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Hillary now leads McCain by 9%: AP-Ipsos Poll

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 28, 2008 · Comments (1)

The result is so much at variance with all the other polls recently reported that it is most likely an "outlier," but it will still help Clinton in the short term, Liz Sidoti reports for the Associated Press: Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads John McCain by 9 points in a... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Hillary moving up in Gallup tracking poll

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 25, 2008 · Comments (3)

Hillary Clinton's campaign is already reaping the fruit of her 10-point victory in the Pennsylvania primary. She raised $2.5 million in the day after her big win, and now the trend in Gallup's daily tracking poll has reversed: The Democratic nomination race is now tied, with Barack Obama favored by... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Pennsylvania will answer some questions, or raise more

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 22, 2008 · Comments (1)

Today's Pennsylvania Democratic Presidential Primary could answer some open questions about the race, and possibly clarify its future course. Or not, writes Dan Balz for the Washington Post. Read his entire article at the link provided. It's long, but asks a lot of the right questions. I'll briefly describe the... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Chelsea a hit on gay pub crawl

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 20, 2008 · Comments (2)

Chelsea Clinton was a huge attraction Friday night as she toured some of Philadelphia's most famous gay nightclubs, reports Mathew Berger for MSNBC's First Read: Chelsea Clinton stopped traffic Friday night as she wandered the streets of Philadelphia on a gay bar crawl, winning rave reviews for both her politics... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Gallup: Clinton retakes lead

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 20, 2008 · Comments (5)

Gallup's daily tracking poll shows Hillary Clinton moving into the lead nationally 46-45%, a statistically insignificant margin, but the first time she has led in this poll in a month. The trend for Obama is down while the trend for Clinton is up over the last few days. Full results... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (5 votes cast)

Democratic showdown in Philly: Hillary by TKO

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 17, 2008 · Comments (8)

The (presumably) final debate of the Democratic Primary season was held in Philadelphia, and the City of Brotherly Love saw some Sisterly Toughness. ABC News' Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous did a great job with the questions, easily within the top three or four (including both parties) of the election... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (7 votes cast)

Hillary Clinton to announce plan to cut murder rate in half

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 11, 2008 · Comments (10)

Does the NY senator believe half of what she says? From Reuters- PHILADELPHIA- Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton will unveil a plan on Friday to boost federal spending to help cities and states fight crime by $4 billion a year, aiming to halve murder rates in the most dangerous... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Hillary's top strategist resigns over free trade

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 7, 2008 · Comments (4)

Mark Penn, long-time Clinton adviser and pollster, has resigned as Hillary's "chief strategist" after his PR firm met with their client, the government of Columbia, to discuss lobbying efforts for the free trade treaty pending before the Senate, which Hillary opposes. David Wiessler reports for Reuters: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary... [Full Story]

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Clinton Is Asking Obama's Pledged North Dakota Delegates To Switch Sides

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 6, 2008 · Comments (2)

Another day has passed and we have signs of desperation from the Clinton camp. Sen. Hillary Clinton made a blunt appeal to North Dakota delegates to switch their support to her, despite the fact that Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated her in the state's caucus in February. In an indication... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Hillary still could win popular vote

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 4, 2008 · Comments (2)

The conventional wisdom holds that Hillary can't take the lead in total popular votes cast before the convention, because she would need to win nearly 60% of the remaining vote to do it. However, due to the demographics involved, it is still at least conceivable she might achieve it. This... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Hillary Clinton wants to create a poverty czar

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 4, 2008 · Comments (6)

The latest wacky idea from the 2008 Presidential campaign. Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton is in Memphis today where, as part of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, she is proposing the creation of a Cabinet-level "poverty czar" devoted to addressing and ending poverty in... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Bill Clinton "meltdown" with super delegates?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 3, 2008 · Comments (4)

Former President Bill Clinton reportedly lost his temper while meeting with super delegates in California when the subject of Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama came up, according to Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross of the San Francisco Chronicle: According to those at the meeting, Clinton - who flew in... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Carville says he meant to call Richardson "Judas"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 30, 2008 · Comments (3)

Despite the flack over his equating Bill Richardson's endorsement of Obama as an act of a "Judas," James Carville is thoroughly unrepentant. In fact, he doubles down on the comment, as he writes in the Washington Post: So, when asked on Good Friday about Richardson's rejection of the Clintons, the... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Howard Dean- Bickering Democrats may hurt party

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 28, 2008 · Comments (1)

I almost find myself agreeing with the former Knucklehead winner. From AP- WASHINGTON - Democratic Party chief Howard Dean says Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and their supporters should beware of tearing each other down, demoralizing the base and damaging the party's chances of winning the White House in November.... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Hillary: Wright 'would not have been my pastor'

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 25, 2008 · Comments (7)

Hillary Clinton sounds off on the Obama-Wright flap for the Pittsburgh press, as reported by Mike Wereschagin, David Brown and Salena Zito for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a wide-ranging interview today with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters and editors, said she would have left her church if her... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Clinton "misspoke" about Bosnia trip

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 24, 2008 · Comments (8)

After several eyewitness accounts and still photos contradicted her claim to have landed "under sniper fire" on a trip to Bosnia, Hillary Clinton admits "misspeaking" now that a video of the landing is making the rounds. Ann Sanner reports for the Associated Press: Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said she "misspoke"... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Clinton quietly pushing Obama/Wright story to super-delegates

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 20, 2008 · Comments (4)

Hillary Clinton and her campaign have - wisely - kept a very low public profile on the controversy over Barack Obama's racist, radical, America-hating "pastor," but it seems they may be singing the tune rather differently in private, reports Eloise Harper for ABC News: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Clinton backs Michigan "re-vote" plan

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 15, 2008 · Comments (5)

Hillary Clinton is agreeing to the proposal being floated for a full "do over" of the Michigan primary in June, according to Beth Fouhy of the Associated Press: "It needs to get resolved and hopefully Michigan by the end of this week will have done that," Clinton told reporters on... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Hillary scares her way back into contention

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 13, 2008 · Comments (1)

After seeing her campaign nearly torpedoed by Obama's strong run of primary wins, Hillary Clinton has managed to scrap her way back into position where her winning the nomination is at least a possibility worth examining. She seized the initiative and the momentum in the race by striking at Obama's... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (4 votes cast)

The "HillaRE-BOUND" continues: HRC retakes lead in national polls

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 6, 2008 · Comments (8)

They say nothing succeeds like success, and there is something to it. In the wake of her substantial wins on Tuesday in Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island, Hillary Clinton has recaptured the lead among Democrats in national polls. Gallup reports her lead at 48% to Obama's 44%. The poll was... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Clinton hints at shared ticket

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 5, 2008 · Comments (13)

We're not talking traffic tickets or meal tickets, but who will be Vice-President. From AP- WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton, fresh off a campaign-saving comeback, hinted Wednesday at the possibility of sharing the Democratic presidential ticket with Barack Obama -- with her at the top. Obama played down his losses,... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

She's alive! Clinton wins Texas, too

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 5, 2008 · Comments (5)

ABC calls it for Clinton, winning the popular vote 51%-48% and a narrow lead in delegates so far. Combined with her wins in Ohio and Rhode Island last night, Hillary has done what she needed to do to stay alive in the race for the Democratic nomination. Obama is almost... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Why would Hillary quit?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: February 29, 2008 · Comments (4)

Despite recent rumors to the contrary, Hillary Clinton has no reason to drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination. While it is true that no practical prediction of the remaining contests can be configured to find her arriving at the convention with more pledged delegates than Barack Obama,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (5 votes cast)

One less vote for Hillary?

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 26, 2008 · Comments (1)

The debate over Democratic candidates is turning violent. UPPER PROVIDENCE, Pa. (CBS 3) ― The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is investigating a politically motivated stabbing that left one in-law hospitalized and another in prison. Authorities said brother-in-laws Jose Ortiz and Sean Shurelds were involved in a verbal altercation over... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

We have a tie

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 7, 2008

Just the latest twist in the road for this year's Presidential race. SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Talk about close. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama each got 6,001 votes in Syracuse in the state primary, according to preliminary Board of Elections results. The odds of that happening are less than one... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

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