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In her “kitchen sink” approach to attacking her opponent, Mrs. Clinton has acquired a recent fondness for saying, “I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience to bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in […]

A new CBS News/New York Times poll finds a jump in Barack Obama’s support since the New Hampshire primary, paired with increased confidence in his ability to lead the country and to beat John McCain.
Among Democratic primary voters, 59% now say Obama has the best chance of winning in November, compared with 28% who say […]

Barack Obama has defeated Hillary Clinton in the Wisconsin primary, a loss whose significance cannot be overstated.
With a small number of precincts counted and based on exit polls, Obama had 53% to Clinton’s 46%, for his ninth straight win. He finished at 58% – a true landslide.
Clinton needed a win or a narrow loss in Wisconsin, not for […]

Tomorrow’s New York Times, in a story online tonight, says Hillary Clinton’s campaign is “starting to come to terms” with her need to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she’s out. The paper quotes a superdelegate who has endorsed Clinton and who has requested anonymity.
Campaign advisers, also speaking privately, confirmed that.
Those key primaries are […]

Barack Obama swept all four of  yesterday’s primaries in three states and the Virgin Islands, giving him a 6-delegate lead over Hillary Clinton. In both Nebraska and Washington state, his share of the vote was more than double hers. (see below for update)
As the leaderboard shows, Obama has 861 delegates to Clinton’s 855. To win […]

Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a statistical dead heat, heading into the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses.
National polling for The Washington Post and ABC News shows 47% of Democrats likely to vote on Tuesday back Clinton, while 43% favor Obama. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus four […]

In what could be another slight to Hillary Clinton, the New York Daily News says Senator Ted Kennedy is expected to endorse Barack Obama today, one day after Caroline Kennedy’s endorsement and amid reports Bill Clinton tried to change the senator’s mind. [Update: He has endorsed Obama. Details here.]
The paper says Kennedy is set to […]

Two topics dominated this week’s political cartoons in the US: the death of actor Heath Ledger and the role Bill Clinton is playing in Hillary’s campaign. For the latter, let’s turn to one of the senator’s constituents in upstate New York, Adam Zyglis of the Buffalo News.

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Illinois Senator Barack Obama has won the Democrats’ South Carolina primary in near-landslide proportions, with more votes than Hillary Clinton and John Edwards combined.
With 97% of the precincts reporting, Obama has 55% of the vote. Clinton is a distant second with 27% and Edwards is third with 18% in a day that saw huge turnout.
Exit polling […]

Here’s an example why Hillary Clinton is a formidable candidate. During last night’s contentious Democratic debate, sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and CNN, she was asked by Corrrespondent Suzanne Malveaux about her husband’s increasingly vocal role in her campaign. Note how quickly and smoothly Clinton turned her reply into her “day one” campaign statement, […]

The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying.
That’s from Vogue magazine’s February editor’s letter, in which editor Anna Wintour takes Hillary Clinton to task for cancelling a photo shoot. A Vogue spokesman confirmed to Women’s Wear Daily, “We were told […]

By all accounts, Europe is extraordinarily interested in this year’s presidential race and primaries; coverage has been extensive and in-depth. I wondered how it all seems to my fellow blogger, roadsofstone, who is an incisive thinker and a terrific writer. I am pleased beyond words that he’s agreed to be my first guest blogger, especially as he […]

In an upset, New York Senator Hillary Clinton has won the New Hampshire Democratic primary with 39% of the vote. Illinois Senator Barack Obama, who led in the polls, had 36%.
Former Senator John Edwards, who was second in Iowa, came in third, with 17% and Bill Richardson won 5%.

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Tonight’s tracking polls for WMUR and CNN show Barack Obama and John McCain retain their leads for their parties’ primaries tomorrow. Obama leads Democrats with 39% and McCain tops Republicans with 31%, down one percentage point from yesterday. Obama’s lead over Hillary Clinton is also down by one percentage point; she is at 30% now. […]

Weekend polling by WMUR and CNN shows Barack Obama with a double-digit lead going into Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. The poll, conducted over the weekend, finds Obama with 39% of the support, to Hillary Clinton’s 29%. A poll released Saturday had found them in a dead heat at 33%.
This latest tracking poll also shows John […]