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June 2008
- Dems Work to Fuse Fundraising Machines
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 7, 08 6:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Obama and Clinton campaigns have been working to merge their fundraising machines as Clinton prepares her swan song today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Clinton made a call to her top 50 fundraisers, urging them to get behind Obama and promising a private meeting with the presumed nominee. The combined operation could create a juggernaut capable of dwarfing the contents of John McCain's offers. More »
- Noonan to Dems: You Dodged a Bullet
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 6, 08 5:18 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hooray, Democrats! You dumped Hillary Clinton, not for her positions, or because you were sexist, but over her "essential nature," Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal . Another Clinton White House would have meant lies, scandal, drama, and "the sheer, daily madness that is her, and him"—aka, husband Bill. "She lost because enough Democrats looked at her and thought: I don't like that, I don't like the way she does it, I'm not going there ," Noonan writes. More »
- Edwards Doesn't Want VP Slot
  
  AFP | Jun 6, 08 4:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John Kerry's running mate doesn’t want to reprise the role for Barack Obama. "I have already been a candidate for vice president in 2004," John Edwards said today in Spain, AFP reports."I want to work hard for the campaign, but the vice presidency is not a position that I desire.” More »
- Ethnic Media Proud of, Cautious About Candidate
  
  New America Media | Jun 6, 08 3:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ethnic media outlets are lauding Barack Obama's victory as a step for all minorities, but they're also holding him at arm’s length, waiting for personal attention. “The White House may not be a house for whites anymore,” said Korea Daily . Indeed, American minorities say glass ceilings broken by one group spur progress for the rest, New American Media reports. More »
- Grandson as President? Eh, No Big Deal
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 6, 08 2:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Her grandson could be the next president of the United States, but don't think Kenya's "Mama Sarah" is about to let it go to her head or Barack Obama's. “It’s just a job, a government job," she tells the Guardian . "I am not going to make a big deal out of it or pretend that it's anything really great.” She remains proud, however, of his rise from humble origins, as the newspaper notes in a profile. More »
- McCain Targets Disgruntled Clinton Voters
  
  Washington Post | Jun 6, 08 12:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain sees his path to the White House lined with Hillary Clinton supporters. Up to 28% of Clinton backers have told pollsters they’ll defect to the GOP now that Barack Obama has clinched the nomination, the Washington Post reports, so McCain is targeting them, calling Clinton a “friend” who inspired his daughters. It’s a long shot, but, hey, it worked for Ronald Reagan. More »
- A Primer on the Fist Bump
  
  Time | Jun 6, 08 10:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The now-famous fist bump shared by Barack and Michelle Obama on the night he claimed the Democratic nomination led Time on a search for the origins and cosmic relevance of the gesture. It proved tricky: For instance, some say the bump—a rough evolution goes handshake, "gimme five" palm slap, high five, fist bump—started in the NBA in the 1970s, while others insist it's from the Wonder Twins of the old Superfriends cartoon. More »
- The Winning Combination: Passion Plus Efficiency
  
  Time | Jun 6, 08 9:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama triumphed because he managed to infuse his campaign with that rarest of combinations, writes Karen Tumulty in Time —"the energy of an insurgency and the efficiency of a corporation." His camp also has been remarkably free of drama and unshakable from its core message of change. And it didn't hurt that it rewrote the book on how to use the Internet as a campaign tool. More »
- Clinton, Obama Meet Privately in DC
  
  NBC | Jun 5, 08 8:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met face to face tonight in a private meeting, NBC news reports. No immediate word surfaced about their discussion. Obama delayed his departure from Washington and instead went to Clinton's home in DC. Earlier in the day, both sought to temper speculation that Obama should make Clinton his vice president. She plans to suspend her campaign Saturday and endorse him. More »
- German Paper Slammed for Obama Slur
  
  Der Spiegel | Jun 5, 08 3:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A German newspaper ignited a firestorm of controversy this week when it printed a photograph of the White House bearing the headline "Uncle Barack's Cabin." "The headline is intended to be satirical," the Berlin-based daily Die Tageszeitung 's deputy editor-in-chief explained to Der Spiegel, adding that it was supposed to make people think about racial stereotypes.