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Bill Clinton, Obama To Meet To Discuss NKorea

nytimes.com | Jeff Zeleny | Posted 09.18.2009 | World


It's a Clinton-filled day at the White House on Tuesday. Former President Bill Clinton is set to arrive for an afternoon meeting with President Obama...

President Obama - Give Us an LGBT Advocate

Karen Ocamb | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics


Karen Ocamb

"Equal rights," while always counted in the litany of core liberal and progressive principles and "values," always is set aside or thrown under the bus in favor of some real or imagined political expediency.

Bill Clinton: Obama's Speech Was "Terrific" And Sufficiently Optimism

The Plum Line | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


Bill Clinton -- who recently urged President Obama to show more optimism about the future -- hailed Obama for getting the tone right in his speech las...

Obama's Great Society

Dylan Loewe | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics


Dylan Loewe

What was most impressive about the speech was not its cadence and tone, but the framing used to sell its contents.

Clinton Veterans Return After Eight Years: Old Offices "Unrecognizable"

NY Times | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics


For the first time since they threw their old, boxy pagers over the White House fence on Jan. 20, 2001 -- the BlackBerry as we know it wasn't on the m...

Obama Brings Clinton Team Back Together

Politico | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


The Politico reports that Barack Obama's administration is starting to looks a lot like Bill Clinton's: Here's how you can tell the campaign is over...

Barack Obama and My Kids

Julie Menin | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Julie Menin

Without first acquiring a track record of reaching across the aisle, one of the greatest opportunities to create a modern "New Deal" to help Americans across the country will be lost.

Should an Obama Presidency Be Bill Clinton's Third Term?

David Sirota | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

The hope is with a big enough election mandate, Obama will feel more empowered to sweep out the Clintonites and start fresh -- both in terms of personnel, and in terms of ideology.

Obama Gets Tough. Too Little, Too Late?

John Ridley | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics


John Ridley

With the kind of pushback he's been offering, Obama oughta be looking to play cribbage this November with the guys at the assisted living home for Democrats. Except that Obama had himself a siddown with Bill Clinton.

On National Security Night, Clinton Keeps His Gun Holstered and Biden Fires Away

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

National security rated only passing mentions -- broad generalities when specifics were called for. This despite the fact that the Bush years have given us so many tragic specifics to remind the American people of.

Obama's Tuesday Night Chat With Clintons: Details

Time | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics


After leaving the house party, Senator Obama called and talked for several minutes with Senator Hillary Clinton saying how grateful he was for her sup...

Sam Stein

Bradley Praises The Clinton Years, Says No To VP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


Here's another instance of how the political dynamics differ between a primary fight and a general election campaign. One of Barack Obama's most resp...

Where is Bill? Wrong Question! - Bill Clinton Doesn't Have to Answer

Carl Jeffers | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Carl Jeffers

Don't think for one second Bill Clinton won't be doing whatever he can to elect the Obama as our next president. But it will be because he wants to, not be because he needs to rebuild his image.

Someone Get Barack Bill's Cell Phone Number

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Carol Felsenthal

When I was writing Clinton in Exile, I heard often about how technologically challenged the former president is. Aides to Bill Clinton told me that ...

Bill Clinton: Committed To Helping Obama

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Former President Clinton on Tuesday offered to help Barack Obama win the White House, although what work he'll do for his wife's fo...

Obama's Key To The Blue Collar Vote

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Obama can better connect with working-class voters by talking to them about education. That's the issue. He should drop in on small groups of folk, like Bill Clinton does, and sharply focus his answers and his questions!

Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich Endorses Obama

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics


BOSTON — Former Clinton Cabinet member Robert Reich on Friday endorsed Barack Obama over Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for the Democratic...

Obama Exclusive (Audio): On V.P And Foreign Policy, Courting the Working Class, and Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Here is the full audio from Senator Barack Obama's fundraiser hosted at a home in Pacific Heights, San Francisco on Sunday, April 6, 2008.

Obama: No Surprise That Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians Turn Bitter

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Obama tells Californians it's natural that the economically disenfranchised heartland turns to guns, religion, and xenophobia.

Bill Clinton Blames Obama For Ousting Of Other Dems

MSNBC News | Carrie Dan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Continuing his swing through eastern Texas last night, Bill Clinton continued to slam Obama's discounting of "fights" of the past, even saying that Ob...

Bill Clinton Calls Obama Campagin "Smoke And Mirrors"

The Examiner | Susan Ferrechio | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


With Virginia considered Hillary Clinton's best chance in the Potomac Primary, Bill Clinton packed his schedule with three stops Monday in the Old Dom...

Bill Clinton: Mistake Was Thinking I Was "Like Any Other Spouse"

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Bill Clinton yesterday suggested that his controversial comments preceding the South Carolina primary were a mistake. Said Bill: "The mistake that I ...

Bill Clinton Stumps In Obama's Home State

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Former President Bill Clinton put political gamesmanship aside Wednesday, spending a good part of a 75-minute speech at a college campus in southern I...

Clinton Campaign Advisers: Bill "Needs To Stop"

CNN's Political Ticker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Democratic sources supportive of and regularly in touch with the Clinton campaign describe what one calls "a huge wave" of sentiment that Bill Clinton...

Sharpton On Bill Clinton: "It's Time For Him To Just Be Quiet"

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Al Sharpton told the ladies of "The View" today that he thinks it's time for President Clinton to stop injecting race into the presidential campaign. ...