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Michelle Obama praises Hillary Clinton (UPI)
CHICAGO, July 29 (UPI) -- Michelle Obama, wife of likely Democratic Party U.S. presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, says Hillary Clinton made her husband "a better candidate."
More...Michelle Obama praises Hillary Clinton (Moldova.org)
Michelle Obama, wife of likely Democratic Party U.S. presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, says Hillary Clinton made her husband a better candidate.Appearing Monday at a Chicago hotel, Michelle Obama addressed the mostly female participants of a Women for Obama fundraiser by praising Clinton, A U.S. senator from New York and a former Democratic presidential rival of her husband's, the ...
More...Obama tries to win Hillary Clinton’s supporters - women (Pravda)
After Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, one of her delegates wanted to send a message. So Mary Beth Pyle wore a Clinton T-shirt to a unity dinner meant to build support for Barack Obama.
More...Hillary Clinton in N.J. to thank supporters (Asbury Park Press)
Friends of Hillary Clinton say they will be having lunch with her Monday so the New York senator can thank them for their fundraising efforts for her failed presidential bid.
More...Hillary Clinton busy raising funds for two campaigns (The Monterey County Herald)
Most of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's former campaign advisers have returned to their old lives, taken extended vacations or moved on to something new. But not Jonathan Mantz.
More...Monday, July 28, 2008
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Hillary Clinton in N.J. to thank supporters (Asbury Park Press)
Friends of Hillary Clinton say they will be having lunch with her Monday so the New York senator can thank them for their fundraising efforts for her failed presidential bid.
More...Hillary Clinton busy raising funds for two campaigns (The Monterey County Herald)
Most of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's former campaign advisers have returned to their old lives, taken extended vacations or moved on to something new. But not Jonathan Mantz.
More...Stile: Clinton to toast fund-raisers today (The Record)
Hillary Clinton will be in East Rutherford on Monday to thank her top New Jersey "Hillraisers." The former Democratic presidential contender will lunch with "The Group," the nickname for Clinton's New Jersey fund-raisers, at the offices of MWW Group, a lobbying and public relations firm.
More...Clinton's donors backing Obama (The Arizona Republic)
Thousands of Hillary Clinton's donors gave at least $1.2 million to Democrat Barack Obama in June.
More...Hillary: Going Out West for Obama (The New York Observer)
More from Hillary Clinton on her upcoming plans to campaign, at the request of the Obama campaign, for Barack Obama : At an event at the Gabreski Air National Guard base on Long Island, I asked her when exactly she had been asked to begin making a new round of public appearances for the nominee. "We’ve been planning this," she said. "We have had a very constant, close communication. I ...
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Liz Smith: Some conservatives saying 'nice things' about Hillary Clinton (Baltimore Sun)
"We thought she ( Hillary - Clinton ) would be a steadier hand as president than Sen. Barack Obama would be, with more hawkish instincts and greater political realism," write the National Review editors, explaining why some conservatives have been saying "nice things" about New York's senator.
More...Hillary Clinton Takes On Tanker Deal (CBS News)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) today jumped right into the middle of the Air Force’s competition for new aerial refueling tankers. The Pentagon is required by law to consider the impact of decisions about major weapons buys on the domestic industrial base, she said, taking a position sure to please Boeing supporters, who have aggressively referred to tanker offered by Northrop Grumman ...
More...Most Latinos who backed Clinton now favor Obama, poll finds (The Sacramento Bee)
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama has picked up support from nearly all the Latino voters who voted for rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, giving him a nearly 3-1 lead over Republican John McCain among Latinos, a new poll shows.
More...Obama and Clinton – the ticket to win it (The Christian Science Monitor)
Hillary Clinton would be the wisest choice for vice president.
More...On Huffpo, Hillary's White House Dream Lives On (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Hillary Clinton blogs! The New York senator contributed a piece to the Huffington Post this week, on "An Outrageous Attempt by the Bush Administration to Undermine Women's Rights." It's only the second post she's written ; the first one appeared a few days before the crucial March 4 primaries in Texas and Ohio.
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Liz Smith: Some conservatives saying 'nice things' about Hillary Clinton (Baltimore Sun)
"We thought she ( Hillary - Clinton ) would be a steadier hand as president than Sen. Barack Obama would be, with more hawkish instincts and greater political realism," write the National Review editors, explaining why some conservatives have been saying "nice things" about New York's senator.
More...Hillary Clinton Takes On Tanker Deal (CBS News)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) today jumped right into the middle of the Air Force’s competition for new aerial refueling tankers. The Pentagon is required by law to consider the impact of decisions about major weapons buys on the domestic industrial base, she said, taking a position sure to please Boeing supporters, who have aggressively referred to tanker offered by Northrop Grumman ...
More...Poll: Obama builds support among Hispanic voters, including those who voted for Clinton (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a big lead among Hispanic voters, winning support from the vast majority of those who had voted for rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, according to a poll released Thursday.
More...Katie Couric Compares Herself To Hillary Clinton [Sexism] (Gawker)
When Katie Couric read a page from her "notebook" back in June, highlighting sexist media coverage of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, we wondered if maybe she wasn't also talking about...
More...Hillary Clinton lends campaign more cash (UPI)
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- Former Democratic Party U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton is having trouble retiring her campaign debt and has lent it more money, records show.
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Records show Sen. Hillary Clinton pays some full-time staffers up to $2,600 more each month (The Virginia Gazette)
WASHINGTON - With her election day still a year away, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is paying eight full-time Senate staffers as much as $2,600 in extra monthly wages to moonlight as campaign operatives, records show.
More...Mayor Bloomberg to Host Welcome Back Party for Hillary Clinton (FOX 5 New York)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is planning to host a party for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to ease her transition back from the presidential campaign trail, where she waged a tough fight for the Democratic nomination.
More...Hillary Clinton's 'do goes from left to right (New York Daily News)
Hillary Clinton is moving to the right. The long-time lefty is making a dramatic change - shifting the part in her hair. Clinton revealed her new 'do Tuesday, when she gave a speech on Capital Hill.
More...Solis Doyle checked with Hillary Clinton before joining Obama team (Chicago Sun-Times)
Hillary Rodham Clinton's former campaign manager, now on Barack Obama's team, says she could easily work for her old boss again if Clinton were on the Democratic ticket.
More...Hillary Clinton Gears Up for 2012 Campaign (Gay Wired)
Remaining true to her image as a tenacious fighter, Sen. Hillary Clinton has dusted herself off after the bruising 2008 Democratic primary race against Barack Obama and set her sights on fundraising for her 2012 Senate re-election campaign and perhaps even more.
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Hillary Clinton Asks To Keep Donor Money for 2012 (The New York Observer)
Hillary Clinton's campaign is sending out letters to donors asking permission to roll a $2,300 contribution to Clinton's 2008 general election coffers to her 2012 senate election fund instead of offering a refund. The letter, read to me by one recipient, includes a photocopy of a handwritten note from Clinton that says, "Dear friend, your commitment has meant so much to me over the course of ...
More...Obama unlikely to consider Hillary Clinton as running mate because of Bill (New Kerala)
Washington, July 14 : Sources close to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have said that Obama may not consider Hillary Clinton as his running mate because of her husband and former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
More...Hillary Clinton talks up Obama at teachers union meeting (Daily Herald)
Hillary Rodham Clinton told the nation's second-largest teachers union Saturday that the United States can start solving its problems if Barack Obama wins the November presidential election.
More...Clinton die-hards want floor vote at convention (Salon.com)
Some supporters of Hillary Clinton are clamoring for her name to be included in the roll call vote at the Democratic convention, even though she's already endorsed Barack Obama.
More...Fashion talk belittles Clinton's breakthrough (The Journal News)
Barack Obama is trying to make peace with Hillary Clinton's supporters, especially the women. He told a roomful of campaign donors last week in New York that Clinton's hard-run campaign for the presidency had changed the world for his young daughters.
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Hillary Clinton Helps Obama, Democrats Raise Money (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton is helping Barack Obama fill the coffers of his presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, raising about $4.1 million at one event in New York last night and more than $500,000 today.
More...Helping Hillary Clinton? This Bud, er, shirt, is for you (New York Daily News)
A Hillary Clinton campaign T-shirt is available to anyone who ponies up $50 to help her retire her primary debt. And it might make you thirsty: The wording sounds just a little like Budweiser's "This Bud's for You!" slogan.
More...Hillary Clinton Helps Obama, Democrats Raise Money in Manhattan (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton is helping Barack Obama fill the coffers of his presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, raising about $4.1 million at one event in New York last night.
More...Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton visits Western (College Heights Herald)
var uslide_show_id = "2e5eab3b-8d6d-44bb-b87f-fe9db7ce72ca";var slideshowwidth = "300";var linktext = ""; Standing in front of an audience of more than 500 people, Sen. Hillary Clinton said she was a fighter and a champion. She asked people to vote for her for president on Tuesday. "I'll work my heart out for you," she said. Clinton spoke to the Bowling Green community at about 12:15 p.m. ...
More...Obama and Hillary Clinton fly to New York with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON - Obama and Hillary Clinton fly to New York with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy. President data includes only information from Minnesota contributors. House and Senate data is for Minnesota seats only.
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Hillary Clinton Helps Obama, Democrats Raise Money (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton is helping Barack Obama fill the coffers of his presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, raising about $4.1 million at one event in New York last night and more than $500,000 today.
More...Hillary Clinton Helps Obama, Democrats Raise Money in Manhattan (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton is helping Barack Obama fill the coffers of his presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, raising about $4.1 million at one event in New York last night.
More...Obama and Hillary Clinton fly to New York with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON - Obama and Hillary Clinton fly to New York with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy. President data includes only information from Minnesota contributors. House and Senate data is for Minnesota seats only.
More...Obama reaches for women's vote, Clinton by his side (AFP via Yahoo! News)
With their champion Hillary Clinton by his side, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama on Thursday launched an overt appeal to working women, a key voting bloc in November's general election.
More...Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight (AP via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter.
More...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Walter: Dems search for filibuster-proof margin
Democrats have a real chance to score a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. The question is how they get there.
More...Newsweek: Candidates ignoring key issue
By 2050, retirees and younger and poorer immigrants will compete for government social services and benefits. Squeezed in between will be middle-class and middle-aged workers, facing higher taxes. Meanwhile, the candidates offer nothing but platitudes.
More...Merkel uneasy on Obama Brandenburg address
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McCain to unveil education plan
Sen. John McCain intends to talk about how teachers are paid and tutoring for poor kids when he speaks at a civil rights group's convention next week.
More...Newsweek: Obama's risky stadium strategy
The Democrat's plan to accept the Democratic nomination in a 75,000-seat outdoor football stadium in Denver - just as JFK did at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1960 - is an historic but risky gambit.
More...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Clinton wields powerful e-mail list (Politico via Yahoo! News)
Hillary Rodham Clinton folded her campaign’s tent last month, shedding spokespeople, fundraisers, lawyers, and advance men and women by the dozen.
More...Clinton Campaign Veteran Joins Fox News (TV Week)
Veteran Hillary Clinton campaign aide Howard Wolfson has become a Fox News Channel contributor. He is expected to make his debut in that role Wednesday on the cable news channel.
More...Suzanne Goldenberg: What Hillary has done for women in politics (Guardian Unlimited)
Suzanne Goldenberg: A woman's place: She may have lost the nomination, but Hillary Clinton has brought women to the political stage as never before
More...Clinton aide Wolfson joins Fox News pack (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Howard Wolfson, one of Hillary Clinton's senior campaign advisers, will join Fox News Channel as a contributor.
More...Hillary fades as Barack runs hot (Thursday Magnet)
IT'S not a stampede yet but the super-delegates who will determine which Democrat will run for president are starting to gallop towards Barack Obama.As the storm clouds gathered above Hillary Clinton's flagging campaign on Friday, her aides vowed to continue the fight, even as Obama picked up nine super-delegate endorsements to Clinton's two.
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Senator Hillary Clinton faces tough questions in Buffalo (WIVB Buffalo)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - We are following a big visit by Senator Hillary Clinton. She faced a lot of tough questions Wednesday night.
More...Hillary Clinton Returns To Upstate New York (WCBS-TV New York)
Fresh off her historic run for the White House, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton was back on the job in upstate New York Wednesday, talking about weather-beaten apples, green power and her state's downtrodden economy. Along the way, crowds greeted her with standing ovations and chants of "Hillary! Hillary!"
More...Senator Hillary Clinton visits Geneva (News 10 NBC Rochester)
For many people, Senator Clinton has rock star status and it's easy to see why. Shouting Hillary, Hillary, hundreds of Clinton supporters came...
More...Hillary Clinton makes stop in Syracuse (WSYR 9 Syracuse)
Senator Hillary Clinton was in Syracuse this morning for the first time since suspending her campaign for President. Slideshow |
More...Back to Being Just a Senator, Clinton Inspects Crop Damage (New York Times)
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton visited storm-damaged orchards in upstate New York as she transitioned back from being a presidential candidate.
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Hillary Clinton Returns To Upstate New York (WCBS-TV New York)
Fresh off her historic run for the White House, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton was back in upstate New York Wednesday talking about weather-beaten apples, green power and her state's downtrodden economy.
More...Hillary Clinton makes stop in Syracuse (WSYR 9 Syracuse)
Senator Hillary Clinton was in Syracuse this morning for the first time since suspending her campaign for President. Slideshow
More...Clinton on first upstate NY swing since campaign (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a clear message to her constituents Wednesday: I love New York.
More...Hillary Clinton plans visit to Rochester area (WROC Rochester)
News 8 Now has learned U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton will be making a visit to our area Wednesday. This will be Clinton's first visit to upstate since ending her presidential run last month.
More...Clinton Comes To Town (CBS 5 News Syracuse)
It's Hillary Clinton's first venture to Syracuse as a U.S. Senator, not a presidential candidate in a long time and she says, almost apologetically, she is glad to be back representing her New York constituents.
More...Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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53% - Obama-Clinton Ticket? (Pew via Yahoo! News)
A narrow majority of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters (53%) say they would like to see Barack Obama pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate. Clinton supporters are increasingly supportive of the prospect: 76% favor an Obama-Clinton ticket, up from 69% in March. By contrast, just 37% of Obama backers say they would like to see him pick Clinton as his running mate, down from 49% in March.
More...Obama and Hillary Clinton meet in Unity (Crikey)
No related articles. ”I know that, because of our campaign, because of the campaign that Hillary Clinton waged, my daughters and all of your daughters will forever know that there is no barrier to who they are and what they can be in the United States of America," Obama said.
More...Hillary Clinton wasteful running up debt knowing she couldn’t win (Mesabi Daily News)
Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to run her primary campaign until the last vote was counted, even though anyone with remedial math knew that once the so-called superdelegates started moving in ever-growing numbers to the Barack Obama column the inevitability of his Democratic presidential nomination was assured.
More...A New Campaign Charge: You Supported Clinton (New York Times)
Democratic incumbents with large African-American constituencies are trying to soothe resentments incited by their support for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
More...Group with Clinton connections ready to back Obama (USA Today)
By rights, a group that helped elect Bill Clinton president and counts Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as one of its leaders should be hostile territory for Barack Obama. But members of the Democratic Leadership Council seem ready to embrace Obama rather than risk squandering an opportunity for victory this fall.
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