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Live Blogging the Sotomayor Hearings

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Kate Phillips - Jul. 13 (Breaking News) - In opening remarks, a Democratic senator emphasized Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s upbringing, while a Republican senator expressed concerns about activism on the bench.

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New FBI Guidelines: More COINTELPRO?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Writing Corner - By Beth Wellington - Sep. 04 (Special Report) - [Disclosure: author is a NewsTrust staff member. The portion quoting Jeanne Roberts was added after her review and hence there is no reference to her relationship to the piece in her review.] At 9:30 a.m. on September 17, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be hearing from Robert S. Mueller, III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the wake of complaints. I wait, wondering, what, if anything, will come out of this hearing--how much further will we erode our Constitution and how much further will we descend from our proclamation in our national anthem that we live in the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave."

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Consortiumnews.com

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Robert Parry - Aug. 29 (News Report) - Over the past four decades, Republicans have dominated the outcomes of presidential races by mixing negative campaigning in public with illicit dirty tricks behind the scenes, as I've recounted in my last two books, Secrecy & Privilege and Neck Deep. As a party, the Republicans have not only refined the art of the political smear - with such memorable moments as the Willie Horton ads in 1988 and the "swift-boating" of John Kerry in 2004 - but they also have defined the concept of the October Surprise, manipulating late-breaking events to drive the electorate toward their candidate. Much of this Republican behavior traces back to their perceived victimization at the hands of John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson in the razor-thin 1960 race.

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Obama's Grand Speech: Reason for hope

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Congressional Quarterly - By david corn - Aug. 29 (News Analysis) - never before had an african-american accepted the presidential nomination of a major party in the united states. and the speech of barack obama matched the moment.

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Media continue to repeat plagiarism accusation without noting that Biden had previously credited Kinnock

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Media Matters - Aug. 24 (News Analysis) - Media outlets continue to report that Sen. Joe Biden was accused in 1987 of plagiarizing then-British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock without noting that while Biden did paraphrase from a Kinnock speech without attribution on at least two occasions in August 1987, he had reportedly credited Kinnock when previously using the same language.

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Party Unity Tops Agenda For Democrats

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Shailagh Murray, Anne E. Kornblut - Aug. 24 (News Report) - In an important shift, Democratic officials confirmed Sunday that Clinton will release her delegates to Obama at a reception on Wednesday. Clinton's gesture has the potential to reduce the appearance of friction while reinforcing her status as one of the party's most formidable power brokers.

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Barack Obama campaign soliciting 'soft money' for convention

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Tom Hamburger, Peter Wallsten - Aug. 16 (News Report) - Facing a large deficit in the Democratic National Convention budget, officials from Barack Obama's campaign have begun personally soliciting labor unions and others for contributions of up to $1 million. In exchange, donors could get stadium skyboxes for Obama's acceptance speech and other perks.

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Efforts to Promote Clinton at Convention Heat Up

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Congressional Quarterly - By Andrew Satter - Aug. 13 (News Report) - Ever since the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee hearing in early June where Obama essentially secured the nomination, incensed Clinton supporters have mobilized online with the goal of getting the former First Lady nominated at the Democratic party convention in Denver.

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Gramm's Role Reduced

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - Jul. 14 (News Report) - Gramm had played an important part in crafting McCain's economic plan, and he occasionally appeared at rallies or spoke to editorial boards on the presumptive GOP nominee's behalf. But no longer, according to two key McCain advisers, after Gramm told the Washington Times that the country was filled with "whiners" and the United States is merely in a "mental recession."

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An Attack That Came Out of the Ether

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Matthew Mosk - Jun. 28 (News Report) - (A) biographical sketch of Barack Obama that has become one of the most effective -- and baseless -- Internet attacks of the 2008 presidential season. The anonymous chain e-mail makes the false claim that Obama is concealing a radical Islamic background.

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Raise the High Rafters

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New York Magazine - By Sam Anderson - Jun. 24 (News Analysis) - Barack Obama's upcoming speech at the Democratic National Convention is--barring the miraculous reanimation of Winston Churchill's corpse, sometime in mid-July, to recite the Sermon on the Mount in twelve different languages--pretty much a lock to be the rhetorical blockbuster event of the summer.

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Ending Her Bid, Clinton Backs Obama

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Adam Nagourney, Mark Leibovich - Jun. 08 (News Report) - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton brought her campaign for the White House to an end on Saturday with a rousing farewell to thousands of supporters here and an emotional and unequivocal call for her voters to get behind Senator Barack Obama, the man who defeated her for the Democratic nomination. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at her campaign's final rally on Saturday urged her supporters to back Senator Barack Obama. More Photos » For 28 minutes, standing alone on a stage in the historic National Building Museum, Mrs. Clinton spoke not only about the importance of electing Mr. Obama, but also about the extent to which her campaign was a milestone for women. She urged women who had supported her -- who had turned out at her headquarters, flocked to her rallies and poured into the polls to vote for her -- not to take the wrong lesson from her loss.

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Clinton: 'I ask you to work as hard for Obama as you have for me'

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Leonard Doyle - Jun. 08 (News Report) - Hillary Clinton formally suspended her presidential campaign yesterday, graciously and enthusiastically backing her rival Barack Obama after coming within an ace of being the first woman contender for the White House. The former first lady ended her campaign for the world's top job at a rally in a Washington museum, where thousands of supporters and staff had gathered for a bitter-sweet celebration. "This isn't the party I planned, but I sure like the company," she told them. Wearing a dark suit and accompanied by her husband, former president Bill Clinton, her mother Dorothy and daughter Chelsea, she finally uttered the words anxious Democrats have been waiting for all week, declaring: "Today as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary campaign he has won. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him and I ask of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me."

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Obama praises 'valiant' Clinton

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 08 (News Report) - Democratic hopeful Barack Obama has paid tribute to Hillary Clinton for her "valiant campaign" to become the party nominee for US president. He said his former rival had "shattered barriers on behalf of my daughters and women everywhere".

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Hillary Clinton gives full backing to Barack Obama

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Times - By Sarah Baxter - Jun. 08 (News Report) - After a gruelling 16-month battle, Hillary Clinton gave up her quest to become America's first woman president yesterday and urged her supporters to back her rival, Barack Obama. Clinton, 60, acknowledged in a speech charged with emotion that she had lost the struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Bill Clinton, their daughter Chelsea and hundreds of fervent followers gave her a series of rousing ovations.

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The fall of the House of Clinton

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Jun. 06 (News Analysis) - THIS time last year it looked as if Hillary Clinton's path to the Democratic nomination would be a cakewalk. She had the best brand-name in American politics. She controlled the Democratic establishment. She had money to burn and a double-digit lead in the opinion polls. And as the first American woman to have a chance of breaking the presidential glass ceiling, she had a great story to tell.

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Clinton to End Bid and Endorse Obama

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Adam Nagourney, Jeff Zeleny - Jun. 05 (News Report) - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will endorse Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, bringing a close to her 17-month campaign for the White House, aides said. Her decision came after Democrats urged her on Wednesday to leave the race and allow the party to coalesce around Mr. Obama. Howard Wolfson, one of Mrs. Clinton's chief strategists, and other aides said she would express support for Mr. Obama and party unity at an event in Washington that day. One adviser said that Mrs. Clinton would concede defeat, congratulate Mr. Obama and proclaim him the party's nominee, while pledging to do what was needed to assure his victory.

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On the Fence and in the Spotlight

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Philip Rucker - Jun. 04 (Special Report) - Unlike many of the other 795 superdelegates -- governors, members of congress, former presidents and party elders -- Mizeur is a relative nobody in the world of presidential politics. But her status as undeclared through six months of primary voting transformed her into a somebody.

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The Big Question: Where did Hillary Clinton go wrong in her campaign to win the Presidency?

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Rupert Cornwall - Jun. 04 (News Analysis) - Her campaign team, much of it battlehardened in Bill Clinton's two successful White House runs, made many surprising errors. The biggest strategic mistake however, may have been to assume that everything would be wrapped up quickly. In the past that had indeed been the case - in 2004, John Kerry had basically won after his victories in the first two contests while even in 1992 her husband had effectively locked up the nomination after winning Illinois, just a month into the primary season. This time however, a third-place finish in Iowa on 3 January, behind not only Obama but also John Edwards, destroyed any aura of invincibility.

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Obama names a Kennedy to help pick veep

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Post Intelligencer - By Nedra Pickler - Ap - Jun. 04 (News Report) - Barack Obama turned in earnest to the general election and the hunt for a running mate Wednesday, embraced by Democratic leaders who signaled forcefully and sometimes impatiently to Hillary Rodham Clinton that her marathon duel with Obama was over. Clinton kept her silence in public, while supporters made a case for her as Obama's No. 2. Obama himself moved to link himself more closely with a young Democratic hero of a half-century ago, picking President Kennedy's daughter Caroline to help him choose a vice president.

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Clinton's Road to Second Place

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Jackie Calmes - Jun. 04 (News Analysis) - Inside the Clinton campaign and out, the finger-pointing has begun. The bottom line is this: She called the biggest plays, and she got them wrong.Conversations over months with dozens of Clinton staffers, advisers and supporters suggest that over her 17-month campaign, the second-term New York senator and former first lady was smart, substantive and tireless. The surprise was how good a campaigner she grew to be.

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AP tally: Obama effectively clinches nomination

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Post Intelligencer - By Ap - Jun. 03 (News Report) - Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday after a grueling marathon, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.

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AP Tally: Obama Effectively Clinches Nomination

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - Jun. 03 (News Report) - Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.

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Puerto Rico is a hollow victory for flailing Clinton

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Leonard Doyle - Jun. 02 (News Report) - Mrs Clinton's claim to have won the most votes since the primaries and caucuses began in January is not as straightforward as it seems. She ran virtually unopposed in Michigan after Mr Obama removed his name from the ballot, and voting totals from several caucus states cannot be calculated in the popular vote.

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Clinton may lose key supporters soon

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Peter Wallsten - Jun. 02 (News Report) - Pointing the way to a peaceful end for the tumultuous presidential primary campaign, some key supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that they accepted a new finish line in the race for delegates, a threshold Barack Obama could reach as soon as this week.

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