| 10:29 PM: | Scott Karp wanted info on local storms and power outages. His hometown paper let him down, but Google didn't. Dave Winer. | |
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| 10:09 PM: | Americans Support Talking With Iran. A majority (59%) of Americans think that it would be a good idea for the president of the United States to meet with the president of Iran. Gallup. | |
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| 10:08 PM: | A Public Job Still Appeals to Bloomberg. Associates of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg say that while he has not decided to run for governor or seek a way to serve a third term, he has not closed the door on either possibility. NYT. | |
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| 9:22 PM: | Iowa Senator Wants to Eliminate Superdelegates. It's highly unusual for a senator to propose curbing his own power. CQ. | |
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| 9:17 PM: | Clinton Unlikely as No. 2. Supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton suggested she would like to be Sen. Barack Obama's running mate, but close advisers to Sen. Obama are signaling that an Obama-Clinton ticket is highly unlikely. WSJ. | |
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| 9:13 PM: | Clinton supporters wowed with warm reception at Obama rally. "He shook my hand and said, 'Thank you for being here; I'm sure it's not easy,' '' said Stevenson of her meeting with Obama. "I thanked him and said that everyone involved in his campaign had been so gracious." MinnPost. | |
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| 8:58 PM: | CBS Poll: Obama Leads McCain. Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama holds a six point lead over his Republican counterpart John McCain, a new CBS News poll finds. Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 42 percent among registered voters, with 6 percent of respondents undecided.
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| 8:47 PM: | Clinton makes it official, schedules event for Saturday. Hillary Clinton's campaign has confirmed her intent to suspend her campaign and support Barack Obama. Salon. | |
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| 8:47 PM: | CBS Poll: Obama Leads McCain Nationally. Sen. Barack Obama holds a six point lead over Sen. John McCain, 48% to 42% with 6% undecided, according to a new CBS News poll. Political Wire. | |
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| 8:46 PM: | Sitting shiva with Hillary. Before reports surfaced that she would bow out later this week, Hillary Clinton spent the day after Barack Obama's victory campaigning for president -- sort of. Salon. | |
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| 8:45 PM: | Commentary: Obama nomination gave goose bumps. Last night, I like most Americans of all stripes, watched with visible goose bumps as history was made. CNN. | |
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| 8:44 PM: | Clinton's Endorsement Event Now Saturday. Senator Clinton will be hosting an event in Washington, DC to thank her supporters and express her support for Senator Obama and party unity. This event will be held on Saturday to accommodate more of Senator Clinton's supporters who want to attend. Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 6:25 PM: | Retired justice O'Connor unveils video game. America's first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are "godless" activists. Reuters. | |
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| 6:24 PM: | Obama turns focus to McCain. Obama turned his focus to the five-month general election fight for the White House against Republican John McCain on Wednesday as rival Hillary Clinton prepared to back his candidacy and call for party unity. Reuters. | |
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| 6:09 PM: | Editorial: It's Over. Now It Begins. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s plan to withdraw on Friday encouraged us that she was making the right one: to exit this race in a way that unifies her party. NYT. | |
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| 5:32 PM: | No communication. Blog: Carrie Budoff Brown reports that the Obama campaign learned of Clinton's decision to drop out about the same time you did. Even when Ben Smith. | |
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| 5:31 PM: | Are Clinton's supporters up for grabs? McCain thinks so. With disappointed women supporters dealing with Hillary Clinton's imminent exit from the Democratic primary race, Republican John McCain is seeking their votes. Reuters. | |
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| 5:29 PM: | Oprah 'doing the happy dance' over Obama win. Oprah Winfrey is ecstatic over Barack Obama's apparent victory in this year's Democratic presidential race. CNN. | |
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| 4:32 PM: | Sources: Clinton will quit by end of week. Sen. Hillary Clinton will officially end her campaign for the presidency by the end of the week, multiple sources told CNN. Sen. Barack Obama became the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee Tuesday, when Clinton offered congratulations but no concession. CNN. | |
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| 4:31 PM: | Memo to candidates: invest in good photos. Now that the focus is starting to move from the primary to races down the ballot, it really is in every candidate's best interest to include some high-quality professional photos on their website for media use. Daily Kos. | |
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| 4:28 PM: | Black lawmakers reflect on Obama's success. At least five African-Americans before Obama have mounted serious campaigns for president, and Obama's win has stirred emotions for black politicians. Politico. | |
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| 4:27 PM: | Clinton to drop out Friday. The curtain is set to close definitively on the Democratic presidential primary race at the end of the week. Politico. | |
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| 4:26 PM: | Clinton Moving to Suspend Campaign and Endorse Obama Friday. Hillary Rodham Clinton is likely to make the announcement in New York City on Friday, according to a senior adviser to Mrs. Clinton. NYT. | |
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| 3:11 PM: | Hillary Clinton didn't lose it; Barack Obama won it. In the Hillary Clinton-for-president campaign post-mortems today, reporters can't resist explaining how Clinton lost... Slate. | |
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| 3:10 PM: | Spotlight on Kan., Ariz. govs for female VPs. The veep sweeps are in full buzz, and there's increasing chatter surrounding two rising Democratic stars - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, two potential running mates who could help Barack Obama woo female voters. AP. | |
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| 3:09 PM: | Obama Will "Steal Money Out of your Wallets and Purses" Yup, he said it. When Reichert got up to speak, he told the crowd he'd flown in late Friday night and was feeling tired. At one point in the speech, he reminded people that Barack Obama may seem friendly and electable, but he's a liberal, "and he will steal money out of your wallets and purses." The crowd was silent. Open Left. | |
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| 2:29 PM: | The Clinton-Obama Divide. It's a regional thing. TIME's incomparable Jackson Dykman lays it out in a series of fascinating maps. Time. | |
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| 2:27 PM: | Congressional push for Clinton veep. Blog: Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said she and other Clinton supporters in congress are drafting a letter urging Obama to choose Clinton for the Ben Smith. | |
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| 2:27 PM: | McCain reaches out to disgruntled Clinton supporters. Memo to disappointed women supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton: Republican John McCain wants your vote. Reuters. | |
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| 2:09 PM: | Obama Takes Lieberman Aside. Roll Call reports that during a Senate vote today, Sen. Barack Obama "dragged" Sen. Joe Lieberman "by the hand to a far corner of the Senate chamber and engaged in what appeared to reporters in the gallery as an intense, three-minute conversation." Political Wire. | |
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| 2:08 PM: | Rezko Guilty. Nets and AP reporting. More to come. Natl Journal. | |
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| 1:53 PM: | New York is Hillary Country. When I arrived NY in mid-May, I asked the cab driver, a black man, who he voted for in the primary. He said Hillary. Of course, I thought. He said everyone in NY likes Hillary... Scripting News. | |
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| 1:52 PM: | Obama Campaign Will Use Six Consulting 'Teams' Less than 24 hours after securing the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama is putting in place six teams of campaign consultants that will handle advertising, polling and direct-mail efforts for the general election campaign. Washington Post. | |
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| 1:51 PM: | McCain campaign blogger call sparks an immigration debate. When Quin Hillyer of The Examiner noted the perception that some conservatives believe McCain has been disrespectful to them in the past, McCain responded by saying: "I fundamentally disagree with your premise."
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| 1:50 PM: | McCain releases a Spanish-language radio ad on the economy. YouTube. | |
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| 1:50 PM: | Clinton Says Goodbye to Campaign Staffers. Sen. Hillary Clinton visited staff at her headquarters in Arlington, Virginia Wednesday just after most of them had been told they would no longer have to report to work after Friday. ABC. | |
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| 1:31 PM: | Clinton Thanks Her Staff. Sen. Hillary Clinton is huddled with senior campaign advisers at headquarters in Arlington right now. Earlier today, she thanked her staff for their support. She did not say when (or whether) she intended to drop out. Clinton has a 4:00 pm ET call with members of Congress... Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 1:25 PM: | Rangel Frustrated With Clinton. One of Sen. Hillary Clinton's "most loyal backers on Capitol Hill is voicing frustration about the position she has put her supporters in..." Political Wire. | |
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| 1:24 PM: | What she wants. Hillary Clinton, the narrow but decisive loser of the Democratic nomination for president, is refusing... Ben Smith. | |
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| 1:24 PM: | Obama makes veep search team official. The identities and work of the people helping Barack Obama pick a running mate had once been a closely guarded secret, but no more. Salon. | |
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| 1:23 PM: | As the race comes into focus, the gloves come off. One of the most memorable lines of Barack Obama's speech Tuesday night in St. Paul involved his opponent in the general election: John McCain, a man "who has served this country heroically." Obama then pointedly added: "I honor that service, and I respect his many accomplishments." CNN. | |
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| 1:03 PM: | Superdelegates avalanche begins. While much of the political world waits for Hillary Rodham Clinton to concede defeat, most superdelegates are done waiting. AP. | |
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| 1:02 PM: | Rangel: Get on with it. "Unless she has some good reasons-- which I can’t think of -- I really think we ought to get on with endorsements (of Obama)" Ben Smith. | |
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| 12:57 PM: | New Convention Date for American Independent Party of California. The original date of the state convention of the American Independent Party of California was to have been June 6. Ballot Access. | |
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| 12:57 PM: | Growing Obamaland. One of the main stories of the coming days is going to be the dramatic expansion of Obama's campaign. Ben Smith. | |
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| 12:56 PM: | Hamas unendorses Obama after speech to pro-Israel lobby. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may have taken care of his Hamas problem on Wednesday with a speech to the AIPAC pro-Israel lobby. Reuters. | |
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| 12:55 PM: | TIME: Rev. Wright Resisting Retirement. Sources say Obama’s former pastor – who was to officially have stepped down from his post at Trinity United June 1 — is "hanging on to power in the church he helped build." Time. | |
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| 11:40 AM: | Hillary Courts VP Rejection. If Hillary Rodham Clinton does NOT want to be Barack Obama's running mate, she is doing just the right things to make sure that he does not pick her. Craig Crawford. | |
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| 11:39 AM: | Pelosi: Give Clinton Some Time. "This is very difficult, and people have to unwind from it in their own time," the House Speaker says. But adds that officials should now "rally around" Obama. "The people have spoken, the elections are over for the nomination." Time. | |
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| 11:32 AM: | Clinton intentions remain a mystery. Defeated but seemingly unbowed, the former first lady continues to refuse to quit. Politico. | |
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| 11:30 AM: | Rendell's reality check. "There's no bargaining. You don't bargain with the Presidential nominee." Ben Smith. | |
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| 11:30 AM: | Party Like It's 1928. Comparing Obama not to McGovern or Carter, but to Al Smith's doomed 1928 presidential run. Yglesias. | |
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| 11:29 AM: | The McClinton Option. If Barack Obama takes a pass on choosing Hillary Rodham Clinton as his Democratic running mate, presumed Republican nominee John McCain might be interested. Craig Crawford. | |
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| 11:28 AM: | Caroline Kennedy To Help Pick Obama's Veep. Barack Obama has chosen a team of three to head his vice presidential search. One is Caroline Kennedy, according to the AP. Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 11:12 AM: | Rendell Raises Doubts on Clinton as VP. The Clinton-backing governor says of her: "Generally a lot of politicians don’t like to put somebody like that on the ticket. You know rule one for the Vice President is make sure you never upstage the President, right?… Hillary Clinton in some ways couldn’t help but upstage..." Time. | |
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| 11:11 AM: | Obama toughens Iran stance, backs Israel on Jerusalem. Barack Obama toughened his terms for diplomacy with Iran and backed Israel's stance on Jerusalem on Wednesday in his first foreign policy speech since capturing the Democratic nomination for U.S. president. Reuters. | |
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| 11:11 AM: | McCain wants joint town halls, Obama receptive to idea. In a letter, the presumptive Republican nominee asked the presumptive Democratic nominee to agree to ten appearances together, at least one a week until the Democratic convention. Salon. | |
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| 11:10 AM: | Pelosi: Obama is the nominee. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the Democratic presidential race is over, and it's time to rally around the party's nominee. CNN. | |
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| 11:10 AM: | Stay of Gay Marriage Ruling Is Denied. California’s highest court has refused to stay until after the November election its decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. NYT. | |
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| 11:10 AM: | Terry McAuliffe Continues To Pleasantly Embarrass Clinton Campaign. Here’s nutty Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe making good on his promise to do shots with Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski, today, at like 7 a.m. Wonkette. | |
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| 11:09 AM: | Arizona Press Notices Nader Petition Submission. Here is an Associated Press story about Ralph Nader’s petition submission. The story says he ended up with 57,000 signatures. Ballot Access. | |
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| 11:09 AM: | Rahm For Obama. House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel issued a statement today. Natl Journal. | |
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| 10:50 AM: | A Tale Of Three Speeches. Liberal bloggers experienced some conflicting emotions last night. On the one hand, they celebrated Barack Obama's historic triumph, which several bloggers described as the greatest upset in the history of American presidential politics. The netroots were also thrilled by Obama's... Natl Journal. | |
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| 10:39 AM: | Obama camp responds to McCain idea. In a statement, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said that Team Obama would be open to McCain's idea of town halls across the country -- but would prefer a format resembling "the historic debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas." MSNBC. | |
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| 10:38 AM: | How big of a douchebag is David Brooks? He's such a big douchebag that he tries to criticize Barack Obama as not being an oh-so-regular guy (just like the tortoise shell spectacled and pink necktied drip Brooks is, of course). Daily Kos. | |
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| 10:37 AM: | McCain To Obama: Meet Me At The Town Hall. Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. John McCain sent a letter to Barack Obama today asking him to join him in a series of ten town hall-style meetings between next week and the Democratic convention in August. WSJ. | |
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| 10:34 AM: | What to Watch For: Downballot Races Dominate. Today may be the end of the presidential primary fight between Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) but it's only the beginning of the primary season in the battle for control of Congress. Seven states... Washington Post. | |
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| 10:34 AM: | Emanuel endorses Obama. Rep. Rahm Emanuel has endorsed Obama. Emanuel, a former Bill Clinton senior adviser, was the last Illinois holdout. Emanuel, though, is not only endorsing Obama. Emanuel, a former soldier in the Israeli army and one of the Hill's strongest advocates for Isreal, was with Obama in a meeting with the pro-Israel AIPAC Executive Board... MSNBC. | |
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| 10:31 AM: | Lieberman attacks Obama over foriegn policy. On the first day of the general election campaign, the very first Republican conference call attacking presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama featured his party's 2004 vice presidential nominee, Sen. Joe Lieberman. CNN. | |
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| 10:30 AM: | Gallup Daily: Voters Evenly Split Between Obama, McCain. Barack Obama and John McCain are essentially tied in national voter preferences, 46% for McCain vs. 45% for Obama. In this final Gallup Poll Daily tracking report on the Clinton-Obama nomination battle, Obama still holds a significant lead, 52% to 43%. Gallup. | |
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| 10:30 AM: | Lincoln-Douglas Debate Proposal from Obama. Obama team responds, sorta, to McCain's proposed joint town halls: We would recommend a format that is less structured and lengthier than the McCain campaign suggests, one that more closely resembles the historic debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas... Time. | |
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| 9:27 AM: | Barack the Hawk. Speaking before AIPAC today, Obama struck some very tough notes: - He promised to do "everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," repeating the word "everything" two more times, for effect. - He said Israelis... Time. | |
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| 9:26 AM: | McCain invites Obama to town halls. McCain invited Obama to a series of town halls in a letter this morning, the candidate announced at a town hall in Baton Rouge. McCain proposed about 10 town halls, about one a week between now and the Democratic National Convention. The first of them would be June 12th in New York City at Federal Hall, McCain said... MSNBC. | |
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| 8:58 AM: | If Clinton Really Wanted to Be VP... If Hillary Clinton really wanted to be Barack Obama's vice presidential pick, what course would make sense for her? Daily Kos. | |
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| 8:57 AM: | What's Clinton's next move? Sen. Hillary Clinton insists she's down but not out -- a familiar refrain lately -- but with rival Sen. Barack Obama securing his long-held lead, many are asking what she plans to do if she doesn't concede the race for the Democratic nomination. CNN. | |
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| 8:56 AM: | Guess Who's Backstage With Obama At The AIPAC Convention? According to a convention source, it's Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. Emanuel will accompany Obama as the presumptive nominee meets privately with AIPAC's executive board. In other news: Sen. Hillary Clinton told AIPAC convention attendees that Obama would be "good for Israel." Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 8:55 AM: | Obama Addresses SEIU Convention. The presumptive Democratic nominee gives inspiring speech to the SEIU crowd in Puerto Rico via satellite. "Our working men and women should be treated with the dignity and respect you deserve." Time. | |
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| 8:54 AM: | Clinton hints at Obama as president. Clinton struck a conciliatory tone toward Obama, hinted at his nomination to lead the Democratic Party and bordered on an endorsement during her remarks to a pro-Israel lobby here. MSNBC. | |
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| 8:53 AM: | Carter to Obama: Don't Pick Clinton for Veep. The former president and recent public Obama backer tells The Guardian: "I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made. That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates." Time. | |
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| 7:21 AM: | Unity Watch: NY Cong. Delegation Plots Clinton's Next Move. The following notes were passed along by someone who listened to the just-completed conference call conducted by members of New York's Democratic congressional delegation. Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 7:11 AM: | GOP Using Clinton's Words Against Obama. Something they've been planning for a long time. Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 7:10 AM: | Clinton Supporters Offer To Help McCain. Matt Burns, the spokesman for the GOP convention in St. Paul e-mails to say that the RNC's convention office in St. Paul has received numerous telephone calls in the last few hours from people who identify themselves as Clinton supporters asking how they can help Sen. McCain. Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 7:10 AM: | The Audacity of Hope. The fact that Obama's had this kinda sorta wrapped up since March 5 has tended to obscure the fact that his primary victory has got to be the greatest upset in the history of American presidential politics. Yglesias. | |
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| 7:09 AM: | How will the campaign be covered? The Democratic nomination fight has been hog heaven for the celebrity-journalism style of campaign reporting: with two candidates not too different on the issues (despite the health care divide), plus a special dispensation (under the Clinton rules) to invent scandals when needed, it was all personalities. Paul Krugman. | |
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| 7:08 AM: | Dem leaders urge superdelegates off the fence. In a bid for unity upon the conclusion of the prolonged presidential primary season, Democratic leaders on Wednesday urged all undeclared superdelegates to make their preference known by the end of the week. CNN. | |
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| 7:08 AM: | Bush congratulates Obama on Democratic nomination. President George W. Bush offered his congratulations to Sen. Barack Obama for securing the Democratic presidential nomination, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said on Wednesday. Reuters. | |
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| 6:49 AM: | Strategy Was Based On Winning Delegates, Not Battlegrounds. "We had to disrupt her early," Plouffe said of Clinton. Washington Post. | |
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| 6:48 AM: | Former Clinton Speechwriter on Obama's Speech. Obama presented McCain with two opponents in this election: himself, of course, but also the younger, less compromised John McCain--the maverick of 2000. New Republic. | |
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| 6:27 AM: | Obama: How he did it. The insurgent strategy the group devised was to virtually cede the most important battlegrounds of the Democratic nomination fight to Clinton. MSNBC. | |
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| 6:18 AM: | Obama's First Test is Handling Clinton. For someone giving indications she would like to be Obama's running mate, Clinton was surprisingly ungracious... Political Wire. | |
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| 6:14 AM: | What Went Wrong for Clinton? Sen. Clinton is responsible for what one confidant called 'grievous mistakes'... The mistakes boil down to mismanagement, message, mobilization failures and the marital factor. WSJ. | |
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| 6:12 AM: | McCain, Obama to Court Military Votes on Lifetime. Separate 30-second spots coinciding with the Sunday premiere of the drama "Army Wives," will recognize the sacrifices of the troops and their families, tell viewers how to get involved to help military families. Read script excerpts here. Time. | |
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| 6:10 AM: | Candidate slogan wars. New McCain slogan echoes Obama's "change," and uncommitted superdelegates get a Friday deadline. Politico. | |
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| 6:09 AM: | Obama's Record-Breaking Journey. After Barack Obama's defeat of Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination, what we know and what we don't. NYT. | |
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| 5:26 AM: | BET founder to push for Clinton as Obama's VP pick. Billionaire businessman Bob Johnson, a close adviser and friend to Sen. Hillary Clinton, launched a campaign Wednesday to persuade Sen. Barack Obama to offer the vice presidential slot on the Democratic ticket to Clinton. CNN. | |
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| 5:25 AM: | She's Still Here! Whoever said that after denial comes acceptance hadn't met the Clintons. Maureen Dowd. | |
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| 5:21 AM: | That Outrageous, Delusional Clinton Speech. So she's going to leave it to her voters to decide whether she should accept defeat after having, you know, lost? What if every losing candidate left it to their supporters to decide whether or not to accept the outcome of a race? Who would ever accept defeat? New Republic. | |
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| 4:34 AM: | Obama's potential running mates. After emerging as victor in the long and and bruising contest to seize the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential race, Barack Obama's next move is to choose a running mate. CNN. | |
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| 4:34 AM: | Political Perceptions: The (Non) Mating Dance of Obama and Clinton. Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination Tuesday, making him the first African-American presidential candidate of a major party. WSJ. | |
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| 4:33 AM: | McCain's Speech. John McCain simply can not give a formal speech--especially one with a rhetorical conceit ("And that's not change you can believe in")--in a manner that is even vaguely convincing. Everything about him screams: I. Am. Reading. A. Speech. Time. | |
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| 4:31 AM: | Hill Democrats fall in line behind Obama. Dems can now exploit control to support Obama. See also: May strip jobless aid Politico. | |
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| 4:31 AM: | Did Cheney Tell Libby to Do It? Former vice presidential chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby told the FBI that it was "possible" that Vice President Cheney instructed him to disseminate information about CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press, according to a redacted FBI report recently examined by Congressional investigators. Washington Post. | |
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| 4:30 AM: | How the Web Was Won: An Oral History of the Internet. Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of the Drudge Report and the Obama campaign. Keenan Mayo and Peter Newcomb let the people who made it happen tell the story. Vanity Fair. | |
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| 4:22 AM: | The Todd S. Purdum Archive. Since joining Vanity Fair as its national editor, in 2006, Todd S. Purdum has taken the measure of America's leading political figures, from George W. Bush and John McCain to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Those profiles in power are collected here, together with a bonus piece about Hollywood's golden era. Vanity Fair. | |
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| 4:22 AM: | Clinton's party of war. Top advisers still hoping for a political miracle. See also: Supers surge to Obama Politico. | |
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| 4:21 AM: | Senate superdelegates sit tight. Many uncommitted Senate superdelegates say they will wait until Wednesday to see what Clinton does. Politico. | |
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| 4:21 AM: | Obama's first test: Handling Hillary. The presumptive nominee may need to say no to his rival's push for the vice presidency. Politico. | |
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| 4:20 AM: | The Democratic Leaders Set a Deadline. I suspect this statement was aimed at Hillary Clinton, more than those remaining 115 or so supers. Time. | |
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| 4:18 AM: | ON THE TRAIL: Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Sen. Hillary Clinton addresses the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C. this morning and may go to Capitol Hill for a budget vote. * Sen. Barack Obama also speaks at the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee conference in D.C. this morning. CNN. | |
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| 4:16 AM: | A lesson for Obama from 1968. Forty years ago, Robert F. Kennedy was murdered on the very night he defeated his fellow anti-war insurgent Eugene McCarthy in the California Democratic presidential primary. This week the news media are full of remembrances of RFK, rehearsing how his assassination, echoing his brother's five years earlier, dashed a generation's hopes for a new era of liberalism. Slate. | |
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