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March 18, 2008
Heading to Detroit to Press Delegate Issue
Updated 11:09 p.m. By Anne E. Kornblut LANCASTER, Pa., Mar. 18 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham...
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 8:18 PM ET | Comments (17)
John Murtha Endorses Hillary Clinton
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Rep. John P. Murtha has announced his endorsement of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, bringing his clout as a 17-term member of the House and a prominent anti-war Democrat to bear with more than a month until the primary here in his home state. --Anne E. Kornblut
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 6:37 PM ET | Comments (152)
Trinity Handles Scrutiny with Expertise
By Eli Saslow Trinity United Church of Christ continues to be a hot topic after...
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 6:37 PM ET | Comments (7)
Michigan Revote Plan Up in the Air, and Up to Obama
WASHINGTON --The fate of Michigan's Democratic presidential delegates remained unclear Tuesday ahead of consultations between state politicians and strategists for Sen. Barack Obama. --Peter Slevin
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 5:59 PM ET | Comments (35)
Opening Up the Clinton Archives
After months of controversy, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library plans to make public tomorrow more than 11,000 pages of records from Hillary Rodham Clinton's time in the White House, in this case her daily schedule for eight years as first lady. --Peter Baker
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 5:32 PM ET | Comments (8)
Clinton Responds to Obama Speech
"I'm very glad he gave it," Clinton said. --Anne E. Kornblut
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 3:00 PM ET | Comments (118)
For Obama, a Test of Leadership
PHILADELPHIA -- The damage to Barack Obama's presidential candidacy was already real when he stepped into the pulpit of the National Constitution Center here on Tuesday morning. Obama was a politician under fire, his campaign engulfed in controversy by the fiery, divisive and racially charged words of his Chicago pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 2:32 PM ET | Comments (213)
Progressive Groups Plan Robust 2008 Mobilization
A broad range of interest groups today announced plans for a costly independent drive to mobilize progressive voters for the 2008 election, much of it targeting younger and minority voters. --Matthew Mosk
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 1:38 PM ET | Comments (3)
Obama Speech Confronts Racial Divisions
PHILADELPHIA -- Sen. Barack Obama sought to quell the political firestorm stirred by his former pastor Jeremiah Wright with a deeply personal speech about black anger, white anger, and the gulf that race continues to represent in U.S. society. --Shailagh Murray
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 1:17 PM ET | Comments (112)
Five Years On, Iraq Slips Off the Radar
This was supposed to be the week of Iraq, the week that the fifth anniversary of the invasion focused the nation's attention back on its turbulent project in the Middle East. And yet the war debate that gripped the capital last year has slipped off the frontburner.
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 12:14 PM ET | Comments (31)
Obama's Philadelphia Speech on Race and the Race
A transcript of Sen. Barack Obama's speech "A More Perfect Union."
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 11:04 AM ET | Comments (94)
A McCain Gaffe in Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan -- Sen. John McCain, traveling in the Middle East to promote his foreign policy expertise, misidentified in remarks Tuesday which broad category of Iraqi extremists are allegedly receiving support from Iran. --Cameron W. Barr and Michael D. Shear
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 10:56 AM ET | Comments (150)
