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Clinton Supporters, Women at Large Not Coming Around to Obama | Dan Amira, NY Mag, 5/30/08 | "[The recent anti-Clinton outburst by an Obama pastor] will likely add to the resentment that many Clinton supporters already feel … "

A Review of Obama’s Voting Coalition | Jay Cost, RealClear Politics, 5/29/08 | "[S]he would be relatively stronger at recreating the voting coalition that has provided victory to the Democrats in years past." | More on Clinton’s Electability Advantage on our The Case for Hillary page

Dear Rules and Bylaw Committee Power Brokers | Taylor Marsh, 6/1/08 | "You have no idea what you’ve done. The fury you have unleashed. Your arrogance is topped only by … the sheer stupidity of this 'compromise.' Oh, and by the way, you’ve also likely just thrown the 2008 election." | Related: Open Letter to Howard Dean, SuperDelegates, Media & the DNC | Marc Rubin [for a PAC that includes superdels], Taylor Marsh, 5/30/08 | Clinton Supporters Outraged Over Delegate Deal (Sheldon Alberts, Vancouver Sun, 5/31/08) | "'I am stunned that we have the gall to substitute our judgment for 600,000 (Mich.) voters … Hijacking delegates is not a good way to start down the path toward unity.'"

The Media and Michigan & Florida | Armando Llorens/Big Tent Democrat, Talk Left, 5/30/08 | "[The media fail to report that] the DNC primary schedule rule was violated by IA, NH, and SC … that FL was entitled to a 'waiver' …that the DNC rules did not require candidates to take their names off the MI and FL ballots, that in fact that was an Obama ploy to limit MI’s influence … that FL and MI wanted to have revotes but were stymied by the Obama camp."

Clinton’s Tenacity Should Be Applauded | Clare O’Neil, The Age, 5/31/08 | "By gritting her teeth and staying put, Clinton models the kind of behaviour that we must learn to celebrate, not denigrate."

Washington Superdelegate Goes with Clinton | The Olympian, 5/30/08 | "I think she’s the right one to have as our commander in chief …We need a Democrat in the White House and I think she is the electable candidate. We have to end this war."

'Look What They’ve Done to Her' | E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, 5/30/08 | "How much anger is there among women about how Hillary Clinton has been treated? Some of the nation’s leading female politicians will tell you: quite a lot."

No New-Style Politics In Obama’s Playbook | Pamela Leavey, Democratic Daily, 5/29 | "The truth is that Obama is a bare-knuckled politician. And using the rules to win office is part of who Obama is." | Related: Obama and Alice Palmer Back in the News (how BO won his state senate seat by booting opponent from the ballot), TalkLeft, 5/29

Pelosi’s Vow to 'Step In' Doesn't Sit Well With Clinton Supporters | Mark Memmott & Jill Lawrence, USA Today, 5/29/08 | "'She has no right … to say the party has to make a decision before the convention. ... I don’t want Nancy Pelosi telling me who my nominee is.'"

The Hillary Mystique: Discussing the Clinton campaign, sexism, and feminism | Michelle Cottle & Amanda Fortini, New Republic, 5/28/08 | "'People say the enmity is not anti-women, it’s anti-Clinton. But male candidates don’t have people putting pictures of them on a urinal." | More on Campaign ’08 Sexism in our Media Room 4

Why Do We Stick With Her? | Hilary Rosen, Huffington Post, 5/28/08 | "I want to focus on trying to translate for my friends just what it is about this campaign of Clinton’s that keeps the enthusiasm of her supporters going."

Hillary the Working Class Hero | Rachael Jolley, New Statesman, 5/27/08 | "Blumenthal echoes Clinton’s unwillingness to quit the race, pointing to her wins in 7 of 8 big states and the 'popular majority.'"

A New Low in Clinton Bashing | Joan Walsh, Salon, 5/27/08 | "Now, increasingly, [the Clinton hate] involves too many Obama-supporting Democrats -- and is in danger of damaging the Democratic Party."

Clinton Gets Deep-Pocket Boost from Loyalists | Carla Marinucci, SF Chronicle, 5/27/08 | "The efforts of WomenCount underscore the passions still at play in the Democratic race." | More on WomenCount PAC on our Links + More page

Divided They Stand | Paul Krugman, NY Times, 5/26/08 | "[Obama and his supporters] should realize that the continuing demonization of Clinton serves nobody except McCain."

Swing State Polls Have Bad News for Obama | CQPolitics, 5/23/08 | "Obama finds himself facing a challenge in two key general election swing states because of his difficulty in holding on to supporters of Hillary Clinton and white working class voters." | More on Clinton’s Electability Advantage on our The Case for Hillary page

Two Can Make History | Echoes of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass | Debby Applegate, NY Times, 5/24/08 | "Perhaps it is even possible to correct the mistakes of 1869. [O]pportunities for genuine change are rare and when they occur we must kick the door off the hinges while we can."

Bill Clinton "I’ve Never Seen a Candidate Treated So Disrespectfully’ | Sara Amos, ABC, 5/25/08 | "'She will win the general election if you nominate her.'"

A Superdelegate on Why He Came Out For Hillary Now | Suzanne Smalley, Newsweek, 5/24/08 | "Clinton’s wealth of experience on both the domestic side and the foreign affairs side tipped it for me."

A Proposed Solution for FL and MI | Lanny J. Davis, Politico, 5/26/08 | "If more than 2.3 million Democrats blame Obama … that could mean the difference between carrying or losing MI and FL."

Race Trumped Gender; Now Obama Must Mend Broken Hearts | Jonathan Tilove, Newhouse News Service, 5/23/08 | "[As one Clinton backer said,] Obama would continue to remind her 'of every junior executive I had to train to fill a job that a qualified woman didn’t get.'"

Clinton Backers Vow to 'Go to the End' for Candidate | Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Bloomberg News, 5/23/08 | "[Many] Clinton supporters … say sexism and biased media coverage have made for an unfair fight. They’re furious that her wins in Fla. and Mich. were invalidated …"

Clinton Launches New Fla. and Mich. Offensives | Kenneth P. Vogel, AP, 5/21/08 | "With … momentum from her landslide KY victory and less lopsided OR loss, Hillary Clinton is turning her attention to two states that have already voted."

Democrats Should Be More Democratic | Froma Harrop, RealClearPolitics, 5/22/08
"At the end of the day, [Obama’s] resounding 'victory' was the product of having a crack team of activists take advantage of a crazy system."

Clinton Calls Victory in Kentucky a Vote of Confidence | Sara Kugler, AP, 5/21/08 | "Hillary Clinton cast her victory in KY as an overwhelming vote of confidence and said she’s still running for president … to ensure that Democrats retake the White House."

Clinton: 'This is Nowhere Near Over' | John Broder, NY Times, 5/19/08 | "'The states that I’ve won total 300 electoral votes … My opponent has won states totaling 217 electoral votes.' She warned Obama or his supporters against claiming the nomination before the final primaries … and before the fate of the MI and FL delegations are settled." | More on Clinton’s Electability Advantage on our The Case for Hillary page

Women Rise to Defend Clinton | AFP, 5/20/08 | "'Not so fast,' read a full page ad [by WomenCount PAC] in the NY Times, amid calls for Clinton to bow out of the race. … " | related: WomenCount Raises $170K in Two Days (PRNewsWire, 5/16/08) | More about WomenCount PAC on our Links & More Page

Clinton Supporters in Their Own Words | James Oliphant, Balto. Sun, 5/20/08 | "A schism exists within the party even wider than that which was documented in the article."

More Than Ever, Obama Needs Clinton | Huffington Post, 5/20/08 | "'[T]he Obamaniacs have yet to accept that … he may be weakest Democratic nominee since Michael Dukakis."

Clinton Confronts Sexism On the Trail and Vows to Battle On | Lois Romano, Wash. Post, 5/19/08 | [T]here should be equal rejection of sexism and racism …" [Clinton] said. "It does seem as though the press is not as bothered by the incredible vitriol [of misogyny]." | See special focus on campaign ’08 sexism>Media Room 4

Clinton-Obama Grudges Linger For Some Voters | Krissah Williams, Wash. Post, 5/19/08 | "[A] lifelong Democrat … watches with disdain as huge crowds hang on Obama’s every word."

She Just Might Be President Someday | Kate Zernike, NY Times, 5/18/08 | "[T]here is no Hillary waiting in the wings. Except, of course, Hillary."

Year of the Sweetie? | Susan Estrich, FoxNews, 5/18/08 | "[I]f women were the ones doing the picking, Hillary would be the nominee. … It is also absolutely clear that Obama can’t win without them, and that 'sweetie' is not an accurate description of their connection to him right now." | Related: Obama’s 'sweetie moment' | More on gender & sexism>Media Room 4

Poll: Rural Voters Not Reliably Republican [Clinton Does Well] | Howard Berkes, NPR, 5/18/08 | "The rural voters surveyed split evenly between Clinton and McCain. But Obama didn’t fare as well, trailing McCain by 9 points among rural voters." | More on Clinton’s Electability Advantage on our The Case for Hillary page

Backers Cheering Clinton’s Tenacity | James Oliphant, Chicago Tribune, 5/18/08 | "In her bid, women see their own empowerment."

Clinton in Oregon | Harry Esteves & Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian, 5/18/08 | "Clinton closed the deal when she implored voters to consider who would be the most effective president on day one."

Hillary Turns Fire on Media | Kenneth Vogel, Politico, 5/17/08 | "[Clinton] blasts the D.C. punditocracy for counting her out and urges anyone who’ll listen to ignore the hardening storyline that places Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee."

A Surprise About Obama, Clinton, and Turnout | Amer. Research Group, 5/16/08 | "Clinton, not Obama, tends to win in the states where turnouts are higher."

Belittled Woman: The Candidate Refuses to Bend, or Bow Out. Cue Another Chorus of 'Poor Hillary' | Libby Copeland, Wash. Post, 5/16/08 | "Hillary hate is something profound, something that may never be fully unraveled. … So there she is, all bruised and ugly [according to the pundits]. … and then you see the real Clinton on TV. … She looks rested. She looks like she knows exactly what she’s doing."

Will the Democratic Race End on May 21 | Michael Barone, U.S. News & World Report, 5/16/08 | "[T]here are … arguments … from which superdelegates could reasonably conclude that Clinton is morally entitled to the nomination."

Clinton Fans Stand By Their Woman | Jeff Wright, The Register-Guard (Ore.), 5/16/08 | "'I don’t look at the nomination math but the electability math.'"

Misogyny I Won’t Miss | Marie Cocco, Washington Post, 5/14/08 | "I will not miss the deafening, depressing silence of DNC Chair Howard Dean or other leading Democrats, who … haven’t uttered a word of public outrage at the unrelenting, sex-based hate that has been hurled at a two-term senator from New York." | More on Clinton & Campaign ’08 Sexism in our Media Room 4

Can Hillary Still Win? Believe It or Not, She Still Has a Chance | Aaron Harber, Denver Daily News, 5/13/08 | "One of the most amazing aspects of the elitist calls for Hillary Clinton to abandon her quest for the presidency is the misimpression that she trails Barack Obama by an insurmountable margin."

Ignoble Hillary? | Caryl Rivers, Huffington Post, 5/14/08 | "So what is ignoble about Hillary Clinton? Her health care policy …? Her work in 1972 with Marian Wright Edelman on school desegregation in the South? Her work on children’s rights?"

Don’t Push Her, Clinton’s Campaign Chair Warns Fellow Dems | Christi Parsons & Andrew Malcolm, LA Times, 5/11/08 | "If the superdelegates are smart … they’ll resist the Obama bandwagon effect, hold out and not do anything that might turn off the many millions who form much of the party’s traditional base and have voted for her this primary season. … [W]hat if Obama fumbles the ball …? What if those Rev. Wright 'God damn America' videos had circulated just before Iowa?"

Clinton Handily Defeats Obama in WV | Dan Balz, Wash. Post, 5/14/08 | "Clinton’s resounding victory in a state that has slipped away from Dems in the past added fresh ammunition to her claim that she is better positioned than Obama to capture critical swing states."

Thinking About November | Paul Krugman, NY Times, 5/9/08 | "There’s just one thing that should give Democrats pause — but it’s a big one: the fight for the nomination has divided the party along class and race lines in a way that I believe is unprecedented, at least in modern times. " | More on Clinton’s Electability Advantage on our The Case for Hillary page

Quitters Never Win | Ellen R. Malcolm, Washington Post, 5/9/08 | "So here we are in the fourth quarter of the nominating process and the game is too close to call. … The first woman ever to win a presidential primary is supposed to stop competing … and exit stage right. …"

The Fight Stuff | Susan Faludi, New York Times, 5/9/08 | "Pundits have been quick to attribute the erosion in Obama’s white male support to a newfound racism. What they have failed to consider is the degree to which white male voters … are being forced to rethink precepts they’ve long held about women in American politics."

Hang On In There, Hillary. It’s Too Soon to Quit! | Sarah Churchwell, Independent, 5/8/08 | "[T]he media and the blogosphere, delighting in their sportive shredding of Gore’s electoral chances in 2000, helped pave the way for the disastrous U.S. administration of the last eight years. If the media enjoyed dismantling Gore, their pursuit of Clinton has been blood-sport."

In West Virginia, Clinton’s Disciples Persevere | Eli Saslow, Washington Post, 5/11/08 | "'The more I’m involved, the angrier I get,' [said one volunteer who took time off work to travel to WV for Clinton]. 'Every call for her to get out of the race just incenses me. …'"

Clinton: An Opportunity for an Honorable Conclusion in Iraq | Gen. Hugh Shelton, Daily Southerner, 5/5/08 | "I believe Sen. Clinton is the best person for the huge challenge we still face in Iraq."

Clinton … Best Choice for Oregon: Obama Has Not Yet Shown Ability to Get Things Done | Oregon StatesmanJournal, 5/4/08 | "What has Obama done, either as an Ill. legislator or a U.S. senator? … Clinton … does get things done. … Rural New Yorkers speak highly of Clinton … Clinton 'gets' the concerns of the middle class."

Analysis: The Wright Effect on Presidential Race | John King, CNN, 5/3/08 | "'Jeremiah Wright is not going away,' [a Republican strategist] says. … 'Wright is an albatross around Obama’s neck that he’s going to have to carry all the way to the election.'"

Experience Makes Clinton Better Choice | Indianapolis Star, 5/2/08 | "As impressive as Obama appears, he is still in his first term in the U.S. Senate, and only four years ago was serving as an Illinois state senator. His inexperience in high office is a liability. Clinton, in contrast, is well prepared … tough, experienced and realistic …."

How Howard Dean’s Florida Ambiguity Helps Obama and Hurts Hillary | Wayne Barrett, The Village Voice, 5/2/08 | "Dean [will not explain] on the record what his minions say off it … that the delegate disqualification [in Fla.] does not cancel out the popular [votes cast by a] record number of Fla. Democrats."

Robert Kennedy Jr. Says Family Members Are Wrong in Supporting Obama | ABC News, 5/1/08 | "'Let me tell you why they’re wrong and I’m right, because I know Hillary Clinton better than they know Barack Obama.'"

Top Democrats Doubting if Obama Can Go The Distance | Tom Baldwin, Independent, 5/1/08 | "Successive missed opportunities to finish off Clinton … have prompted questions about whether [Obama] can transcend the divisions … that scar American society. The spectacle [Obama’s pastor] has made of himself this week has raised doubts about the judgment and, perhaps, honesty of [Obama]."

A NC Voter Sizes up Obama, Clinton, and Finally Decides | Ann Sanner, AP/Newsweek, 5/1/08 | "'I voted for Hillary Clinton … it came down to … who do I believe will do a better job …"

Clinton Works to Sway Black Women | David Ingram, Charlotte Observer, 4/28/08 | ""Sen. Clinton has not conceded any vote,' Blunt said. … Clinton basked in the support of Maya Angelou, who spoke of first meeting Clinton when she was first lady of Ark. 'Many years ago,' Angelou said, 'I started watching a rainbow.'"

Fair is Fair | Geoff Garin, Washington Post op-ed, 4/24/08 | "We are somehow hitting below the belt when we say that Clinton is the candidate best able to withstand the pressures of the presidency and do what’s right for the American people, while leaving the decisions about Obama’s preparedness to the voters."

Spousal Exceptions: How Has the Role Changed in this Year’s Presidential Campaign? | Christine Stansell, Dissent, Spring 2008 | "[T]he discomfort with the [Clinton] marriage, which for years collected around Hillary, is now raining down on the ex-president. … The journalists who are trudging after him … entertain themselves by taking turns dredging up spurious racism charges and seeing if he will take the bait."

Obama’s Secret Weapon: The Media | John F. Harris & Jim Vandehei, Politico, 4/18/08 | Many journalists are not merely observers but participants in the Obama phenomenon. … As one who has assigned journalists to cover Obama … I have witnessed the phenomenon several times. Some reporters come back and need to go through detox, to cure their swooning over Obama’s political skill."

Self-Inflicted Confusion | Paul Krugman, NY Times, 4/25/08 | "Maybe Obama’s transformational campaign isn’t winning over working-class voters because transformation isn’t what they’re looking for. … Clinton has been able to stay in the race, against heavy odds, largely because her no-nonsense style, her obvious interest in the wonkish details of policy, resonate with many voters in a way that Obama’s eloquence does not."

Same Old Story: Discrediting Hillary | Stephen Schlesinger, Huffington Post, 4/23/08 | "Last night Clinton picked up the sixth big state out of the seven the Democrats need to win the fall presidential contest. Obama has only won one big state, Illinois -- and that is it. … Yet in today’s newspapers and partisan websites, the critics are downplaying Clinton’s victory."

Campaign Reflects Long Divide Over Rights Right: Clinton-Obama Decision has Roots in Abolitionism | Amy S. Rosenberg, Philadelphia Inquirer Mag., 3/6/08 | "'[P]eople say, "I’m an African American, I want my son to see an African American president,' [said PA State Sen. Connie Williams]. 'Well, I’m a woman. And I want my daughter to see a woman president … '"

TPM Cuts Female Writer Not Making Case for Obama | Linda Hirschman, Taylor Marsh, 3/10/08 | "My last few postings at TPM Cafe were not in keeping with the overwhelming majority of their articles, making the case for Senator Barack Obama. … [My editor told me, "For now, we’re focusing on getting our long-standing regulars and folks covering things we don’t on the blog. I recognize that you think female voters should be one of those things, we disagree.]"

Kennedys for Clinton: She Stands for Democrats and for the Nation, These Family Members Say | Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kerry Kennedy, Los Angeles Times, 1/29/08 | "America stands at a historic crossroads where real issues divide our political landscapes … The loftiest poetry will not solve these issues. We need a president willing to engage in a fistfight to safeguard and restore our national virtues."

Are African American Supporters of Hillary Betraying Their Heritage? | Pamala Lyn, The Political Voices of Women, 4/10/08 | "[There is an] urge to accuse any person of African American heritage who is voting for Hillary Clinton of … betraying their racial heritage."

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