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Obama: Limping Across the Finish Line

Robert Guttman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Robert Guttman

The question now is not whether or not the party will be unified in the fall, but whether or not Obama can actually win in Ohio, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and other large industrial states.

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Superdelegates Shift To Obama

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

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UPDATE: Obama has picked up another superdelegate from Oregon. Barack Obama has picked up a series of superdelegates this morning, one of which at th...

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Florida, Michigan cannot save Clinton

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Michigan and Florida alone can't save Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign. Interviews with those considering how to handle the two s...

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Dame Hillary Clinton: the Black Knight

Chip Collis | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home

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Chip Collis

Clinton's ineffectual victories have become the pledged-delegate equivalent of having her legs hacked out from underneath her. Yet all the while she's trilling, "I'm invincible! Have at you then!"

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Illinois Rep: At Least Eight Superdelegates Secretly Supporting Obama

Progress Illinois | Mose Buchele | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky says she knows of "at least eight" superdelegates who plan on voting for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, but h...

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It Won't Be Gore, Will It?

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

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Nathaniel Bach

In effect, Gore's prospects are aligned with Clinton's. Unless the contest comes down to the convention, neither is likely to emerge the nominee.

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Time Mag Cover: "How Al Gore Could Save The Democrats"

Huffington Post | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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With Democrats beginning to voice fears about a long summer of two candidates sniping over electability, the name of unofficial party elder Al Gore ha...

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Obama, Not Clinton, Pressing For Florida Delegate Solution

The Buzz | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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The Hillary Clinton campaign has yet to express any interest in negotiating a solution to Florida's delegate mess, but a couple key Barack Obama staff...

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Southern Dem Warns Party To Avert Disaster

Politico | Jonathan Martin And Mike Allen | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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Democrats are increasingly nervous about their party's protracted nomination fight, and some prominent figures are publicly warning that the party nee...

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DNC Official: Clinton Pursuing "Tonya Harding" Option

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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l just spoke with a Democratic Party official, who asked for anonymity so as to speak candidly, who said we in the media are all missing the point of ...

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Congressman Sees Gore As Nominee If Race Goes Until August

TCPalm | Mark Tomasik | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, whose district includes much of Martin and St. Lucie counties, is hoping he won't have to attend the Democratic Party national ...

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McCain Benefits From Protracted Democratic Race

Huffington Post | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Despite assurances by Sens. Clinton and Obama that everything will come out rosy in November, Democrats are becoming more and more concerned that the ...

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Denver Short On Funds For Democratic National Convention

LA Times | DeeDee Correll | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

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The long and winding fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is giving a fundraising migraine to the Mile High City. As the host city, Denve...

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Obama Expresses Support For Superdelegate Primary

Political Radar | Sunlen Miller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., expressed support of a proposal floated by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen to hold a superdelegate primary in an interview wit...

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Clinton Has Not Gained A Superdelegate Since Super Tuesday

MSNBC News | Mark Murray | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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By our count, the Clinton campaign hasn't publicly announced the support of a new superdelegate since just after February 5. Indeed, since Super Tuesd...

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Florida House Dems Object To Revote

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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For a moment, it looked like party leaders were marching toward a Florida revote. But Obama's campaign signaled today that the mechanics would be an o...

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Joe Trippi: Democratic Primary Will Go To Convention

New York | John Heilemann | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Last night, Democratic strategist Joe Trippi sat down to discuss the Democratic primary with New York's John Heilemann from his home on the eastern sh...

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Hillary Clinton: Pledged Delegates Can Switch Candidates

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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In an interview with Newsweek, Hillary Clinton raised the specter of pledged delegates, nominated by voters, switching their votes at the Democratic C...

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80 Superdelegates Will Wait Till Convention To Choose Sides

Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's trio of victories over Sen. Barack Obama last week appears to have convinced a sizable number of uncommitted Democratic ...

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Dems Fret Over Prolonged Bitter Fight

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Associated Press has noticed concern among Democratic party loyalists over a long, possibly hostile, nomination process: "Despite Obama's impress...

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Clinton Strategy: Convince Superdelegates Obama Is "Paper Tiger"

Washington Post's The Trail | Peter Baker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Forget Wii. The real computer game for those of us mesmerized by Ohio and Texas today is located over on the site of our corporate cousin, Slate. As D...

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Brokaw: Obama Has 50 Superdelegates Set To Endorse Him

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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UPDATED 3/05 Prominent Backer Says Obama Has 50 New Superdelegates, reports the Political Wire: Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Sen. Barack Obama's Missouri ...

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Clinton Targets Pledged Delegates

Politico | Roger Simon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign intends to go after delegates whom Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and primaries if she needs the...

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Undecided Superdelegates: Many Have Clinton History, Majority Are Women

NY Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY and FARHANA HOSSAIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The dwindling group of elected officials and party leaders publicly undecided in the Democratic presidential contest -- about 300 out of the 795 so-ca...

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Huckabee Hopes Texas Victory Will Bring Brokered Convention

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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It may be all bluster to motivate donors and raise coin -- like most fundraising pitches -- but in an e-mail solicitation tonight Huck is now openly p...

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