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The Pre-Spin from West Virginia

The Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns argue the meaning of tonight's likely Clinton win. --Eli Saslow | More »

McCain Supporting Pastor Apologizes

Pastor John Hagee apologized today in a letter to the Catholic League for comments that angered Catholic leaders. --Michael D. Shear | More »

McCain Breaks with Bush on Climate Change

John McCain broke sharply with President Bush today, arguing for mandatory curbs on greenhouse gas emissions and issuing emissions credits to polluters. --Juliet Eilperin | More »

Clinton Running Hard in West Virginia

Hillary Clinton presses her case in the sixth-to-last state to vote. --Anne E. Kornblut | More »

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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)

 

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