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It’s All About Me
By Kathy Shaidle FRONTPAGE MAG - How can a self-congratulation double as a paean to someone else? That was the question observers asked of Hillary Clinton’s bout of rhetorical self-preoccupation last night. Her speech, bumped out of prim...
Half of House Dems may vote Hillary at DNC, Says Rep.
By Ben Smith POLITICO - Rep. Loretta Sanchez says she’s happy for the chance to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Democratic National Convention — and she predicts that as many as half of the Democrats in the House could join h...
It’s Over For Hillary? Don’t Count On It
By David Zublick Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic bid for the White House on Saturday and enthusiastically endorsed Barack Obama. Yeah, right. She actually suspended her campaign, allowing her to hold on to her delegates and technically rem...
Hillary Clinton’s exit: When push came to shove
In the end, the same man who ushered Hillary Clinton into electoral politics nine years ago pushed her out. Wednesday, Clinton was asking supporters to wait – it was unclear for what — and to give her time to gather her thoughts. Many see...
Hillary Clinton says she’s ready to be Obama’s VP, Say Lawmakers
Sen. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday told New York lawmakers she is open to being the running mate of Sen. Barack Obama, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, two of the lawmakers told CNN. Rep. Charles Rangel, a senior member of the New Y...
The Drama of Hillary Clinton
By Roger Simon Oh, the drama of it all. The drama that is the Hillary Clinton campaign. What will she say next? What will she do next? I do not know, but I do know this: There is a huge drama gap between the Clinton campaign and the Barack Obama camp...
Bill & Hillary Clinton Have Officially Lost Their Minds
By John Baer IT IS NOW crystal-clear: The Clintons have jumped the shark, left the building, gone over the edge. And it's time to say buh-bye. Within the last week, Bill said that the media won't report Hillary's "winning," and Hi...
Hillary Clinton Isn’t Owed a Consolation Prize
By George F. Will Women, we are told by some people who say they know them, are not amused. Women, or at least those whose consciousnesses have been properly raised, supposedly think that the impatience being expressed about the protracted futility o...
Hillary Clinton 2008 Death Watch
By Kirstin Powers It'S like death. The body shuts down one part at a time. Often, even when all the signs are there, denial takes hold. Chief Clinton cheerleader Terry McAuliffe says "We're going all the way!" But bad omens abound. S...
At last: the Fall of the House of Clinton
By Rupert Cornwell Never count a Clinton out. Not even when he – or, in this case, she – is sealed in a tomb. Bill came back from scandals that would have felled a less resilient politician. And now we have Hillary, refusing to accept a p...
On Her Way To Defeat, Hillary is one sorry sight
By Michael Goodwin She once described herself as "the most famous person you know very little about." But as she careens across the country in a desperate attempt to rescue her campaign, America is coming to know Hillary Clinton all too well....
Hillary Clinton Rejects Latest Michigan Delegate Plan
By Marie Horrigan Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday rejected a compromise plan to seat Michigan’s delegates to the national convention that would give 69 delegates to Clinton and 59 to Barack Obama. “This...
Hillary, it’s over: The End of the Clinton Strategy
Tuesday was a decisive night for Barack Obama. Sure, CBS News called Indiana early for Hillary Clinton (a verdict the network may yet regret, with many precincts still outstanding), and if she does hang on there, she will have won just as many state...
Hillary Clinton’s backers beg delegates’ patience
By Donald Lambro Democratic power brokers who back Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are urging superdelegates to stay uncommitted until the last contest in June, saying that by then they will be in a position to put the former first lady over the top. Th...
Clinton’s Fight To The Finish Line Tries Dem Patience
By RICK KLEIN with MIKE ELMORE Either something is beginning to rumble in the Democratic race . . . or the race is already over (and someone just forgot to tell the superdelegates). Either the Clintons have the pull to keep the race alive for another...
Clinton or Obama Must Drop Out in June, Says Dean
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama must drop out of the Democratic presidential race after the June primaries in order to unify the party by the convention and win the election in Nove...
It’s all about the Clintons
Is Hillary Clinton phenomenally tenacious or just plain mad? If she is to overtake Barack Obama's haul of pledged delegates, she will have to win 80% of the vote in the eight Democratic primaries and one caucus that remain. Unless something truly cat...
Easing Hillary Clinton Out the Door
Despite Sen. Hillary Clinton's solid victory in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, her chances of winning the nomination must still be considered remote. The Democratic primary campaign is thus moving into a final and potentially dicey stage that will require ...
