Apparently 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. ...
Options Dwindling for Clinton
nytimes.comFound 10 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes, and 40 seconds ago
Obama Victorious, Clinton On The Ropes
huffingtonpost.comFound 10 days, 4 hours, 1 minute, and 14 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. ...
Hmmm
feeds.feedburner.comFound 10 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes, and 35 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. ...
North Carolina and Indiana Settled the Democratic Nomination
huffingtonpost.comFound 9 days, 17 hours, 7 minutes, and 39 seconds agoGame, Set, Match: North Carolina and Indiana Settled the Democratic Nomination
Dream Team? Obama-Clinton Ticket Under Discussion
abcnews.go.comFound 8 days, 18 hours, 45 minutes, and 42 seconds agoGeorge Stephanopoulos reports a behind the scenes push for Clinton as VP.
Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion
salon.comFound 10 days, 19 minutes, and 38 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 8 days, 16 hours, 21 minutes, and 50 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 8 days, 10 hours, 38 minutes, and 22 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 ...
Hillary Clinton's To-Do List
blogs.abcnews.comFound 9 days, 18 hours, 11 minutes, and 23 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). ...
Mich. Dems settle on how to split delegates
freep.comFound 9 days, 7 hours, 12 minutes, and 1 second 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 8 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes, and 45 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 ...
How Obama Beat the Line
realclearpolitics.comFound 10 days, 44 minutes, and 15 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 9 days, 23 hours, 54 minutes, and 36 seconds agoSuperdelegate: My vote's not for sale
Decision Time for Clinton
blog.washingtonpost.comFound 8 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes 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 8 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes, and 48 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 10 days, 1 hour, 8 minutes, and 27 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 9 days, 9 hours, 58 minutes, and 8 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. ...
Obama Shifts to General-Election Mode
blogs.wsj.comFound 10 days, 17 minutes, and 28 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 9 days, 16 hours, 17 minutes, and 25 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 9 days, 17 hours, 18 minutes, and 28 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. ...
Clinton squeaks by Obama in Indiana
indystar.comFound 9 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes, and 47 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 9 days, 15 hours, 2 minutes, and 36 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 8 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes, and 59 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 9 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes, and 2 seconds agoObama's Coming. Clear the Way.
Clinton pushes new math
dyn.politico.comFound 9 days, 23 hours, 6 minutes, and 7 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 9 days, 22 hours, 5 minutes, and 48 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 9 days, 19 hours, 55 minutes, and 33 seconds agoObama wins N.C., Clinton squeaks by in Indiana
Obama meeting with superdelegates in Washington on Thursday.
blogs.suntimes.comFound 9 days, 18 hours, 20 minutes, and 31 seconds ago
An Update on the Race for Delegates
my.barackobama.comFound 9 days, 17 hours, and 56 seconds 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 9 days, 15 hours, 29 minutes, and 47 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 9 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes, and 1 second 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 8 days, 19 hours, 34 minutes, and 44 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 8 days, 16 hours, 8 minutes, and 40 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 9 days, 12 hours, 24 minutes, and 37 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 10 days, 25 minutes, and 40 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 9 days, 16 hours, 26 minutes, and 44 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 9 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes, and 43 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 9 days, 19 hours, 43 minutes, and 23 seconds ago
55 - 45
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.comFound 9 days, 11 hours, 37 minutes, and 10 seconds ago55 - 45
Clinton Options Dwindle with Tiny Indiana Victory, Loss in NC
towleroad.comFound 10 days, 26 minutes, and 18 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 9 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes, and 35 seconds agoObama strategist says Clinton won Indiana because of Rush
Obama campaign memo to superdelegates
dailykos.comFound 9 days, 20 hours, 18 minutes, and 29 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 9 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes, and 27 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 9 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes, and 3 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 9 days, 13 hours, 37 minutes, and 26 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 9 days, 5 hours, 3 minutes, and 39 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 8 days, 18 hours, 8 minutes, and 30 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 ...
Clinton vows to continue campaign
news.bbc.co.ukFound 9 days, 16 hours, 54 minutes, and 2 seconds agoDemocratic US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton vows to fight on despite losing North Carolina's primary vote.
Clinton pushes ahead with White House bid - The Associated Press
ap.google.comFound 8 days, 19 hours, 27 minutes, and 31 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 9 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes, and 42 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 8 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes, and 5 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. ...
Gripping night gives new advantage to Obama
independent.co.ukFound 10 days, 1 hour, 12 minutes, and 4 seconds agoBarack Obama scored a resounding victory in North Carolina last night but very narrowly lost the state of Indiana to Hillary Clinton after a cliff-hanger night of counting votes. She finally squeaked by a bare two percentage points or about 22,000 votes. The 51-49 per cent win for Mrs Clinton ...
Clinton fails to get needed game-changer
news.yahoo.comFound 10 days, 50 minutes, and 56 seconds agoHillary Rodham Clinton needed a game changer. Instead, it's almost game over.
Clinton hopes fade as Obama wins North Carolina landslide
guardian.co.ukFound 9 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes, and 28 seconds agoBut that was outweighed by his 56% to 42% landslide victory in North Carolina. Indiana provided an exhilarating finish, with the outcome in doubt until almost the last vote was counted six hours after polling closed. But that was outweighed by his 56% to 42% landslide victory in North Carolina. In a ...
Barnett: Game Over
weeklystandard.comFound 9 days, 22 hours, 43 minutes, and 36 seconds agoAt the risk of stating the obvious, the fight for the Democratic nomination effectively came to an end last night. Barack Obama has won. My suggestion for grieving conservatives? Deal with it. I've been saying all along that the long primary fight was the best thing that could have happened to the ...
NC Primary Recap
veracifier.comFound 9 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes, and 29 seconds ago
Clinton lends her campaign $6.4M
us.rd.yahoo.comFound 9 days, 19 hours, 41 minutes, and 3 seconds agoClinton also disclosed that she had loaned her campaign an additional $6. She earlier loaned herself $5 million as she struggled to keep up with a better-financed Obama campaign. Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, said on Tuesday night it was possible a compromise could be worked out to seat the ...
Analysis: Clinton Fails to Get Needed Game-Changer
time.comFound 9 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes, and 59 seconds ago(WASHINGTON) - Hillary Rodham Clinton needed a game changer. Instead, it's almost game over. Barack Obama won a resounding victory in North Carolina after the worst two-week stretch in his...
Obama sees 'clear path to victory' after Tuesday primaries
chron.comFound 9 days, 19 hours, 1 minute, and 10 seconds agoWASHINGTON - Barack Obama pocketed the support of at least four Democratic convention superdelegates today, building on the momentum from a convincing North Carolina primary victory. Rival Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to remain in the race "until there's a nominee. Clinton also disclosed that she had ...
Full Speed Ahead
noquarterusa.netFound 9 days, 17 hours, 10 minutes, and 40 seconds agoAnd for everyone who holds your breath at the gas pump, afraid to see how much it cost today, and for everyone working day and night because you want the world for your kids. For every young person with big dreams who deserves a world of opportunity, and for all those who aren't in the headlines but ...
Obama will need to unite divided party
usatoday.comFound 8 days, 19 hours, 27 minutes, and 28 seconds agoWASHINGTON - Four months after he swept the opening Iowa caucuses, Barack Obama moved toward claiming the Democratic presidential nomination with strong showings on the last big primary night of the season. Uniting a divided party and appealing to base voters who have been cool to him. The campaign ...
Clinton Tunes Out Skeptics, Campaigns Coast-to-Coast Against the Odds
elections.foxnews.comFound 8 days, 18 hours, 59 minutes, and 38 seconds agoHillary Clinton drop out? Perish the thought. The New York senator is still raising bucks and wearing out her campaign pedometer. She has a breathless day of coast-to-coast campaigning planned Thursday as she tunes out calls from Democrats and pundits for her to face the music and accept Barack Obama ...
abcnews.go.com
Hillary Clinton heads campaign to West Virginia, set to meet superdelegates.
Found 9 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes, and 10 seconds ago
ap.google.com
Sioux City Journal Obama gets big welcome, fresh support on Capitol tour The Associated Press - 7 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Barack Obama got a front-runner's welcome back at the Capitol Thursday, pressing congressional "superdelegates" to support him in a visit that had the look ...
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feeds.feedburner.com
Clarity is finally coming to the Democratic race for President, thanks to a decisive win by Barack Obama in North Carolina and a slim victory by Hillary Clinton in Indiana:
Senator Barack Obama won a commanding victory in the North Carolina primary on Tuesday and lost narrowly to Senator Hillary ...
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barkbarkwoofwoof.blogspot.com
Rush Limbaugh thinks he had a hand in the Indiana primary. As he had before several recent primaries, Limbaugh encouraged listeners to vote for Clinton to "bloody up Obama politically" and prolong the Democratic fight. ...
Found 9 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes, and 27 seconds ago
prairiepundit.blogspot.com
Washington Post: Even as Barack Obama 's campaign celebrated Tuesday's primary results, aides charged yesterday that they would have had an even stronger showing were it not for meddling by an unlikely booster of Hillary Rodham Clinton : ...
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commentisfree.guardian.co.uk
His 14-point victory was far in excess of what his supporters had hoped. Hillary was pumping plenty of cash into the air, here, but Obama won North Carolina on the ground. Indiana was the home of the Ku Klux Klan, once upon a time, and Wilmington, North Carolina was the scene of the only successful coup ...
Found 10 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes, and 18 seconds ago
latimes.com
WASHINGTON --
Tuesday's voting in Indiana and North Carolina put Hillary Rodham Clinton no closer to overtaking Barack Obama on the path to the Democratic presidential nomination. She may seek to raise the number of delegates needed to clinch, arguing that delegations from Florida and Michigan should ...
Found 10 days, 45 minutes, and 16 seconds ago
suntimes.com
Obama widens his lead
Clinton lends her campaign $6. According to Obama campaign estimates, Clinton needs to capture 70 percent of the some 217 pledged delegates and 278 uncommitted superdelegates still on the table as she runs out of states. While Clinton spent the day in Indiana -- visiting the ...
Found 10 days, 22 minutes, and 12 seconds ago
amptoons.com
More blogging on this: Stereohyped , All About Race , The Angry Black Woman , Comments From Left Field , Jeff at Blog Of The Moderate Left (but unless I missed it, not cross-posted to Shakesville), Fables of the Reconstruction , The Roland Report . The American Street .
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boomantribune.com
I said it early and I said it loud, but I never said it better than dNa . Even I never expected the Clintons to disgrace themselves to this degree and to devour their own legacy. It was bad enough to run a deliberately racially polarizing campaign. To actually finish on an explicitly rac ist note? How sad.
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