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Issue of Race Creeps Into Campaign Saturday, 11 October 2008, 11:00 pm
In the first presidential campaign involving an African American nominee of a major party, both candidates have agreed on this much: They would rather not dwell on the subject of race.Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | Anne E. Kornblut
Pollsters Debate 'Bradley Effect' Saturday, 11 October 2008, 11:00 pm
Not long ago, it was considered political gospel: Be wary of polls when an election involves an African American candidate, because many whites will voice support but then vote for the white opponent.Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | Steven A. Holmes
Obama Camp Relying Heavily on Ground Effort Saturday, 11 October 2008, 11:00 pm
In 2004, Democrats watched as any chance of defeating President Bush slipped away in a wave of Republican turnout that exceeded even the goal-beating numbers that their own side had produced.Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | Alec MacGillis
McCain Moves to Soften the Tone at Rallies, if Not in Ads Friday, 10 October 2008, 11:00 pm
LAKEVILLE, Minn., Oct. 10 -- At the end of perhaps the most charged and negative week of the presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain sought to tone down his rhetoric toward Sen. Barack Obama even as his running mate, allies and his own advertising continued to attack the character of the Democrat.... […]Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | Michael D. Shear
Palin's New Role: Traditional Running Mate Friday, 10 October 2008, 11:00 pm
WILMINGTON, Ohio -- In her initial days as a vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin sought to reach beyond the Republican base to independents and moderate Democrats dissatisfied with Sen. Barack Obama. At campaign events, she praised Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and openly...Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | Perry Bacon Jr.
Obama Reveals New Superdelegate Endorsements
Barack Obama today buttressed his Democratic nomination frontrunner status with four morning superdelegate endorsements.
The announcement came after Hillary Clinton’s landslide win in the West Virginia primary renewed questions about his ability to win over white working-class voters in the November presidential election.
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Obama Wins Backing From Rival Edwards
Barack Obama received a huge boost on his way to the Democratic nomination yesterday when he beat off Hillary Clinton to secure the endorsement of their former rival John Edwards. The announcement helped to offset Obama’s defeat at the hands of Clinton in the West Virginia primary, one of his worst election results since the Democratic nomination contest began on January 3.
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Clinton Vows to Fight Until the End
Hillary Clinton won the West Virginia primary by a landslide last night, renewing questions about Barack Obama’s ability to win over white working-class voters in the November presidential election.
With all the votes counted, she was winning by a margin of more than two to one, with 67% (239,062) of the vote compared with 26% (91,652) for Obama. The former North Carolina senator John Edwards picked up the remaining 7%, despite having left the race at the end of January.
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Clinton Easily Wins West Virginia
Questions about Barack Obama’s inability to win over white, working-class voters were raised again tonight when Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory in West Virginia, one of the last contests of a prolonged primary season.
Exit polls indicated she had won the state easily, by a margin of two to one. In spite of her win, she is too far behind Obama in terms of delegates - who will decide the Democratic nomination - to catch him.
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Why Are All the Candidates Courting John Mellencamp?
In years to come they will remember it as The Battle for John “Cougar” Mellencamp. For some while now, the US presidential candidates have been tustling over the affections of the 56-year-old singer-songwriter, Indiana native and author of compositions such as Hurts So Good and R.O.C.K in the U.S.A. John McCain took to playing his 2006 hit Our Country at campaign rallies, while Hillary Clinton chose Small Town (”But I’ve seen it all in a small town/ Had myself a ball in a small town”). Mellencamp himself has performed at rallies for both Obama and Clinton. But who does Mellencamp actually support?
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Clinton Clings to Presidential Hopes in West Virginia
Hillary Clinton campaigned doggedly in West Virginia today, clinging to her hopes that an anticipated landslide in tomorrow’s primary could interrupt Barack Obama’s slow glide to the Democratic nomination.
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Allegations of Ranch Deal Threaten Mccain’s Clean Image
Left to campaign under the radar as attention focuses on the Democratic race, the Republican John McCain yesterday faced renewed scrutiny of his ties to businesspeople and lobbyists during his years in the Senate.
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Slowly But Surely, the Secretive Superdelegates Opt for Obama
Barack Obama took a rare day off to spend time with his family at home in Chicago after Tuesday’s primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. But he fitted in one trip to his campaign headquarters, to call the most-courted group in the US today, the 250-plus undeclared super delegates who could settle the Democratic race.
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Obama Makes Clearest Hint That Clinton Could Be Running Mate
Barack Obama yesterday gave the clearest hint yet that he may consider Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential running mate in the November election for the White House. With the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination close to finished as a contest, Obama began looking beyond his battles with Clinton to the one with the Republican John McCain.
There are six more primaries left on the Democratic calendar, but Obama has established such a formidable lead that Clinton is no longer realistically capable of overtaking him, and the US media were yesterday treating him as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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Obama Wins North Carolina
Hillary Clinton failed to close the gap on Barack Obama in their marathon race for the Democratic nomination early today in the last two big primaries, Indiana and North Carolina.
Clinton needed to win big in both states to stand a chance of reining him in.
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