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THE FIELD
Clinton's Win Brings Little Reward
Delegates Gained In West Virginia Offset by Obama
By Jackie Calmes
Wall Street Journal
May 14, 2008
Hillary Clinton trounced Barack Obama in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary, as expected. But her negligible payback in convention delegates illustrates why her rival and her party are turning away from her candidacy to begin the fight against Republican John McCain…
Clinton Beats Obama Handily in W. Virginia
By Patrick Healy
New York Times
May 14, 2008
Racial considerations emerged as an unusually salient factor in Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lopsided victory over Senator Barack Obama…
Clinton Handily Defeats Obama in West Virginia
Victory Does Little to Tighten the Delegate Race
By Dan Balz
Washington Post
May 14, 2008
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton routed Sen. Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary yesterday, scoring one of her most lopsided victories of the long campaign even as she continued to battle overwhelming odds in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination…
W.Va. blowout bolsters Clinton's resolve
By Susan Page
USA Today
May 14, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton crushed Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary Tuesday — a victory that was surely personally satisfying but came as the Democratic presidential nomination is nearly in the grasp of her rival…
CLINTON
Repaying debt hard for losing side
By Fredreka Schouten
USA Today
May 14, 2008
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton faces some tough choices on erasing more than $20 million in campaign debts if she doesn't become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee…
OBAMA
Obama Has to Start From Scratch in Michigan
State's Democrats Remain Polarized; An Economic Focus
By Douglas Belkin
Wall Street Journal
May 14, 2008
Barack Obama unofficially kicks off his campaign against John McCain Wednesday in Michigan, a state the Democrats have barely held onto in recent years and where they start at a big disadvantage…
Obama May Have His Work Cut Out for Him to Draw Independents
By Jackie Calmes
Wall Street Journal
May 14, 2008
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Barack Obama can't rest should he soon win Democrats' presidential-nomination marathon. His next big challenge: to introduce himself to the independents who may well decide the November election, and dispel the doubts and misinformation that have taken hold among many…
Obama to Receive Endorsement Of 3 Former SEC Chairmen
By Christopher Cooper and Kara Scannell
Wall Street Journal
May 14, 2008
Three former chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission will publicly endorse Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's bid for the presidency Wednesday, including one who served under President Bush…
‘Almost Nominee’ Status Keeps Obama in Limbo
By Jim Rutenberg
New York Times
May 14, 2008
As Senator Barack Obama prepared for defeat in West Virginia, his aides said he was still feeling like a winner — but not quite like a nominee…
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McCAIN
Pastor Backing McCain Apologizes to Catholics
By Elizabeth Holmes and Suzanne Sataline
Wall Street Journal
May 14, 2008
The Rev. John Hagee, the fiery evangelical pastor who endorsed John McCain, issued an apology to Catholics for disparaging remarks he made, including accusing the Roman Catholic Church of supporting Adolf Hitler…
McCain Backer Regrets Comments on Catholics
By Laurie Goodstein
New York Times
May 14, 2008
The Rev. John C. Hagee, whose endorsement John McCain greeted with fanfare, has issued a letter expressing regret for “any comments that Catholics have found hurtful.”
McCain Backer Apologizes For Anti-Catholic Remarks
By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post
May 14, 2008
While Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has struggled with the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., GOP foe John McCain's own pastor problem has festered…
Stumping on Climate, McCain Faults Bush
By Elisabeth Bumiller
New York Times
May 14, 2008
John McCain intensified his criticism of President Bush, asserting that in the effort to stem climate change, “America can lead and not obstruct.”
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In the Tracks of Ron Paul, a Candidate Goes Forth
By Michael Luo
New York Times
May 14, 2008
Former Representative Bob Barr’s candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination could give Senator John McCain’s campaign fits…
Obama, McCain Aim to Curb '527s'
By Jonathan Weisman and Michael D. Shear
Washington Post
May 14, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama's top fundraisers have asked his campaign donors to refrain from contributing to liberal independent political organizations in hopes of controlling the tone and message of the general-election campaign…
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Mississippi Democrat Wins House Run-Off
By Susan Davis
Wall Street Journal
May 14, 2008
Democrat Travis Childers won an election for a Mississippi House seat Tuesday, completing a hat trick of recent victories for congressional Democrats now further emboldened by their prospects in November…
Democrat Wins House Seat in Mississippi
By Adam Nossiter
New York Times
May 14, 2008
Travis Childers pulled off a remarkable upset victory in a conservative district, a sign of problems ahead for Republicans…
Democratic Victory May Be a Bellwether
GOP Loses House Seat in Mississippi
By Paul Kane
Washington Post
May 14, 2008
A Democrat won the race for a GOP-held congressional seat in northern Mississippi yesterday, leaving the once-dominant House Republicans reeling from their third special-election defeat of the spring…
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