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Thursday, May 01, 2008 - Posts

  • Hillary Clinton and the Dropout Chorus


    Jonathan Chait points out a Media Matters article by Eric Boehlert criticizing news organizations for their "unique push to get a competitive White House hopeful to drop out of the race." Boehlert cites columnists, editorial pages, and our very own Hillary Read More...
  • With Friends Like These …


    Back in January, the New York Times endorsed Hillary Clinton, praising her as "brilliant," "capable of both uniting and leading," and "more qualified" to be president than Barack Obama. At the time, the New Republic ’s Gabriel Sherman reported that the Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 12.1 Percent


    Obama woos a superdelegate away from Clinton, Hillary's own supporters dislike her gas-tax holiday, and new polls suggest the Obama-Clinton split is getting deeper but that Democrats are still likely to win the White House. Clinton dives half a point Read More...
  • Gas and Class


    Ever since Barack Obama got pegged as an elitist, that’s been the running subplot of the campaign. Just look at what the debate over the gas-tax holiday has become. Hillary Clinton’s plan to temporarily reduce the gas tax by 18.4 cents is, to put it gently, Read More...
  • Twisting "God Bless Us"


    On today’s “state of the race” conference call, a reporter asked about an exchange between Hillary Clinton and Bill O’Reilly on yesterday’s show in which Clinton uttered the words, “Rich people — God bless us.” Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson denied Read More...
  • Anatomy of a Wikipedia Hijacking


    This morning, Joe Andrew was Wikitaged . On a conference call, the former DNC chair and superdelegate announced his switch from Clinton to Obama but said he was worried about a smear campaign against him after some people fiddled with his Wikipedia page. Read More...
  • Wright's Silver Lining


    Crackpot theories abound in this news cycle, but one of ours—that Rev. Wright’s resurgence may end up helping Obama —could actually have some truth to it. Just today, former DNC Chairman Joe Andrew switched his allegiance from Clinton to Obama. The main Read More...
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