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Hillary Wins in Texas, Ohio Built on Loyal Base

Women, Hispanics, seniors, working class & white men hand Hillary the edge

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton pulled off victories in both Texas and Ohio largely by wooing back her Democratic base, according to Politico. Exit polls show that Hispanics and white women favored Clinton, while blacks favored Obama by a huge margin, and white men were split—similar to Super Tuesday. But white men...

Clinton Revives Campaign With Wins in Texas, Ohio

She also won in Ohio to snap Obama's winning streak

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton brought her campaign back from the brink tonight with primary wins in Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island, NBC reports. "For everyone who's ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, this one's for you," she told jubilant supporters in Columbus. Obama won Vermont in...

Obama, McCain Win in Vermont
Obama, McCain
Win in Vermont
Mar 4, 2008 6:01 PM CST

Obama, McCain Win in Vermont

Critical contests ahead later tonight in Ohio and Texas

(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain won their primaries in Vermont tonight, the Burlington Free Press reports. For Obama, it's his 12th straight political victory over Hillary Clinton, though the bigger focus comes later tonight when voters in Ohio and Texas weigh in. Rhode Island also votes. McCain, meanwhile, edges closer...

Which Hopeful Is Greenest?
Which Hopeful Is Greenest?
OPINION
Mar 4, 2008 5:55 PM CST

Which Hopeful Is Greenest?

Policy ace Clinton and 'visionary' Obama are both good, Slate says

(Newser) - Primary voters who lean green can go with "visionary" Barack Obama or policy whiz Hillary Clinton, writes Brendan I. Koerner in Slate—both are good. Each offers a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, and both want to make 25% of energy renewable...

Obama, Media Spar Over Coverage
Obama, Media Spar Over Coverage
OPINION
Mar 4, 2008 4:40 PM CST

Obama, Media Spar Over Coverage

Reporters turn tables on candidate, say Clinton got raw deal

(Newser) - One day after a grueling press conference, Barack Obama told reporters they were buying into flimsy grievances about media bias, the New York Times reports. “I am a little surprised that all the complaining about the refs has worked,” he said of the Clinton camp's gripes. Indeed, journalists...

Ohio Contest Splits on Race, Geography

Clinton banks on rural vote, white gov; Obama on cities, black mayor

(Newser) - Today’s Ohio Democratic primary is expected to follow sharp demographic lines, with the urban north likely breaking toward Barack Obama and the rural south expected to back Hillary Clinton. The endorsement derby points up the racial dimension, the LA Times reports, with the white, rural governor backing Clinton and...

3 Takes on Today's Showdown
3 Takes on Today's Showdown
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
...

Clinton's Strategy: Pray for Rain
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
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%,...

Steinem on McCain's Vietnam Years: So What?

Feminist campaigner speaks out against militarism at Clinton event

(Newser) - Uber feminist Gloria Steinem downplayed John McCain's experience as a Vietnam POW in a stump speech for Hillary Clinton, and said Americans have behaved since George Washington "as if killing people is a qualification for ruling people," reports the New York Observer. Speaking of McCain's years as a...

Clinton Yuks It Up on Daily Show
Clinton Yuks It Up on Daily Show
Mar 4, 2008 5:11 AM CST

Clinton Yuks It Up on Daily Show

Candidate talks to Jon Stewart via satellite on primary eve

(Newser) - On the eve of primary contests that could sink or save her campaign, Hillary Clinton turned up on The Daily Show for some good-natured ribbing from host Jon Stewart. "Tomorrow is perhaps one of the most important days of your life, and you've chosen to spend the night before...

Vote for Hillary, Limbaugh Urges Listeners

Right-wing mouth wants to keep Dems at each other's throats

(Newser) - Even right-wing standard bearer Rush Limbaugh's most loyal dittoheads might balk at their latest orders from the radio host: he's urging his listeners to vote for Hillary Clinton in today's Texas primary, CNN reports. "I want Hillary to stay in this," Limbaugh told listeners. "This is too...

Vt. Gets Ready for Its Close-Up
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'
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

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

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
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...

'SNL' Regains Its Political Mojo
'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

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

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...

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