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There is an elderly Japanese man with a gentle face who may be a good guide to US politics today. Hiroo Onoda was a second lieutenant in World War II who didn't surrender until 1974.
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reiterated her vow to stay in the Democratic presidential race, but she said it would be a "terrible mistake" for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.
In claiming victory in West Virginia last night, Hillary Clinton reiterated her last best argument as to why she should be the Democratic nominee: because only she can win in November.
The New York senator enjoys a resounding, double-digit victory, but most say Obama has already won the real race
Sen. Barack Obama took the lead in the race for superdelegates on the eve of a contest that's expected to fall easily into Sen. Hillary Clinton's column.
The outcome of West Virginia's primary Tuesday may best be foretold by where Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama plan to spend the day.
West Virginia is a state that appears built to accentuate Sen Hillary Clinton's strengths and to highlight the weaknesses her campaign asserts would make Sen. Barack Obama a more vulnerable Democratic nominee.
Sen. Barack Obama has tied Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race for superdelegates, according to CNN's latest count.
Friends and close associates of both Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are now convinced that, assuming she loses the race for the presidential nomination, she is probably going to fight to be the vice presidential nominee on an Obama-for-president ticket.
Sen. Hillary Clinton's superdelegate lead over Sen. Barack Obama was narrowed even more Saturday, according to CNN's latest delegate estimate.
There is an elderly Japanese man with a gentle face who may be a good guide to US politics today. Hiroo Onoda was a second lieutenant in World War II who didn't surrender until 1974.
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reiterated her vow to stay in the Democratic presidential race, but she said it would be a "terrible mistake" for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.
In claiming victory in West Virginia last night, Hillary Clinton reiterated her last best argument as to why she should be the Democratic nominee: because only she can win in November.
The New York senator enjoys a resounding, double-digit victory, but most say Obama has already won the real race
Sen. Barack Obama took the lead in the race for superdelegates on the eve of a contest that's expected to fall easily into Sen. Hillary Clinton's column.
The outcome of West Virginia's primary Tuesday may best be foretold by where Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama plan to spend the day.
West Virginia is a state that appears built to accentuate Sen Hillary Clinton's strengths and to highlight the weaknesses her campaign asserts would make Sen. Barack Obama a more vulnerable Democratic nominee.
Sen. Barack Obama has tied Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race for superdelegates, according to CNN's latest count.
Friends and close associates of both Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are now convinced that, assuming she loses the race for the presidential nomination, she is probably going to fight to be the vice presidential nominee on an Obama-for-president ticket.
Sen. Hillary Clinton's superdelegate lead over Sen. Barack Obama was narrowed even more Saturday, according to CNN's latest delegate estimate.
West Virginians will head to the polls Tuesday for the state's Democratic primary between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. But what will the vote there really mean after new delegate totals show Obama with a sizable lead?
Sen. Barack Obama closed in Friday on Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead among superdelegates, the Democratic officials who hold the balance of power in determining the party's presidential nominee.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indy 500, is one of the most famous racetracks in the world.
The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is "alive and well" and must continue, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Excuse me if a look of bewilderment crosses my face when a surrogate of Sen. Hillary Clinton's starts off on the "we need hard-working white workers to win in November" mantra.
Hillary Clinton supporter Harvey Weinstein threatened to cut off contributions to congressional Democrats unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi embraced his plan to finance revotes in Florida and Michigan, three officials familiar with their conversation said.
Despite an overwhelming defeat in North Carolina and a narrow victory in Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton vowed to stay in the race until her party has a nominee.
Hillary Clinton began the race with all sorts of advantages, but she and her advisers never grasped how much had changed
The drawn out Democratic presidential race is producing "negative dividends in terms of strife within the party," said a key Senate supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton's White House bid.
Her campaign is trying to maintain viability, but Indiana's results undercut almost any of her remaining rationales
Her campaign's been running on the belief that the price of gas matters more than hope. Now her candidacy may need it
It's a good thing they're not running for accountant in chief.
The Democratic contest in Indiana was too close to call Tuesday as late returns erased what had been a commanding lead for Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, who made a strong pitch to blue-collar workers, was pulling a majority of the votes in rural and suburban Indiana during Tuesday's Democratic primary.
After a southern victory and a strong showing (in defeat) in Indiana, the frontrunner may have the nomination sewn up
The former presidential candidate and his wife open up about the Dem frontrunners
Sen. Barack Obama has enjoyed double-digit leads in North Carolina for months, but Sen. Hillary Clinton has narrowed the gap going into the state's Democratic primary Tuesday.
Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday accused Sen. Hillary Clinton of echoing the "bluster" of President Bush when she said the U.S. would be able to "obliterate" Iran if it used nuclear weapons against Israel.
Broadening his attack, Sen. Barack Obama said Saturday that Sen. Hillary Clinton's support for a summertime break from the federal gasoline tax symbolizes a candidacy consisting of "phony ideas, calculated to win elections instead of actually solving problems."
A Hillary Clinton backer's defection to the Barack Obama camp tightens the race for superdelegates, who could determine which candidate will become the Democratic presidential nominee.
The Democratic presidential hopefuls are telling voters they understand their financial pain as they try to woo the working class before next week's contests in Indiana and North Carolina.
If you're running for president in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a little factory experience never hurts.
Reducing health care costs - and insuring the 47 million Americans who have no coverage - is the Rubik's Cube of policy puzzles. And it's one that the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates say they can solve.
Obama should run strong in the state's heavily urban First Congressional District, but Clinton is trying to make inroads
Sen. Barack Obama, hoping to put the controversy over his former pastor behind him, is getting some good news: five more superdelegates in the past 24 hours.
The state's African-American constituency remains strongly in Obama's camp. But is the candidate taking them for granted?
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said the only way his party would lose the general election is if Democrats "lose to ourselves first" because they are not unified.
When it comes to campaign commercials, Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are going where no candidate has gone before.
Sen. Hillary Clinton called for a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with no moderator against her rival, Sen. Barack Obama, who says no more debates are needed before the May primaries.
Hillary is back. Until now, Hillary Clinton's campaign had one consistent quality -- it kept coming up short.
Sen. Hillary Clinton is arguing that she is ahead of rival Sen. Barack Obama when it comes to the popular vote.
Sen. Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania victory seems to be helping her regain ground financially against rival Barack Obama, who has outraised her by tens of millions of dollars.
Hillary Clinton emerged from Tuesday's contest in Pennsylvania with a big symbolic victory and a net gain of about a dozen pledged delegates. But those spoils could vanish on May 6 in North Carolina, a delegate-rich contest with a plethora of natural advantages for Barack Obama.
Senate Republicans blocked a bill Wednesday that would make it easier for people to sue over pay discrimination, an effort to roll back a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that limited such cases.
Sen. Hillary Clinton rode the momentum of her Pennsylvania win into Indiana on Wednesday, with her campaign saying it is on pace to raise $10 million in 24 hours.
Obama retains the edge in grassroots support in the next crucial primary state. But Clinton has the endorsements
The race for the Democratic Party U.S. presidential nomination has taken a fresh turn after Hillary Clinton re-ignited her White House bid with a decisive win over frontrunner Barack Obama in Pennsylvania.
Clinton wins just big enough in Pennsylvania to ensure that the race will go on -- and keep John McCain smiling
She plays to her strengths with blue-collar workers and women, in a strong win that keeps her candidacy alive
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will duke it out in the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday - and if sales of Amy and Anthony Pigliacampo's eco-friendly "vote totes" are any indicator, Obama is in the lead.
Tony Snow, former White House press secretary under President Bush, has joined CNN as a political contributor. Snow discussed the 2008 presidential race Monday on "Larry King Live" following an appearance by Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama haven't crossed paths yet during their weekend barnstorming across Pennsylvania, but they have invoked each other's names at virtually every whistle-stop during the final blitz before Tuesday's primary.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton played up her image as a tireless problem solver -- this time for laughs -- when she visited Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" Thursday night.
The official motto of Pope Benedict XVI's April 15-20 visit to the United States, the first of his papacy, is "Christ our Hope." Based on the frequency with which papal spokespersons have struck a different note, however, its unofficial motto might well be, "This is not a political event."
Sen. Barack Obama on Monday stepped up his criticism of Sen. Hillary Clinton, countering her most recent verbal attack with a personal jab.
After two days of criticism over his remarks at a California fundraiser, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hit back Sunday by mocking Clinton's professions of outrage over the comments.
Sen. Hillary Clinton wants her husband to quit talking about her trip to Bosnia in 1996, the former president said Friday.
The mix of money and politics is a familiar cocktail in American life but you don't want to get caught in public drinking too much of it.
Sen. Hillary Clinton on Wednesday argued that she is the only presidential candidate capable of ending the war in Iraq.
Sen. Hillary Clinton predicted Tuesday the recent controversy surrounding her top adviser's meeting with the Colombian government wouldn't prove damaging to her campaign.
Sen. Hillary Clinton called on President Bush Monday to boycott the opening of this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief presidential campaign strategist is quitting his post amid criticism of his public relations firm's contacts with the Colombian government over a pending free-trade deal, Clinton's campaign announced.
Sen. Hillary Clinton will stop telling an emotional story about a uninsured pregnant woman who died after being denied medical care, Clinton's campaign said.
Sen. Hillary Clinton generated plenty of attention with an ad asking who'd be ready to answer the White House phone at 3 a.m. during a national security crisis. Now, she's come out with a sequel -- same sleeping children, different issue.
Holly McCarthy, a press worker at Offset Paperback Manufacturers, lives from paycheck to paycheck. That's getting harder to do as she finds herself shelling out more for gas and groceries.
As Sen. Hillary Clinton's underdog campaign soldiers on through Pennsylvania, Indiana and North Carolina, she has begun casting herself as a champion of democracy.
Sen. Hillary Clinton embraced the role of underdog and vowed not to quit as she and her rival in the Democratic presidential contest, Sen. Barack Obama, stumped across Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
In round two of the state's complicated caucus system, Clinton and Obama forces maneuver for a crucial edge
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar -- a superdelegate holdout from a traditional swing state -- backed fellow freshman Sen. Barack Obama Monday morning.
What key constituency group are the presidential candidates fighting over? Soccer moms? NASCAR dads? Perhaps, but if television ad spending habits are any indication, the keys to the White House may be held by Pat Sajak and Vanna White.
Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday rejected calls by supporters of rival candidate Barack Obama to quit the Democratic presidential race, and Obama said Clinton should remain in race "as long as she wants."
Sen. Barack Obama kicked off a bus tour Friday in Pennsylvania, gaining a key endorsement in that state ahead of its April 22 primary.
A pair of high-profile backers of Sen. Barack Obama have called on his rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, to drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president.
The housing crisis took center stage in the presidential race this week. For good reason: Recent data show that nearly a million American households are at risk of foreclosure, 71% more than a year ago. Nearly 6% of all borrowers are past due on their mortgages.
MoveOn.org, a grassroots powerhouse that supports Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, launched a fundraising drive Thursday to counter Sen. Hillary Clinton's wealthy supporters.
Both Democratic candidates are bloodied and losing altitude. This April promises to be crueler than most. Here's an unlikely but not totally implausible solution
As Sen. Barack Obama returns from his Caribbean vacation, he and his campaign pick up where they left off -- wrapped up in the controversy surrounding his former minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
For the second time in three days, Sen. Hillary Clinton told reporters that the pledged delegates awarded based on vote totals in their state are not bound to abide by election results.
Pitt and Barack Obama are distant cousins – and so are Jolie and Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama and his wife released their tax returns from 2000 to 2006 on his campaign Web site Tuesday, and the Illinois senator challenged Sen. Hillary Clinton to release hers.
Sen. Hillary Clinton said she "misspoke" last week when she gave a dramatic description of her arrival in Bosnia 12 years ago, recounting a landing under sniper fire.
Sen. Hillary Clinton would have long ago distanced herself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright if she had been a member of his church, the Democratic presidential candidate said Tuesday.
From World Cup football to competitive ice fishing, practically every sport has a rule-book somewhere that tells you what to do about a tie. Sooner or later, somebody usually wins.
The Supreme Court has rejected a conservative group's legal fight to air commercials promoting a movie critical of Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Facing fire from some fellow Democrats for his decision to endorse Sen. Barack Obama, Gov. Bill Richardson said Sunday he still considers himself loyal to the family that helped make his political career.
With both Florida and Michigan primary re-vote plans stalled, the road ahead for Sen. Hillary Clinton appears to be a rocky one.
It is a perennial problem for female executives with their sights set on the boardroom -- act feminine and be overlooked, or become more assertive and risk appropriating the worst aspects of male managerial bullishness.
Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton traded shots Thursday over the former first lady's recently released White House schedule, while also tackling key campaign issues in states holding primaries in May.
Sen. Hillary Clinton was in the White House on multiple occasions when her husband had sexual encounters with Monica Lewinsky, according to newly released documents.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton got to work on health care reform within days of her arrival at the White House as first lady in 1993, newly released documents show.
Conservative talk hosts are urging Republicans to cross over and prolong the Democratic primaries. But whether Limbaugh's "chaos plan" is working is unclear
(AP/WASHINGTON) -- Elton John will help Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton raise cash for her presidential campaign with a solo concert next month at Radio City Music Hall in New York."I'm not a politician but I believe in the work that Hillary Clinton does," the British musician said in a statement released by the Clinton campaign Monday.Tickets for the "Elton and Hillary: One Night Only" performance April 9 go on sale Wednesday. Prices start at $125 for mezzanine seats, $250 for seats near the orchestra.Last October, Clinton held a star-studded fundraiser to celebrate her 60th birthday. Comedian Billy Crystal and rockers Elvis Costello and the Wallflowers headlined the event at New York's historic Beacon Theater, which raked in more than $1.5 million for Clinton's presidential bid.
Hillary Clinton said Monday she is the only candidate who would exercise the leadership needed to end the war in Iraq.
The Clinton and Obama campaigns are working overtime to win their votes, and resisting their overtures isn't easy
Former congresswoman and vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro is resigning her fundraising position with Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign after controversial comments she made about Clinton's rival, Sen. Barack Obama.
She touts it relentlessly in her campaign against Obama. But how much has she really done? TIME looks at the record
Geraldine Ferraro defended her controversial comment that Sen. Barack Obama's campaign was successful because he was black, telling an interviewer Tuesday that she was being attacked because she was white.
Former U.S. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro is stepping down from Sen. Hillary Clinton's finance committee after drawing fire for remarks about Sen. Barack Obama amidst a tough Democratic presidential campaign
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign directly questioned on Tuesday whether Sen. Hillary Clinton is prepared to be commander in chief.
Want to know the results of Tuesday's presidential primaries? According to traders betting on Intrade and the Iowa Electronic markets, John McCain and Barack Obama will be the winners.
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