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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
- 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 »
- Brown: World Needs US to Lead
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Mar 26, 08 6:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - British PM Gordon Brown plans a landmark speech in Boston next month, calling on the US to once again provide inspiration to a world in need of American "values and leadership." The address will be aimed at John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama—not President Bush, the Daily Telegraph reports. Brown will evoke the memory of presidents such as Kennedy, Truman, and Roosevelt, who he believes were vital to global peace and prosperity. More »
- Obama Posts Tax Records Online
  
  Chicago Tribune | Mar 25, 08 7:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign posted his tax returns from 2000-06 online today in another attempt to portray the Clinton campaign as secretive, the Chicago Tribune reports. Obama has hounded Clinton to make her post-White House tax records public; she has said she will do so soon. The Obamas' income ranged from $240,000 in 2000 to $1.6 million in 2005, MSNBC reports, the latter figure largely due to proceeds from his autobiography. More »
- Wright 'Would Not Have Been My Pastor': Clinton
  
  Washington Post | Mar 25, 08 6:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a week’s silence, Hillary Clinton spoke today on the Jeremiah Wright flap, saying the ex-minister at Barack Obama's church “would not have been my pastor,” the Washington Post reports. She said “getting up and moving” would have been the right choice for Obama. “You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend,” Clinton added. More »
- Candidates' Family Trees Have Far-Flung Limbs
  
  Boston Globe | Mar 25, 08 5:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt household might have trouble choosing a Democratic candidate: It turns out Barack Obama is a distant cousin of Pitt’s and Hillary Clinton is a relative of Jolie’s. The author of a new genealogical survey cautions voters not to be too swayed—but it seems fitting that John McCain’s sixth cousin is one Laura Bush. More »
- Obama's Foreign Policy Would Be Radical Overhaul
  
  American Prospect | Mar 25, 08 3:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama provides “the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique” from a presidential contender in decades, writes Spencer Ackerman in the American Prospect —focusing not on fear, but rather on what advisers call “dignity promotion.” Ackerman credits the candidate's brain trust with cutting through “Democratic timidity” to look at the root causes of anti-Americanism and address misery on a global basis. More »
- Will the Losers Rebound, Try Again, or Retire?
  
  Reuters | Mar 25, 08 11:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Very different futures await the two candidates who don't reach the White House, watchers say, with Barack Obama viewed as a future White House candidate, Hillary Clinton seen as a likely party leader in the Senate, and John McCain expected to retire in 2010. If Hillary doesn’t win, and campaigns hard for Obama, she’ll likely maintain her rep—and the top congressional job may be hers. More »
- Pa. Primary Turns Politics of Race On Its Ear
  
  USA Today | Mar 25, 08 10:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The upcoming primary in Pennsylvania pits two of the state's prominent young Democrats against each other in a battle that seems to defy the normal conventions of race and politics, USA Today reports. Philadelphia's popular black mayor is pushing hard for Clinton in the city, where Obama is nearly a lock to win, while a white first-term congressman is bucking the state establishment and campaigning for Obama in the suburbs. More »
- Obama Erases Clinton's Lead With Speech
  
  Baltimore Sun | Mar 25, 08 9:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new Gallup poll puts the two Democratic presidential candidates on ev