Hillary Got The Whites-Who-Won't-Vote-Black Vote
The numbers tell the story: Hillary Clinton's margin of victory in Pennsylvania was due to racist white Democratic voters who openly opposed Barack Obama because he is black.
The numbers tell the story: Hillary Clinton's margin of victory in Pennsylvania was due to racist white Democratic voters who openly opposed Barack Obama because he is black.
Barnett Zitron | Posted 04.30.2008 | Home
One thing is for sure: Hillary's best friend in Pennsylvania (even better than Gov. Rendell and the crowds of older voters) is the state's closed primary and inflexible voting regulations.
John Tomasic | Posted 04.30.2008 | Home
We're posting this updating digest of OffTheBus reports from on the ground in Pennsylvania. A theme has already emerged on the challenges faced by voters and officials to properly record and tally ballots.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
I've always wondered if the real reason the Clintons think Obama is "unelectable" is not the ability to handle the 3 a.m. phone call -- but the color of his skin.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
On Countdown With Keith Olbermann Monday night, Hillary Clinton was asked by the MSNBC host why she sat down with Richard Mellon Scaife, the architect...
Bloomberg | Catherine Dodge and Kristin Jensen | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
To overtake Barack Obama in the nationwide popular vote, Hillary Clinton needs a bigger win in tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary than she has had in any...
McClatchy Newspapers | Margaret Talev and William Douglas | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama on Saturday accused rival Hillary Clinton of internalizing "a lot of the strategies and tactics that have made Washington such a miserabl...
Tom Namako | Posted 04.26.2008 | Home
It's simple, grassroots, startup ideas that have poked holes in the Clinton 1990s-style carefully crafted mass-media-ready messages. Internet news. Facebook. Hordes of young community volunteers.
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home
A Penn. Poll suggests that only 50 percent of Clinton supporters now say they will vote for Obama in the general, versus 26 percent who say they'll vote for McCain. Among union households, that number dips as low as 32 percent.
Newsweek | Howard Fineman | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics
If you are Vernon Jordan, it's hard to lie low. But for now, he's trying. At 6 feet 4, a figure of bespoke suits and regal bearing, the 72-year-old la...
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 04.18.2008 | Home
Obama and McCain are both up in states mostly abandoned by their parties and down where previous nominees have been strong.
BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 04.18.2008 | Home
Young women don't believe the Democratic nominee must have a body like our own. We're looking beyond race and gender toward political vision, leadership style and basic values.
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home
If Clinton doesn't win Pennsylvania, she can't expect to win any of the states voting in May. All of last week's polls, however, show a dramatic tightening of the PA race, Obama even leading in one.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama was the special guest on the Hardball College Tour Wednesday. The whole transcript is here. Right off the bat, it was pretty clear who th...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
On Hardball Tuesday, Pennsylvania Rep. Jack Murtha, a Hillary Clinton supporter, weighed in on the Democrats and their positions on the war. Murtha sa...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
Speaking on MSNBC Tuesday, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told Norah O'Donnell that he hoped the remaining undecided superdelegate...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.08.2008 | Media
Lou Dobbs, speaking with Clinton surrogate Lanny Davis, Obama supporter Jim Zogby, and Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz, gave his viewers an ...
AP | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
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Nora Ephron | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
I used to love Hillary and I no longer do, but unlike what usually happens when love dies, I still think about her far too much.
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Barack Obama refused Saturday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Hillary Rodham Clinton to step away from the...
Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics
The New York Times reports that a top aide to Barack Obama accused former President Bill Clinton of employing "divisive attacks" to promote his wife's...
Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton on Saturday reinforced her campaign's talking point that she was a stronger candidate because she had won Ohio and Florida, crucial "a...
Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
In an extraordinary day in his more than yearlong quest for the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama on Friday sought to put behind him two raging controvers...
Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
The media has turned downright skittish in noting the similarities between Eliot and Bill. Would it somehow be unfair to muddy the Clinton campaign with such uncomfortable associations?
McClatchy Newspapers | William Douglas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Sen. Hillary Clinton claims that her experience in dealing with foreign affairs qualifies her to handle a crisis call at 3 a.m. and be commander in ch...
John K. Wilson | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home