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NBC's Tim Russert Dies at 58
Friday, June 13, 2008 at 04:45 PM | Read More
AP is reporting that influential Tim Russert, died suddenly Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he'd covered with trademark intensity. Praise poured in from the biggest names in politics, some recalling their own meltdown moments on his hot seat.
Russert, 58, was a political operative before he was a journalist. He joined NBC a quarter century ago and ended up as the longest-tenured host of the Sunday talk show "Meet the Press."
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Obama claims nomination; is Clinton seeking VP spot?
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 at 09:34 PM | Read More
Cheered by a roaring crowd, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own defeat. Clinton praised Obama warmly in an appearance before supporters in New York, although she neither acknowledged his victory in their grueling marathon nor offered a concession of any sort.
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Clinton wins Kentucky Democratic Party
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 04:23 PM | Read More
Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Kentucky primary Tuesday, a victory of scant political value in a Democratic presidential race moving inexorably in Barack Obama's direction. The two rivals also collided in Oregon's unique vote-by-mail contest, and Obama predicted he would finish the night with a majority of all delegates at stake in the 56 primaries and caucuses on the campaign calendar.
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Clinton Wins Large in West Virginia
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 05:20 PM | Read More
Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large, but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign but scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination. The Associated Press made its call based on surveys of voters as they left the polls.
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Clinton Fights On... Superdelegate Time
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 06:31 PM | Read More
Despite an overwhelming defeat in North Carolina and a narrow victory in Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton vowed to stay in the race until her party has a nominee.The focus of the Democratic race now turns to the superdelegates, because they outnumber the remaining pledged delegates.
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