked to, say, Drudge, is money in the bank," Michael Scherer writes for Time —the Swampland blog, of course. More »
- 28% of Hillary Fans Would Pick Mac Over Obama
  
  Chicago Tribune | Mar 26, 08 1:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a troubling sign for Democratic odds of overcoming the primary bloodbath, a poll finds 28% of Hillary Clinton supporters say they would vote for John McCain over Barack Obama, and 19% of Barack boosters would go GOP over Clinton. It’s great news for the crossover-friendly Republican, the Chicago Tribune notes—and suggests Dem “divisions are running deep,” says the pollster. More »
- Experts Deride McCain’s Mortgage Crisis Fix
  
  New York Sun | Mar 26, 08 12:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Economists, and rivals, are scoffing at John McCain’s ideas for countering the nation’s foreclosure crisis, taking aim at the suggestion that top lenders follow the post-9/11 example of General Motors—which offered 0% financing on new cars. But experts note that GM had its own interests in mind—not the country’s—in selling off excess inventory, the New York Sun reports. More »
- Reid: Race Will End Before Convention
  
  Politico | Mar 26, 08 11:12 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The top Senate Democrat says his party's presidential nomination will be wrapped up before the Aug. 25-28 convention. “It will be done,” majority leader Harry Reid declared of the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama—adding mysteriously, Politico reports, that he’d spoken to party chairman Howard Dean and that “things are being done.” More »
- Foes Tag Obama With L-Word
  
  Washington Post | Mar 26, 08 8:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign says the candidate is beyond labels but the senator's critics think they've found one that fits: liberal. The McCain campaign has branded the candidate an "old-style liberal," while the Clintonites say Obama's positions could alienate moderates—and wonder how the candidate National Journal rated as 2007's most liberal senator could be a unifier. 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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