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One on One, Democrats Set Aim at G.O.P.
Unlike the last debate, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama criticized President Bush, praised John Edwards and laid out their respective central arguments.
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- 02/01/2008
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Race and Gender Are Issues in Tense Day for Democrats (1/14/2008) - At Debate, Two Rivals Go After Defiant Clinton (1/6/2008)
Times Reporter Subpoenaed Over Source for Book
James Risen’s lawyer said in an interview that the subpoena sought the source of information for a specific chapter of the book “State of War.”
MoveOn Endorses Obama
Today Barack Obama earned the endorsement of MoveOn, one of the largest grassroots membership organizations in the United States, after clobbering Hillary Clinton by 40 percent in Internet balloting. Obama led the final tally 70.4% to 29.6%, clearing the supermajority required for the endorsement. MoveOn, which has never endorsed a presidential candidate before, boasts that it has 1.7 million members in Super Tuesday states.
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- 02/01/2008
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Breaking: Moveon Members Endorse Obama 71-29 (2/1/2008) - MoveOn.org: (2/1/2008)
MoveOn And Top Bloggers To Launch Campaign Pressuring Hillary And Obama To Back Dodd On FISA (10/24/2007) - Edwards Gets Much Needed Iowa Labor Nod (10/13/2007)
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Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was the most liberal senator in 2007, according to National Journal's 27th annual vote ratings. The insurgent presidential candidate shifted further to the left last year in the run-up to the primaries, after ranking as the 16th- and 10th-most-liberal during his first two years in the Senate. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., the other front-runner in the Democratic presidential race, also shifted to the left last year.
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- 01/31/2008
- 02/01/2008
- Rank of all stories in past 30 days:
- # 34
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The Choice (2/1/2008) 
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BREAKING: Hillary Clinton To Vote “No” On Cloture Tomorrow UPDATE: Barack Obama Will Be There Too (1/28/2008) 
President Clinton Sees Post-Iowa 'Tidal Wave,' Faults Press for Obama 'Fairy Tale' (1/8/2008) - Additional stories related by date and content:
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Obama Won
It was, I think, his best debate in the campaign so far. The one-on-one format elevated him instantly and he commanded the stage and the occasion. Hillary Clinton did not do poorly. All her strengths were on show: the policy mastery, the gaffe-free talking points, the Clinton record in the 1990s. But that made his mastery all the more impressive. The good natured sparring helped him. He neutralized her on healthcare and simply cleaned up on the war in Iraq. But most crucial: he seemed like a president. He was already battling McCain. She was still pivoting off Bush.(close)Related info:
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- 02/01/2008
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- Obama To Hillary: Stop Playing The Victim (11/2/2007)
Vegas Tip Sheet: Seven Things To Watch For In Tonights Dem Debate (11/16/2007) 
Monitor endorsements: McCain, Clinton (12/30/2007) - My Take on the Dem Debate (1/6/2008)
The Edwards Effect
The two Democratic candidates left standing are, to a large extent, running on the platform that John Edwards built.(close)Related info:
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- 02/01/2008
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- In Aiding Poor, Edwards Built Bridge to 2008 (6/22/2007)
Bill: "We Just Have to Slow Down Our Economy" to Fight Global Warming
Former President Bill Clinton was in Denver, Colorado, stumping for his wife yesterday.
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- 01/31/2008
- 02/01/2008
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- Depressingly stupid goddamn journalism (1/31/2008)
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Depressingly stupid goddamn journalism
Dear Dr. Atrios. I have a good Wanker of the Day nominee for you. His name is Jake Tapper and he’s (tragically) a senior national correspondent at ABC. He’s also apparently illiterate. Check it: Former President Bill Clinton was in Denver, Colorado, stumping for his wife yesterday. In a long, and interesting speech, he characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming this way: “We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions ’cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.”
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- 01/31/2008
- 02/01/2008
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Bill: "We Just Have to Slow Down Our Economy" to Fight Global Warming (1/31/2008) - Huckabee And Thompson: Global Warming Is ‘Overblown’ (12/12/2007)
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MoveOn.org:
In a resounding vote today, MoveOn.org Political Action's members nationwide voted to endorse Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for President. The group, with 3.2 million members nationwide and over 1.7 million members in Super Tuesday states, will immediately begin to mobilize on behalf of Senator Obama. The vote favored Senator Obama to Senator Clinton by 70.4% to 29.6%. Senator Obama accepted the endorsement stating: "In just a few years, the members of MoveOn have once again demonstrated that real change comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up.
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- 02/01/2008
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- Breaking: Moveon Members Endorse Obama 71-29 (2/1/2008)
- MoveOn Endorses Obama (2/1/2008)
- MoveOn Weighs Dem Endorsements (1/31/2008)
- BREAKING: Hillary Clinton To Vote “No” On Cloture Tomorrow UPDATE: Barack Obama Will Be There Too (1/28/2008)
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- Transcript of Thursday's Democratic presidential debate (2/1/2008)
- Obama does Harry and Louise, again (2/1/2008)
Transcript of Thursday's Democratic presidential debate
WOLF BLITZER, CNN: Let's begin with Senator Obama.(close)Related info:
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- 02/01/2008
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Part 3 of CNN Democratic presidential debate (1/22/2008)
An Ex-President, a Mining Deal and a Big Donor
A Canadian financier who traveled to Kazakhstan with Bill Clinton and won a big uranium mining deal later donated millions to Mr. Clinton’s charitable foundation.(close)Related info:
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- 01/31/2008
- 02/01/2008
- Rank of all stories in past 30 days:
- # 51
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That health care mailer
Ben Smith's Politico.com blog on the 2008 presidential race, with a focus on the Democratic candidates. Includes political new coverage of primary and election races, and in-depth blog posts and stories on Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Al Gore, Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Mike Gravel, and other politicians.
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- 02/01/2008
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Mukasey stonewalls Senate Democrats on water-boarding, and practically everything else.
Virtually every Democrat on the Senate judiciary committee opens his or her questions to Attorney General Michael Mukasey at today's oversight hearing with a thank you.
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- 01/31/2008
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Countdown Special Comment: On FISA and Telecom Immunity
Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment tonight on Countdown was yet another scathing rebuke of President Bush and his lies about the pending FISA legislation and fear tactics during his final State of the Union address earlier this week. Bush has said repeatedly he would veto any FISA legislation that did not include immunity for the telecommunications companies who broke the law and betrayed the American people.(close)Related info:
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- 02/01/2008
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Soldier Suicides at Record Level
Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on herself last year in Iraq, attempted to kill herself Monday evening.(close)Related info:
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- 01/31/2008
- 02/01/2008
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- # 85
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Breaking: Moveon Members Endorse Obama 71-29
And here we go. From a press release. In a resounding vote today, MoveOn.org Political Action's members nationwide voted to endorse Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for President. The group, with 3.2 million members nation-wide and over 1.7 million members in Super Tuesday states, will immediately begin to mobilize on behalf of Senator Obama. The vote favored Senator Obama to Senator Clinton by 70.4% to 29.6%. Senator Obama accepted the endorsement stating: ""In just a few years, the members of MoveOn have once again demonstrated that real change comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up.
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- 02/01/2008
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- MoveOn.org: (2/1/2008)
- MoveOn Endorses Obama (2/1/2008)
- MoveOn Weighs Dem Endorsements (1/31/2008)
- Kennedy Chooses Obama, Spurning Bill Clinton Plea (1/28/2008)
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- Transcript of Thursday's Democratic presidential debate (2/1/2008)
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Clinton, Obama: Just the two of them in debate
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will duel for Super Tuesday votes Thursday night as the Democratic presidential hopefuls face off for the first time together minus former Sen. John Edwards.(close)Related info:
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- 02/01/2008
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