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January 25, 2008

Courting Votes in the Show Me State

The big Democratic prizes on Feb. 5 are obvious: California, New York, Illinois and New Jersey. But what about Missouri?--Shailagh Murray

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 9:16 PM ET | Comments (6)

An Ambien Dream? Nope -- the Clinton Campaign

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) might want to make Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) her Best Friend Forever, but the senior senator from South Carolina has a slightly different take on the matter. --Juliet Eilperin

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 8:27 PM ET | Comments (10)

Talking Cambio With McCain in Miami

The Latin Builders Association basked in the attention of four Republican candidates today, all of whom pledged to pay attention to issues prized by Latino voters.--Juliet Eilperin

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 6:05 PM ET | Comments (8)

Delegate Math, Super Tuesday and Clinton

By Anne E. Kornblut ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging her...

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 6:01 PM ET | Comments (180)

No Campaign Ad Interference for Super Bowl

The Fox Network won't sell advertising time during the Super Bowl to a political candidate, according to a published report today.--Matthew Mosk

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 5:41 PM ET | Comments (1)

Clinton Supporters Address Race Issue

Following a week of exchanges with Barack Obama about race, gender, and experience, prominent African American supporters of Hillary Clinton directly addressed those issues this morning while speaking with a mostly black audience at Benedict College.--Ed O'Keefe

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 5:30 PM ET | Comments (4)

New Racial Dynamic in S.C.

The racial divide has deepened in South Carolina, with Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton by a wide margin among African Americans, but badly trailing both Clinton and John Edwards among white voters. And underneath the chasm in vote preferences in the new McClatchy-MSNBC poll by Mason-Dixon, there are signs of other, potentially irreconcilable differences. --Jon Cohen

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 4:36 PM ET | Comments (16)

Clinton Also Embraces Republicans

Sen. Barack Obama may have said the GOP is the "party of ideas," but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is no slouch when it comes to embracing Republicans on the campaign trail these days.--Anne E. Kornblut

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 3:42 PM ET | Comments (9)

GOP Hopefuls Court Cuban American Vote

Arizona Sen. John McCain today picked up the endorsement of Florida Sen. Mel Martinez, a Cuban American who may help sway that key voting block here, on a day when all four of the leading GOP candidates courted Latino voters ahead of Tuesday's primary. --Perry Bacon Jr.

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 3:15 PM ET | Comments (1)

McCain and the GOP Base

As he seeks to win over Florida Republicans in a closed primary here next week, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) reiterated today that he "earned more Republican votes than everyone else" in New Hampshire and South Carolina. The truth, however, if more complicated.--Juliet Eilperin

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 2:10 PM ET | Comments (7)

Former Front-runner Giuliani, Now Hoping to be Comeback Kid

"We have them lulled into a false sense of security," Rudy Giuliani joked about his rivals at Thursday's Republican debate here in south Florida. Was anyone really laughing?--Dan Balz

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 1:44 PM ET | Comments (70)

Barnstorming and BBQ on Menu in S.C.

Her advisers swear she will lose the South Carolina primary on Saturday, but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is acting like a candidate who thinks she has a shot, with a packed schedule of events and photo ops on election eve. --Anne E. Kornblut

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 1:26 PM ET | Comments (4)

Raised Hopes in South Carolina

By Alec MacGillis BEAUFORT, S.C. -- Following Barack Obama across South Carolina, it is hard...

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 1:25 PM ET | Comments (7)

Online Donors Rediscover Edwards

Democrat John Edwards's campaign is preparing to announce today that the former North Carolina senator has raised more than $3 million over the Internet since Jan. 1, despite his underwhelming performances in New Hampshire and Nevada. --Matthew Mosk

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 12:18 PM ET | Comments (12)

Friend of Bill Goes Off on Bill

Robert Reich was a longtime friend of the Clintons long before he joined the Cabinet in 1993 as labor secretary. But now he's laying into his old friend, Bill Clinton, for his performance on the campaign trail and attacks on Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). --Peter Baker

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 11:17 AM ET | Comments (15)

Not Endorsed and Proud of It

Updated 11:16 a.m. By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin MIAMI -- The New York...

Posted on January 25, 2008 at 11:16 AM ET | Comments (17)

 

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