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Obama campaign used party rules to foil Clinton

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:00:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Obama's campaign mastered some of the most arcane rules in politics, and then used them to foil a front-runner who seemed to have every advantage - money, fame and a husband who had essentially run the Democratic Party for eight years as president.

Clip Source: apnews.myway.com

Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, rival Barack Obama planned for the long haul. Clinton hinged her whole campaign on an early knockout blow on Super Tuesday, while Obama's staff researched congressional districts in states with primaries that were months away. What they found were opportunities to win delegates, even in states they would eventually lose.

"Without a doubt, their understanding of the nominating process was one of the keys to their success," said Tad Devine, a Democratic strategist not aligned with either candidate. "They understood the nuances of it and approached it at a strategic level that the Clinton campaign did not."

Tags: obama, clinton

It's Crunch Time for Clinton and Obama

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:16:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.philly.com

Obama gave a soaring speech on race as he tried to explain his former pastor's inflammatory sermons, and later defended his own comment about "bitter" small-town Pennsylvanians.

Clinton had to explain her false claims that she dodged sniper fire on a 1996 visit to Bosnia. And the two of them argued over minor differences on free-trade treaties and job losses, health care and energy policy.

The consensus among political leaders and analysts: Clinton will win, but perhaps not by enough.

Obama holds a wide lead in Philadelphia and a narrower one in its suburban counties, while Western Pennsylvania favors Clinton by as much as 2-1.

Clinton has the advantage among women, older voters, Catholics, union households, and white voters with high school educations making less than $35,000

15 percent of voters who tell pollsters they remain undecided

roughly 325,000 newly registered Democrats in the state

a mixture of first-time voters and those switching affiliation to participate in the closed primary

Tags: clinton, obama

Influential Democrats Waiting to Choose Sides

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:30:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's trio of victories over Sen. Barack Obama last week appears to have convinced a sizable number of uncommitted Democratic superdelegates to wait until the end of the primaries and caucuses before picking a candidate, according to a survey by The Washington Post.

Many of the 80 uncommitted superdelegates who were contacted over the past several days said they are reluctant to override the clear will of voters

At the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August, there will be 796 superdelegates

"You're going to see a lot of delegates remaining uncommitted," said Rep. Mike Doyle (Pa.), who has not endorsed either candidate. "There's a sense that this is going to Denver not resolved."

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

So far Clinton, with 242 superdelegates, has had more success soliciting their support than Obama, who has the backing of 210.

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

"If superdelegates were just intended to automatically vote for the preference someone else expressed, there wouldn't be any purpose,"

Tags: clinton, obama, superdelegates

"We are the ones we have been waiting for"

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:10:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Notice Barack's demeanor at the end of the speech.

Clip Source: my.barackobama.com

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Here's the speech Barack delivered tonight in the great city of Chicago...

Tags: obama, clinton, super tuesday speech, "we are the ones we have been waiting for"

Debate Reactions: Obama the Clear Winner

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:47:04 GMT

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Clip Source: my.barackobama.com

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Tags: obama, clinton

How do we beat the bitch?

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:59:48 GMT

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Clip Source: news.aol.com

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Tags: mcain, clinton, hillary, bitch, video, you tube

Do Politicians Lie?

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:43:49 GMT

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Clip Source: online.wsj.com

In recent weeks, Ron Paul overstated the U.S. death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan, Rudy Giuliani overstated the impact on national crime rates of declining New York rates during his mayoral tenure, Barack Obama overstated the potential impact of an increase in voter turnout among black voters in the South, and John Edwards chose the higher of two government estimates of the number of Americans without bank accounts to emphasize a point.

Those statistical stretches were identified and corrected by a pair of Web sites aiming to keep close tabs on the factual claims of the 2008 candidates. FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, monitored the last presidential race as well. It was joined two weeks ago by PolitiFact, a joint venture of the St. Petersburg Times and the Congressional Quarterly that rates candidates' claims on a so-called Truth-O-Meter, which has six settings ranging from "True" to "Pants on Fire."

Tags: facts, check, pnats on fire. factcheck, politifact, ron paul. paul, obama, clinton, edwards, giuliani

Bush thinks Clinton will Win

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:56:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What do you think?

Clip Source: blogs.usatoday.com

The pundit-in-chief says Sen. Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination but go on to lose the 2008 presidential election to the Republican candidate.

"She's got a national presence and this is becoming a national primary," President Bush is quoted as saying in a new book by Bill Sammon of The (Washington) Examiner. "And therefore the person with the national presence, who has got the ability to raise enough money to sustain an effort in a multiplicity of sites, has got a good chance to be nominated."

Sammon's new book, The Evangelical President, comes out today. There's an excerpt in this morning's edition of the Examiner.

"I think our candidate can beat her, but it's going to be a tough race," Bush tells the author. "I will work to see to it that a Republican wins and therefore don't accept the premise that a Democrat will win. I truly think the Republicans will hold the White House."

Tags: bush, clinton, democrat, nomination, the evangelical president

Clinton: I won't fund Iraq war without withdrawal plan

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:30:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cnn.com

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said Sunday she won't vote for any more money to support the four-year-old war in Iraq without a plan to start bringing U.S. troops home.

"I've reached the conclusion that the best way to support our troops is begin bringing them home," the New York senator and former first lady told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer."

"I don't believe we should continue to vote for funding that has an open-ended commitment, that has no pressure on the Iraqi government to make the tough political decisions they have to make, or which really gives any urgency to the Bush administration's diplomatic efforts."

Tags: clinton, hillary, war, iraq, funding

Rudy Giuliani says he's 'one of four or five best known Americans'

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:17:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I wonder if he believes what he says, or is just doing that think, if i say it often enough others will start to believe its true. Facts below.

Clip Source: blogs.usatoday.com

No offense to hizzoner, but we don't see his name on the list of People's Top 25 celebrities. The same goes for Google Trends. That site, which tracks the most popular search terms, lists Al Sharpton, a longtime nemesis of the mayor, but doesn't include Rudy. Other names that did make the cut: Oscar de la Hoya, Hayden Porter, Jennifer Aniston and "oj s girlfriend."

Here's how searches for "Rudy Giuliani" (blue) compare with searches for "Bill Clinton" (red) and "Hillary Clinton (yellow), according to Google:

Tags: rudy, giuliani, hillary, bill, democrat, clinton, candidate, google trends

Clinton Calls for Universal Health Care

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:17:36 GMT

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Clip Source: news.google.com

Clinton Calls for Universal Health Care
The Associated Press - 45 minutes ago
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton called for universal health care on Monday, plunging back into the bruising political battle she famously waged and lost as first lady on an issue that looms large in the 2008 presidential race.
Clinton unveils her American Health Choices Plan USA Today
Hillary's Health Care Do-Over TIME
CBS News - AFP - Washington Post - Reuters
all 827 news articles »

Tags: clinton, calls, for, universal, health, care