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Obama Says No to More Debates
Obama Says No
to More Debates
Apr 27, 2008 5:33 PM CDT

Obama Says No to More Debates

Candidate also slams old issue: 'If I lose, it won't be because of race'

(Newser) - Barack Obama today rejected the idea of additional debates against Hillary Clinton, the Chicago Tribune reports. “I’m not ducking. We’ve had 21” debates, the senator said, insisting he prefers face-to-face talks with the kind of blue-collar voters who helped clinch Clinton’s Pennsylvania win.

Dems Assail McCain on War
Dems Assail McCain on War
Apr 27, 2008 4:33 PM CDT

Dems Assail McCain on War

Obama would defy Petraeus to withdraw; DNC ads knock Mac's '100 years' in Iraq

(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain clashed over Iraq today, as the DNC readies an ad campaign criticizing McCain's now-infamous remark about keeping troops in Iraq for 100 years. In a Fox News interview, Obama pledged to withdraw troops from Iraq even if Gen. David Petraeus advised against it. But the...

Campaign Fatigue Grips Dems
 Campaign Fatigue Grips Dems 
Apr 27, 2008 12:10 PM CDT

Campaign Fatigue Grips Dems

On trail with no end in sight, both camps are exhausted

(Newser) - Barack Obama likes to joke that since his campaign started, "babies have been born and are now walking and talking," but he's hardly exaggerating. The last 15 months have seen staffers from both his and Hillary Clinton's camps get married, become parents, and grow increasingly exhausted as the...

Wright Received Death Threats
Wright Received Death Threats
Apr 27, 2008 9:39 AM CDT

Wright Received Death Threats

Controversial pastor returns to public eye as critical primary looms for Obama

(Newser) - Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose controversial rants scuttled Barack Obama's "post-racial" campaign, reemerged in the headlines yesterday just ahead of the Dems' primary showdown on May 6. Asked by PBS' Bill Moyers if he’d received death threats, Wright says: “Yes, and bomb threats at the church. People (are)...

Clinton Ties Obama at 47% After Winning Pa.

Clinton leads McCain by 3%; Obama and Mac are running even

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is riding high from her Keystone State win. After lagging in Gallup polls much of this month, she tied Barack Obama in the latest tracking poll at 47%. She also leads John McCain by 3 points, while Obama is even with the GOP nominee at 45%. The two...

Clinton Calls for Moderator-Free Debate

But Obama had ruled out debates before the next primaries

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton wants one last debate before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries next month, and she’s ready to do it Lincoln-Douglas style. “After the last debate, Sen. Obama’s supporters complained a little about the tough questions,” Clinton told a crowd in South Bend today. “...

Bill Resumes Central Role in Hillary's Campaign

Despite his critics, he seems to helping her regain momentum

(Newser) - Despite controversial remarks on more than one occasion, Bill Clinton has moved to the forefront of his wife’s campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. In what some insiders call the “Billification” of Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, the ex-President is pushing for sharper attacks on Barack Obama amid...

Top Clinton Fundraiser Jumps to Obama Camp

Former ambassador "concerned" about tone of race

(Newser) - 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...

McCain Claims Obama Is Hamas Choice
McCain Claims Obama Is
Hamas Choice
Apr 26, 2008 8:00 AM CDT

McCain Claims Obama Is Hamas Choice

Alleged endorsement is fair game, his campaign insists

(Newser) - John McCain's campaign plans to make an issue out of an alleged "endorsement" of Barack Obama by Hamas, TPM reports. In a conference call with bloggers yesterday, McCain defended a fundraising email that claimed Obama was the militant group's choice for president. "I think it's very clear who...

Edwards Fans Move Decidedly Toward Obama
Edwards Fans Move Decidedly Toward Obama
ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2008 8:49 PM CDT

Edwards Fans Move Decidedly Toward Obama

NC victory might yield endorsement—which could sway white voters

(Newser) - Donors to John Edwards, as well as his congressional backers, have noticeably chosen Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton—a fact which, combined with the expected landslide in North Carolina’s primary, could lead Edwards to tap the Illinois senator, the Hill’s Alexander Bolton argues. Nine US representatives have switched...

Between Barack and a Hard Place
 Between Barack 
 and a Hard Place  
OPINION
Apr 25, 2008 7:42 PM CDT

Between Barack and a Hard Place

Clinton can't win, but if she keeps winning, she can't quit, either

(Newser) - 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...

Obama Needs 'Act II'
 Obama Needs 'Act II' 
OPINION
Apr 25, 2008 6:49 PM CDT

Obama Needs 'Act II'

And its focus should be America itself, Noonan advises in the Journal

(Newser) - Act I was his grand entrance, and Act III will be his acceptance speech at the party convention, but now Barack Obama needs an Act II, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal—and the subject of the act should be America. John McCain carries love of country “...

Blogger Weighs Health Care Plans, Flunks McCain
Blogger Weighs Health Care Plans, Flunks McCain
OPINION
Apr 25, 2008 4:40 PM CDT

Blogger Weighs Health Care Plans, Flunks McCain

Clinton edges Obama in real-life take on insurance reform

(Newser) - 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...

Red Herrings Abound on Campaign Trail
Red Herrings Abound on Campaign Trail
OPINION
Apr 25, 2008 3:38 PM CDT

Red Herrings Abound on Campaign Trail

Amid talk of elitism, privilege, it's not all black and white

(Newser) - Maybe Geraldine Ferraro and BET founder Bob Johnson are right about Barack Obama’s success, Colson Whitehead sarcastically posits in the New York Times. "The Guy Who’s Where He Is Only Because He’s Black" runs down his busy schedule and puzzles over the fact that "the...

Clinton Strategist Blasts 'Unfair' Obama Camp
Clinton Strategist Blasts 'Unfair' Obama Camp
OPINION
Apr 25, 2008 2:26 PM CDT

Clinton Strategist Blasts 'Unfair' Obama Camp

Penn's replacement rails against 'personal attacks'

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's campaign isn't the rough one, top aide Geoff Garin writes in the Washington Post, railing against what he calls "the direct, personal character attacks that the Obama campaign has leveled against Clinton from the beginning of this race." In addition, he charges, the candidate "has...

Reid, Pelosi Talk Tough to Superdelegates

Dem leaders want endorsements well before Aug. convention

(Newser) - 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...

More GOP Ads Take Direct Aim at Obama
More GOP Ads Take
Direct Aim at Obama
Apr 25, 2008 11:43 AM CDT

More GOP Ads Take Direct Aim at Obama

Republicans trying to take advantage of his recent troubles

(Newser) - 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...

Obama Relents, Will Appear on Fox News

After 2 years, candidate agrees to do Wallace's right-wing talk show

(Newser) - Barack Obama will appear on "Fox News Sunday" this weekend, ending a two-year disagreement between the candidate and the right-wing channel. Obama had promised to appear on the program in 2006, but his campaign has repeatedly cited scheduling conflicts to avoid an appearance. Fox News is crediting its "...

Clyburn Blasts Bill's 'Bizarre' Obama Attacks

Blacks 'incensed' by former president's conduct in campaign

(Newser) - 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...

Rev. Wright Slams 'Devious' Media Coverage

Obama pastor defends sermons, says he was portrayed as 'a fanatic'

(Newser) - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright says the media made him out as "some sort of fanatic" by repeating snippets from sermons out of context—part of a "devious" agenda to denigrate the campaign of Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reports. In an interview with Bill Moyers to air on...

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