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NEW YORK "What does Hillary want?" Hillary Clinton put the question to her supporters here Tuesday night, moments after her opponent, Barack Obama, clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more.

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The Climax--Or Not

added on 2008-06-09 09:30:39 (Washington Post - Politics)

Is tonight the night? Will Barack Obama, having made a great show of going to the site of the Republican convention, be able to claim the Democratic nomination? Will the pundits finally be able to write finis to this chapter? Will Montana and South Dakota matter? Will people tune in to watch nons... ...more.

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Obama Staffer's Lobbying Work Runs Counter to Candidate's Guidelines, Ethics Watchdogs Say

added on 2008-06-09 09:30:45 (Washington Post - Politics)

The co-director of Barack Obama's presidential campaign in Puerto Rico is a Washington-based federal lobbyist for the government of Puerto Rico. ...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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Each Party Is Set to Hunt The Other's Usual Ground

added on 2008-06-09 09:30:20 (Washington Post - Politics)

The 2008 general election will pit the best-organized nomination campaign in the history of modern Democratic politics against the battle-tested machinery of the Republican Party, with both Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) determined to shake up an electoral map that has... ...more.

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