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Florida, Michigan cannot save Clinton
Sorry, Sen. Clinton. Michigan and Florida can't save your campaign. Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states' banished convention delegates found little interest in the former first lady's best-case scenario.
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Obama welcomes Edwards endorsement, even if tardy
It would have meant more in February or March, but John Edwards' endorsement of Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination was welcomed nonetheless by a politician eager to turn the page.
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Clinton presses ahead in longshot campaign
An embattled Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging the party leaders who are key to the Democratic presidential race to take a hard look at her West Virginia win and slow their march to Barack Obama.
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Clinton poised for W.Va. win; Obama looks ahead
The Democratic presidential race runs on two tracks now, one snaking through the West Virginia primary today and the other mapped out by Barack Obama through battleground states in the fall.
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Clinton outwardly confident, even as hopes dim
Hillary Rodham Clinton was just warming up the crowd in a cramped and muggy middle school gymnasium when she switched her pronouns.
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Obama overtakes Clinton in Democratic superdelegates
Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.
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Feminists sharply divided between Clinton, Obama
No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America's feminists, yet — despite Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic candidacy — the women's movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward the finish.
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Carter warns against superdelegate coup
Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that delegates from Florida and Michigan should not be counted at the Democratic National Convention because they "disqualified themselves," and he warned of a disaster if party insiders try to wrest the nomination from the candidate with the largest number of votes and state victories.
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Obama ascendant after trading primary wins with Clinton
On the rebound, Barack Obama left Hillary Rodham Clinton with fast-dwindling chances to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination after beating her in North Carolina and falling just short in an Indiana cliffhanger.
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GOP Gleeful at Obama rocky period
Republicans can hardly contain their glee as they watch Barack Obama battle through a rocky period. And why should they?
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Obama wins close race, beats Clinton in Guam
Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes in the Guam Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. The count of more than 4,500 ballots took all night.
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Clinton seeks gas tax vote, Obama calls it 'shell' game
Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax, a plan that Barack Obama dismissed as a political stunt that would cost thousands of construction jobs.
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Clinton backers want superdelegate runoff
A group of Hillary Rodham Clinton supporters, including four New Mexico superdelegates, has accused the state Democratic Party of breaking national and state party rules when it nominated a 12th superdelegate for New Mexico.
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Former Democratic leader switches to Obama
A leader of the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton has switched his allegiance to Barack Obama and is encouraging fellow Democrats to "heal the rift in our party" and unite behind the Illinois senator.
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If Obama thought the Rev. Wright's comments were behind him, he was wrong
Barack Obama's attempts to draw attention away from the fiery remarks of his former pastor were set back with an interview in which the preacher says his quotes condemning America were taken out of context "for some very devious reasons."
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Obama seeks union's help while Clinton promotes vets issues
How does Sen. Barack Obama spend a day off in his hometown? By urging hundreds of union activists to back his presidential bid in the final Democratic primaries.
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Clinton: “Yes, yes, yes” Obama can win in November
Hillary Rodham Clinton said emphatically Wednesday night that Barack Obama can win the White House this fall, undercutting her efforts to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination by suggesting he would lead the party to defeat.
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McCain calls for summer-long suspension of gas tax
Republican Sen. John McCain on Tuesday called for a summer-long suspension of the federal gasoline tax and several tax cuts as the likely presidential nominee sought to stem the public's pain from a troubled economy.
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Obama loses 10-point advantage over McCain
Republican Sen. John McCain has erased Sen. Barack Obama's 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic candidates in an Associated Press-Ipsos national poll released Thursday.
