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OPINION

Mar 4, 2008 12:35 PM CST

3 Takes on Today's Showdown

Writers try calling the race ahead of time

(Newser) - March 4 has been a long time coming, and now political writers can’t be bothered to wait until the polls close in Ohio and Texas. Three early takes on today’s results:

Josh Marshall sees a late-in-the-game turn in Hillary Clinton’s favor, and expects “minor or major

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Clinton's
Strategy:
Pray for Rain

Mar 4, 2008 10:50 AM CST

Clinton's Strategy: Pray for Rain

Without a clear course, campaign eyes bad Obama press, Fla. revote

(Newser) - With delegate math and the campaign narrative both against her, Hillary Clinton’s current strategy is simply to hope for the best, Politico reports. “Some other, yet unknown, turn of events” must conspire to help her out—and Clintonites are looking to Barack Obama’s recent spate of bad...

Traders Bet
On McCain
vs. Obama

Mar 4, 2008 10:00 AM CST

Traders Bet On McCain vs. Obama

Frontrunners look like primary winners in prediction markets

(Newser) - Traders in online prediction markets are betting on Barack Obama and John McCain as the winners in their respective primaries today. The Intrade and Iowa Electronic futures markets let traders wager real money on outcomes political and otherwise; both markets give Obama's chances for winning the nomination as almost 80%,...

Vt. Gets Ready for Its Close-Up

Mar 3, 2008 5:25 PM CST

Vt. Gets Ready for Its Close-Up

Primary fever spreads to the great white north

(Newser) - In the unfamiliar position of conducting a primary election that actually counts for something, Vermont Democrats have been all ears as the candidates laid out their positions on hot issues in the chilly state. Barack Obama holds a wide lead over Hillary Clinton, but neither is taking the state for...

Only Obama
Can Rescue
US 'Brand'

OPINION

Mar 3, 2008 3:40 PM CST

Only Obama Can Rescue US 'Brand'

The Nike of the field draws praise from marketing experts

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is the sturdy candidate resembling Microsoft, John McCain evokes Hummer, and Mike Huckabee’s the Applebee’s of the field, but only Barack Obama "has the secret sauce that Brand America needs to regain its appeal." media consultant Jeff Yang writes in Salon. Yang is part...

Clinton Slams Obama Over Nafta Talk

Mar 3, 2008 3:10 PM CST

Clinton Slams Obama Over Nafta Talk

Report: Aide assured Canada the candidate was only 'positioning'

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton hammered Barack Obama today over reports that his chief economic adviser privately told Canadian officials anti-Nafta talk was “more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy.” The simmering story lurched forward today when the AP obtained the Canadian memo, reports Talking Points Memo. Obama's...

Fla. Governor, DNC Chair Talk Primary Do-Over

Mar 3, 2008 1:40 PM CST

Fla. Governor, DNC Chair Talk Primary Do-Over

Crist, Dean agree on importance of seating delegates

(Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist wants to redo his state’s Democratic primary, and DNC chair Howard Dean is “very willing to listen to the people of Florida.” Crist, a Republican, isn't committing any funding, however, and officials have said the state won’t pay for a $4 million...

Obama-ite Rebuts Jack's Hill Vid

Mar 3, 2008 10:56 AM CST

Obama-ite Rebuts Jack's Hill Vid

Two can play at remixing Nicholson roles

(Newser) - Director Rob Reiner had some fun remixing some of Jack Nicholson’s notable performances into a comic Hillary Clinton endorsement video, but it was barely in circulation yesterday before a Daily Kos blogger demonstrated that it was a game two could play. The Hillary video includes clips of Jack’s...

Rezko Corruption Trial Begins

Mar 3, 2008 9:19 AM CST

Rezko Corruption Trial Begins

Jury selection gets under way for accused Chicago businessman with ties to governor, Obama

(Newser) - With jury selection beginning for the corruption trial of Chicago businessman and political fundraiser Tony Rezko, the Chicago Sun-Times offers some background on the key facets of the case. Rezko, a Syrian-born real estate and fast-food tycoon who established footholds in the Illinois governor's circles, is accused of pocketing illegal...

'SNL' Regains Its Political Mojo

OPINION

Mar 3, 2008 7:45 AM CST

'SNL' Regains Its Political Mojo

Clinton joins the resurgence

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's appearance on "Saturday Night Live" confirms not just that the show is back from the writers' strike, writes Matt Roush in TV Guide, but back "smack dab in the center of today’s political dialogue." The sight of Clinton and identically dressed alter ego Amy...

Ohio Fears Chaos, Delays in Primary Vote

Mar 2, 2008 8:04 PM CST

Ohio Fears Chaos, Delays in Primary Vote

Dem hopefuls stump as experts dread a ballot controversy

(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama barnstormed across Ohio today, experts fretted that a delay in vote-counting on Tuesday may add to mistrust over the state's elections, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Predicted record turnout and the option to vote by ballot or touch-screen may confuse primary voters and remind the...

Party Pooh-bahs to Clinton: Lose and Go Home

Mar 2, 2008 6:06 PM CST

Party Pooh-bahs to Clinton: Lose and Go Home

2 Obama backers, NM governor, stress party unity

(Newser) - Top Democrats are urging Hillary Clinton to quit if she can’t score big in Tuesday’s primaries, the New York Times reports. Senators John Kerry and Dick Durbin, both Obama backers, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson pressed her today to consider party unity if she loses in Texas...

Obama Up by 4 in Texas;
Clinton Leads by 1 in Ohio

Mar 2, 2008 10:46 AM CST

Obama Up by 4 in Texas; Clinton Leads by 1 in Ohio

Both states 'way too close' to call: pollster

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton trails Barack Obama by 4% in Texas and holds a statistically meaningless 1-point lead in Ohio just two days ahead of what could be defining contests in both states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released today. But "it's way too close in both states to say...

Clinton Stumps on SNL

Mar 2, 2008 10:34 AM CST

Clinton Stumps on SNL

Dem pokes fun at herself, campaign

(Newser) - She was supposed to be campaigning in Ohio last night—but instead Hillary Clinton was live from New York. Like last week, Saturday Night Live opened with a debate sketch parodying a recent Clinton-Obama debate, with the Dems played by SNL regulars. The real Hillary appeared immediately after with an...

Obama Not Making a Connection With Catholics

Mar 2, 2008 10:24 AM CST

Obama Not Making a Connection With Catholics

Clinton's Hispanic-Catholic base may prove key in coming contests

(Newser) - Barack Obama's poor primary showings with Catholic voters could become more problematic in Catholic-heavy states like Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, Politico reports. Despite Obama's string of victories, Hillary Clinton has consistently grabbed a large percentage of Catholics, in part due to her popularity with majority-Catholic Hispanics. Analysts and Catholic politicians...

Cracks Begin to Show in Clinton's RI Stronghold

Mar 2, 2008 8:24 AM CST

Cracks Begin to Show in Clinton's RI Stronghold

'There must be something I'm missing,' one backer says

(Newser) - Rhode Island, where Hillary Clinton enjoys a long-established support base, may not end up being the decisive (though tiny) landslide the senator has expected. Loyal Clinton backers seem to be wavering in the wake of Barack Obama's 11 straight victories, the Washington Post reports. "There must be something I'm...

Why Don't Latinos Back Barack?

Mar 2, 2008 7:08 AM CST

Why Don't Latinos Back Barack?

Minorities don't always vote for minority candidates

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's support in Hispanic communities is well documented, but the voting patterns of Hispanics are not as easy to characterize as her pollsters make them out to be, reports the New York Times. The issue of identity politics is a complicated matter that clearly does not guarantee that all...

Looking to Knock Out Clinton, Obama Spends Big

Mar 2, 2008 6:31 AM CST

Looking to Knock Out Clinton, Obama Spends Big

Both Dems pumping ad bucks into Texas, Ohio

(Newser) - Barack Obama is lavishing his considerable campaign wealth on advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts in Texas and Ohio, hoping to deal a death blow this week to Hillary Clinton's faltering campaign. The Obama cash blitz is most apparent on television, where he is outspending Clinton nearly 2-to-1 in both states, the...

Are Black Immigrants Black?

OPINION

Mar 1, 2008 7:31 PM CST

Are Black Immigrants Black?

Debra Dickerson on the divide between 'native' and 'immigrant' blacks

(Newser) - The notion that a black American must be a “descendant of West African slaves brought here to labor for whites against their will” just reinforces the “invisibility that black immigrants face in America,” Debra Dickerson writes in Mother Jones. But she can’t escape it herself, she...

Clinton Ignores Code She Sets for Obama

OPINION

Mar 1, 2008 6:48 PM CST

Clinton Ignores Code She Sets for Obama

Hopeful refused to blast racist, but wants rival to slam Farrakhan

(Newser) - Pot, meet kettle: Hillary Clinton recently insisted that Barack Obama “reject and denounce” Louis Farrakhan’s endorsement, but did not apply the same standards to herself, writes Colbert King in the Washington Post. When a Latina in Texas said Hispanics won't vote for Obama because “he happens to...

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Writers try calling the race ahead of time

Without a clear course, campaign eyes bad Obama press, Fla. revote

Frontrunners look like primary winners in prediction markets

Primary fever spreads to the great white north

The Nike of the field draws praise from marketing experts

Report: Aide assured Canada the candidate was only 'positioning'

Crist, Dean agree on importance of seating delegates

Two can play at remixing Nicholson roles

Jury selection gets under way for accused Chicago businessman with ties to governor, Obama

Clinton joins the resurgence

Dem hopefuls stump as experts dread a ballot controversy

2 Obama backers, NM governor, stress party unity

Both states 'way too close' to call: pollster

Dem pokes fun at herself, campaign

Clinton's Hispanic-Catholic base may prove key in coming contests

'There must be something I'm missing,' one backer says

Minorities don't always vote for minority candidates

Both Dems pumping ad bucks into Texas, Ohio

Debra Dickerson on the divide between 'native' and 'immigrant' blacks

Hopeful refused to blast racist, but wants rival to slam Farrakhan