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Clinton Team Convention Poster Strategy Tamped Down Dissent

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home


Dawn Teo

Hillary's 40-person whip team, which spent the week tamping down on dissent within her delegate ranks, had a brilliant plan to thwart dissent in the convention hall Tuesday night.

Hillary Clinton: Were You Only In It For Me?

Michelle Bart | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics


Michelle Bart

Words cannot express how I'm feeling after watching Hillary Clinton carry her speech tonight at the Democratic National Convention. What an example...

Hillary Takes It to McCain on Health Care Today

Art Levine | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics


Art Levine

Maybe the Democrats, including Hillary's own most ardent supporters, will find winning health care reform a good enough reason to unite behind Obama.

PUMA -- Endangered Species

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Hillary made the case she needed to make to her supporters who were still sitting on the fence, and she did it perfectly, in a speech for the ages.

Gloria Allred, Clinton Delegate, Rallies Support; Reports Being "Gagged" At Delegation Meeting

John Tomasic | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home


John Tomasic

"If you were at the California delegation this morning, you saw me with a gag in my mouth. That is because I was not permitted to either speak to the California delegation, even though I am a Hillary delegate, nor were the Hillary delegates permitted to have a meeting with each other."

Dignity And Respect -- Except for Hillary

Jon Raymond | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home


Jon Raymond

The real reason voters might go over to McCain is the animosity coming from the Obama people, the people who idolize a leader who "treats people with dignity and respect," as Michelle Obama put it.

A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

Hillary's Long Hot Summer

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 09.08.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Last year, Hillary was reigning over the summer debates, shoring up claims to inevitability. Today she's stumping for Barack in Nevada, where it's 110 degrees in the shade. What a difference a summer makes.

Bill Clinton, Middle East Envoy?

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Politically, this would give both the Clintons a personal stake in the race, and would go a long way towards healing the wounds inflicted in the primaries on both sides.

Clinton Calls For "Cathartic" First-Ballot Nomination

John Tomasic | Posted 08.09.2008 | Home


John Tomasic

"We do not want any Democrat, either in the hall or in the stadium or at home, walking away saying Well, you know, I'm just not satisfied. I'm not happy. Because that's what I'm trying to avoid."

How Obama Can Finally Break Free in the Polls: Hillary

Jackson Williams | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Jackson Williams

The final piece to the puzzle may well be adding Clinton's populist economic message to Obama's call for "change we can believe in."

A Woman Scorned

Ellis Weiner | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Ellis Weiner

When I want a bracing shot of pseudo-principled outrage, I normally turn to Republicans. But recently I found a Democratic source: Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, who may vote for McCain.

Russert's Legacy: A Woman Meeting the Press?

Marie Wilson | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media


Marie Wilson

Visibility is viability, and wouldn't it be great to have Meet the Press, the most prestigious and hard hitting show on the Sunday circuit, feature a woman host?

Viral Video Film School

Brett Erlich | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


Brett Erlich

Hillary's run for the White House offered more than its share of triumphant, embarrassing, off-color, and off-key moments caught on tape and forwarded to millions across the country.

The Big Unmentionable

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Carol Felsenthal

The former president's absence from Hillary's photo album brings the campaign full circle. So poor Bill, who has temporarily dropped from sight, sustained a double humiliation.

"Women's Lib" Reborn?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


Caryl Rivers

The message when the first woman to have a real shot at the presidency is consistently called shrill and cackling is that women should have no voice in the public arena and will be humiliated if they try to enter it.

Obama is an Expat's Dream Come True: The Son of a Global Citizen

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Obama's mother gave a precious gift to her son, the life of both an Americanand that of human being who feels at home in many different cultures, allowing to see the similarities between us all.

Father Pfleger: Ousted from the Rectory, Looking for a New Place

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


Cathleen Falsani

Pfleger has been thumbing his nose at authority -- secular and sacred -- for years in pursuit of what he believes God has called him to do: fight for the poor and oppressed.

Hillary's Checkers Speech

Peter Dreier | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home


Peter Dreier

Last night Hillary mirrored Nixon's famous and pathetic speech. In 1952 he told a national audience he was not a quitter and appealed to voters to help decide whether he should be the vice presidential candidate. "Wire and write," he said.

The Presiential Election is Not Going to Be Close

Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


Guy T. Saperstein

Simply put, this is the worst possible time for any Republican to be running for president, and Obama is the perfect candidate for Democrats, and a nightmare for McCain.

Hillary: It Ain't Over Yet!

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

The Hillary speech not only ignored Obama's historic win but was so laden with self-preservation and -aggrandizement it's clear that, although she is at the end of her candidacy, she is not done with her self-deluded power plays.

Clinton: No Nominee On Tuesday

ABC News | Eloise Harper | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics


ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., thanked Puerto Ricans Sunday night for helping her to victory on the island where she s...

Hillary's 2012 End Game

Diane Francis | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics


Diane Francis

This week will be great fun to watch because the delegate arithmetic simply doesn't work after Tuesday. Then, the real Hillary will be revealed in one of two scenarios.

Assaulted or Unassaulted?

Steven Weber | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


Steven Weber

Categorizing Hillary as a victim of sexism shows there is nothing else to be said that cogently criticizes her qualifications, nothing of any substance that is assailable.

The Lingering Electability Issue

Andy Ostroy | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


Andy Ostroy

While Clinton's lost me on the character front, I still have issues with Obama in terms of overall electability come November 4th.