Archive: June 1, 2008 - June 7, 2008
Obama's Mitzvah at AIPAC
Now, here's a change we can believe in. A mere 12 hours after claiming the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama appeared before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee yesterday -- and changed himself into an Israel hard-liner. He promised $30 billion in military assistance for Israel. He declared that the...
By Dana Milbank | June 5, 2008; 8:00 AM ET | Comments (7)
Clinton Pretends to Win
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. What Hillary did not want to do was to concede defeat. "I want the nearly 18 million Americans who voted for...
By Dana Milbank | June 4, 2008; 7:38 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Race Ends in Milbank
MILBANK, S.D. It is a measure of the peculiarity of this year's presidential race that the road to the Democratic nomination runs through Milbank. Until Monday, Milbank's greatest distinction was being the birthplace of American Legion baseball. But after Bill Clinton rolled into this small farm town in northeastern...
By Dana Milbank | June 3, 2008; 7:55 AM ET | Comments (0)
Democratic Food Fight
Leave it to the Democrats to make a hash of democracy. When the Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee met at the Marriott in Woodley Park yesterday to decide what to do with the contested primary results in Florida and Michigan, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean kicked off the...
By Dana Milbank | June 1, 2008; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
