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Facing Bill O'Reilly, Hillary Clinton enters Fox's den (New York Daily News)

Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton will appear in a two-part interview on The Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" starting Wednesday at 8. Part two will air Thursday at 8 p.m.

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Hillary Clinton picks up another Pa. superdelegate (The Patriot-News)

Hillary Rodham Clinton will pick up the support of another influential superdelegate this morning when Bill George declares his support for the senator from New York.

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The number: 31#x25 Feel less favorable toward Hillary Clinton (Deseret Morning News)

About three-in-10 Americans (31#x25) say their opinion of Hillary Clinton has grown less favorable in recent days, including 28#x25 of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, while 24#x25 of Americans and only 13#x25 of Democrats and Democratic leaners report less favorable views of Barack Obama.

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Dissecting Hillary Clinton’s support among gay and lesbian voters (Gay Wired)

Offering up a political cocktail composed of one part history, one part organization and one part pure camp appeal, Hillary Clinton has managed to keep a significant majority of LGBT voters intoxicated with her candidacy throughout what has been one of the most arduous and grueling campaigns in recent memory.

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Hillary Clinton Heads to The O’Reilly Factor (Broadcasting and Cable)

Sen. and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) will appear for the first time on The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News Channel’s top primetime show, the network announced Tuesday.

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31% - Feel Less Favorable Toward Hillary Clinton (Pew via Yahoo! News)

About three-in-ten Americans (31%) say their opinion of Hillary Clinton has grown less favorable in recent days, including 28% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, while 24% of Americans -- and only 13% of Democrats and Democratic leaners -- report less favorable views of Barack Obama.

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NC Gov. Mike Easley endorses Hillary Clinton (AP via Yahoo! News)

Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the endorsement of North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, a surprise boost to her candidacy in a state where Barack Obama is heavily favored to win the Democratic primary.

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Hillary Clinton courts Charlotte voters 8:44 AM (WCNC Charlotte)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Hillary Clinton got a rock-star welcome in Charlotte at Time Warner Cable Arena Monday night. This was Clinton’s first visit to Charlotte in nearly a year, and she’s pushing hard for votes. Her supporters waved signs as she addressed the crowd.

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Superdelegate Gov. Easley Endorses Hillary Clinton (WGHP Greensboro)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Exactly one week before the North Carolina primary, Gov. Mike Easley has endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. An excited Easley called Clinton the next president of the United States while they met on stage at North Carolina State University. He focused on what he said was Clinton's commitment to improving the nation's educational ...

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Hillary Clinton plans Louisville visit next week (Louisville Courier-Journal)

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton will headline a Kentucky Democratic Party fundraiser May 9 in Louisville, and organizers are still trying to get U.S. Sen. Barack Obama to attend.

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Supreme Court upholds voter ID law

The high court says states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights. The decision validates Republican-inspired voter ID laws.

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Wright says criticism is attack on black church

Barack Obama's ex-pastor, speaking at the National Press Club, says he hopes the controversy over his remarks sparks an honest dialogue about race in America.

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Dean: Clinton or Obama must drop by June

The Democratic Party chairman says one candidate must cede  in order to unify the party by the convention and win the election in November.

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Dems registering in record numbers

The past seven states to hold Democratic primaries have registered more than 1 million new Democratic voters, and North Carolina and Indiana are already reporting a swell.

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NYT: McCain criticizes Obama’s former pastor

Senator John McCain delved on Sunday into remarks made by Senator Barack Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.

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Newsweek: Can Obama win older voters?

In Pennsylvania, as in Ohio, Clinton substantially beat Obama among voters over 60, but it's likely that Obama can win back the senior vote more easily than, say, Hillary or McCain could win over the African-American vote.

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Clinton supporter challenges DNC over Mich.

A top supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton has filed a challenge with the Democratic National Committee to try to seat Michigan's pledged delegates — most of them likely to support the New York senator — at the national convention in Denver.

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N.C. excited to choose between Clinton, Obama

Not since 1988 has North Carolina had much of a voice in choosing a presidential nominee. Back then, it joined several Southern states to help pick Al Gore, a neighbor from Tennessee.

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Both candidates claim lead in popular votes

If numbers don't lie, the Democratic presidential race is proving they can confuse: Both campaigns claim they are ahead in the popular vote.

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How can Obama, Clinton not be tired?

They've have been campaigning hard for more than a year, and their wall-to-wall schedules won't let up anytime soon.

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Nixon's daughter contributed to Obama

One of the former president's daughters, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, apparently supports a Democrat in this year's presidential contest — Barack Obama.

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McCain: Winning black voters will be tough

Seeking support in rural Alabama, Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday he knows it will be difficult to win over black voters who have supported Democrats for generations.

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Pa. Dems to cast votes in primary

The six-week, increasingly hard-edged contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama culminates as voters register their choice — a decision that could save or sink Clinton's candidacy.

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Clinton facing growing debt to advisors

As the financial gap between Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton grows, records show the Clinton campaign is now shouldering sizable debts to  key advisers and consultants

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NYT: Candidates lukewarm about dream ticket

For months, the Clinton and Obama campaigns have been hearing suggestions of a so-called dream ticket of Obama/Clinton or Clinton/Obama, but the idea does not sound so good to the candidates themselves.

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McCain: A question of temperament

Since the beginning of presumptive GOP nominee John McCain's public life, the many witnesses to his temper have had strikingly different reactions to it.

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NYT: Clintons sort their friends

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has suffered a steady erosion of support for her campaign from the party stalwarts who once formed the basis of her  juggernaut of “inevitability.”

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Obama, Clinton run the homestretch

Finally for the Democrats, the homestretch.

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Newsweek poll: Obama pulls away from Clinton

A new Newsweek survey has found that Obama leads Clinton by nearly 20 points among Democrats nationwide, and that a majority of all registered voters see Clinton as dishonest and untrustworthy.

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NYT: McCain, Iraq and 'al-Qaida'

Critics say Senator John McCain’s descriptions of the enemy in Iraq oversimplify its hydra-headed nature.

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Newsweek poll: Obama pulls away from Clinton

A new Newsweek survey has found that Obama leads Clinton by nearly 20 points among Democrats nationwide, and that a majority of all registered voters see Clinton as dishonest and untrustworthy.

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NYT: McCain, Iraq and 'al-Qaida'

Critics say Senator John McCain’s descriptions of the enemy in Iraq oversimplify its hydra-headed nature.

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Q&A: Mitt Romney

National Journal's Linda Douglass sat down with Mitt Romney for the April 18 edition of "National Journal On Air." This is a transcript of their conversation.

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Celebs don't help causes they promote

Fifty-one percent of Americans say celebrities make little or no positive difference to the issues they promote while 45 percent say they have a large or some positive influence, according to a new survey.

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Cook: Obama’s chemistry experiment

The presidential candidate's unusual combination of change, idealism, race and postpartisanship has created the equivalent in Democratic politics of nitroglycerin.

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Poll: Obama ahead of Clinton despite bruises

Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are both sustaining dents and dings from their lengthy presidential fight. But it appears the former first lady is suffering more.

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NYT: Superdelegates unswayed by Clinton

A cross-section of superdelegates showed that none had been persuaded much by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s attacks on Senator Barack Obama.

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Clinton, Obama look for laughs on ‘Colbert’

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton played up her image as a tireless problem solver when she visited Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" Thursday night. Not to be outdone, Sen. Barack Obama showed up via satellite to poke fun at what he called the media's fixation on gaffes and trivialities.

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Ratings, criticism big for ABC debate

ABC News drew both record ratings and a heap of complaints about how Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos moderated the Democratic presidential debate, criticism that Stephanopoulos on Thursday called a sign of how much people care.

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Fact check: Obama and former radical

The Democratic presidential candidate is defending his relationship with William Ayers, a college professor who was once part of the radical Weather Underground and spent years as a fugitive.

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McCain winning back unhappy Republicans

Republicans are no longer underdogs in the race for the White House. John McCain has attracted disgruntled GOP voters, independents and even some moderate Democrats.

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NYT: Clinton uses sharp attacks in debate

Hillary Rodham Clinton warned that Barack Obama would be deeply vulnerable in a general-election fight.

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Can Obama win? 'Yes,' says Clinton

Barack Obama's electability. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Bosnia comments. Obama's "bitter" explanation. The Democratic candidates went at it Wednesday night in their 21st debate.

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Newsweek: Philly debate — a political rerun

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that after more than 20 debates between the leading Democrats, both candidates are exhausted and have exhausted every conceivable debate question.

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Texas inmate cons way onto Idaho ballot

A federal prison inmate got himself listed on the ballot for Idaho's May 27 primary as a Democratic presidential candidate, the state's top election official said.

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Hillary Clinton to appear on 'Colbert' (9 News Denver)

PHILADELPHA (AP) - Hillary Clinton is hoping the "Colbert bump" will help propel her to victory in Pennsylvania.

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Puerto Rican salsa legend Willie Colon endorses Hillary Clinton (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Salsa icon Willie Colon would like to see Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the White House next year.

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Chelsea Clinton is Hillary's new weapon (Daily Telegraph)

Hillary Clinton, struggling to contain a tidal wave of youth support for Barack Obama is dispatching the most trusted person in her life to implore university students to give her a chance - her daughter Chelsea.

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Bill Clinton backs Colombia trade deal Hillary opposes (AG Weekly)

WASHINGTON - The presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that her husband, the former president, supports a free trade agreement with Colombia that she strenuously opposes.

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President Clinton Stumps For Hillary In W. Pa. (KDKA Pittsburgh)

Former president Bill Clinton is stumping in western Pennsylvania for his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Hillary Clinton tours working-class area (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton toured a working-class neighborhood on Sunday and kept up the attack on rival Barack Obama's remarks about small-town voters.

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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton: A Grave Concern About Their Faith (The Narco News Bulletin)

During this campaign I have learned a whole lot about our former first lady and current U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton and how she is playing her cards. I have learned also that even teenager Chelsea Clinton has a hot temper and easy to "snap"....just like mother Hillary.

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Clinton in Indiana Monday to stump for Hillary (South Bend Tribune)

Former president Bill Clinton will be in Indiana Monday to campaign for his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. The appearances include:

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Clinton in Indiana Monday to stump for Hillary (22 WSBT South Bend)

Former president Bill Clinton will be in Indiana Monday to campaign for his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Bill Clinton's China links embarrass Hillary (New Kerala)

London, Apr.14 : Democratic Party presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's denunciations of China have been undermined by disclosures that her husband, Bill's charitable foundation received a donation from a Chinese internet company accused of aiding the crackdown in Tibet.

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Poll shows Obama gaining in Pa. race

A new poll suggests Barack Obama is gaining ground in Pennsylvania, as Clinton's lead shrinks to six points.

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NYT: 'Obama kids' twist parents' arms

As a small chorus of superdelegates has announced a preference for Senator Barack Obama in recent weeks, a theme is emerging: their children made them do it.

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The cult of decisiveness in U.S. politics

On a wintry morning, in a college town not far from Lake Erie, a coup is brewing. "You're going to take over the country today, brothers and sisters," Werner Lange, an assistant professor of sociology, tells his Contemporary Social Problems class.

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Condi Rice for VP talk persists despite denials

The  Secretary of State has said repeatedly she does not "do politics" but her name keeps popping up as a potential running mate for Sen. John McCain.

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Newsweek: The Mark Penn Effect

Mark Penn leaves the Hillary Clinton campaign. It's not a good moment for the former first lady, but he'd been a lightening rod for a long time.

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Following in Chelsea's footsteps

On New Year’s Day, twenty-four year old Tilden Hagan woke up, wedged himself into the driver’s seat of his full-to-the-gills old Saturn, and drove across America to work for a promising political star. His mom.

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Superdelegates with super powers?

Some of those presidential superdelegates Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are pursuing are more super than others.

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Newsweek: How to read Clinton's tax returns

What we will -- and won't -- be able to find out when Hillary Clinton releases her returns.

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Jimmy Carter hints he'd support Obama

The former President left little doubt this week about whom he'd like to see in the White House next year.

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Edwards would not accept VP nomination

The former Democratic presidential candidate also declines to say whether he would endorse Clinton or Obama.

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Newsweek: The superdelegate sweepstakes

Democratic party insiders are getting desperate about finding a peaceful solution before the party implodes, damaging the eventual nominee. Will the fight go all the way to the convention?

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Clinton still irked by Richardson nod

Former President Clinton is still smarting over New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama.

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Beer heiress could be next first lady

The McCains' marriage has mixed business and politics from the beginning, according to an expansive review by The Associated Press.

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Newsweek: The long road to nomination

Nifty interactive graphic looking at the nomination processes for all presidential elections since 1968, and when the nominees were decided (Clinton was the only candidate to win when his party picked a nominee after the competing party did).

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Obama: I'd hire Al Gore

The Democrat presidential hopeful said Wednesday he talks regularly with the former vice president and would consider putting him in a Cabinet-level position or higher.

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Clinton leads Obama, McCain in key states

The New York senator holds a 9-point lead over Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama among likely Pennsylvania Democratic primary voters ahead of the state's April 22 primary.

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Obama says he's conflicted on Olympics

Sen. Barack Obama questions whether the U.S. should be a full participant in this summer's contests in Beijing because of China's human rights record.

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Clinton proposing plan to keep jobs in U.S.

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing $7 billion a year in tax incentives to encourage U.S. companies not to ship jobs overseas.

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McCain compiles list of running mates

Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he has begun "getting together a list of names" to choose a vice presidential running mate, and hopes to make an announcement before the Republican convention in early September.

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9/11 panel vice chair to endorse Obama

The Associated Press has learned that former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton is backing Barack Obama in an endorsement that could boost the Democratic presidential hopeful's national security standing.

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Hillary Clinton Coming to Eugene (KMTR Eugene)

Hillary Clinton's campaign announces visit this weekend.

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Hillary Clinton's lie hits real sniper vics (New York Daily News)

Every time I see the video of Hillary Clinton talking about landing in Bosnia under sniper fire, I also see the shamrock scarf she wore to the podium in honor of St. Patrick's Day.

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Former President Clinton campaigns for Hillary in Montana (Billings Gazette)

HELENA - Former President Bill Clinton makes several campaign stops in Montana Tuesday on behalf of his wife, Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton. Clinton starts out in Havre at 9:45 a.m., at Armory Gymnasium at Montana State-Northern. ...

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Former President Clinton campaigns for Hillary in Montana (Billings Gazette)

HELENA - Former President Bill Clinton makes several campaign stops in Montana Tuesday on behalf of his wife, Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton.

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Supporters Wait for Hillary Clinton (WNEP 16 Pennsylvania)

Hundreds of people lined up outside King's College Tuesday morning hoping to get into the gymnasium for the Hillary Clinton town hall meeting scheduled for about 2:30 p.m.

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