Obama names a Kennedy to help pick vice president
Barack Obama turned to the hunt for a running mate Wednesday, with Hillary Rodham Clinton’s supporters urging him to put her on the ticket now that she’s decided to back his inevitable nomination.
Obama indicated he would at least consider his long-running rival for the No. 2 slot. “Senator Clinton would be on anybody’s short list, […]
Barack Obama Wins Democratic Nomination for President
Barack Obama has made history by beating Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination and becoming the first African-American with a viable chance of winning the White House.
Obama’s victory effectively brought to an end Clinton’s bid to become the first US female president.
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Clinton campaign making final assessments
By JIM KUHNHENN and BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writers
YANKTON, S.D. - Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed through South Dakota Monday as an air of finality and resignation began to settle in among her supporters.
Nancy Sutterer, a 52-year-old unemployed technician, implored Clinton at a restaurant stop to tackle the economy “wherever you’re at, whatever you’re doing.”
From that […]
Obama Sets Sights on Finishing Line
Barack Obama is predicting the Democratic race with Hillary Clinton for the presidential nomination will be over by Tuesday after a party showdown in Washington today and the completion of the primary contest season.
Obama said he believed he would have accumulated enough delegates at that point to declare himself the Democratic nominee to face the […]
The False Rhinoceros is Alive and Well in Modern Politics
For plenty of people, Hillary Clinton’s cringingly false boast in March that she had dodged the bullets at Tuzla airport during a visit to Bosnia in 1996 was a defining moment of exposure in her long contest with Barack Obama. After that, for many voters, she had lost it.
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McCain’s A-list Barbeque Fires Election Gossip
Feverish speculation was mounting last night over who Republican presidential nominee John McCain might choose to be his running mate in his campaign to win the White House.
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Clinton Has Run Her Campaign the Same Way Bush Has Run the Country
We all saw it. Indeed, that was the whole point. In the US, the networks stopped regular programming so we had little choice. The White House wanted to make sure we caught the full dramatic impact of the US president landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln in a navy jet against a backdrop of a […]
Obama Walks Tightrope Between Victory and Party Unity
After declaring the Democratic nomination “within reach” following the Kentucky and Oregon primaries, Barack Obama today began walking the delicate line of uniting the party without appearing to force Hillary Clinton out of the presidential race.
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Obama Draws Nearer to Securing Democratic Nomination
Barack Obama drew within 70 delegates of outright victory in his protracted battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination today after the Oregon and Kentucky primaries.
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Republicans Fear Obama Victory After Polls Shock
The language of the internal party memo was stark and brutally honest. Sent out by Republican congressman Tom Davis last week after a stunning congressional by-election loss in the Deep South, it warned colleagues of a potential disaster ahead.
The result, in which the Democratic party won a Mississippi House of Representatives seat that had […]
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