| May 1 |
- Former DNC head switches allegiance
- Joe Andrew, who headed the Democratic National Committee under Bill Clinton, has withdrawn his endorsement of Hillary Clinton to support Barack Obama.
- Iran complains about Clinton comments
- Iran's deputy ambassador to the U.N. writes to the organization's head about Hillary Clinton's promise to "obliterate" Iran if it makes a nuclear attack on Israel.
- Quote of the day
- Hurting because of higher gas prices? John McCain feels your pain.
- Dem candidates weigh in on "Mission Accomplished"
- Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama issue statements about the five-year anniversary of the speech President Bush gave from the deck of an aircraft carrier.
- Jewish supporters fundraising for pro-Obama ad
- A group of Barack Obama's backers are getting ready to run a full-page ad in the New York Times on his behalf.
- Gas tax proposals likely DOA
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she doesn't support and won't push for proposals for a summer suspension of the federal gas tax.
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| May 2 |
- Republicans key to Indiana primary?
- In the Democratic primary Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal suggests, it may be partisans from the other side who play a decisive role.
- Obama ad hits Clinton on gas tax again
- Obama's campaign presses its advantage on gas tax holiday proposals, and accuses Clinton of political pandering, but is Obama doing some pandering of his own?
- What did Mickey Kantor really say?
- An informal advisor to Hillary Clinton is being accused of slurring Indianans -- he, and the director of the footage in question, say it's not true.
- Clinton responds to gas tax attacks
- Hillary Clinton's been hit hard for her proposal for a gas tax holiday -- she responded Friday, but what she said is unlikely to mollify her critics, and for good reason.
- Voters freaked about economy
- Iraq is apparently continuing to recede in voters' minds, as a new poll finds voters believe the economy is the most important issue this election cycle.
- Voter suppression in North Carolina?
- Allegations have been flying about robo-calls supposedly intended to suppress votes for Obama, but the incident appears to be about incompentence, not malice.
- We all need a little Swift Boat in our lives
- At a rally, John McCain thanked a veteran who told him that his campaign needs a "Swift Boat" reprise.
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| May 3 |
- Tight race in Guam caucuses
- Obama edges Clinton by seven votes.
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| May 5 |
- GOP's not-so-secret weapon fails
- Republicans tried to beat a Louisiana Democratic congressional candidate by linking him to Barack Obama.
- Fox News and the Democrats
- With Democrats returning to its prominent shows, the channel is a political issue again; this weekend, its anchors and experts were happy to discuss that.
- Another anti-Obama attack ad
- For the second time, a Republican candidate in Mississippi uses Barack Obama to strike at his Democratic opponent.
- Clinton, Obama trade ads on gas tax
- The fight over a summer "holiday" shows no signs of dying yet, as the two campaigns hit each other on the issue Monday.
- Quote of the day
- A writer for the Weekly Standard praises Hillary Clinton ... no, really.
- Iraqi sues U.S. military contractors
- A man who claims he was held at Abu Ghraib for almost a year has filed a lawsuit against two firms, saying he suffered physical and mental torture while imprisoned.
- Obama, Clinton and the Teamsters
- What did Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton say about their opposition to federal oversight of the union?
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| May 6 |
- The early line on tonight's results
- The first expectations-setting leak of the day goes to Matt Drudge, who says Clinton aides believe she'll win in Indiana and lose badly in North Carolina.
- Fact of the day
- The end of the Democratic presidential race may be approaching sooner than you think.
- Clinton math
- Hillary Clinton's campaign is now arguing for a different count of the total number of Democratic delegates.
- "Vote Obama"
- Because, really, is there ever such a thing as too many election-themed music videos?
- Chaos theory
- Will Rush Limbaugh have any effect on today's primaries?
- Nunsense
- The Supreme Court has once again kept us safe from a deadly enemy -- elderly nuns who were trying to vote.
- First look at today's voting
- From the initial batch of exit polls, it appears that the primary results won't be much of a surprise.
- Deep Democratic dissatisfaction
- Exit polling out of Indiana and North Carolina contains bad news for Democrats looking to the general election in November.
- Polls close in Indiana, no call yet
- Voting has ended in Indiana's primary, but the networks aren't yet ready to declare a winner there.
- Obama wins in North Carolina
- The calls come in immediately after polls close in the state -- Barack Obama has apparently won North Carolina's Democratic primary.
- Chaos? Maybe not
- Barack Obama's campaign is sending around a transcript of Rush Limbaugh asking Republicans in Indiana to vote for Hillary Clinton, but did his pleas have any effect?
- CBS calls Indiana for Clinton
- CBS becomes the first to make the call and declare Hillary Clinton the winner of Indiana's Democratic primary.
- Race and the race
- Exit polling from both Indiana and North Carolina shows a Democratic electorate that's still divided by racial lines.
- In speech, Obama looks to be a uniter
- Addressing supporters in North Carolina on Tuesday night, Barack Obama was back to familiar messages about post-partisanship, unity and change.
- Indiana race pulling closer
- Hillary Clinton was -- and perhaps still is -- expected to win Indiana's Democratic primary, but as the night's progressed, her margin has been shrinking.
- How important is the Rev. Wright to voters?
- Surprise! It depends on the candidate they support.
- Clinton says "full speed on to the White House"
- In her speech Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton declared victory in Indiana, and though she sounded deflated her words promised more campaigning ahead.
- Will tonight be a "tiebreaker" or a "game changer?"
- The candidates' "he said, she said" on the stakes in Indiana and North Carolina.
- Networks call Indiana for Clinton
- MSNBC, Fox and CNN concur that she won this squeaker of a race.
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| May 7 |
- "We lost this thing in February"
- After a rough night on Tuesday, where does Hillary Clinton's campaign go from here?
- Dems hold dueling conference calls
- In the wake of Tuesday's primaries, distinctly different attitudes are emerging from the two campaigns.
- Clinton loses Limbaugh endorsement
- In between crowing about the media attention given his "Operation Chaos" campaign, Limbaugh announces he now wants Obama to win the nomination.
- Clinton backer McGovern now wants her to drop out
- George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, had been supporting Hillary Clinton -- now he thinks she should get out of the race.
- Candidates go a-courtin'
- Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are looking to pick up some quick support from superdelegates.
- "Crank That (Mike Gravel)"
- The notorious Obama Girl returns, this time with a special guest star.
- McCain's judicial philosophy
- In a speech focusing on the kinds of judges he'd appoint if elected president, John McCain gives a preview of the tightrope he'll have to walk as the general election nears.
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| May 8 |
- "You can't win this nomination"
- A top strategist to Hillary Clinton has reportedly told her she has no shot at being the Democratic nominee for president.
- "There's a pattern emerging here"
- Hillary Clinton talks about demographic problems Barack Obama might face in the general election, but she has a big one of her own.
- What did Clinton do wrong?
- Her race isn't officially over yet, but the postmortems have already begun.
- Clinton writes to Obama
- Hillary Clinton asks Barack Obama to join her in finding a compromise that would end in seating delegates from Michigan and Florida.
- McCain and the Latino vote
- Republicans desperately need not to alienate a key -- and growing -- demographic, and McCain may actually help his party there, but the nativist base is already hampering his efforts.
- McAuliffe: "I don't see it going to the convention"
- Former DNC head Terry McAuliffe, a steadfast Clinton supporter, predicts when the Democratic race will end.
- Rick Santorum's twisted logic
- The former senator's latest column is one long complaint about the way the Bush administration is now referring to terrorists.
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| May 9 |
- Obama basically concedes two upcoming primaries
- Hillary Clinton's campaign may be on its last legs, but she'll probably still pick up a couple of victories on her way out -- even Barack Obama thinks so.
- RNC debuts attack against Obama
- In a new video, "Can We Ask?" the Republican National Committee previews some lines of attack against Barack Obama.
- Rumsfeld blamed generals for lack of forces in postwar Iraq
- Newly released Pentagon files have the former secretary of defense faulting military commanders for inadequate troop strength.
- Kennedy dismisses idea of joint ticket
- In an interview with Bloomberg, Obama supporter Sen. Ted Kennedy says he doesn't think a presidential ticket involving both candidates would be possible.
- Whither John Edwards?
- Did Edwards let slip that he voted for Barack Obama in the North Carolina primary?
- Double, double toil and trouble in Berkeley
- Code Pink witches take on the U.S. Marines Corps, and broomsticks fly.
- Clinton makes another electability argument
- In a presentation sent to superdelegates, the Clinton camp says that Hillary can help Democrats in Congress in November.
- McCain defends comments about Hamas, Obama
- John McCain justifies his statement that Hamas wants Barack Obama to be president by saying he's only discussing what's of interest to voters.
- Obama takes superdelegate lead?
- Barack Obama had a big day Friday -- some outlets report that he now has more superdelegate support than Hillary Clinton does.
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| May 12 |
- Clinton faces deadline for loan repayment
- An obscure provision of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law means Hillary Clinton has until the convention to recoup what she's lent her campaign.
- New concerns about Women's Voices. Women Vote
- West Virginia's secretary of state expresses concern about a mailing sent by a group accused of voter suppression in North Carolina.
- MoveOn picks winner of Obama ad contest
- A panel selects "Obamacan," featuring a veteran and lifelong Republican who says he's voting for Barack Obama, as the ad the group will run.
- An "October surprise" to help Obama?
- Gabriel Schoenfeld suggests terrorists may try to help Barack Obama's electoral prospects this fall, but history doesn't support his take.
- Bob Barr to run for president
- The former congressman, who left the GOP in 2006, will try to win the Libertarian Party's nomination at a convention later this month.
- Missouri may take voter I.D. laws a step further
- The state's lawmakers may support a measure that would be even more restrictive than the Indiana I.D. law upheld by the Supreme Court.
- McAuliffe: "We are in through June 3"
- Terry McAuliffe, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, tells MSNBC Clinton will keep running at least until the last primary of the season.
- More superdelegates for Obama
- Democratic superdelegates continue a steady march to Barack Obama; it's now widely estimated that he leads Hillary Clinton in superdelegate endorsements.
- McCain: "Facts of global warming demand our urgent attention"
- In a speech, the presumptive Republican nominee laid out his views on global warming and the environment, prompting criticism from left and right.
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| May 13 |
- Republicans twist Obama's statements about Israel
- In an interview, Barack Obama referred to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a "constant sore," and GOP leaders took that out of context.
- Maryland delegate jumps to Obama
- A county executive who had been a pledged delegate for Hillary Clinton says he'll vote for Barack Obama instead.
- Racism on the trail
- The Washington Post explores racism encountered by Obama volunteers, something the campaign may have preferred kept quiet, while bloggers on the right see liberal media bias.
- Carville says Obama is likely nominee
- James Carville, a key staffer for President Clinton who remains an advisor to Hillary, concedes Barack Obama will probably win the Democratic nomination.
- Quotes of the day
- The 97 senators not running for president weigh in on whether they'd consider their party's vice-presidential nomination.
- Dems prepare for West Virginia results
- As voters head to the polls, the Clinton and Obama campaigns roll out their spin for the night ahead.
- An early look inside the minds of West Virginia voters
- Exit polls from West Virginia's Democratic primary show that the economy was the top issue on voters' minds, and many think Barack Obama shares his controversial former pastor's views.
- Gauging the Democratic divide
- Exit polls from West Virginia's Democratic primary provide another opportunity to examine the extent of the split within the party.
- Networks call West Virginia for Clinton
- In an unsurprising result, Hillary Clinton has apparently won West Virginia's Democratic primary; the question now is her margin of victory, and how much it'll matter.
- Clinton "more determined than ever to carry on this campaign"
- In a speech after West Virginia's primary Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton savored her victory, but was careful to stay positive about her Democratic rival.
- Democrat tarred by anti-Obama attacks wins congressional seat
- Travis Childers has apparently won a runoff for a House seat from Mississippi that had long been in Republican hands.
- Clinton is "almost like ... the Al Sharpton of white people"
- Off on one of his traditional rants, MSNBC's Chris Matthews complains that even using the word "blue-collar" is elitist, then compares Hillary Clinton to Al Sharpton.
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| May 14 |
- The president's great sacrifice
- Bush says he has given up golf in solidarity with soldiers in Iraq, but that claim seems somewhat fishy.
- Republicans worried after Mississippi defeat
- The loss of a House seat in a GOP district has party members running scared, and concerned about what this bodes for November.
- Study shows immigrants assimilating faster than in past
- A report by a conservative think tank throws some cold water on one of the main arguments used by foes of immigration.
- NARAL endorses Obama
- In another sign of the growing consensus that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee, one of the country's most influential pro-choice groups throws its support to him.
- Good news, bad news for polar bears
- Bush administration lists the bears as endangered but tries to gut protections.
- Edwards endorsing Obama
- At a rally in Michigan on Wednesday night, John Edwards will end months of speculation and announce his support for Barack Obama.
- Edwards announces his support for Obama
- In a decision Democrats had been waiting to hear for months, John Edwards endorses Barack Obama at an opportune time for the likely nominee's campaign.
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| May 15 |
- Clinton supporters push back against NARAL endorsement
- After a prominent pro-choice group endorsed Obama on Wednesday, some women -- including congresswomen -- strongly condemned the decision.
- More negative reaction to NARAL
- In the wake of condemnations of NARAL's endorsement of Barack Obama by supporters of Hillary Clinton, some of the group's state organizations weigh in.
- Steelworkers follow Edwards
- The union, which had previously endorsed John Edwards for president, took his lead and announced its support for Barack Obama.
- Bush seems to attack Obama
- In a speech to Israel's Knesset Thursday, the president equated people who want to negotiate with "terrorists and radicals" with those who wanted to negotiate with Nazis.
- In new message, McCain tries on the hope mantle
- John McCain says that if he's elected president, by the end of his first term the Iraq war will be won and most U.S. troops will have left.
- California Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage
- The court says a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and civil unions are not an acceptable substitute; California becomes only the second state to permit gay marriage.
- What's next for gay marriage in California?
- If conservative organizations get their way, voters will have an opportunity this fall to overturn the state Supreme Court's ruling legalizing gay marriage.
- The California decision and the presidential campaign
- There are few signs of a major electoral backlash against the California Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage, but the court's opinion leaves Democrats exposed.
- "Hardball": Barack Obama is no Neville Chamberlain
- Those who don't learn from history will be humiliated on live television by Chris Matthews.
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| May 16 |
- MoveOn ad: correction
- On Chris Matthews, Kevin James and baby seal clubbing
- Sure, it's fun to watch that video of the MSNBC host tearing an ignorant right-wing talk show host to bits, but why was James even on in the first place?
- John McCain's lobbyist problem
- McCain's campaign has had to fire four employees within just the past week, and now they're re-vetting the entire staff.
- Quote of the day
- Joe Klein raises some questions about Barack Obama, the neoconservative establishment and Iran.
- Obama Strikes Back
- Responding to attacks about his foreign policy positions from both John McCain and President Bush, Obama says he's ready to debate the issues, and win on them.
- McCain's California dreams don't rest on marriage ruling
- A senior advisor to John McCain says the Republlican does hope to put the state in play, but the campaign doesn't think gay marriage will be what does it.
- Huckabee jokes about gun being aimed at Obama
- Speaking at the National Rifle Association's convention, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee quipped that a sound heard from offstage was Barack Obama diving to the floor.
- Rove criticizes Obama on gun control
- In a speech at an NRA convention in Kentucky, Karl Rove said Obama "belittles" the values of Americans and holds a "dismissive" opinion of gun owners.
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| May 19 |
- Obamania, but no victory declaration imminent
- As many as 75,000 attend an Obama rally, but the campaign is pulling back from its plans to mark a potential milestone in the race.
- Elizabeth Edwards: "I was never inclined to endorse"
- She didn't join in her husband's endorsement of Barack Obama, but, Edwards says, she's not going to endorse Hillary Clinton either.
- Wolfson calls planned Obama declaration a "slap in the face"
- Clinton's communications director preemptively derides a possible declaration of victory by Obama that may no longer even be in the cards.
- Byrd endorses Obama
- The long-serving senator from West Virginia announces that he'll cast his superdelegate vote for Obama.
- The New York Sun picks up a little Joementum
- A fawning editorial in today's New York Sun declares that Lieberman is the right man to be John McCain's vice president.
- Maps show Clinton better against McCain than Obama
- Maps produced by Karl Rove's consulting firm show Hillary Clinton winning more electoral votes against John McCain than Barack Obama does.
- It's beginning to look a lot like the general election
- In their latest preview of what's to come before November, McCain and Obama spar about foreign policy and lobbyists.
- On the Supreme Court, McCain is no "maverick"
- John McCain's stance regarding judicial appointments shows he's unlikely to buck his party on the issue.
- Primary turnout won't be a record, report predicts
- This election's primaries likely won't break a record set in 1972, and may not translate into high participation in the general election.
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| May 20 |
- News from Israel: Bush wants to attack Iran soon
- A senior U.S. official reportedly told Israeli officials that an attack is being held up by hesitation from Robert Gates and Condoleezza Rice.
- Clinton camp splitting over continued campaign
- The Wall Street Journal reports that tensions are rising as some advisors tell Hillary Clinton to get out of the race while others counsel her to stay in.
- Joe Klein exposes McCain's ignorance on Iran
- Despite his bellicose rhetoric, John McCain doesn't know who's really responsible for Iran's foreign policy.
- Ted Kennedy has a brain tumor
- After he experienced a seizure last weekend, doctors discovered that the Massachusetts senator has a malignant brain tumor.
- White House denies Iran story
- Press secretary Dana Perino says a Jerusalem Post report that President Bush wants to attack Iran before he leaves office is not true.
- Primary tests Obama, Clinton and Oregon's voting system
- Tuesday's Democratic primatry uses the state's unique mail-in balloting system; here's what to expect.
- Candidates make Cuba an issue again
- John McCain commemorated Cuban Independence Day by lambasting Barack Obama's willingness to meet with Raul Castro.
- Division in Democratic ranks?
- In Kentucky, exit polls indicate that Clinton supporters wouldn't be happy with Obama as the nominee. But in Oregon, most voters would support either candidate.
- Networks call Kentucky for Clinton
- As soon as the final polls closed, Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the state's Democratic presidential primary.
- Polls show economic divide in Tuesday's votes
- To some extent, the difference between results in Kentucky and Oregon can be explained by socioeconomic status and differences in how the economy is affecting people in each state.
- John Edwards makes little difference in Kentucky
- Most voters chose Clinton months ago.
- Obama raises $31.3 million in April
- A lot of it comes from small donors
- "Until we have a nominee, whoever she may be"
- In a speech on Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton celebrated her victory in Kentucky's Democratic primary and showed she's planning to fight on.
- McCain staffer leaves campaign, won't work against Obama
- Mark McKinnon, who'd become a close advisor to John McCain, keeps his word about not campaigning against Barack Obama.
- Hamilton Jordan, chief of staff to Carter, dies
- Jordan, a key advisor to Jimmy Carter for his 1976 presidential run who later ran Carter's White House, succumbed to cancer Tuesday night.
- Obama claims majority of pledged delegates
- "We have reached a major milestone on this journey," he tells supporters.
- Obama: "We have returned to Iowa with a majority of delegates"
- In a speech Tuesday night, Barack Obama didn't quite declare victory, but he did mark an important milestone.
- Clinton raised $22 million in April
- Hillary Clinton's campaign, taking a page out of its rivals book, announced its latest fundraising totals just as Barack Obama went to speak -- but Obama won the money game again last month.
- MSNBC calls Oregon for Obama
- One network made an unsurprising call and declared Barack Obama the victor in Oregon's Democratic primary, but the others are holding off.
- Almost all Kentucky precincts in, big victory for Clinton
- The results are not yet official, but almost all the votes in Kentucky's Democratic primary have been reported and Hillary Clinton's margin over Barack Obama remains a wide one.
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| May 21 |
- Obama only about 70 delegates away
- After marking a milestone in the race Tuesday, according to counts by major media organizations Barack Obama is pulling ever closer to the Democratic nomination.
- San Francisco values
- A political ad burning up the Internet tries to link a Democratic congressional candidate to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco and gay people.
- Controversy brewing over King statue
- A fight over a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. isn't just about the memorial -- it's about his whole legacy.
- United Mine Workers endorses Obama
- The world's largest coal miners' union throws its support to Barack Obama.
- Obama hires National Journal's Douglass
- Award-winning journalist Linda Douglass joins Obama campaign.
- Are Democrats migrating to Obama?
- A new poll shows that some people in Hillary Clinton's base of support may be beginning to support Barack Obama, but results from Kentucky tell a different story.
- McCain campaign seeks supportive blog comments
- McCain's Web site asks for help in putting out the day's talking points in the comments section of certain blogs.
- Lieberman takes swipe at Democrats, Obama
- In an Op-Ed, the Connecticut senator bemoans what he sees as a change in the foreign policy of his off-again, on-again party.
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| May 22 |
- McCain celebrating Memorial Day with veepstakes barbecue?
- Aides say there's no particular significance to the guests invited to McCain's ranch this weekend, even though several are potential running mates.
- "It's just a flesh wound"
- Some of Barack Obama's supporters use an old Monty Python favorite to make a statement about Hillary Clinton.
- Report: Bill Clinton pushing for wife to get veep nod
- As Barack Obama prepares to select a running mate, at least one Clinton is reportedly lobbying in favor of the Obama/Clinton "dream ticket."
- Quote of the day
- In his latest column, conservative writer Robert Novak says John McCain "is not about to disarm" for the general election.
- Lawsuit seeks to force DNC to seat Florida delegates
- The Democratic minority leader of the state Senate, joined by a delegate pledged to Clinton and one pledged to Obama, filed the suit Thursday.
- Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition
- The bill includes funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but an amendment on troop withdrawal is rejected.
- McCain rejects John Hagee endorsement
- After months of controversy, the latest statements by the pastor are apparently the final straw, and John McCain finally repudiates him.
- Is McCain's campaign in trouble?
- The general election battle hasn't even begun, and some Republicans are already fretting about the state of John McCain's efforts for November.
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| May 23 |
- McCain rejects endorsement of "spiritual guide" Parsley
- In quick succession, John McCain has attempted to distance himself from two of his prominent Christian conservative supporters.
- CNN reports Clinton, Obama camps in talks
- The network says the two campaigns are beginning to discuss how to bring an end to the race for the Democratic nomination, but it's not going smoothly yet.
- Biden responds to Lieberman's attack
- Responding to Joe Lieberman's WSJ Op-Ed, Joe Biden defends Democrats and attacks the foreign policy views of Lieberman, Bush and McCain.
- Another reason to hate Rachael Ray
- A right-wing blog is accusing Ray, and Dunkin' Donuts, of "mainstreaming terrorism" because of one thing she's wearing in an advertisement for the company.
- Both Dem campaigns deny CNN's talks story
- CNN may have jumped the gun in its reporting; both campaigns deny any negotiations to end the race, and staffers worry the network was wrong.
- Defending campaign, Clinton cites RFK assassination
- Speaking to a South Dakota newspaper, Hillary Clinton said her campaign was not abnormally long, and offered her husband's and RFK's runs as evidence.
- Some of Cindy McCain's tax return released
- Despite earlier statements that she would never release the information, on Friday afternoon the McCain campaign put out snippets of the 2006 return, filed separately from husband John McCain's.
- Argus Leader editor responds to RFK controversy
- In a statement, the paper's executive editor discussed the context of Hillary Clinton's comment about the timing of the presidential campaign and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
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| May 27 |
- Obama aide predicts final victory after primaries
- A top aide says the campaign should have enough delegates in early June to claim the nomination, and it reportedly has a trump card at hand.
- Fact-checking Clinton's RFK comment
- Set aside the controversy over what Hillary Clinton said about Kennedy's assassination -- do the analogies she used even apply to this race?
- Clinton, Obama release South Dakota ads
- With the final Democratic primaries just a week away, both campaigns go on the air in the contested state.
- Former neocon supports Obama
- In a recent interview, Francis Fukuyama said he thinks Barack Obama is the best of the three major candidates.
- What will Hillary Clinton do?
- Postmortems for Clinton's presidential campaign now focus on her options for the future.
- McCain camp targets battleground states
- On Wednesday, the presumptive Republican nominee's campaign will begin running a new ad about his views on the economy in two pivotal states.
- Obama and the Holocaust
- Conservatives seize on a story Barack Obama told about his uncle helping to liberate Auschwitz to claim he's a liar, but the truth seems simpler.
- Now, McClellan a harsh critic of Bush
- In a memoir that will be published next week, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan hits out at the president and the administration he once served.
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| May 28 |
- Push-back against McClellan book begins
- Republicans aren't happy about the former press secretary's tell-all; Karl Rove even likens McClellan to a "left-wing blogger."
- The longest 47 seconds ever
- John McCain's campaign does its best to keep cameras away from the candidate's brief appearance with President Bush.
- Obama speaks Spanish in new ad
- The spot is aimed at Puerto Rico, which votes Sunday and is the biggest remaining primary prize.
- Are congressional Republicans doomed?
- It's still early, but a poll that shows the party's leader in the Senate trailing his Democratic challenger could spell trouble.
- Clinton makes appeal to superdelegates
- In a letter and memo, Hillary Clinton lays out again her case for why she's a stronger general election candidate than Barack Obama.
- Has California reached a turning point on gay marriage?
- A new poll shows a bare majority of the state supports the recent Supreme Court decision and will oppose an effort to overturn it.
- Lieberman confirms he's still speaking to Hagee's group
- John McCain rejected Pastor John Hagee's endorsement after remarks Hagee made about Adolf Hitler being sent by God surfaced, but McCain's ally isn't ready to write Hagee off.
- Conservatives see bias in McClellan coverage
- Unsurprisingly, as they continue to push back against the former White House press secretary's memoir, conservatives are complaining about liberal slant.
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| May 29 |
- Obama: General election begins after Tuesday
- Speaking to a group of reporters, Barack Obama predicts he'll be the presumptive nominee after the final primaries next week.
- Top Dem pollster: Obama has "path to victory"
- Writing in the New York Times, Mark Mellman dismisses fears about Barack Obama's troubles with white working-class voters.
- Doc says Obama's in "excellent health"
- The Obama campaign has released a letter from the senator's doctor summarizing his medical history.
- Livin' La Vida Clinton
- Hillary Clinton announces a major new endorsement.
- Does Obama have a lobbyist problem too?
- Obama has been hitting McCain hard about the lobbyists working for him, but one lobbyist with a potential conflict is prominent in Obama's Puerto Rico campaign.
- Blow-back from Clinton supporters hurting Obama?
- A Pew survey has some evidence that Barack Obama's image is slipping, and disaffection among Hillary Clinton's voters may account for at least some of the drop.
- In defense of Scott McClellan
- Critics accuse the former press secretary of selling out for a big payday, but it's not true. I should know -- we have the same editor and publisher.
- Will Obama's "new kind of politics" involve new policy ideas?
- A Washington Post reporter concludes that Barack Obama's platform involves changes in tone and leadership style, but not the kind of policy shifts Bill Clinton brought to the White House.
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| May 30 |
- Argus Leader endorses Clinton
- Hillary Clinton got slammed for her comments referencing RFK's assassination, but at least she got something out of them.
- Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi working to end race
- Both Democratic leaders predict the race for the nomination will be over soon, and are trying to make that happen.
- Quote of the day
- Bob Dole makes his feelings about Scott McClellan plain.
- Ferraro wants study on sexism, racism in campaign
- The former vice-presidential nominee, a lightning rod for controversy earlier in the Democratic race, takes to the Op-Ed page.
- Frist: "Democrats win landslide victory"
- The Republicans' former leader in the Senate sends out a fundraising e-mail warning of a possible electoral disaster.
- "Podemos Con Obama"
- A collection of Latin stars release a "Yes, We Can"-style video just before Puerto Rico's primary.
- Kinsley: Obama shouldn't be linked with Ayers
- The columnist dismisses attacks against Obama that connect him to the Weather Underground member, saying a connection proves nothing about Obama.
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| May 31 |
- At Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting, Dean calls for unity
- The DNC chair turned to a story from his own life as he asked his party to come together.
- A different view of Saturday's protests
- The perception has been that those protesting outside the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting were just disaffected Clinton supporters, but that's not what I saw.
- Obama camp willing to compromise on Florida
- Speaking on behalf of Barack Obama, a Florida congressman signals the campaign's acceptance of a rumored deal concerning the state's delegation.
- Where Florida and Michigan stand now
- There's a growing sense that the issue of Florida's delegation is all but settled, but the fight over Michigan's could go late into the night.
- The waiting game
- The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee is more than an hour late returning from its lunch break -- could they be working on a deal?
- Report: Obama resigns membership in controversial church
- In the wake of various controversies related to the church he belonged to for 20 years, Barack Obama is reportedly cutting his ties with the institution.
- Committee reaches decision on Florida
- Florida's delegation to the Democratic Convention has been restored, though all of the delegates will each have only half a vote.
- Committee votes to accept Michigan compromise
- The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee came up with a deal to end a long, contentious day, and went against the positions of both Democratic campaigns.
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