Senator Clinton

Would Hillary Clinton Have Approved Wider Access To Plan B?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration shocked reproductive rights groups this week when it struck down a recommendation by government scientists to m...

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Raping Afghanistan

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 05.25.2011

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One thing is clear from Afghanistan: military means do not well serve social or humanitarian ends, and nor does lofty and empty rhetoric.

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A Model for Michelle in California

Daniel Zingale | Posted 05.25.2011

The un-written rules long dictated that first ladies stand by, stand behind, and, at best, stand-in for their elected spouse.

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New York's Department of Veterans' Affairs: Where's the Outrage?

Luis Montalvan and Aaron Glantz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Internal audits at the VA regional headquarters has revealed over half of all disability claims processed through the New York office had been illegally tampered with.

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A Certain Mrs. Schlossberg

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011

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My old friend Jeff called me up the other day, and as always, the conversation turned to politics. With Hillary Clinton leaving the Senate to be Secre...

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Obama Shatters Glass Ceilings with His Dream Team

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

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By goodness, check out all those notable women: there's Hillary, there's Janet, there's Susan, and even room for Madeline and her brilliance.

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How New York State Could Decide This Election

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm currently working out of the NY campaign office and while every day comes and goes as a blur of ups and downs, the tight knot in my stomach is fix...

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Hillary Clinton Campaigns For Franken

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fourteen days before the election, supporters of senatorial candidate Al Franken crowded the McNamara Alumni Center and bopped to Beach Boys songs whi...

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Clinton Supporters In Denver Before Hillary's Unity Speech

Hunter Weeks | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the hours before Hillary Clinton's "unity speech" at the Democratic National Convention, OffTheBus reporters shot video of Clinton supporters in...

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Read and Report On Leaked Clinton Campaign Docs

Amanda Michel | Posted 05.25.2011

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This was essentially the Mt. Vesuvius of campaign leaks. Readers and bloggers will find all kinds of stuff buried in these memos and emails and help advance the story of the campaign's great fall.

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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.

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Clinton Calls For "Cathartic" First-Ballot Nomination

John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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"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."

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Schoolyard Bullies And The Clinton Debt

Andrea King Collier | Posted 05.25.2011

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As one of the senior citizens in my neighborhood says, "Obama would have to come to my house and bring Baby Jesus, and B.B. King with him, before I give a dime to that nonsense."

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Early Returns: Add A Potential Staff Crossover To Today's Votes

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.25.2011

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The woman who coined the term "Hillaryland" is now reportedly ready to join Obama's general election efforts. And Gallup has put Hillary support at less than 40 percent for the first time.

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Hillary's PUMA Voters: "It's Not Too Late!"

John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of recent discontent with Obama, supporters of Hillary Clinton have released a "Call To DNC Delegates" urging them to "leave fraudulent Obama in Denver" and "save the Democratic Party."

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Cal Thomas's Scary Angry Black Michelle

Earnest Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Obama is an intelligent and strong African-American woman, and I suspect that for many that combination is really hard to handle. FOX's Cal Thomas, for one, thinks it's just an "awful lot for Americans to accept."

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One Happy Family in Unity, N.H.

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the way to the event, I spot another yard sign for John McCain. The McCain signs are exactly the same colors and layout as the the Hillary signs were that dotted lawns across the country in the spring.

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The Hillary Ask: Whatever You Do, Don't Say "Obama"!

John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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The campaign is long over, and yet Hillary is forced to keep asking for cash. The word "help" is plastered all over the letter, the smell of bad management rising from the text.

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Barack-Hillary "Unity Tour" Starts Friday In Unity, NH

Beverly Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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I think it's just great they're back in New Hampshire together. Obama and Clinton split the vote here in Unity -- each got 107 votes -- so it makes perfect sense that they'll come back to Unity to start again.

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Hell No: P.U.M.A. Spokesman Will Bower on Post-Clinton Party Unity

John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Hillary had the fighting spirit. That's what we were in support of more than any policy. We admired that and we're taking that forward. We're going to fight. That's the message of her campaign, for us."

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Oh Hell To The Naw On Obama's Retiring Clinton's $20 Million Debt

Reny Monk | Posted 05.25.2011

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She can't win the nomination and yet continues spending money she doesn't have in WV and KY, more silly exercises in vanity. Bill should continue paying, not Obama.

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What Women Want

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clinton's tenacity, her desire to be a model intelligent women in the public sphere influencing governance, has turned the scarlet letter she has been made to wear-- A for Ambition-- into a badge of honor.

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The Hangover

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the optimism over restoring America's international image by electing Obama, little was said about the possible international significance of a Hillary Clinton presidency.

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Time And Tide Wait For No Woman

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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We can credit Hillary with many gifts, among them, however, is not a mastery of timing: The "experience" candidate's campaign is a textbook example of right things done at wrong times.

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Florida Democrats Begin To Unite Against McCain

Ron Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Florida Democrats, still heated after the botched Democratic primary there and its rancorous aftermath, came together to protest John McCain's opposition to a national catastrophe relief funds.

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