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A Question of Justice Thursday, 20 November 2008, 8:44 am
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first full-fledged ideological battle of the fledgling Obama administration.Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | Howard Kurtz
Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Reelection Bid Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 11:00 pm
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) defeated Sen. Ted Stevens, ending the tenure of the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, after the counting of more ballots yesterday gave him a larger lead than the number of votes still untallied, Alaska elections officials said.Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | Paul Kane
Stevens falls further behind in Alaska Senate race Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 7:27 pm
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens dropped further behind Democrat Mark Begich in his re-election bid Tuesday as the convicted felon's 85th birthday became a grueling wait that could determine whether his decades-long hold on power is over.Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | MICHAEL BLOOD
Clinton Is Among Obama's Top Picks to Lead State Department Friday, 14 November 2008, 11:00 pm
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the top contenders to become secretary of state in Barack Obama's administration, officials familiar with the selection process said, part of what appears to be an effort by the incoming president to reach out to former rivals and consider unexpected moves as .... […]Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | Anne E. Kornblut and Michael D. Shear
Democrats Cling to Hope For 60 Seats in the Senate Thursday, 13 November 2008, 11:00 pm
In a strange turn of events, the Democrats' pursuit of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate -- left for dead after last week's election results -- is now back on course.Source: washingtonpost.com - Elections | Paul Kane
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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Clinton on the Edge As She Fails to Pull Off Double Win
Hillary Clinton’s hopes of winning the race for the Democratic nomination for president were dwindling last night as she failed to close the gap on Barack Obama, who won a clear victory in North Carolina.
She had needed to win big in both North Carolina and Indiana, which went to the polls yesterday, to stand a chance of reining in Obama. It was her last big chance after battling it out in state after state since Iowa on January 3.
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McCain Ditches Bush and Heads for the Center
Republican presidential nominee John McCain has taken advantage of the fight within the Democratic party and launched a campaign to appeal to middle ground voters and distance himself from President George Bush.
McCain, whose popular image is that of a maverick at odds with his own party, has made strident attacks on some aspects of Bush’s record in a bid to win support among key independent voters. He even recently slammed Bush’s response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster on a trip to New Orleans.
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Obama Hunts for Knock-out Punch As Fight Turns Ugly
It looked like yet another jubilant Barack Obama rally. The cavernous Indiana University sports hall in Bloomington jammed with thousands of supporters who stood in their seats and cheered deafeningly loudly.
Ever since Obama launched his bid to become America’s first ever black President 15 months ago, hundreds of cities and towns have seen the same huge rallies. But Obama’s campaign is now very different.
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