News with and about 'hillary'

A political earthquake struck on cue last night, as a previously obscure politician shoved aside Hillary Clinton and became the first African American to capture a major-party nomination for president. ...more.

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Strategy Was Based On Winning Delegates, Not Battlegrounds

added on 2008-06-09 09:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

Almost from the beginning, Hillary Rodham Clinton's superior name recognition and her sway with state party organizations convinced Barack Obama's brain trust that a junior senator from Illinois was not going to be able to challenge the Clinton political machine head-on. ...more.

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Clinton Pullout Likely Saturday

added on 2008-06-09 09:30:34 (Washington Post - Politics)

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is likely to suspend her presidential campaign on Saturday and endorse Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee, according to informed sources, after a day in which many of her key supporters and party leaders encouraged the senator from New York t... ...more.

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Clinton Urges Backers to Look to November

added on 2008-06-09 09:30:21 (Washington Post - Politics)

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the most successful female presidential candidate in U.S. history, officially ended her campaign yesterday with a forceful promise to help elect Sen. Barack Obama -- and the declaration that, even though she had failed to "shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling," a... ...more.

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For Obama, Another Blue-Collar Challenge

added on 2008-06-09 09:30:24 (Washington Post - Politics)

Sen. Barack Obama did all he could to win over white working-class voters during the Democratic primaries -- shaking hands at factories, downing beers, bowling a few frames -- but it was largely in vain, as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton trounced Obama with the group in most states. ...more.

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Obama Claims Nomination

added on 2008-06-09 09:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

With a split decision in the final two primaries and a flurry of superdelegate endorsements, Sen. Barack Obama sealed the Democratic presidential nomination last night after a grueling and history-making campaign against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that will make him the first African American to... ...more.

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