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March 17, 2008
Scranton Gets to Meet Candidate O'Bama
By Shailagh Murray SCRANTON, Pa. -- Sen. Barack Obama introduced himself to Electric City on...
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 9:01 PM ET | Comments (54)
Gary Hart Takes a Few More Swings
In an interview this afternoon, Hart remained upset about Clinton's attacks on Obama's national security credentials. --Alec MacGillis
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 7:47 PM ET | Comments (29)
Elton John to Croon for Clinton
Musicians are permitted to donate their time and talents to assist candidates, even when the performers hail from foreign soil, said Bob Biersack, an FEC spokesman. --Matthew Mosk
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 7:05 PM ET | Comments (19)
Florida Revote Plan Scuttled, Michigan Plan Stalls
Florida Democrats reversed course Monday and declared dead their plans to hold a do-over presidential primary to settle the dispute over whether their delegation to the national convention in Denver will be seated. --Dan Balz
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 6:48 PM ET | Comments (170)
McCain Adviser Rips the Religious Right
And Dana Milbank is there.
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 6:15 PM ET | Comments (2)
Obama Plans Speech on Race
MONACA, Pa -- Sen. Barack Obama will deliver a major speech about race in Philadelphia tomorrow that he said would explore his relationship with Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright and the wave of controversy it has stirred in his presidential bid. --Shailagh Murray
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 2:30 PM ET | Comments (207)
John McCain Visits Baghdad
John McCain visits Iraq.
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 1:27 PM ET | Comments (9)
Obama Racks Up Superdelegate Commitments
After winning the popular vote in the Texas and Ohio primaries on March 4, it seemed that Hillary Clinton had captured the momentum in the Democratic race. The all-important superdelegates don't seem to agree. --Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 1:08 PM ET | Comments (120)
Bill Clinton Pushes Back Against Critics
President Clinton, in two of his first interviews since his wife's campaign at times starting blocking reporters' access to him in the wake of controversial remarks he made in January, this weekend forcefully took on criticisms that his rhetoric against Barack Obama has had racial overtones. --Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 12:23 PM ET | Comments (33)
Clinton Says Iraq Surge Hasn't Accomplished Goals
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the increase in U.S. troops in Iraq over the last year has "not accomplished its goals." --Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 11:59 AM ET | Comments (125)
College Journalists Interview Bill Clinton
Addressing a group of college journalists Sunday in New Orleans, former president Bill Clinton said that Sen. Barack Obama has twisted his wife's experience "as a change maker" into "a disability for being elected." --Scott Butterworth
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 8:45 AM ET | Comments (26)
