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February 19, 2008
Obama Opens Two-Front Fight
An increasingly confident Obama is beginning to battle on two fronts, holding off Hillary Clinton with one arm as he takes increasingly frequent swings at John McCain with the other. --Jonathan Weisman
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 10:33 PM ET | Comments (46)
Victorious Obama : 'We Have Liftoff'
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Posted on February 19, 2008 at 10:03 PM ET | Comments (69)
Clinton Defiant After Wisconsin Loss
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Posted on February 19, 2008 at 9:49 PM ET | Comments (156)
McCain Wins, Says He's the One
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Posted on February 19, 2008 at 9:34 PM ET | Comments (4)
A Morning at the Dakota
Before anyone declares fundraising from wealthy patrons to be outmoded, they should spend Wednesday morning at the Dakota, the gabled Central Park West high-rise made famous as the scene of John Lennon's assassination in 1980, where Hillary Clinton will have back-to-back fundraisers. --Matthew Mosk
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 6:40 PM ET | Comments (8)
From Bilingual Education to the War, Obama Plans Big
In 1992, Bill Clinton sought to prove he was a New Democrat, not beholden to his party's Balkanized interests, by standing up to a controversial black rapper. Sen. Barack Obama swept into Texas today ahead of the pivotal March 4 showdown with Hillary Rodham Clinton, promising once again to bridge the partisan divide -- not, however, by standing up to anyone, but seemingly by offering something to everyone. --Jonathan Weisman
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 5:57 PM ET | Comments (19)
McCain Promises to Be a Uniter ... for the GOP
Speaking to reporters after he flew to Ohio's capital this afternoon, McCain acknowledged that he still needed to energize a Republican electorate that was dismayed by GOP missteps in recent years. --Glenn Kessler
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 5:45 PM ET | Comments (37)
Clyburn Pooh-Poohs the Power of the Superdelegates
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) has joined an influential chorus on Capitol Hill that believes superdelegates will not play a decisive role in the nominating convention in August. --Paul Kane
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM ET | Comments (8)
Mortgage Woes on Table in Texas, Obama Finds
SAN ANTONIO -- Perhaps, as he said, it was because his voice wasn't used to the warmer weather. Perhaps it was the withering criticism he has been absorbing for a campaign his detractors charge is long on inspiration and short on substance. Sen. Barack Obama came here, sober, soft-spoken and ready to discuss the intricacies of the nation's burgeoning credit crisis -- and his prescriptions to fight it. --Jonathan Weisman
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 2:51 PM ET | Comments (21)
The Democratic Party's Nomination Mess
Workers try to set the stage for the Democratic National Convention in 2004. (Nate Parsons/The...
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 1:31 PM ET | Comments (121)
Ben & Jerry & Obama
Obama wins a key Vermont endorsement: Ben & Jerry.--Rachel Dry
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 1:01 PM ET | Comments (21)
Any Given Tuesday
We like to think of the presidential campaign as a chain of events, a more or less linear process in which, if all goes as planned, chaos will inexorably give way to order. Pundits attempt to impose some narrative coherence upon the tangle of data points from the contested turf. Momentum is discerned. Opinions are polled and duly calibrated. Balloting results are contextualized. Over time, a narrative takes shape, one that ideally makes some kind of logical sense. But go talk to voters, and things get a little more convoluted. --Joel Achenbach
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM ET | Comments (8)
In Wisconsin, Clinton Has a Specific Appeal
By Jose Antonio Vargas ON THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN PLANE -- Speaking to reporters late Monday...
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 12:34 AM ET | Comments (202)
