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Hillary Clinton
Sen. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. She is married to Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. (More at Wikipedia)
Hillary Clinton Buzz
Significant posts about Hillary Clinton from the last 24 hours, updated every 4 hours.
Color codes for posts: RED is for conservative, BLUE is for liberal, and GRAY is for independent.
Hillary: Losing respect as well as the nomination
By: Marcia MercerWhat will it take to get Hillary Rodham Clinton to quit?Oh, that’s right, “quit” isn’t in the Clintons’ vocabulary, and she insists she’s staying on the trail “until there’s a nominee.&... (Read more...)
Clinton Campaign Paid For Votes With 'Street Money'
By MIKE McINTIRE and MICHAEL LUONYT - In the threadbare border towns of South Texas, one of the country’s poorest regions, enterprising locals like Candelaria Espinoza have long been paid to round up votes for candidates on Election Day. There ... (Read more...)
Clinton loses first pledged delegate
By: Rosalinda S. Helderman Washington Post - Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, a Democratic convention delegate pledged to support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, said yesterday that he thinks Sen. Barack Obama has "in a real... (Read more...)
Robert J. Elisberg: In Defense of Being Educated
Much attention was made of Hillary Clinton's interview last week with USA Today, when she noted that support for Barack Obama "among working, hard-working Americans,... (Read more...)
Terry McAuliffe: Media 90% for Obama
by Mark Silva Terry McAuliffe, the inimitable friend of Bill and chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, believes the media has taken distinct sides during the party's unresolved campaign. Steve Doocy, ho (Read more...)
Joan Z. Shore: Hillary and the Unfeminine Mystique
Hillary was using the old paradigm: To beat men you've got to be like them. What a difference it would have made if her campaign had employed some "feminine" qualities. (Read more...)
Obama- Clinton Ticket Hmmmmmmmmmm.....
An Obama-Clinton ticket may be just what this country needs. A lot of people are put off by Hillary's aggression but one should consider the traditional role of the president and vice-president. The president has traditionally been above the fray,... (Read more...)
Media & Politics
Permanent link to MTA daily media news No Rush for Clinton to Go, but it’s Still Advantage Obama Poll Shows 64 Percent of Dems Say Clinton Should Remain in the Race Obama’s Hot Air Balloon (by Pat Racimora at No Quarter) So far the pins... (Read more...)
Giving up
Hillary Clinton refers to the next President as a 'he' Speaking to voters in the Appalachian state, she said: "All the kitchen table issues that everybody talks to me about... (Read more...)
Clinton Adviser: She's Fighting to Last Primary
One more month of cannibalism among the Democrats!!! ABC News Radio’s Ann Compton reports: Accusing Sen. Barack Obama of being “scared” of campaigning in West Virginia, Clinton adviser Terry McAuliffe tells ABC News Radio in an... (Read more...)
78 Years Young
Mike Gravel celebrates his birthday: (Read more...)
Majority of Dems want Clinton to be V.P.
A majority of Democrats want Clinton to be vice president. (CNN) – Even as the prolonged Democratic presidential race has become more divisive in its final stretch, a majority of Democrats want Barack Obama to choose Hillary Clinton as... (Read more...)
Tiananmen, W.Va.
Pro-Clinton blogger thinks the Mountain State is being run over by pro-Obama liberals. It is to laugh. (Read more...)
Neural Buddhists
Another excellent column by David Brooks this morning, even though his effortless list of neuroscience reading made me feel as if I should crawl back into my hole of ignorance. But this view of faith in modernity is a powerful... (Read more...)
Is Hillary Preparing to Drop Out?
That's what the New York Post is reporting today. They say she's "hinting" at dropping out. Can it be that Hillary is actually going to admit defeat and move on?... (Read more...)
'Why West Virginia matters'
From NBC's Mark MurrayHours before the West Virginia polls close, the Clinton campaign just released a memo that tries to raise the stakes of today's contest, which Clinton is expected to (Read more...)
Anti-War Patriots
Josh Claybourne examines the domestic debates about the Mexican-American war which began 162 years ago today. (Read more...)
Dogs Who Kill
A reader writes: If it makes you feel better: We have two beautiful husky mixes adopted from a rescue. Like all huskies, they have a prey instinct that can never be fully trained out. We thought we'd done pretty well...until... (Read more...)
Retract, Mr Boehner
Goldberg is more polite than I was. (Read more...)
Republican Slogan Borrowed From Antidepressant (Carl Hulse/The Caucus)
Carl Hulse / The Caucu (Read more...)
Think Tanks, Clinton Spin, and the Minimum Wage
The previous post referred to one libertarian writer worth reading, David Friedman. Another worth reading is Megan McArdle. She certainly caught my attention as an honest thinker as opposed to ideologue with her comments on the Laffer Curve and the... (Read more...)
Open Thread
It is beautiful outside- I predict record turn-out and Hillary by 28 (and yes, that is just a wild guess with no data driving it whatsoever). (Read more...)
Former DNC Chair Romer backs Obama
by Mike Dorning updated Barack Obama picked up support from another former Democratic party chair and political ally of former President Bill Clinton a few moments ago. Former Democratic National Committee General Chairman and fo (Read more...)
McCain in the Mud - In 2000, I boarded John McCain's campaign bus ... (Richard Cohen/Washington Post)
Richard Cohen / Washington (Read more...)
"What Other Nations Should We Police?"
George Will has some questions for John McCain. I liked this one: You vow to nominate judges who "take as their sole responsibility the enforcement of laws made by the people's elected representatives." Their sole responsibility? Since when did... (Read more...)
The Democratic Race
From Meng Bomin: Obama is blue; Clinton red; Edwards green. WV and Kentucky are red country; Oregon looks blue to me. Michigan has no blue on this map. More fascinating mappage here. (Read more...)
West Virginia primary: Will it matter?
by James Oliphant CHARLESTON, W.Va--The nation watches West Virginia today. It's the only primary on the schedule. And the residents of the state, used to being largely ignored in modern electoral politics, have been basking in (Read more...)
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Links posted by multiple bloggers in the last 24 hours. Updated every 4 hours.
- Goodbye to All That: Why Obama Matters (linked in 77 posts)
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- Poll Predicts 36-Point Clinton Landslide in W. Virginia (linked in 38 posts)
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- Robert D. Novak - McCain's Christian Problem - washingtonpost.com (linked in 32 posts)
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