ABC News' Kate Snow, Raelyn Johnson, Sunlen Miller, and Rick Klein Report: Former Sen. John Edwards is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy Wednesday evening, in a dramatic attempt by the Obama campaign to answer concerns regarding Obama's appeal to. ...
Clinton Wins WV
matthewyglesias.theatlantic.comFound 52 days, 9 hours, 50 minutes, and 58 seconds agoHer campaign is rescued from the dead . As the Clinton campaign sagely points out "no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916" and therefore Obama's primary loss shows that despite his large lead in the polls over John McCain, he can't possible win the election. ...
Obama welcomes Edwards nod, even if tardy
msnbc.msn.comFound 51 days, 12 hours, 31 minutes, and 12 seconds agoIt would have meant more in February or March, but the former rival's endorsement for the Democratic presidential nomination was welcomed nonetheless by a politician eager to turn the page.
Clinton wins easily W.Va. primary
msnbc.msn.comFound 52 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes, and 17 seconds agoSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the West Virginia primary Tuesday, beating Sen. Barack Obama by a wide margin but scarcely slowing his march to the Democratic nomination.
Obama defeat amplifies race, rural problems
politico.comFound 51 days, 22 hours, 53 minutes, and 34 seconds agoBarack Obama's stinging defeat in West Virginia brings a sharp focus on the new coalition he may have to assemble to win the White House in November. West Viginians rejected the presumptive Democratic nominee by a roughly two-to-one margin, one of the widest margins of the primary season. Barack Obama's ...
Bush gives up golfing because of Iraq war.
thinkprogress.orgFound 52 days, 11 hours, 2 minutes, and 12 seconds agoIn a new interview with the Politico today, President Bush says that he has given up golf because of the Iraq war, to show "solidarity" with U.S. troops and their families. He added that "playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal": ...
Clinton Wins West Virginia Primary by Decisive Margin
elections.foxnews.comFound 52 days, 7 hours, 8 minutes, and 43 seconds agoHillary Clinton, declaring "this race isn't over yet," beat Barack Obama by a decisive margin in the West Virginia Democratic primary Tuesday. Returns showed Clinton was beating Obama by better than 2-to-1. ...
Democrats say let the contest continue
usatoday.comFound 52 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes, and 55 seconds agoOn the eve of the West Virginia primary, most Democrats nationally say Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton should continue the campaign, but more now say that it's time for Clinton to quit. Barack Obama to choose Clinton as his running mate, although there's notable resistance among his backers. ...
Another Superdelegate for Obama
blog.washingtonpost.comFound 52 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes, and 32 seconds agoVisit www.washingtonpost.com/.
race plays 'an unusually salient factor'
thecarpetbaggerreport.comFound 51 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes, and 3 seconds agoBill Clinton, campaigning in West Virginia last week, argued that Mountain State voters could " make the earth move " and fundamentally change the nature of the Democratic presidential race if they supported his wife with 80% support and a turnout of 600,000 voters. Needless to say, yesterday's results were impressive for the Clinton campaign, but not that impressive. As expected, Clinton cruised to an easy 42-point victory in West Virginia, winning 67% to 25% for Barack Obama. Turnout was relatively strong, at a quarter of a million voters.
Is Clinton Staying In To Say, "I Told You So"?
motherjones.comFound 51 days, 18 hours, 42 minutes, and 42 seconds agoWhy is Hillary Clinton still in the race? Ever since she failed to cream Barack Obama in Indiana, pundits...
Obama Memo Sets WV Expectations, Debunks '5 Myths'
time-blog.comFound 52 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes, and 9 seconds agoObama Memo Sets WV Expectations, Debunks '5 Myths'
Clinton eyes landslide primary win as Obama plans for November
guardian.co.ukFound 52 days, 20 hours, 10 minutes, and 37 seconds agoClinton eyes landslide primary win as Obama plans for November
West Virginia Exit Poll Peek
cbsnews.comFound 52 days, 10 hours, 49 minutes, and 49 seconds agoMost voters made up their minds at some time before last week - a period which has been dominated by talk of Hillary Clinton's ability to continue in the race. Seventy eight percent of voters in the early CBS News exit polls said they had decided who they would be supporting before the past week. Just ...
Confident Barack Obama moves on to target swing states
timesonline.co.ukFound 51 days, 18 hours, 6 minutes, and 18 seconds agoBarack Obama side-stepped the West Virginia primary tonight by beginning a sweep through states that have already had Democratic primaries - but are marked out as battlegrounds for the election in November.
Obama Picks Up 2 Ohio Pledged Delegates
nbc4i.comFound 52 days, 10 hours, 3 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
usnews.comFound 51 days, 5 hours, 38 minutes, and 59 seconds agoClinton West Virginia Win Portrayed As Irrelevant; Obama Loss May Presage Problems In General.; Obama Shifts Focus To General Election Swing States; More Superdelegates Flow To Obama; McCain Global Warming Stance Draws Conservatives' Fire; Both Democrats Top McCain In National Poll; Democrats Win Special Election In Very Republican District; Economists' Recession Fears Receding; Bush Addresses Iraq Concerns, Intel; Democrats Announce Tentative Budget Plan; Congress Votes To Halt Oil Reserve Purchases; House Expected To Pass Farm Bill; House Dems Propose Millionaire Surtax; Miers Predicts Extended Privilege Clash; The Latest From Late Night Comedians;
Who is Coming Out for Obama?
politicalwire.comFound 51 days, 13 hours, 49 minutes, and 17 seconds agoSen. Barack Obama's campaign is planning to announce "a major endorsement" tonight at 6:30 pm ET. Mark Halperin hints it's John Edwards. Marc Ambinder notes that all of Edwards's "brain trust" is unreachable today for some reason. ...
String of Polls Show One in Five Democrats Set to Defect to McCain
cnsnews.comFound 52 days, 16 hours, 5 minutes, and 7 seconds ago(CNSNews.com) - A string of polls conducted by the Suffolk University Political Research Center over the past month--in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and, now, West Virginia--show that roughly 20 percent of Democratic primary voters are ready to vote for Sen. ...
Clinton wins W Virginia primary
news.bbc.co.ukFound 52 days, 10 hours, 24 minutes, and 41 seconds agoHillary Clinton wins West Virginia's Democratic primary by a large margin, according to US media projections.
Hell No You Can't
oatneyworld.blogspot.comFound 52 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes, and 13 seconds agoSharon Cobb is someone who I consider a personal friend, so she'll just have to forgive me for giving her a good drubbing for engaging in the same thing that many liberals accuse conservatives of doing constantly: ...
Superdelegate endorsements for Tuesday 5/13
demconwatch.blogspot.comFound 52 days, 18 hours, 12 minutes, and 52 seconds agoObama gets 4 superdelegate endorsements so far today "In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Senator Obama worked to help address the needs of our Gulf Coast communities. As the Gulf Coast continues to rebuild, other cities have faced tragic disasters across this country. ...
Clinton focuses on West Virginia
cnn.comFound 52 days, 20 hours, 8 minutes, and 33 seconds agoThe outcome of West Virginia's primary Tuesday may best be foretold by where Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama plan to spend the day.
West Virginia voters go to polls
news.bbc.co.ukFound 52 days, 18 hours, 40 minutes, and 51 seconds agoHillary Clinton wins West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary by a large margin, according to US media projections.
Clinton 'determined' after win in W. Va., but does it matter?
mcclatchydc.comFound 51 days, 21 hours, 51 minutes, and 8 seconds agoClinton won the overwhelmingly white state in a walk - by a landslide margin of 2-1, according to exit polls - and used the results to argue that Americans shouldn't count her out. We know from the Bible that faith can move mountains. As she spoke, a group staffed by Clinton supporters, www.
By John Dickerson
slate.comFound 51 days, 17 hours, 17 minutes, and 17 seconds agoWill Clinton's West Virginia rout actually hurt Obama? Barack Obama lost West Virginia by 41 points, which looks like an enormous fall. Is Obama's lead durable enough to withstand Tuesday's rout? This week he overtook Clinton among superdelegates, who continue to march toward him at a regular clip.
DC Superdelegate for Obama
my.barackobama.comFound 52 days, 10 hours, 3 minutes, and 39 seconds ago
Even The Racists Are Deserting Hillary
huffingtonpost.comFound 51 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds agoEven The Racists Are Deserting Hillary
Clinton: Not Going Anywhere Anytime Soon
blog.washingtonpost.comFound 52 days, 5 hours, 16 minutes, and 23 seconds agoFollowing Sen. Hillary Clinton's (N.Y.) convincing victory tonight in West Virginia she delivered a defiant speech in which she insisted that the outcome of the Democratic nomination fight remained very much in doubt. ...
John Edwards Endorses Barack Obama
taylormarsh.comFound 51 days, 10 hours, 42 minutes, and 14 seconds agoBY TAYLOR MARSH Edwards was incredibly gracious as he began his endorsement speech with an enthusiastic nod to Hillary Clinton. She's earned it. Of course, Obama's supporters booed. ...
China airlifts aid to remote villages hit by quake
news.yahoo.comFound 52 days, 5 hours, 53 minutes, and 51 seconds agoSoldiers rushed to shore up a dam cracked by this week's powerful earthquake, and rescuers came by helicopter and ship Wednesday into the isolated epicenter but still were forced to dig for survivors with their bare hands.
Watching West Virginia
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.comFound 52 days, 11 hours, 15 minutes, and 32 seconds ago"Like the song says, 'it's almost heaven,'" she says to a cheering crowd in Charleston. She still hasnât spoken yet, but her campaign just announced that sheâll be on all the news programs tomorrow afternoon and evening (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX). Does that mean heâll miss the staff meeting in ...
Clinton Camp: Obama Shouldn't Get Away With Writing Off West Virginia Loss
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.comFound 52 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes, and 26 seconds agoWith Hillary Clinton simultaneously expected to win big today in West Virginia but lose overall for the nomination, the campaign has sent out a memo insisting that Barack Obama shouldn't be allowed to set low expectations here. ...
Clinton wins West Virginia primary by wide margin
iht.comFound 52 days, 7 hours, 26 minutes, and 55 seconds agoSenator Hillary Rodham Clinton's victory over Senator Barack Obama was fueled by strong turnout among the white, working-class voters.
His Royal Phoniness endorses Barack Obama (UPDATE: OBAMA APOLOGIZES FOR "SWEETIE" COMMENT)
sistertoldjah.comFound 51 days, 9 hours, 5 minutes, and 26 seconds agoTrying to help him out with working class white voters, perhaps? The AP reports (via Memeo ): Democrat John Edwards is endorsing former rival Barack Obama, fresh signs of the party establishment embracing the likely nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. ...
Clinton fights on after victory
news.bbc.co.ukFound 52 days, 5 hours, 2 minutes, and 1 second agoHillary Clinton says her win in West Virginia means the race for the Democratic nomination is not over yet.
West Virginia Primary Postmortem
outsidethebeltway.comFound 51 days, 22 hours, 18 minutes, and 59 seconds agoHillary Clinton beat Barack Obama by a 2-to-1 margin ( 67-26 ) in West Virginia. Does this change anything? Probably not. One suspects Dick Cheney could have beaten Obama in this one. As impressive as Clinton's string of victories in states dominated by white people with blue collars, there's ...
Untitled
suntimes.comFound 52 days, 21 minutes, and 20 seconds agoWhite House hopeful Hillary Clinton won a "huge" but symbolic victory Tuesday against rival Barack Obama in West Virginia. Hillary Clinton acknowledges supporters after speaking at her West Virginia Primary night rally Tuesday. Conceding defeat early, Obama tried to make a molehill out of Clinton's Mountain ...
For Obama, the General Election Is Calling
feeds.washingtonpost.comFound 52 days, 12 hours, 8 minutes, and 47 seconds agoCHARLESTON, W.Va., May 12 -- Sen. Barack Obama will make it clear on Tuesday that he has turned his attention to the general election, traveling to the November battleground states of Missouri and Michigan.
Symbolic Win? Clinton Wallops Obama
abcnews.go.comFound 52 days, 10 hours, 1 minute, and 18 seconds agoStinging defeat not likely to deter Obama's march toward Democratic nomination.
Clinton's W.Va. victory does little to slow Obama
breitbart.comFound 51 days, 18 hours, 20 minutes, and 10 seconds agoAn embattled Clinton is urging party leaders to take a hard look at West Virginia, which she won with 67 percent of the vote. But her victory did little if anything to knock Obama off stride as he approaches the delegate totals needed to give him the presidential nomination. "Choose who you believe will ...
With pool cue, flag pin, Obama combats elitist image
chicagotribune.comFound 52 days, 13 hours, 59 minutes, and 42 seconds agoThe Illinois senator concedes he will lose Tuesday's West Virginia primary to Hillary Rodham Clinton, probably by a wide margin. Obama told several thousand people at the Charleston Civic Center that patriotism means more than saluting flags and holding parades. "At a time when we're facing the largest ...
Clinton wins by a landslide in West Virginia
latimes.comFound 51 days, 15 hours, 50 minutes, and 55 seconds agoHillary Clinton takes the stage at her primary election night celebration in Charleston, West Virginia. The state's voters -- mostly white and working-class -- fit her strengths. Running in a state tailored to her strengths -- with a large turnout of white, rural and working-class voters -- Clinton posted ...
Hillary coasts to big win in W.Va. primary
wvgazette.comFound 51 days, 4 hours, 16 minutes, and 51 seconds agoBarack Obama today in West Virginia's Democratic primary, in her quest to keep her presidential hopes alive. "Like the song says, 'It's almost heaven," Clinton said when she came on stage at the Charleston Civic Center to claim her victory. "My friends, the faith of the Mountain State has moved me.
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Found 52 days, 9 hours, 2 minutes, and 43 seconds ago
rss.cnn.com
The outcome of West Virginia's primary Tuesday may best be foretold by where Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama plan to spend the day.
Found 52 days, 22 hours, 41 minutes, and 1 second ago
telegraph.co.uk
The senator was also heard inadvertently referring to the next president as
"he" as attention turned to how she could make a graceful exit from a
gruelling, 17-month contest. As she continued campaigning for today's primary in West Virginia, the former
First Lady thanked her followers for "all ...
Found 51 days, 20 hours, 26 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
msnbc.msn.com
With us, he supports Barack Obama, a former Democratic Party chairman, Chris Dodd, Democratic Senator from Connecticut. And he supports Hillary Clinton, also a former Democratic Party chairman, Terry McAuliffe, chair of the Clinton campaign. With us, he supports Barack Obama, a former Democratic Party ...
Found 53 days, 19 minutes, and 30 seconds ago
washingtonpost.com
CHARLESTON, W.Va., May 12 -- Sen. Barack Obama will make it clear on Tuesday that he has turned his attention to the general election, traveling to the November battleground states of Missouri and Michigan.
Found 52 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, and 6 seconds ago
nypost.com
Clinton routed Obama here, 67-26 percent, with 99 percent of precincts counted. At her victory party, Clinton supporters chanted "It's not over! "I am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign until everyone has had a chance to make their voices heard," Clinton said.
Found 51 days, 19 hours, 31 minutes, and 35 seconds ago
apnews.myway.com
Obama conceded defeat in advance in the state, looking ahead to the Oregon primary later in the month and the fall campaign against John McCain, the republican nominee-in-waiting. Interviews with West Virginia voters leaving their polling places showed an electorate that was overwhelmingly white. 5 delegates, ...
Found 51 days, 23 hours, 19 minutes, and 54 seconds ago
online.wsj.com
Obama spent Tuesday elsewhere, in Missouri, before heading to Michigan to campaign there Wednesday. Both swing states held their primaries long ago, but are crucial in the general election. Obama spent Tuesday elsewhere, in Missouri, before heading to Michigan to campaign there Wednesday. "No Democrat ...
Found 51 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes, and 31 seconds ago
dailykos.com
Finally, it was announced this afternoon that Obama has picked up two more pledged delegates as a result of Ohio finishing the count of provisional ballots.
By Associated Press
Found 52 days, 10 hours, 3 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
corner.nationalreview.com
Carville has his Obama check ready? What does a girl have to do to keep a friend? Maybe win a state? Guess not. 05/13 08:56 PM
Found 52 days, 7 hours, 26 minutes, and 36 seconds ago
pajamasmedia.com
MCCLATCHY: Clinton scores big win in W.Va., but does it matter?
Found 52 days, 9 hours, 10 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
ace.mu.nu
I don't expect that number to hold up. Most of us vowed we'd never support McCain but many of us will grudgingly pull the lever for him (maybe).
Still, that's a pretty big number. If 25% of that 20% remains firm about not voting for the Democrat, that's 5% subtracted out of the Democratic column (and maybe added to the Republican column). Easily enough to swing a close election.
Found 52 days, 13 hours, 6 minutes, and 15 seconds ago
floppingaces.net
Of the 19 big battleground states Hillary Clinton has won 14 of them. Now count West Virginia in that category:
Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of the worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.
"The White House is won in the swing states. And I am winning the swing states," Clinton told cheering supporters at a victory rally.
Found 51 days, 16 hours, 28 minutes, and 18 seconds ago
politicalwire.com
A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds that 55% of Democrats want Sen. Barack Obama to choose Sen. Hillary Clinton as his running mate.
Found 52 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes, and 22 seconds ago
julescrittenden.com
The big news is that Clinton stays alive. I don't know why anyone would be surprised . She wasn't exactly dead in the water, no matter what the pundits were saying last week.*
How does she live? Ugly. That's the story line, anyway. According to everything I've seen this week,** it's because Americans are closet racists, and the gap-toothed semi-literate erstwhile Klansmen of West Virginia have underscored the point. NYT : (more…)
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:00 am Comments (2)
Found 51 days, 20 hours, 2 minutes, and 58 seconds ago
hughhewitt.townhall.com
Politico.com has a Ben Smith story that notes a Clinton supporter waving a bowling pin after last night's big win, "a symbol of the cultural distance between Obama, who bowls poorly, and the state's working-class white voters."
Found 51 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes, and 8 seconds ago
thinkprogress.org
In an interview with a local ABC affiliate, Politico's Mike Allen discussed his interview with President Bush yesterday, in which Bush said he has given up golf because of the Iraq war. Describing Bush's "upbeat" mood about his presidency, Allen said it makes him realize that Bush "must not read the papers or watch TV much":
ALLEN: The president's physically aged in the last seven years, but he still seems to have a spring in his step. He says he still enjoys the job. Makes me realize that he must not read the papers or watch TV much.
Found 51 days, 19 hours, 10 minutes, and 15 seconds ago
gothamist.com
Hilary Clinton won tonight's West Virginia primary with about 66% of the vote, handily defeating Barack Obama (he had 27%) as expected. The NY Times reported "racial considerations emerged as an unusually salient factor as Mrs. Clinton drew strong support from white, working-class voters who have spurned Mr. Obama in recent contests." Interesting note: John Edwards, who exited the Democratic presidential race a while ago, got about 7% of the vote .
To a crowd in Charleston, W.V., Clinton indicated she was ignoring calls to drop out , " I am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign.
Found 52 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 34 seconds ago
gothamist.com
Former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Senator Barack Obama at an event in Michigan today. Edwards, who dropped out of the Democratic hunt for the nomination back in January , had been expected to support Obama , especially after statements referring to him as the likely nominee.
Edwards and Obama appeared to team up to attack Clinton during a debate in New Hampshire earlier this year . When Clinton was claiming Obama was inconsistent with his views, Edwards said:
Found 51 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes, and 47 seconds ago
mydd.com
From Tim Russert on Sunday's Meet The Press :
The campaign manager for John McCain sent this memo out on Wednesday: "If and when Senator Barack Obama becomes the official nominee, Democratic primary voters may not form a tight coalition immediately. Data to date suggests Democratic primary voters will not blindly support Senator Obama.
Found 53 days, 19 minutes, and 27 seconds ago
stoptheaclu.com
This was very predictable. Please let me know if anyone cares or thinks this will influence anyone in any way. The white vote?
Found 51 days, 9 hours, 5 minutes, and 17 seconds ago
deanesmay.com
Interestingly, it appears that contra most pundit assumptions, most Democratic voters want the nomination race to continue .
Honestly, that makes sense. I think those who are afraid the ongoing race is going to damage the party are basically being sissies. The Democratic race has, in fact, been remarkably positive and civil by historical perspective.
Found 52 days, 19 hours, 57 minutes, and 31 seconds ago
mediabistro.com
MSNBC sourced the Associated Press with the news when breaking the news.
> More : ABC News was the first news organization to report the endorsement, with a blog post on Political Radar on ABCNews.com at 5:04pmET.
Found 51 days, 12 hours, 24 minutes, and 59 seconds ago
xnerg.blogspot.com
but the good news on this election night is that the dems have taken yet another seat from the repubbbs, and in the reddest of the red states. the hill :
Found 52 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 35 seconds ago
themoderatevoice.com
Yesterday we ran this post about a poll indicating Democrats wanted the primary battle between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to continue -- and now a second poll has come up with the same finding, and almost the same numbers:
On the eve of the West Virginia primary, most Democrats nationally say Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton should continue the campaign, but more now say that it's time for Clinton to quit.
In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, 55% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents also would like Illinois Sen.
Found 52 days, 19 hours, 24 minutes, and 44 seconds ago
shakespearessister.blogspot.com
Interview with President Bush
Found 52 days, 2 hours, 44 minutes, and 37 seconds ago
guerillawomentn.blogspot.com
According to the early West Virginia exit polls , 59 percent of Hillary Rodham Clinton's voters will
Found 52 days, 10 hours, 49 minutes, and 48 seconds ago
decision08.net
… Hillary Clinton has won West Virginia. No margin yet, but expect it to be huge…What does it change? Nothing, but she'll get some good headlines, and various pundits will breathlessly wonder what this says about Obama's electability…
UPDATE 11:22 p.m.: Well, credit where credit is due…40+ points is a huge win. Unfortunately, what this result does is bring up uncomfortable questions about race, and how big a factor it will be in the 2008 election…it's the elephant in the room no one wants
Found 52 days, 9 hours, 51 minutes, and 26 seconds ago
theleftcoaster.com
by Steve Soto
There's a raft of campaign-related items yesterday and today for you to comment on.
The latest USA Today/Gallup poll shows that a majority of Democrats across the country don't want Hillary to drop out. Furthermore, a majority want Obama to unify the party by having Hillary as his running mate. Although this will never happen, what may very well happen is for Obama to select a Hillary supporter from a key state as his running mate, like Ohio's popular governor Ted Strickland .
Found 52 days, 16 hours, 16 minutes, and 15 seconds ago
truthdig.com
John Edwards announced his endorsement of Barack Obama on Wednesday. Edwards' support has long been coveted by both Democratic candidates, particularly because of his populist appeal. Indeed, he won about 7 percent of th
Found 51 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes, and 36 seconds ago