Democratic Primary

Obama Only Top Dem Without National Union Endorsement

Associated Press | Jesse Holland | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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Barack Obama's appeal among Democrats is undeniable. He's near the top of every poll and he packs rooms wherever he goes. But a vital piece of the Dem...

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John Edwards' Win Free or Die Strategy for New Hampshire

Allison Fine | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home

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Campaigns are a lot like ball games: the key ingredient that makes them both so much fun to watch is the tiniest possibility that an underdog can win.

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Kerrey Says Obama Attended A Secular Madrasa

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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Former senator Bob Kerrey, who recently endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, said during a television appearance on Monday that her ...

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'Huckabee Panic': Conservatives Threaten To Back Hillary Over Huck

Carpetbagger Report | Steve Benen | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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Following up on the extensive discussion over the weekend about the conservative establishment's aversion to Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign, An...

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Huckabee Equated Homosexuality With Pedophilia, Necrophilia

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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At the last Republican presidential debate, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who had surged into the lead in the Iowa polls, pitched himself as...

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Hillary's Top Foreign Policy Adviser: She's "More Willing To Use Force Than Her Husband"

Horse's Mouth | Greg Sargent | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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There are few media formulations more loathsome than the phrase "national security Democrat," and I just want to go on record sharing Atrios' annoyanc...

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Why Did Bob Kerrey Mention Obama's Middle Name -- Hussein?

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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Some Obama supporters have asked why former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., who endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., today, mentioned her opponent Sen. Bar...

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Obama Fights Stories About Muslim Roots

Miami Herald | BETH REINHARD | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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Max Holtzman, a Miami lawyer and fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was in a downtown office building when he ran into a h...

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Krugman: Obama Has Become "The Anti-Change Candidate"

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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Broadly speaking, the serious contenders for the Democratic nomination are offering similar policy proposals -- the dispute over health care mandates ...

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Iowa Rep. Loebsack Endorses Barack Obama

Des Moines Register | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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U.S. Rep. David Loebsack on Monday will announce his endorsement of Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Loebsack, in his f...

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Clinton Hints At "Surprises" In Obama's Past

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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Clinton didn't mention specifics in the taping of an interview on "Iowa Press" this morning, but drew a contrast with unnamed rivals that echoes Bill ...

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Hillary and The Clinton Legacy

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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That she's benefited from her husbands' political legacy goes without saying, but what is striking is how irrelevant -- if not simply wrong-headed -- his policy legacy is to the challenges we now face.

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Elizabeth Edwards Returns To The Campaign Trail

NY Times' The Caucus | Julie Bosman | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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Elizabeth Edwards has been absent from the campaign trail for almost a month, having last made an appearance around Nov. 18 in New Hampshire. Until y...

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Anonymous Pro-Hillary Blog Commenters Were Clinton Staffers

NY Times' The Caucus | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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More about "over-eager" young pups at the Clinton campaign. BlueHampshire.com, a progressive site in the Granite State, has found that several Clinto...

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Obama Ties Clinton In New Hampshire

Associated Press | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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-- THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in New Hampshire THE NUMBERS - DEMOCRATS Barack Obama, 32 percent Hillary Rodham ...

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"Oppo Piece" -- or Just an Off-Base, Ad Hominem Attack From a Clinton Advisor?

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

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If I had really written what Sean Wilentz says I wrote, I'd owe him an apology. As it is, he owes me one - but I'm not holding my breath.

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Edwards Is More Electable. Period.

Ian Welsh | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

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This isn't 2004. Voting your beliefs (the poor and middle class are getting screwed) and choosing the most electable candidate aren't in opposition to each other this time.

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Anonymous Hillary Blogger on Offense

Ari Melber | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

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For all its lies, bias and negativity, though, Hillaryis44 is effective.

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Why I'm for Barack (Cutting to the Chase)

Craig Newmark | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

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I'm not an American "exceptionalist"; I'm a customer service rep, and have spoken with thousands of people in the US and overseas.

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Bill Clinton: I Told Hillary To Dump Me

CNN | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

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Bill Clinton said Monday he was so impressed by his wife when they first started dating, he once tried to convince her she should dump him and focus o...

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Obama, Clinton and the "Vision Thing"

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

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With Clinton, I see caution. I don't sense the same sort of open expansiveness as I do with Obama. Our next President must be tough and strategic, but not so hardened that he or she forgets how to dream and bet big.

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Poll: Hillary Viewed As Most Positive Candidate

NYT's The Caucus | Dalia Sussman | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

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The latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds voters give the presidential candidates positive marks on at least one score at this stage in their camp...

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Hillary's Campaign Tense As Inevitability Fades

Bloomberg | Albert Hunt | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

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Her once-commanding advantage over Obama in Iowa and New Hampshire -- the two critical initial contests -- is evaporating. She has gotten the worst o...

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Is Karl Rove Fundraising For Rudy Giuliani?

New York Daily News | Elizabeth Benamin | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

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A reader forwarded an invite he received from someone close to Rudy Giuliani to a $5,000-a-head fundraiser tomorrow morning at The Union League hosted...

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Hillary Clinton Lands Earmarks For Campaign Contributions

LA Times | Tom Hamburger and Dan Morain | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

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It's a real estate developer's sugar-plum dream: a mega-shopping mall complete with 10 Broadway-style theaters, an indoor river, a Tuscan village and ...

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