Clinton regrets Kennedy assassination remark
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer
May 23, 2008
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason to remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds.
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“I regret that if my referencing that […]
The New York Times
May 10, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Seeds of Destruction
By BOB HERBERT
The Clintons have never understood how to exit the stage gracefully.
Their repertoire has always been deficient in grace and class. So there was Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asserting to USA Today that she was the candidate favored by “hard-working Americans, white Americans,” and that her opponent, […]
The Clintons and Jim Crow racism
May 9, 2008 - 7:59am
By DOUG THOMPSON–Capitol Hill Blue
Hillary Clinton Thursday admitted that she is the candidate of dumb whites - no more, no less.
As her campaign continues its slide into the dustbin of political also-rans, she told USA Today that she should be president because ignorant white people want […]
The New York Times
May 4, 2008
Editorial
Missing Records
Senator John McCain is 71 years old, a survivor of an aggressive form of skin cancer. If elected, he would be the oldest man to become president.
These factors are not disqualifying, but they impose on Mr. McCain a larger duty than usual to provide detailed, timely disclosure about his […]
Candidates deserve the heat which comes from bringing religion into the race.
Maybe, they’ll be more circumspect next time.
Yeah, right…Dave!
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The Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club event Monday, which was organized by Reynolds. Somodevilla/Getty
Errol Louis
New York Daily News
Is Jeremiah Wright a colossal disaster for Barack Obama […]
April 20, 2008
New York Times
Shoddy! Tawdry! A Televised Train Wreck!
By FRANK RICH
Op-Ed Columnist
(Excerpts)
…When a Washington doyenne like Mary Matalin, freighted with jewelry, starts railing about elitists on “Meet the Press,” as she did last Sunday, it’s pure farce. It’s typical of the syndrome that the man who plays a raging populist on CNN, Lou Dobbs, […]
From the Los Angeles Times
CAMPAIGN ‘08
Bill Clinton, China linked via his foundation
A firm that has donated to the president’s charity is accused of collaborating with the government in its crackdown on Tibetan activists. Hillary Clinton has spoken out against China’s actions.
By Stephen Braun
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 13, 2008
NEW YORK — As Chinese authorities have […]
Why Gov. Bill Richardson didn’t endorse Clinton
The New Mexico governor says he was dismayed by pressure from the Clinton camp, and impressed by Obama’s optimism. Besides, ‘you don’t transfer loyalty to a dynasty.’
By Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 12, 2008
SANTA FE, N.M. — Before he endorsed Barack Obama, before he drew the wrath […]
The Note:
Err Apparent Lessons From Bill On How to Keep a Campaign From Gaining Ground
By RICK KLEIN with MIKE ELMORE
April 11, 2008
ABC NEWS
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Former president Bill Clinton…said, “one time late at night when she (Hillary) was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995.”
Where to start? If his telling […]
Hillary Clinton strategist quits amid Colombia trade flap
By Ellen Wulfhorst 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A top campaign aide to Sen. Hillary Clinton, under fire for meeting with a Colombian diplomat to discuss a free trade deal that the presidential candidate opposes, quit his post on Sunday, the campaign said.
“After the […]