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Clinton Supporters Say ‘Speech Didn’t Heal’
By Eli Saslow WASHINGTON POST - Hillary Rodham Clinton's most loyal delegates came to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night looking for direction. They listened, rapt, to a 20-minute speech that many proclaimed the best she had ever delivered, hoping...
Hillary Clinton is NOT out of the race yet!
By Les Kinsolving WND - As of July 31, the Democratic National Convention was still in need of one-fourth of the estimated cost of the Denver convention – amounting to 10 million of the $40 million. Moreover, Washington Examiner political colum...
Dem Delegates Favor Clinton as VP, but Obama-ites Cool to the Idea
CQ POLITICS - Barack Obama is on the cusp of naming his running mate and a lot of the speculation is centering around Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine. At least, those are the three that rated photos ...
Clinton Head Fake? The Lingering What-If Question
By Patrick Healy NEW YORK TIMES - No power brokers in the Democratic Party are openly campaigning for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as their vice-presidential nominee this year, and even Mrs. Clinton’s closest aides have stopped talking her up...
Hillary To Be Entered Into Nomination At Convention
By Aaron Bruns FOX NEWS - Sources within Hillary Clinton’s campaign say the New York Senator’s name is likely to be placed in nomination in Denver — at the insistence of the Obama campaign. Clinton had originally said she would NOT ...
Will Hillary Clinton Take The Nomination From Obama At The Last Minute?
By Denis Keohane AMERICAN THINKER - Will Hillary outsmart Obama and take the nomination at the last minute? Many of us familiar with Hillary Clinton's approach to achieving her goals refused to believe that she ever gave up all hope of winning th...
Hillary Clinton asks not to be nominated at Democratic National Convention
By MICHAEL SAUL and THOMAS M. DeFRANK Petitions abound, but Hillary Clinton won't put in for a nomination, insiders say. Hillary Clinton has decided against being nominated for President at the Democrats' Denver convention, but many of her mo...
Hillary Waits for Obama to Stumble
By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann Hillary’s suspension of her campaign, and her omission of any release of her delegates, makes her a factor for Obama to consider for the next three months until the Democratic nomination is officially and fina...
Hillary Clinton faces the final curtain, Carter To Endorse Obama
By Tom Baldwin One by one, members of the Democratic party elite lined up to kill off Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions today. They climbed off the fence where so many of them have stubbornly, even pompously, been sitting for the past 16...
Officials: Hillary Clinton Will Concede Race Tonight
Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation's first female president. The former first lady will...
If Obama reaches 2118, Clinton will concede, Says McAuliffe
By Klaus Marre Terry McAuliffe, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (N.Y.) campaign chairman, said Tuesday that he believes that, once Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) reaches the number of delegates necessary to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination...
Memo: Fla., Mich. can’t be fully restored
By Nedra Pickler A Democratic Party rules committee has the authority to restore delegates from Michigan and Florida but not fully seat the two states at the convention as Hillary Rodham Clinton wants, according to a party analysis. Party rules...
How Hillary’s latest math hurts the party
By Jonathan Alter Give credit where it's due: Hillary Clinton has shown grit and determination in finishing out the race. She has proved herself a strong campaigner. And in the week since West Virginia, she has stopped the cheap shots that had ma...
Hillary Clinton may take delegate fight to convention
By Brendan Farrington Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is willing to take her fight to seat Florida and Michigan delegates to the convention if the two states want to go that far. In an interview with The Associated Press, Clinton was asked whether sh...
Hillary Clinton’s ’sexism’ dodge
By Scot Lehigh Let's say Hillary Clinton's remaining primary rival were not Barack Obama but a white male. Suppose she were ahead in pledged delegates, led in the popular vote in DNC-approved contests, had raised the most money, and...
Michigan Florida Delegates Cannot Save Hillary Clinton
By Nedra Pickler 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 ...
Florida, Michigan Are “Embarrassing” For Democrats, Says Bill Clinton
By Sarah Amos ABC NEWS - Former President Bill Clinton continued to make a case for seating the delegates in Florida and Michigan Wednesday, saying that it's "shocking and embarrassing" to see the Republican party dealing with this situat...
Hillary Clinton Compares Campaign To JFK 1960
By Glenn Thush Hillary Rodham Clinton compared her underdog quest for the White House yesterday to John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign - while her top strategist likened Barack Obama's sky-high confidence to George W. Bush's infamous "Mis...
Hillary, It’s All Over
By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann She lost hard in North Carolina, and barely held on to win Indiana. Hillary Clinton just doesn't have enough straws left to clutch. The best (or worst) she can hope to do the rest of the way is bloody Barack Oba...
