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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 Wins in Iowa, Again
  
  Associated Press | Mar 15, 08 10:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama netted seven more delegates in Iowa tonight, two months after the state held its caucuses, the AP reports. How so? Some of the delegates who originally backed John Edwards shifted to Obama during the state's county conventions, the second part of Iowa's election process. These are generally of no great consequence because the nominee is usually secured by now. Not so this year. More »
- Olbermann Rips Clinton Over Ferraro Flap
  
  Washington Post | Mar 15, 08 6:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If Keith Olbermann is the Rush Limbaugh of the left—as Chris Cillizza observes in his Washington Post Fix blog—Hillary Clinton couldn’t have been happy when Olbermann blasted her Wednesday night over the recent Geraldine Ferraro flap. “You are now campaigning as if Barack Obama were the Democrat and you were the Republican,” he said. More »
- Obama Campaign Drops Rev. Wright
  
  CNN | Mar 15, 08 5:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Jeremiah Wright, the militant Chicago minister and spiritual adviser to Barack Obama, is off the senator’s campaign, CNN reports. Wright will no longer sit on the senator’s African-American Religious Leadership Committee, the campaign announced. Obama has often said he rejects the reverend’s more incendiary opinions, especially his comment that the US deserved the 9/11 attacks. But yesterday the candidate went further, calling some old sermons that have come to light this week "inflammatory and appalling." More »
- Which Will Change Color in November?
  
  Washington Post | Mar 14, 08 7:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are bragging about which states they might flip. The Washington Post ’s Chris Cillizza has a top-10 list, ranked in order (only New Hampshire and Minnesota appear headed red): Iowa: The Democrats get “HUGE” points for their diligence in primary season, while John McCain was AWOL. New Mexico: It’s all about savvy Bill Richardson’s influence. The Land of Enchantment is always a virtual tie. More »
- Superdelegate Wants Some Peace and Quiet
  
  New York Observer | Mar 14, 08 4:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With superdelegates like this, who needs Republicans? The Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns may be pondering that question after getting Leana Medley's voicemail again, but she doesn't care. "I'm more likely to take a call from a reporter," the director of Missouri’s National Education Association tells the New York Observer. More »
- Mich. Inches Closer to June Re-Vote
  
  Detroit Free Press | Mar 14, 08 4:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Michigan’s Democratic primary will take place—again—on June 3 if Barack Obama and the state legislature agree on a re-vote and private funds can be raised, the Detroit Free Press reports. Negotiators struck a tentative deal this afternoon on a full-fledged primary repeat, which state lawmakers must approve by the end of next week. More »
- Noonan to McCain: Tell Us What You Believe In
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 14, 08 3:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Peggy Noonan takes the measure of John McCain in today's Wall Street Journal and wonders "what does he stand for, really?" A friend of the senator's speculates on his "complacency" now that he's secured the nomination, and Noonan goes off: "You have to want the presidency or the people won't give it to you. You have to fight for it." More »
- Dem Office Holders Gravitate Toward Obama
  
  Bloomberg | Mar 14, 08 2:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is cutting into Hillary Clinton's lead among the most prestigious superdelegates, the Democratic Party's members of Congress and governors. Among those 313 superdelegates, Clinton has the support of 103 and Obama of 96, reports Bloomberg. Clinton maintains an overall lead of 259-212 among superdelegates, but that too is narrowing: since her victories in Texas and Ohio, she has only picked up one superdelegate while Obama has netted 9. More »
- Obama Banks on Democratic Converts in Pa.
  
  Politico | Mar 14, 08 1:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has 6 weeks to cut into Hillary Clinton’s lead in Pennsylvania, but only 10 more days to lay the groundwork: Voters must register as members of a party by March 24 to vote in the primary. Independents and Republicans must switch their affiliation to Democratic by then because the April 22 primary is "closed," which favors Clinton. Obama volunteers have been recruiting since long before staffers arrived in January. More »
- Obama Preacher's Words Keep Resurfacing
  
  Guardian (UK) | Mar 14, 08 11:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In the latest campaign preacher flap, TV networks are airing clips from sermons in which the former pastor of Barack Obama's church condemns "racist" US society and compares the candidate's experiences to Jesus' struggles, the Guardian reports. "God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human," said the fiery pastor who presided over Obama's marriage, baptized his kids, and provided the title of his biography. He also once described the 9/11 attacks as "America's chickens coming home to roost." More »
- Senate Rejects Temporary Ban on Pork
  
  CNN | Mar 14, 08 7:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Senate soundly rejected a bid to ban pork barrel spending for a year last night, despite the support of all three presidential candidates who returned to DC for a day of heavy voting, CNN reports. Both the House and Senate also passed budget plans—largely symbolic moves in an election year—that would allow many of President Bush's tax cuts to expire in about three years. More »
- Iraq Pullout Would Spur Genocide: Mac
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Mar 14, 08 2:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain charged yesterday that early withdrawal from Iraq proposed by both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would trigger "genocide" across the region. He launched his latest attack on his Democratic rivals on the eve of his planned international tour to Britain, France, Israel, Jordan and possibly Iraq to pitch his war strategy to America's allies, reports the Daily Telegraph . More »