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analysis

Jun 4, 2008 1:29 PM CDT

What Obama, Clinton Don't Get

Halperin runs down what the 2 top Dems are underestimating

(Newser) - Mark Halperin runs down what Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton aren’t counting on the day after the nomination was secured: For Obama:

How intensely Clintonites feel about Hillary.
Delaying his VP pick will only exacerbate the Obama-Clinton scrutiny.
The sensitivity of the former first couple.
The intense scrutiny he'll

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Actress Demands
VF Retract
Clinton Story

Jun 4, 2008 1:13 PM CDT

Actress Demands VF Retract Clinton Story

PS I Love You star Gershon threatens suit

(Newser) - Bill Clinton isn’t the only one fuming over Vanity Fair’s article blasting his conduct since he left office. Actress Gina Gershon—whom Clinton “has been seen visiting,” according to the magazine—is demanding a retraction, CNN reports. The "insinuation is a lie, and it is...

Top Clintonites
Push Hillary
for Veep

Jun 4, 2008 11:45 AM CDT

Top Clintonites Push Hillary for Veep

Lanny Davis circulates petition

(Newser) - Mere hours after Barack Obama secured the Dem nomination, key Clinton insiders stepped up lobbying for a VP slot for her. Former White House staffer Lanny Davis started a petition drive—without campaign coordination, he insists—at Womenforfairpolitics.com, the Los Angeles Times reports. “We must field the strongest...

Congrats
Obama,
Here's Your
To-Do List

Analysis

Jun 4, 2008 11:14 AM CDT

Congrats Obama, Here's Your To-Do List

Dem finally clinches the nomination—now the real work begins

(Newser) - It wasn’t easy, but a bruised Barack Obama has finally wrapped up the Democratic nomination. The Guardian’s Michael Tomasky knows what he needs to do next:

Redefine himself. Obama has a lot of time now to remind us why he inspired people in the first place.
Define

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Don't Be Henpecked, Obama

OPINION

Jun 4, 2008 9:11 AM CDT

Don't Be Henpecked, Obama

She doesn't want the No. 2 job, writes Dowd. She wants you to lose.

(Newser) - "What does Hillary want?" Hillary Clinton asked rhetorically last night at her rally in New York. Still a good question, writes Maureen Dowd, since apparently she's not going away anytime soon. Having given her surrogates the green light to push for an Obama-Clinton ticket, the New York Times columnist...

How Obama Did It:
The Delegate
Strategy

ANALYSIS

Jun 4, 2008 8:29 AM CDT

How Obama Did It: The Delegate Strategy

Delegate-by-delegate fight led to historic upset

(Newser) - Last night was not a triumphant coronation for Barack Obama, whose campaign limped over the finish line in Montana and South Dakota. But the Illinois senator's victory over Hillary Clinton—one of the biggest upsets in US political history, writes the Washington Post—was never about glamorous wins in battleground...

Dems Move to
End Clinton Campaign

Jun 4, 2008 7:33 AM CDT

Dems Move to End Clinton Campaign

Pelosi, Reid, Dean give superdelegates 48 hours

(Newser) - The Democratic party's three top leaders wasted no time in calling on all outstanding superdelegates this morning to make up their minds by Friday. Only a few hours after Barack Obama laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Howard Dean issued a carefully worded statement...

Boo Hoo:
Firebrand Priest Suspended

Jun 4, 2008 6:38 AM CDT

Boo Hoo: Firebrand Priest Suspended

Mocked Hillary from the pulpit, takes leave

(Newser) - The controversial Catholic priest who mocked Hillary Clinton in a guest sermon from the pulpit of Barack Obama's church has been suspended from his own parish, reports the Chicago Tribune. Father Michael Pfleger was ordered to take a weeks-long leave of absence by Chicago's cardinal, "to reflect on his...

Hillary Still Dogs Barack's Campaign

Jun 4, 2008 4:56 AM CDT

Hillary Still Dogs Barack's Campaign

Obama faces tough decision on No. 2 spot

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's non-concession speech last night left the Obama campaign with a major headache, as the New York senator left open the possibility that she might demand the second spot on the Democratic ticket. Clinton managed to take some of the spotlight from Obama even on his biggest night—a...

Obama Wins Montana,
Final Primary

Jun 3, 2008 10:11 PM CDT

Obama Wins Montana, Final Primary

He closes out historic night with easy victory, networks say

(Newser) - Barack Obama capped an historic night with an easy win in the Montana primary, CNN reports. In the nation's final contest, Obama led Clinton 58% to 40% with about half the returns in. The victory follows Obama's coronation as the Democratic nominee, though Hillary Clinton opted not to concede the...

Obama: I Will Be the Nominee

Jun 3, 2008 9:39 PM CDT

Obama: I Will Be the Nominee

He praises Clinton during victory speech in Minnesota

(Newser) - Barack Obama tonight marked the end of an "historic journey" by declaring that "I will be the Democratic nominee." The nation's first black major-party nominee praised Hillary Clinton for her own history-making campaign and for her "unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans" before...

Hillary: 'No Decisions Tonight'

Jun 3, 2008 9:01 PM CDT

Hillary: 'No Decisions Tonight'

She praises Obama but does not drop from the race

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton congratulated Barack Obama tonight on a hard-fought campaign but did not concede the race, MSNBC reports. "I will be making no decisions tonight," she said to raucous applause from supporters. Speaking less than an hour after the major networks declared Obama the nominee, she encouraged the...

Clinton Wins South Dakota, But Victory Comes Too Late

Jun 3, 2008 8:47 PM CDT

Clinton Wins South Dakota, But Victory Comes Too Late

She wins state primary after Obama clinches nomination

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has won the South Dakota primary, CNN reports, but the victory is a hollow one: It follows news that Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination. With 99% of returns in, Clinton led 55% to 44%. Exit polls showed that 60% of Clinton supporters would vote for Obama in...

Networks Call It:
Obama Clinches

Jun 3, 2008 8:11 PM CDT

Networks Call It: Obama Clinches

He becomes the first black candidate for a major party

(Newser) - Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination tonight to become the first black candidate for president on a major-party ticket. Obama reached the necessary number of delegates—2,118—as the polls closed in South Dakota at 9pm EST, CNN reports. AP reported earlier today that Obama had clinched, but media...

Campaign Carnage Casualty: Democrats' Chances

OPINION

Jun 3, 2008 5:15 PM CDT

Campaign Carnage Casualty: Democrats' Chances

Writer did not like this assignment

(Newser) - Richard Cohen did not enjoy covering the 2008 Democratic primaries, and he writes in the Washington Post about everything he “loathed” about the race that “eroded the standing of both candidates”:

The racism: Cohen is “stunned” that so many people came out to vote against a black

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Clinton: I'm 'Open' to VP Spot

Jun 3, 2008 4:16 PM CDT

Clinton: I'm 'Open' to VP Spot

Hillary says she'll do what she can to help

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton said today she was “open" to serving as Barack Obama’s running mate if it would help the party in November, the AP reports. She made the comment in a conference call with New York's congressional delegation. One congressman told the Buffalo News that “she brought...

Campaign Apologizes for Bill's 'Scumbag' Jab

Jun 3, 2008 2:30 PM CDT

Campaign Apologizes for Bill's 'Scumbag' Jab

Former president slams VF article as hit piece; wife's campaign apologizes

(Newser) - The Clinton campaign apologized last night for Bill’s description of a Vanity Fair reporter as “sleazy,” “slimy,” “a dishonest guy” and a “scumbag” in response to a recent story about him in the magazine. "President Clinton was understandably upset about an outrageously...

Daytime TV as Campaign Stop

ANALYSIS

Jun 3, 2008 2:26 PM CDT

Daytime TV as Campaign Stop

'Low-info' voters, soft-pedaling hosts want personal details

(Newser) - You know where they stand on gas prices, but what about pantsuits and family pets? Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama are making the rounds of daytime talk shows and celebrity gossipfests, courting "low-info" voters—those mostly white, working class, and undecided folks who haven't been paying much...

AP: Obama 'Effectively'
Clinches Nomination

Jun 3, 2008 1:30 PM CDT

AP: Obama 'Effectively' Clinches Nomination

Tally based partly on private superdelegate commitments

(Newser) - The AP declared today that Barack Obama has “effectively clinched” the Democratic nomination, basing its projection in part on 15 private commitments from superdelegates. Adding to that a minimum 11 delegates Obama is poised to capture in the final two primaries today, the wire service concludes that the Chicagoan...

Obama's Press to Cherry-Pick Top Clintonites Under Way

Jun 3, 2008 12:37 PM CDT