Campaign News
Obama overtakes Clinton in Dem superdelegates
May 11, 2008
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton’s once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party’s nomin » Full Story
Obama from obscurity to verge of history
May 11, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — The amazement was on their faces. Hundreds waited for Barack Obama on that evening in South Carolina, 15 weeks ago, to claim victory — a surprising victory, surprisingly large. » Full Story
Feminists sharply divided between Clinton, Obama
May 11, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America’s feminists, yet — despite Hillary Rodham Clinton’s historic candidacy — the women’s movement finds itself » Full Story
Analysis: ’Hillary Democrats’ could be up for grabs
May 10, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the racially tinged Democratic race drawing to an awkward close, Barack Obama and John McCain face the challenge of winning over ‘‘Hillary Democrats’’ — the white, working-class » Full Story
Cindy McCain says she’ll never release her tax returns
May 9, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady. » Full Story
Clinton presses on, urges supporters to ignore calls to quit
May 9, 2008
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her toast. » Full Story
Obama accuses McCain of ’losing his bearings’
May 9, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was ‘‘losing his bearings’’ for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferr » Full Story
Evidence scant that Wright hurt Obama much in Ind., N.C.
May 9, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — The reaction — or lack of it — by Indiana and North Carolina voters to the Rev. » Full Story