Political News

4 Very Different Leaders Who Helped HRC In California

February 7, 2008 8:10 am

There is an excellent article in WaPo about ‘Clinton’s California Dream Team‘, including Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, actor activist Rob Reiner and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Sphere: Related Content

Of Loans, Fundraising, Targets and Falling Short

February 7, 2008 1:24 am

By Pamela Leavey

Of Loans, Fundraising, Targets and Falling Short

The media and the blogosphere was a flutter on Wednesday about Hillary Clinton loaning her campaign $5 million. At her news conference this afternoon, Senator Clinton acknowledged the loan, saying: “I loaned the campaign $5 million from my money. That’s where I got the money. I did it because I believe very strongly in this campaign, and we had a great month fund-raising in January, broke all our records, but my opponent was able to raise more money and we intended...

Will There Be a Brokered Deal for the Dem Nominee?

February 6, 2008 11:04 pm

By Pamela Leavey

I’ve said here recently in the comments that I didn’t think it would be a good thing for the Dems to have to take the fight for the nomination to the convention floor this summer. Howard Dean weighed in on the possibility of a floor fight for the nomination or brokering a deal: “The idea that we can afford to have a big fight at the convention and then win the race in the next eight weeks, I think,...

Hillary’s Super Tuesday Victory Speech

February 6, 2008 1:45 pm

By Pamela Leavey

Looking forward from Super Tuesday, here’s Hillary’s Super Tuesday Victory Speech (h/t C&L): The Clinton campaign notes today that the Super Tuesday “results confirmed Hillary’s strengths as a candidate and signaled that she made inroads with a number of key groups and demographics. As we look through the returns and the exits, there are a number of myth-busters that stand out”: Sphere: Related Content