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Clinton 2008

Though she led in the popular vote (so she claims), the champagne wishes and Presidential dreams are over for Hillary.

Love her or hate her (and many people fall into one or the other of these camps), Hillary Clinton ran neck and neck with Obama for the Democratic nomination. Her husband, who helped her top the fundraising charts for the first quarter (but not by nearly as big a margin as expected), was both one of her biggest assets and her biggest liabilities. She's won kudos in the Senate for hard work and bipartisan effectiveness, but in the end the numbers just weren't on her side.

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January 2008
- Clinton Drops to 3rd in Last Poll
  
  Reuters | Jan 3, 08 6:59 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A new poll conducted hours before the Iowa caucus gives a surging Barack Obama a 4-point lead over John Edwards, with Hillary Clinton slipping to third place. The Reuters/Zogby poll puts Obama at 31% support among likely Democratic caucus-goers, with Edwards polling 27% and Clinton 24%. Among Republicans, Mike Huckabee held a six-point lead over nearest rival Mitt Romney. More »
- Late-Night Hosts Return With Laughs, Politics
  
  Associated Press | Jan 2, 08 11:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Late-night talk shows returned to the air tonight for the first time in two months with a dose of politics mixed among the laughs, the AP reports. Mike Huckabee appeared on Leno, apparently a bit confused by the status of the writers' strike, while Letterman got a taped intro from Hillary Clinton. Letterman and Conan O'Brien sported beards, having put their razors on strike, too. More »
- Iowa Goes Down to the Wire
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jan 2, 08 9:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The candidates continued an all-out blitz to the finish line before tomorrow's Iowa caucuses as polls continued to show tight races, the AP reports. All three leading Democrats took out dinner-hour ads on TV. "After all the town meetings, the pie and coffee, it all comes down to this: Who is ready to be president and ready to start solving the big challenges we face on Day 1?" asked Clinton. More »
- Why Iowa's a Slog for Hillary
  
  Politico | Jan 2, 08 2:05 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Hillary Clinton camp was convinced that the road to the nomination must go through Iowa, but right about now they may be wishing they'd taken the advice of an aide who urged her to bypass the first caucus state completely. Politico revisits the aide's May memo for keys to her disappointing standing with one day left: For starters, the Hawkeye State has never elected a woman—not as governor, senator, or congresswoman. More »
- Surging McCain Leads in NH Poll
  
  Union Leader (NH) | Jan 2, 08 11:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has shot to the top of the GOP field in New Hampshire, with a 31% to 25% lead over Mitt Romney in a new Suffolk University poll. "Many of the Republican candidates have been talking about faith," quipped the lead pollster, “but it looks like John McCain is headed for a religious experience in the Granite State.” Two other surveys confirmed the Arizona senator’s rally, Pollster shows, putting him on par with Romney for the first time. More »
- Dem Donations Hit Record High
  
  Washington Post | Jan 1, 08 3:48 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The race for the presidency is crowded, but that isn't stopping candidates from raising huge sums of money, the Washington Post reports. The power of the internet to raise cash from both grassroots supporters and wealthy donors is credited with helping Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama raise over $100 million each in 2007. It's the first time in history two candidates have passed that benchmark before a primary. More »
- Dems Jockey for 2nd in Iowa
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jan 1, 08 2:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Two days before the Iowa caucuses, the leading Democratic candidates are looking to exploit unusual rules that allow supporters of candidates who get less than 15% of first-round ballots in a precinct to switch their votes in a second round. Of the top three, the LA Times reports, John Edwards ranks highest as a second choice among supporters of Joe Biden and Bill Richardson. More »
- Obama Widens Iowa Lead
  
  Des Moines Register | Jan 1, 08 11:55 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama gained on Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in the last Des Moines Register poll before Thursday's Iowa caucuses, pulling 32% of likely caucusgoers, to Clinton's 25% and Edwards' 24%. Obama's widening lead—4 points up from late November and the widest all year—comes in part from a surge of first-time caucusgoers, the Register reports. The GOP survey shows Mike Huckabee maintaining his lead over Mitt Romney, 32% to 26%. More »
December 2007
- Chelsea's Lips Are Sealed
  
  Associated Press | Dec 31, 07 2:05 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chelsea Clinton has strictly maintained press silence while campaigning with her mom in Iowa, turning down even a “kid reporter” for the Scholastic News, the AP reports. "I'm sorry,” Chelsea told the 9-year-old yesterday, “I don't talk to the press and that applies to you, unfortunately. Even though I think you're cute." More »
- What's Bill Doing in This Picture?
  
  Politico | Dec 31, 07 11:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Once, Hillary Clinton wanted to keep Bill and his baggage tucked safely in the backseat. Now, as panic takes hold in Iowa, she's set him loose, the latest swerve in a "herky-jerky" campaign that has hopped from strategy to strategy, writes the Politico’s Elizabeth Drew in an analysis of the campaign that once looked "inevitable." If the first woman president needed her husband to win, does that deserve an asterisk? More »
- Hillary Leads in Iowa; Huck, Mitt Neck-and-Neck
  
  Reuters | Dec 30, 07 8:56 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - With just four days left before Iowans gather to caucus, a Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll released today found Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama 31% to 27%, while GOP heavyweights Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are in a dead heat. Third-place Democratic contender John Edwards was running a strong 24%. Republican John McCain, who is focusing on New Hampshire, was the only other candidate in double digits with 11%. More »
- Crunch Time in Iowa: Rivals Step Up Attacks
  
  Reuters | Dec 29, 07 7:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Presidential candidates blitzed through Iowa on the final weekend before next week's caucuses looking to lock up the all-important camp of undecided voters, Reuters reports. The Republican race continued to turn negative, with Romney going after both McCain and Huckabee in new ads, and both candidates striking back at him on the trail. More »
- Obama Fires Back with Iowa TV Request
  
  ABC News | Dec 28, 07 6:55 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is getting a lesson in the politics of local TV