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Can Clinton’s millions in loans save her campaign?
Hillary Clinton has joined the ranks of millionaires financing their own presidential aspirations. Trouble is, none has won yet. She’s betting she can break the hex.
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Top row, Heather Wines, Gannett News Service; bottom row, Eileen Blass and Tim Dillon, USA TODAY
This time around, Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Hillary Clinton, clockwise from upper left, have joined the millionaires club of self-financed presidential candidates, which also include independent Ross Perot and Republican Steve Forbes.
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Evangelicals call for movement to shun politics
Friday, May 9th, 2008
More than 70 evangelical leaders have signed the Evangelical Manifesto, an attempt to depoliticize their movement and restore its religious roots. The statement rebukes anyone who uses the movement for political gain.
Mountain State’s an uphill climb for Obama
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
This state is home to the gun-owning, church-going, financially struggling voters whom Hillary Clinton is targeting Tuesday. Locals say Barack Obama will have to visit and answer tough questions to battle for votes.
Study debunks claim that primary passion carries into Nov.
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Two college professors have concluded no correlation between primary turnout and who wins the presidency, belying Democrats’ claims that passion, intensity and record turnout will benefit them in the fall.
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Senators to test McCain’s independent clout
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Four GOP senators facing tough re-election battles because of the unpopular Iraq war, President Bush’s sagging approval ratings and the shaky economy will put John McCain’s independent appeal to the test in November.
Column: Clinton could have good reasons for staying the course
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Hillary Clinton wants to be remembered as the candidate who went down fighting for the rights of all Democrats to have their votes counted.
Obama campaigns in the House
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Barack Obama did some retail politicking on the House floor, spending more than a half hour shaking hands and slapping backs of House Democrats and drawing some screams from teens who recognized him.
Talking politics at the office calls for employer finesse
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Workplaces are buzzing with passionate political talk, but heated political debate can expose an employer to lawsuits or destroy teamwork at the office, experts say.
Puerto Ricans eager for Democratic primary spotlight
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory for more than 100 years, now has a place at the center of American political debate. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are competing for 55 delegates to be chosen in a June 1 Democratic primary.
Puerto Rico politician wants to see island become 51st state
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Congress has the ultimate say in the issue, but congressional leaders say they want the people of Puerto Rico to decide whether to remain a territory, become a state or change their status in another way.
Effect of Ind. crossover voting debated
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Political officials and others are reluctant to attribute much of Republicans’ crossover to the Indiana Democratic primary to voters seeking to make mischief — either on their own or at the suggestion of Rush Limbaugh.
Clinton makes case for wide appeal
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Hillary Clinton vowed to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be stronger because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters — including whites who have not supported Barack Obama.
Many Ky. voters hoping Clinton will make it to May 20
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
In theory, Hillary Clinton has more victories to pluck from the six remaining presidential primaries, including Kentucky’s May 20. In reality, she’s coming up short, and some voters just hope they get a chance to have a say.
Top Ariz. Dem says McCain unsafe at home
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
The executive director of Arizona’s Democratic Party insists that John McCain is vulnerable — even though the Vietnam veteran and former POW won his most recent election with 77 percent of the vote.
Analysis: Clinton battling the odds after splitting states with Obama
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Barack Obama is turning more confidently toward a general election against John McCain while Hillary Clinton seems relegated to final-days appeals for a nomination that even some of her supporters now say is out of her grasp.
McCain talks little about economy at Mich. town hall meeting
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Several hundred people at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., peppered John McCain with questions at his town hall meeting, but his introductory remarks focused more on world issues than what’s at home.
Clinton presses on, but McGovern says she can’t win
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
A determined Hillary Clinton announced that she’s loaned her campaign an additional $6.4 million, had a fundraiser at a Washington hotel and met with uncommitted superdelegates Wednesday.
Obama wins N.C.; closes to virtual tie in Ind.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
A more confident Barack Obama clawed closer to the Democrats’ presidential nomination Tuesday, winning North Carolina convincingly and fighting Hillary Clinton to a virtual draw in Indiana.
Ind. voter ID law turns away some from private colleges
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Students at Indiana’s state universities were able to use their student IDs to qualify to vote Tuesday, but that wasn’t true for some attending private schools such as DePauw University.
McCain criticizes ‘activist’ judges, hails Roberts, Alito
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
John McCain said Supreme Court justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito would be his models for judicial nominations, contrasting them with “activist judges” who would rather make laws than interpret them.
‘Maverick’ McCain toes party line in most close votes
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
On the most divided issues in the past decade, John McCain almost never thwarted his party’s objectives, according to an Arizona Republic analysis of his Senate votes.
W.Va. next stop in Democrats’ nomination battle
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
The Democrats’ primary and caucus marathon is down to four weeks and a half dozen contests. But not enough delegates are at stake in the remaining primaries to give either candidate the nomination.
Reid: Dems’ nomination will be settled days after last primary
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Once the final primary ballots are cast June 3, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will have “days, not weeks” to make their case to the party superdelegates, the Senate’s majority leader says.
Young voters poised to be an election force
Monday, May 5th, 2008
A surge in voters younger than 30 has changed the composition of the primary electorate and could at last turn young people into political players with clout.