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August 2008
- Obama-Clinton Tension Runs High in Denver
  
  Politico | Aug 25, 08 10:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Months after Hillary Clinton announced her support for Barack Obama, tensions between the two camps have flared again, Politico reports, and behind-the-scenes sniping in Denver is intense. Bill Clinton is unhappy with his speech assignment—Wednesday night's theme, securing America's future, leaves him little room to revisit the successes of his own presidency—while Obama aides say Clinton associates still act like the former first couple has leverage. More »
- Clinton Fans Say Her Support for Obama Tepid
  
  New York Times | Aug 22, 08 9:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Yesterday Hillary Clinton gave a speech in Florida, site of her uncontested primary victory, and urged Democrats to vote for Barack Obama in November. But as the New York Times reports, many at the rally found her support for the presumptive nominee lukewarm at best. In a room full of her supporters, the sentiment prevailed that Clinton's performance was more perfunctory than heartfelt. More »
- Another Poll Confirms: McCain Closes Gap
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 20, 08 7:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Another poll, another batch of bad news for Barack Obama. A new NBC/ Wall Street Journal survey says John McCain has cut Obama's lead by half in the last month and now trails only 45% to 42%. That slim margin makes the race a statistical dead heat. A flurry of other major polls out today reached the same conclusion, and one, from Reuters/Zogby, put McCain ahead by 5 points. More »
- VP Longshot Sebelius Offers Bipartisan Lure
  
  New York Times | Aug 20, 08 10:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Kathleen Sebelius, the dark horse among Barack Obama's potential running mates, is the best suited to carry his postpartisan torch, writes the New York Times . A popular Democratic governor in strongly Republican Kansas, her lieutenant governor is a Republican and she even married a GOP member. But Sebelius is a longshot because she has the same gaps in foreign policy and military experience as Obama, and many wonder whether choosing a woman would further alienate Hillary Clinton supporters. More »
- Biden: 'I'm Not the Guy'
  
  New York Times | Aug 20, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a day in which the media obsessed that Joe Biden was Barack Obama's near-certain choice for a running mate, the Delaware senator appears to have dismissed his own chances, writes the New York Times 's Caucus blog. Yesterday evening as Biden got into his car, he told reporters staked out at his home, "Hey guys, I’m not the guy. See ya." More »
- Obama Ready to Reveal 'Safe' VP Pick
  
  New York Times | Aug 18, 08 8:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama will unveil his running mate as early as Wednesday and kick off a tour of swing states before the Democratic convention, the New York Times reports. His pick likely boils down to three politically safe choices, sources say: Sen. Evan Bayh, Gov. Tim Kaine, and Sen. Joe Biden. Some Democrats still hope Hillary Clinton has a shot and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius may be in the running. More »
- McCain Pulls Even with Obama in Ohio: Poll
  
  The Hill | Aug 18, 08 4:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has caught up to Barack Obama in Ohio, a possible indication that staunch Hillary Clinton supporters have neither forgiven nor forgotten, the Hill reports. Obama led in the crucial swing state in June and July, but a new poll shows him and McCain tied at 45%. Almost 90% of Republicans support McCain, to just 75% of Democrats backing Obama. More »
- Obama Scores $7.8M in San Francisco Blitz
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 18, 08 9:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama raised $7.8 million at a series of San Francisco fundraisers last night, the Los Angeles Times reports, reportedly a record single day's take for the candidate. Obama spoke before three separate groups in the same hotel, including one ballroom filled with 350 VIPs paying a reported $28,500 per couple. More »
- Obama Camp Steers Clear of Arkansas
  
  New York Times | Aug 15, 08 6:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has a novel strategy in Arkansas, a Southern state that likes Democrats: He's not there. The presumptive nominee has no Arkansas office and hasn't even visited in 2 years. Yet analysts aren't surprised, noting that conservative Democrats heavily favor Hillary Clinton and backed President Bush the past two elections. Arkansas also skews whiter than other Southern states, with only a 16% black population. More »
- Sports Owners Put Their Money on McCain
  
  Politico | Aug 15, 08 5:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hollywood money may be filling Barack Obama’s coffers, but sports-owners’ cash is overwhelmingly going to John McCain. The presumptive GOP nominee has raked in $3.2 million raised or donated by sports owners, while Obama has drummed up only $615,000, Politico reports. Even in Chicago, Obama’s hometown, McCain took in six times more than Obama from local team owners. More »
- Candidates Lack 'Placeness': Noonan
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 15, 08 1:17 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - This year's presidential campaign gives no sense of the candidates' roots, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . Clinton was clearly a Southerner, and JFK unmistakably an Irish Catholic from Massachusetts, but “Obama and McCain are not from a place, but from an experience”--Obama from “the town of Smooth in the state of Well-Educated” and McCain from the military. More »
- Clinton to Get Roll-Call Vote at Convention
  
  Newsday | Aug 14, 08 5:13 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s name will be formally entered in nomination at the Democratic convention later this month, Newsday reports. Clinton’s name will be placed in a roll-call vote for a symbolic recognition of her historic campaign—and as an olive branch from those hoping to lessen the resentment from supporters of her failed campaign. More »
- Rangel Denied Chance to Speak in Denver
  
  Politico | Aug 14, 08 1:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Charles Rangel won’t be speaking at the Democratic National Convention, Politico reports. Representatives made a pitch for an address by the House Ways and Means Chairman, but the Obama campaign told them that Rangel’s early support for Hillary Clinton had given him low priority—even though the congressman played a crucial role in persuading Clinton to bow out. More »
- Oprah Will Attend Convention—Quietly
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 14, 08 11:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Oprah Winfrey will be at this month's Democratic convention, but the queen of talk won't be alongside Barack Obama when he accepts the nomination. Oprah would rather "blend in" with the 70,000-strong crowd and leave the spotlight to her candidate, her friend Gayle King says. But the Los Angeles Times ' campaign blog wonders if there may be considerations for her own career as well. More »
- Clinton Will Get Denver Roll Call
  
  The Atlantic | Aug 14, 08 11:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s delegates will be counted in Denver, the Atlantic Monthly’s Marc Ambinder reports, as her supporters near an agreement with Barack Obama’s. Reports of tensions over the issue are exaggerated, advisers on both sides tell Ambinder. Both sides agree that overlooking Clinton could anger her supporters, as would a delegate count below the 1,896.5 she earned in the primaries. More »
- Hillary's Crashing Obama's Party
  
  New York Times | Aug 13, 08 11:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Despite losing the nomination months ago, Hillary Clinton is taking her fight to the convention, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. The New York senator’s continued machinations show she "feels no guilt about encouraging her supporters to mess up Obama’s big moment, thus undermining his odds of beating John McCain and improving her odds of being the nominee in 2012." More »
- Va.'s Warner to Keynote Denver
  
  Associated Press | Aug 13, 08 9:45 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - Mark Warner, Virginia's former governor and current Democratic Senate candidate, has been named the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention, a plum spot that springboarded Barack Obama himself to national prominence. Warner's selection ends speculation that Hillary Clinton, who will also speak that night, would land the position. More »
- How Infighting Doomed Clinton
  
  The Atlantic | Aug 12, 08 2:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid failed for many reasons, the most prominent her campaign team's stunning dysfunction, writes Joshua Green in a much-anticipated Atlantic Monthly feature. Green uncovered a trove of memos, finding a team overwhelmed by “anger and toxic obsessions.” Clinton acted nothing like a chief executive, putting off countless decisions until it was too late. More »
- Clinton Backers Push for Convention Nomination
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Aug 12, 08 7:26 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A group of Hillary Clinton's delegates are working to make sure their candidate's name is put up for nomination at the Democratic convention, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Clinton backers say the symbolic move will serve as recognition for the 18 million voters who chose Hillary in the primaries, and whose votes will be vital in November. More »
- Edwards Lie Cost Hillary the Nomination, Aide Says
  
  ABC News | Aug 11, 08 11:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s former communications director is convinced that had the media outed John Edwards last year, Clinton would be the Democratic nominee. “We would have won Iowa,” Howard Wolfson tells ABC. “Our voters and Edwards’ voters were the same people. They were older, pro-union.” Obama won Iowa with 37.6% of the vote, followed by Edwards with 29.7% and Clinton with 29.5%. More »