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'Chicago Was His Harvard of Politics'

A look back at Obama's early political presence

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s unconventional personal background contrasts sharply with the roots of his political instincts and career. In Chicago's patronage-happy system, the young pol learned to break bread with conservatives, play to the black masses, and even get his back up when necessary. The Wall Street Journal examines the candidate’...

Mac Will Run With Public Funds
 Mac Will Run With Public Funds
Apr 21, 2008 10:36 AM CDT

Mac Will Run With Public Funds

GOP candidate appears to concede he won't be able to catch Dem foe financially

(Newser) - John McCain will use public funds to finance his 2-month general-election campaign, Politico reports today. McCain's decision to take the $84.1 million available once he's officially nominated in September comes after the GOP candidate gave back $3.2 in donations pegged to the home stretch. McCain has raised $72...

Pressed in Pa., Obama Steps Up Attacks

Her lead shrinking, Clinton notes his departure from positivity

(Newser) - Lagging a day before the high-stakes Pennsylvania primary, Barack Obama has intensified his attacks on Hillary Clinton, painting her as a typical Washington insider, the New York Times reports. Clinton fired back, accusing Obama of dropping his hopeful message in favor of old-style politics himself. Clinton holds a 5- or...

Dems Shower Each Other With Attacks

Clinton, Obama swing hard as Pa. primary nears

(Newser) - Democratic hopefuls blasted each other's tactics today as Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary fast approaches, the Caucus blog reports. Hillary Clinton called Barack Obama's campaign "negative" and released an ad saying he spreads “false charges” about her health care plan. Obama's camp rolled out an ad rejecting her claim that...

50 Ways to Leave Hillary's Camp
 50 Ways to Leave Hillary's Camp 
Apr 20, 2008 2:50 PM CDT

50 Ways to Leave Hillary's Camp

Kerry, Richardson, Reich: stalwart Clintonites are jumping ship

(Newser) - As more longtime Clintonites succumb to Obamania and Hillary Clinton's superdelegate lead gradually diminishes, the former first couple is left to sift their friendships into past and present. But while the Clinton camp sees shifts toward Barack Obama as acts of betrayal, others consider them comeuppance for the Clintons' habit...

Michelle Touts Obamas as 'Just Folks'

Once struggling wife battles hubby's 'elitist' reputation

(Newser) - Michelle Obama is hammering home a message that she and her husband are just “regular folks" of humble backgrounds. She has become a key weapon as the candidate continues to be buffeted by criticisms that he's "elitist" in the wake of his characterization of rural America as Bible-thumping,...

Dems Complain About Rival's Complaining

Kvetching candidates keep pouring it on rival

(Newser) - The Democratic candidates are down to grousing about each other's griping, Reuters reports. Hillary Clinton said Barack Obama's complaint about tough questions in their recent debate showed he couldn't take the pressure. "I'm with Harry Truman on this—if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen,...

George Will Knows the Working Class?
George Will Knows the Working Class?
OPINION
Apr 18, 2008 7:37 PM CDT

George Will Knows the Working Class?

Scribe slams GOP pundit for his stance on 'Bittergate'

(Newser) - George Will knows blue collar America? Probably not, Jonathan Chait writes in the New Republic, but the "fabulously wealthy, bow tie-wearing, pretentious" pundit still blasted Barack Obama for saying rural voters "cling to" firearms and religion. And Will is not alone—US leaders have long treated blue collar...

For McCain, Dole Better Analogy Than Ike

How GOP candidate positions himself for November will prove telling

(Newser) - The war to define John McCain hasn't started—the Democrats are still working on each other—but while his advisers look to build the next Dwight Eisenhower, some say McCain may be closer to Bob Dole. John Heilemann of New York tags along as McCain, "a candidate of pronounced...

McCain Made $259K in &rsquo;07
McCain Made $259K in ’07
Apr 18, 2008 2:55 PM CDT

McCain Made $259K in ’07

Senator donated $105K to charity; heiress wife's tax returns not released

(Newser) - John McCain reported $259,000 in 2007 taxable income and $215,304 in 2006, the AP reports. The figures—modest in comparison to the Obama and Clinton tax returns—don’t include the income of his wife, Cindy, whose wealth has been estimated at $100 million. The presumptive Republican nominee...

Reich, Nunn, Boren Endorse Obama
Reich, Nunn, Boren
Endorse Obama
Apr 18, 2008 1:49 PM CDT

Reich, Nunn, Boren Endorse Obama

Bill Clinton's former labor chief blasts Hillary's ads

(Newser) - Barack Obama today picked up endorsements from three Democratic Party bigwigs: Robert Reich, a longtime Clinton friend and ex-Labor Secretary, and two ex-senators with foreign policy clout—Sam Nunn of Georgia and David Boren of Oklahoma. Reich said he decided to endorse because he was "appalled" by Hillary Clinton's...

It's Hillary to the Rescue on 'Colbert Report'

She pokes fun at her problem-solving image on show

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton poked a little fun at her own image as a problem-solver tonight on the Colbert Report, the AP reports. While taping, Colbert complained about a litany of tech problems and cried out, "Are you telling me there is no one in this theater who can fix the...

Stephanopoulos Sticks Up for Tone of ABC Debate

Focus on electability mirrored campaign trail chatter, pundit says

(Newser) - George Stephanopolous has drawn fire for posing too many "gotcha" questions at last night's Democratic presidential debate on ABC, but the pundit is sticking to his guns. Stephanopolous says he didn't focus on electability over policy issues by accident. "It's not only, who will be the best president,...

McCain Expands Fan Club
 McCain Expands 
 Fan Club 
Apr 17, 2008 4:56 PM CDT

McCain Expands Fan Club

GOP's disenchanted, independents and even some Democrats on board: poll

(Newser) - John McCain has been quietly winning back Republicans unhappy with the Bush era—and can even claim the support of many moderate Democrats. A new poll shows 20% of the electorate remains undecided, but McCain is now virtually tied with either Democrat—a far better result than the 13-point lead...

Forget Bush; Brown Talks to Candidates
 Forget Bush; Brown 
 Talks to Candidates 
updated
Apr 17, 2008 1:46 PM CDT

Forget Bush; Brown Talks to Candidates

British PM looking ahead to better relations with successor

(Newser) - Gordon Brown pointedly met with all three US presidential candidates before meeting with President Bush today. Britain’s unpopular prime minister seems eager to look to the future, Reuters reports, lest he be labeled “Bush’s poodle” as predecessor Tony Blair was. Brown said he wouldn’t endorse any...

The Debate Was No Good for Anyone
The Debate
Was No Good
for Anyone
OPINION
Apr 17, 2008 1:12 PM CDT

The Debate Was No Good for Anyone

The pundits agree, and then split on blaming the inquisitors

(Newser) - The pundit class agrees for once: No one (at least in the Democratic Party) benefited from last night’s angry debate. But the left and the right disagree on who’s at fault:
  • The first half was “garbage time,” Jonathan Cohn writes in the New Republic, with the
...

Blue-Collar Philly Paper Taps Obama
Blue-Collar Philly Paper Taps Obama
Apr 17, 2008 12:25 PM CDT

Blue-Collar Philly Paper Taps Obama

Daily News says his campaign proves his promises have merit

(Newser) - The Philadelphia Daily News endorsed Barack Obama today, calling the Democratic choice one “between the past and the future” and saying the campaign season has been a great indication of eventual governing style. Obama's performance proves his administration will be “well-managed, inclusive … freer of the corrupting influence...

'A Bitter Man Who Clings to His Guns?'

Romney jokes on why he left race

(Newser) - While the Democratic candidates were grinding away at each other last night, some other normally stiff shirts were loosening up at the Radio and Television Correspondents annual dinner in DC. The high points:
  • Dressed in hunting hat and shades (no naked lady), Dick Cheney spoofed Barack Obama’s blue-collar gaffe
...

'Screw 'Em,' Hillary Said of Working-Class Whites in '95

She was bemoaning setbacks in South

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has criticized Barack Obama for talking down to low-income voters, but the Huffington Post digs up a quote from 1995 that appears to offer a different stance. Strategizing on how to win back working-class voters in the South, she told her husband: "Screw 'em. You don't owe...

ABC Debate Hosts 'Shoddy, Despicable'
 ABC Debate Hosts 
 'Shoddy, Despicable' 
ANALYSIS
Apr 17, 2008 6:22 AM CDT

ABC Debate Hosts 'Shoddy, Despicable'

'Barely news,' gets even worse, says Shales

(Newser) - No winner emerged in last night's Democratic presidential debate, but for one columnist the loser was clear: ABC News. Over the course of a commercial-crammed broadcast, moderators Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous dwelled on petty half-controversies to incite Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to get nasty, writes Tom Shales of...

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