Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters -- including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests. He said Obama will be the strongest nominee ...
Options Dwindling for Clinton
nytimes.comFound 9 days, 12 minutes, and 44 seconds ago
Clinton Touts White Support
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.comFound 7 days, 12 hours, 51 minutes, and 56 seconds ago
Obama Victorious, Clinton On The Ropes
huffingtonpost.comFound 8 days, 19 hours, 37 minutes, and 18 seconds agoHillary Clinton, who for seven weeks has crawled, kicked and bitten her way back into contention, suffered a blow on Tuesday, halting the momentum behind her bid for the nomination just when she had begun to regain credibility. ...
Clinton's Race-Baiting Continues
jackandjillpolitics.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes, and 23 seconds agoApparently not satisfied with her plummeting approval ratings among black voters, Hillary Clinton decided to remind us again that our votes don't actually count: "I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. ...
Hillary White Power Clinton
oliverwillis.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 44 minutes, and 9 seconds agoThe last throes are pretty messy. Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters - including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests. ...
Hmmm
feeds.feedburner.comFound 8 days, 22 hours, 58 minutes, and 39 seconds agoNBC just reported that Hillary Clinton is holding no public events tomorrow. We'd earlier reported that she'd cancelled her morning show appearances. But that's not that surprising. There's not a lot good to talk about. ...
Defending HRC
matthewyglesias.theatlantic.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 40 minutes, and 34 seconds ago08 May 2008 11:31 am I think the waves of outrage washing throughout the Obamasphere over this remark from Hillary Clinton reflect an echo chamber mentality more than anyone else. Here's what Clinton's quoted as saying: "I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.
Unfortunate racial talk creeps back into Democratic campaign
thecarpetbaggerreport.comFound 7 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes, and 8 seconds agoHillary Clinton still clearly hopes to make a case to the Democratic Party that she'd be the strongest candidate in a general election, but I have a hunch she'd like to take this one back. "I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. ...
North Carolina and Indiana Settled the Democratic Nomination
huffingtonpost.comFound 8 days, 8 hours, 43 minutes, and 43 seconds agoGame, Set, Match: North Carolina and Indiana Settled the Democratic Nomination
Dream Team? Obama-Clinton Ticket Under Discussion
abcnews.go.comFound 7 days, 10 hours, 21 minutes, and 46 seconds agoGeorge Stephanopoulos reports a behind the scenes push for Clinton as VP.
Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion
salon.comFound 8 days, 15 hours, 55 minutes, and 42 seconds agoObama takes North Carolina and only barely loses Indiana, narrowing Hillary's hopes to the 366 phantom delegates from Michigan and Florida.
Hillary Campaign Says No To New Michigan Delegate Proposal
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.comFound 7 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes, and 54 seconds agoCamp Hillary is rejecting the new plan floated today by Michigan Dems that would seat the delegation by awarding 69 delegates to Hillary and 59 to Obama. Hillary spokesperson Isaac Baker emails over this: ...
Clinton's Open Letter To Obama On MI and FL
huffingtonpost.comFound 7 days, 2 hours, 14 minutes, and 26 seconds agoMillions of new voters have been brought into the process and their enthusiasm for the Democratic Party and the principles for which you and I have fought and continue to fight is unprecedented. The Hillary For President website posted a petition this week that supporters could sign to help advance the ...
Vote for Hillary - She's Whiter
americablog.comFound 7 days, 12 hours, 55 minutes, and 58 seconds agoWell that didn't take long. It was less than 24 hours ago that Hillary spoke with congressional leaders about her insistence on continuing her fairy tale campaign for the presidency. As we reported last night , our congressional leaders (that would be Reid and Pelosi) said it was fine for Hillary to ...
Hillary Clinton's To-Do List
blogs.abcnews.comFound 8 days, 9 hours, 47 minutes, and 27 seconds ago1. Win in West Virginia next week -- dispatch Bill asap 2. Go on to win in Puerto Rico and Kentucky, racking up popular votes as much as humanly possible (need to have popular vote argument to make to Super-Ds). ...
What The MSM Won't Talk About: John McCain's OWN "Spiritual Guide" Speaks Out In New Mother Jones YouTube Video
guntotingliberal.comFound 7 days, 9 hours, 48 minutes, and 24 seconds ago"Must See" Video For Voters Features Senõr ["Panama John"] McCain's OWN "Jeremiah Wright" (Self-Described) "Spiritual Guide" Problem -- Rod Parsely As Sir Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton would say, " This is what we call a 'gotchya' moment ". ...
Mich. Dems settle on how to split delegates
freep.comFound 7 days, 22 hours, 48 minutes, and 5 seconds ago15 Michigan primary and was to get 73 pledged delegates under state party rules, while Obama was to get 55. The state party's executive committee voted today to ask the national party's Rules and Bylaws Committee to approve the 69-59 delegate split when it meets May 31. Under their proposal, delegates ...
The Poblano Model
nationaljournal.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 5 minutes, and 49 seconds agoHis model predicted a 17-point victory for Barack Obama in North Carolina and a 2-point edge for Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana. Most of the public polls pointed to a close race in North Carolina. Looking back at Poblano's efforts in Pennsylvania, pollster Dick Bennett decried the models as "stepwise ...
But whites like me!
dailykos.comFound 7 days, 9 hours, 12 minutes, and 13 seconds agoObama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me. Obama's numbers among college grads is static to increasing. Rather than cite actual voter data, she is basing her claims on an old ...
The 'electability' grunge match
mydd.comFound 7 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes, and 31 seconds agoEd Koch says what he thinks Clinton can't say: "I believe Obama probably will win [the Democratic nomination], although in politics you never ever can count anybody out," said former New York Mayor Ed Koch. ...
Hillary Clinton's inexcusable bigotry
danieldrezner.comFound 6 days, 14 hours, 25 minutes, and 5 seconds agoSo I see that this quote from Hillary Clinton is now making the blog rounds : "I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me." Naturally, the debate is over whether Clinton's linkage of "hard-working Americans" to "white Americans" carries just the teensiest tinge of racism.
I suspect there'll be some outrage at Hillary's latest words
reachm.comFound 7 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes, and 36 seconds agoBut they only make me wonder what she can be possibly thinking. And it's really kinda sad to see. Via USA Today : Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters ...
The Reality-Based Community
samefacts.comFound 8 days, 1 hour, 20 minutes, and 4 seconds agoI've wanted the primary season to be over for a long time. But Marc Ambinder is right : how is more important than when. If Hillary Clinton were to go back to waging a positive campaign (which, in Democratic terms, includes full-throated criticism of McCain) and leash her attack dogs so they stop talking about how white people won't vote for Obama, having her concede after Obama's big win in Oregon on May 20th or even after his likely wins in Montana and South Dakota June 2nd would be even better than having her concede now.
How Obama Beat the Line
realclearpolitics.comFound 8 days, 16 hours, 20 minutes, and 19 seconds agoLast night, Barack Obama beat expectations in both Indiana and North Carolina. Let's look carefully at how he managed this feat. We'll begin with Indiana. Let's compare the results from Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio among select demographic groups. ...
Superdelegate: My vote's not for sale
rawstory.comFound 8 days, 15 hours, 30 minutes, and 40 seconds agoSuperdelegate: My vote's not for sale
Decision Time for Clinton
blog.washingtonpost.comFound 7 days, 13 hours, 59 minutes, and 4 seconds agoFormer first lady's situation is much like it was just a day ago, but perceptions of her candidacy have taken a sharp turn for the worse. --Dan Balz
Obama takes campaign to House floor
thehill.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 5 minutes, and 52 seconds agoObama, increasingly looking like the Democratic presidential nominee, strode into the House chamber just before 11 a. I said, 'Do you want me to kiss the ring now, or when you come to Florida,'" Hastings said. After he exited the floor, Obama said the goal is to "bring the party together as soon as possible.
With the Media Seemingly Decided, Clinton Faces Three Options
motherjones.comFound 8 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes, and 31 seconds agoIt took a long time for the results from Lake County, Indiana, to be filed on Tuesday night. Was...
Looking Ahead to the Remaining Primaries
blogs.cqpolitics.comFound 8 days, 1 hour, 34 minutes, and 12 seconds agoWith Sen. Hillary Clinton vowing to stay in the presidential race at least until next month, it makes sense to briefly handicap the remaining six contests. In next week's West Virginia primary, on May 13, Sen. ...
Blog of the Moderate Left
moderateleft.comFound 7 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes, and 43 seconds agoLook, there's no real way to sugar-coat this, so let's just say it: this is pretty low, Hillary : "I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me." Wow. Yeah. Those hard-working white Americans are foursquare behind you.
Obama Shifts to General-Election Mode
blogs.wsj.comFound 8 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes, and 32 seconds agoThe Obama campaign appears poised to begin running its general election campaign after Tuesday night's primaries seemed unlikely to change the math or the momentum in the Democratic nomination. David Axelrod, the top Obama strategist, told reporters that Barack Obama would compete for the six remaining ...
McGovern, former Clinton backer, endorses Obama
ap.google.comFound 8 days, 7 hours, 53 minutes, and 29 seconds agoThe 1972 Democratic presidential nominee said he had a call in to former President Clinton to tell him of the decision, adding that he remains close friends with the Clintons. "I will hold them in affection and admiration all of my days," he said of the Clintons. McGovern's announcement comes a day before ...
Clinton says she'll stay in the race
msnbc.msn.comFound 8 days, 8 hours, 54 minutes, and 32 seconds agoThe former first lady says she will remain in the presidential race "until there's a nominee" but declined to say whether that meant through the roll call of the states at the Democratic National Convention. ...
First thought: Does Hillary play nice?
firstread.msnbc.msn.comFound 7 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes, and 9 seconds agoFrom Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** Does Hillary play nice? The big question if Clinton stays in the race is this: Just how will she campaign? Yesterday, there were no negative TV ads or attack mailers. ...
Clinton squeaks by Obama in Indiana
indystar.comFound 8 days, 14 hours, 47 minutes, and 51 seconds agoBarack Obama in the race for the Democratic nomination. With 99 percent of the votes counted, Clinton was clinging to a narrow 51 percent to 49. Earline Rogers, D-Gary, and Gary Mayor Rudy Clay, who also is Lake County Democratic Party chairman, said nothing nefarious was happening.
Get Your Facts Right, Karl Rove
thinkprogress.orgFound 8 days, 6 hours, 38 minutes, and 40 seconds agoDuring today's Washington Post online chat , Karl Rove chastised a questioner who brought up his infamous prediction that Bush's poll numbers would rebound : Columbus, Ohio: You boldy predicted that Bush's approval ratings would rebound -- instead he is, according to Gallup, the most unpopular ...
Carter: Michigan, Florida shouldn't count
freep.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 51 minutes, and 3 seconds agoormer President Jimmy Carter says delegates from Florida and Michigan should not be counted at the Democratic National Convention because they "disqualified themselves."
Clear the Way.
huffingtonpost.comFound 8 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes, and 6 seconds agoObama's Coming. Clear the Way.
Clinton Rationale For The Day
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.comFound 7 days, 12 hours, 53 minutes, and 33 seconds agoShe goes there : "I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites ...
Why Does Aspirin (and Hillary Clinton Supporters) Work?
reason.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 16 minutes, and 29 seconds agoHillary Clinton is well on her way to becoming the most reviled politician in the country. Not because she's resisting establishmentarian calls to step aside and let Prince Obama stride toward coronation − hell, I'd keep competing too, if I was that close to the mechanical rabbit. ...
Hillary Clinton and the race card
latimesblogs.latimes.comFound 7 days, 7 hours, 41 minutes, and 23 seconds agoDid she, or did she not, play the "race card?" That's the question being hashed over in much of political Washington concerning comments Hillary Clinton made to USA Today in making her case for soldiering on in her bid to draw to an inside straight and overtake Barack Obama in the Democratic ...
Clinton pushes new math
dyn.politico.comFound 8 days, 14 hours, 42 minutes, and 11 seconds agoClinton's new magic number to clinch the nomination is 2,209 delegates, compared to the 2,025 that would be needed without Florida and Michigan. When he is the nominee, Barack Obama will seat both the Florida and Michigan delegates and build a campaign in both states that can win in November. Working ...
Much Of Apparent Division In Dem Primary Battle Can Be Attributed To Independents And Republicans
cbsnews.comFound 8 days, 13 hours, 41 minutes, and 52 seconds agoThis analysis was written by CBS News political consultant Monika McDermott. National exit polls conducted for CBS News by Edison / Mitofsky. The most intriguing story about the Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, however, is actually about non-Democrats - Independents and Republicans. ...
Did 'Operation Chaos' succeed in Indiana
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.comFound 8 days, 11 hours, 31 minutes, and 37 seconds agoObama wins N.C., Clinton squeaks by in Indiana
Obama meeting with superdelegates in Washington on Thursday.
blogs.suntimes.comFound 8 days, 9 hours, 56 minutes, and 35 seconds ago
An Update on the Race for Delegates
my.barackobama.comFound 8 days, 8 hours, 37 minutes agoCampaign manager David Plouffe sent out this memo to superdelegates. Conversely, Senator Clinton needs 326 delegates to reach the Democratic nomination, which represents a startling 68% of the remaining delegates. With the Clinton path to the nomination getting even narrower, we expect new and wildly ...
A big loss in North Carolina and a small win in Indiana doom Clinton's chances.
slate.comFound 8 days, 7 hours, 5 minutes, and 51 seconds agoThe numbers are still trickling in, but it's pretty clear Obama's large win in North Carolina gets him a lot more votes than Clinton's small win in Indiana. If his final North Carolina margin is as high as 14 percent (it's at 15 with 90 percent of precincts reporting), Obama would essentially erase Clinton's ...
Obama wins N.C. while Clinton holding on in Indiana
modbee.comFound 8 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes, and 5 seconds agoBarack Obama stops by Raleigh Times Bar to thank his supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, greet the audience at a North Carolina primary victory event at Reynolds Coliseum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Tuesday, ...
Clinton Boasts of White Voter Support
thepage.time.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes, and 48 seconds agoCandidate explicitly touts support among "white Americans" in interview with USA Today. Highlights news story showing "how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me." Adds: ...
Sen. Clinton Vows to Stay in Race
recordonline.comFound 7 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes, and 44 seconds agoAfter a wrenching primary outcome Tuesday in which she was routed in North Carolina and barely won Indiana, Clinton made a hastily scheduled trip to West Virginia to show her determination to fight on. She planned to return to the state Thursday, then fly to South Dakota and Oregon, which also have upcoming ...
Obama Seen As Stronger Candidate Versus McCain
huffingtonpost.comFound 8 days, 4 hours, and 41 seconds agoHoping to woo superdelegates, Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has turned to the argument that she, not Sen. Obama, is the best Democrat to take on John McCain in the general election. Exit polls from Tuesday night, however, do not support that argument. ...
Indiana and North Carolina Postmortem
outsidethebeltway.comFound 8 days, 16 hours, 1 minute, and 44 seconds agoBarack Obama moved to within 200 delegates of securing the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday, scoring a 56-42 blowout in North Carolina while narrowly losing, 49-51, in Indiana. Barring revelations that would make the Wright affair look insignificant in comparison, the race is all over but ...
Clinton vows to continue campaign
news.bbc.co.ukFound 8 days, 8 hours, 2 minutes, and 48 seconds agoDemocratic US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton vows to fight on despite losing North Carolina's primary vote.
The Hoosier-Heel Primary: Winners and Losers
blog.washingtonpost.comFound 8 days, 9 hours, 57 minutes, and 47 seconds agoIn a primary race that has been defined by its unpredictable twists and turns, the voters of North Carolina and Indiana provided yet another swerve in the narrative. Photo Gallery: Democrats Split Indiana and North Carolina. ...
Back to Michigan and Florida
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.comFound 8 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 27 seconds ago
55 - 45
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.comFound 8 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes, and 14 seconds ago55 - 45
Clinton Options Dwindle with Tiny Indiana Victory, Loss in NC
towleroad.comFound 8 days, 16 hours, 2 minutes, and 22 seconds agoClinton, providing him with new ammunition as he seeks to persuade Democratic leaders to coalesce around his campaign. However, I think the momentum is still in Clinton's favor. Also, please write, email and call the DNC and tell them that Florida and Michigan must be seated, they are part of the United ...
Obama strategist says Clinton won Indiana because of Rush
rawstory.comFound 8 days, 13 hours, 52 minutes, and 39 seconds agoObama strategist says Clinton won Indiana because of Rush
Obama campaign memo to superdelegates
dailykos.comFound 8 days, 11 hours, 54 minutes, and 33 seconds agoThere are only six contests remaining in the Democratic primary calendar and only 217 pledged delegates left to be awarded. With the Clinton path to the nomination getting even narrower, we expect new and wildly creative scenarios to emerge in the coming days. While those scenarios may be entertaining, ...
Ben Smith's Blog
politico.comFound 8 days, 9 hours, 13 minutes, and 31 seconds ago"I voted for her because I think McCain would beat her," said one, Lee Engledow, 57, an Army veteran and the owner of a lawn care company eating lunch at the Indianapolis deli/cafeteria Shapiro's. She didn't suddenly become the candidate of choice for thousands of Republicans. Ben, so you were invited ...
McGovern, former Clinton backer, endorses Obama
breitbart.comFound 8 days, 6 hours, 22 minutes, and 7 seconds agoThe 1972 Democratic presidential nominee said he had a call in to former President Clinton to tell him of the decision, adding that he remains close friends with the Clintons. "I will hold them in affection and admiration all of my days," he said of the Clintons. McGovern's announcement comes a day before ...
McGovern, Former Clinton Backer, Endorses Obama
washingtonpost.comFound 8 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes, and 30 seconds agoSIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Former Sen. George McGovern, an early supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, urged her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race and endorsed her rival, Barack Obama.
Clinton vows to continue campaign
news.bbc.co.ukFound 7 days, 20 hours, 39 minutes, and 43 seconds agoDemocratic US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton vows to fight on despite losing North Carolina's primary vote.
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
tnr.comFound 7 days, 9 hours, 44 minutes, and 34 seconds agoHillary Clinton might still run in West Virginia and Kentucky, which she'll win handily, but by failing to win Indiana decisively and by losing North Carolina decisively, she lost the argument for her own candidacy. She can't surpass Barack Obama's delegate or popular vote count. In North Carolina, where ...
Quote of the Day
politicalwire.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes, and 3 seconds ago"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on... Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again... There's a pattern emerging here." -- Sen. ...
Clinton vows to continue campaign
news.bbc.co.ukFound 8 days, 8 hours, 30 minutes, and 6 seconds agoDemocratic US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton vows to fight on despite losing North Carolina's primary vote.
Clinton - "there's a pattern emerging here"
qando.netFound 7 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes, and 1 second agoY es there is, and I want it noted that it is a pattern among Democratic voters. Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters - including whites who have not ...
Ear to the Ground
truthdig.comFound 7 days, 14 hours, 4 minutes, and 38 seconds agoHillary Clinton will surely stir controversy with racially charged comments that appeared Thursday in USA Today . The candidate noted an article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me." "There's a pattern emerging here," she added. Audio update.
Clinton pushes ahead with White House bid - The Associated Press
ap.google.comFound 7 days, 11 hours, 3 minutes, and 35 seconds agoBoston Globe Clinton pushes ahead with White House bid The Associated Press - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) - A tenacious Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed ahead with her White House bid Wednesday, revealing that she lent her cash-strapped campaign $6. ...
End Game
farnwide.blogspot.comFound 8 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes, and 46 seconds agoMy previous hesitation in agreeing that the Democratic race is over primarily stemmed from the fact that everytime Clinton was against the wall, she won, every time Barack could have put her away he didn't. ...
Obama confident about Clinton voters
msnbc.msn.comFound 6 days, 23 hours, 20 minutes, and 9 seconds agoIn an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama predicted that he would win the votes of Democrats who supported Sen. Hillary Clinton. He also did not summarily reject the notion of Clinton serving on the ticket as his running mate. ...