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A House Divided

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." - Abraham Lincoln and Matthew 12:25

Can the Dems pull themselves together in time? Herewith the chronicle of their divisions.

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June 2008
- A Call for a Clinton Speech on Sexism
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 1, 08 7:56 AM CDT
  
  The time is ripe for Hillary Clinton to speak out on gender discrimination openly and honestly, writes Anna Holmes in the New York Times . After she ends her bid for the White House, such a move wouldn’t be called a political stunt, and would afford her the opportunity “to speak with courage and conviction,” as Barack Obama did in his much-admired speech about race. More »
May 2008
- Dems Have Uncertain Path Ahead
  
  newser | New York Times | May 31, 08 10:18 PM CDT
  
  Hillary Clinton made a very public point of keeping her options open—with Harold Ickes angrily reserving the campaign's right to appeal today's delegate decision—but she seems increasingly resolved to defeat, the New York Times reports. Instead of taking the fight to the convention, close associates think she'll drop out at some point after next week's results and endorse Barack Obama. Just don't bet the house on it. More »
- Dems Seat Fla., Mich. Delegates as Half-Votes
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 31, 08 6:45 PM CDT
  
  Democratic officials voted today to seat Florida and Michigan primary delegates as half-votes, the AP reports. At a boisterous hearing, delayed by nearly 3 hours of private talks, the party seated Florida delegates based on the state's primary vote, with 105 for Clinton and 67 for Obama. The Michigan deal was more complex, giving 69 of the half-votes to Clinton and 59 to Obama. More »
- Obama Quits Trinity Church
  
  newser | Politico | May 31, 08 6:01 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama quit his longtime church today in an apparent attempt to quell its latest pulpit controversy, Politico reports. Obama resigned by letter to the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where a reverend accused Hillary Clinton this week of acting "entitled" to the presidency because she is white. Last month, Obama denounced Trinity's Rev. Jeremiah Wright for his heated racial sermons. More »
- Dems Hashing Out Delegates
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 31, 08 12:33 PM CDT
  
  Democratic party leaders continue to wrangle over the disputed delegates of Florida and Michigan today, hearing impassioned pleas from representatives of both states and campaigns. Hundreds of protesters are gathered outside the Washington meeting as the party's rules committee seeks a compromise, the AP reports. “We are strong enough to struggle and disagree and to even be angry and disappointed and still come together at the end of the day and be united,” said party chief Howard Dean. More »
- Nader Likes Obama, but He's Still a 'Corporate Democrat'
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 31, 08 8:38 AM CDT
  
  Ralph Nader prefers Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton, but still considers Obama what he calls “a corporate Democrat,” the Green Party candidate for president tells the Wall Street Journal in a wide-ranging chat over lunch. Despite the populist rhetoric, Obama has “made his peace” with the need to be a “conciliatory, concessionary, adaptive politician to the reality of corporate power,” Nader notes. More »
- Democrats to Settle Score on Fla., Mich.
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 31, 08 7:33 AM CDT
  
  The Democratic rules committee has begun a daylong meeting to try to settle the dispute over the seating of Florida and Michigan’s delegates, chosen in violation of party rules. Many Dems expect half the delegations from each state to be seated, the Washington Post reports, which would do little to alter the delegate math that underscores Barack Obama’s virtual lock on the nomination. More »
- Obama Repudiates Preacher Over 'White Tears' Slam
  
  newser | MSNBC | May 30, 08 3:27 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama has had to apologize for another troublesome preacher at his home church, reports MSNBC. The Rev. Michael Pfleger—a white Catholic priest widely known as Chicago's "renegade" priest for his liberal social activism in the city’s black community—mocked Hillary Clinton in a guest sermon, saying she squirted tears on the campaign trail because her sense of white entitlement had been punctured by Obama's success. More »
- Mich.-Fla. Plan, Net Gain of 19 for Clinton, Picking Up Steam
  
  newser | Talking Points Memo | May 29, 08 5:10 PM CDT
  
  A plan to give each of Florida’s Democratic delegates a half-vote and to split Michigan’s halved delegates evenly between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is “gaining some traction in the right circles” ahead of Saturday’s DNC meeting, Talking Points Memo discerns from an MSNBC report. The compromise would net Clinton 19 delegates and set a new “magic number” of 2,118. More »
- 10 Score Later, America Still Loves Lincoln
  
  newser | Newsweek | May 19, 08 4:36 PM CDT
  
  Honest Abe may be gone, but an industry of books, debates, and a Spielberg biopic are all alive and well. With Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial coming next year, all three White House hopefuls have invoked his name, and the US Mint is issuing pennies to honor states where he lived. "He changed America's views through his verbiage and thoughts," one expert said. More »
- Hillary Defeat Would Shake Up Democrats
  
  newser | New York Times | May 8, 08 1:22 PM CDT
  
  With Barack Obama headed toward the Democratic nomination, the Clintons' long reign over the party looks likely to end, the New York Times reports. That could lead to a bold new era—or a divided party that Obama can’t reconcile. “It’s going to create an upheaval,” said one Democratic organizer. “The Clintons and their allies have been running the show for 16 years.” More »
- Talking Heads Call Nomination for Obama
  
  newser | New York Times | May 7, 08 1:46 PM CDT
  
  America’s pundit class has deemed the Democratic race over, shifting the conventional wisdom away from Hillary Clinton’s whisker of a chance, the New York Times reports. From Tim Russert’s assertion that “We now know who the Democratic nominee’s going to be, and no one’s going to dispute it” to the Drudge Report’s anointing Barack Obama “The Nominee,” the worm appears to have turned among analysts. More »
April 2008
- Top Clinton Fundraiser Jumps to Obama Camp
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Apr 26, 08 12:35 PM CDT
  
  Hillary Clinton will lose one of her key fundraisers to Barack Obama, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, a former ambassador under President Clinton who had raised $300,000, “became concerned about the tone of the race,” an Obama aide said. But a Democratic strategist said one defection isn’t enough to sink Clinton: “You need a pattern in politics.” More »
- Between Barack and a Hard Place
  
  newser | National Journal | Apr 25, 08 7:42 PM CDT
  
  Hillary Clinton can’t win the Democratic nomination, Charlie Cook concedes in the National Journal , but if she keeps winning primaries, she’s stuck in “political purgatory:" She can’t quit, either. The primary system is such that for all Clinton's big-state victories and the media flak buffeting Barack Obama, she can’t possibly turn the ship around—but she can't go home either. More »
- Blogger Weighs Health Care Plans, Flunks McCain
  
  newser | Glamour | Apr 25, 08 4:40 PM CDT
  
  Hacking through the forest of reporting on the presidential candidates' health care plans, Glamour blogger Megan Carpentier weighs in. Writing "as someone born with a birth defect who has been known to get sick," she bluntly begins, "I know enough about my own health insurance situation over the last decade to be able to say with absolute certainty that our health insurance system in this country sucks." More »
- Reid, Pelosi Talk Tough to Superdelegates
  
  newser | CQPolitics | Apr 25, 08 2:17 PM CDT
  
  Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Howard Dean plan to coordinate demands that uncommitted Democratic superdelegates endorse a candidate—and well before August's convention. Senate Majority Leader Reid said yesterday that “this matter will be over no later than July 1,” Congressional Quarterly reports. House Speaker Pelosi added that the party's nominee needs to start the general-election battle before August. More »
- More GOP Ads Take Direct Aim at Obama
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Apr 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT
  
  More Republicans are taking advantage of Barack Obama's newfound vulnerability by giving him a starring role in their political ads, the Los Angeles Times reports. One New Mexico spot says Obama disrespects “the American way of life,” and another in Louisiana that mentions his “radical” healthcare plan prompted the Democrat in the race to insist he has not "endorsed any national politician.” More »
- Clinton Not Giving Up on NC
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Apr 25, 08 9:50 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama is widely expected to walk away with North Carolina's Democratic primary, but Hillary Clinton—buoyed by her Pennsylvania success—isn't giving up on the state, reports the Wall Street Journal. Clinton is spending millions on ads and staging dozens of rallies, hoping that her momentum will translate into a strong performance May 6. More »
- Clyburn Blasts Bill's 'Bizarre' Obama Attacks
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 25, 08 6:01 AM CDT
  
  South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn slammed Bill Clinton’s “bizarre” campaign-trail conduct in an interview yesterday with the New York Times , saying that “black people are incensed” over Clinton’s remarks about Barack Obama. Clinton earlier compared Obama’s win in South Carolina to Jesse Jackson’s 1988 success there, then Monday claimed the Obama campaign had “played the race card on me” by making an issue of it. More »
- Age, not Race, Beat Barack in Pennsylvania
  
  newser | Newsweek | Apr 24, 08 4:39 PM CDT
  
  The best explanation for Hillary Clinton's big win in Pennsylvania was not race but age, Jonathan Alter argues in Newsweek . A remarkable 40% of the voters in Tuesday’s primary were over 60, and Barack Obama’s 41-59% defeat in the demographic was the killer. Pennsylvania is second only to Florida in average age, and Obama's showing among seniors there was actually markedly improved from his 28-69% thumping in that demo in Ohio. More »

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Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., shake hands at the end of the Democratic presidential debate in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Feb.... (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., walks from a Senate vote on the budget, Thursday, March 13, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., points to a questioner during a news conference in Chicago, Wednesday, March 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., addresses the crowd at Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Pittsburgh, Friday, March 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting in Medford, Ore., Saturday, March 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts to supporters' cheers during a campaign rally in Evansville, Ind., Thursday, March 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks during a town hall meeting at Hempfield Area High School in Greensburg, Pa., Friday, March 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., addresses an overflow crowd in the parking lot of Sara's Diner during a campaign stop in Fort Wayne, Ind, Friday, March 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shake hands after a Democratic presidential debate in this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks to press on the plane as he headed from Chicago to Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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