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By David Knowles - Politics DailyIn two different interviews today--one with ABC's Diane Sawyer, and another with TPM's Greg Sargent--Hillary Clinton loyalist James Carville undercut a key rationale for Clinton staying in the race. According to Carville, Barack Obama will beat John McCain in the fall contest. True, he thinks that Hillary would win by a greater margin, but he believes that the Illinois Senator would as well:Asked if he thought Obama would beat McCain, Carville said, "I think he will. I think Democrats will win in November... There's a crushing desire for change in this country. No one has seen a party or brand ...
'First Black Prez' Doesn't Like Obama
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailySo says an unnamed Clinton campaign adviser to The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza, along with another love note from Rep. James Clyburn: Whether he was publicly comparing Barack Obama's primary victory in South Carolina to Jesse Jackson's campaigns in the eighties or privately, and apoplectically, complaining that Bill Richardson broke his word by endorsing Obama, every story has seemed to reinforce an image of Clinton as a sort of ill-tempered coot driven a little mad by Obama's success. "I think this campaign has enraged him," the adviser told me. "He doesn't like Obama." In private conversations, ...
Dems Go From the Pot to the Fire
By Faye Anderson - Politics DailyThe increasingly fractious nomination battle threatens to tear apart the Democratic Party's base. Ever since the Mississippi primary, which Barack Obama won with 90 percent of the black vote, the racial waters have been percolating.Hillary Clinton's fulsome apologies for her husband's and supporter's racial gaffes were intended to put a lid on the uncivil war between campaign surrogates.But the racial pot boiled over following a report of some incendiary sermons by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's former pastor. Rev. Wright is being criticized for past racially charged statements such as ...
Why Can't We Be Friends?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyOn Wednesday, Hillary Clinton did what many disillusioned supporters were hoping she'd do: She apologized. Addressing the Newspaper Publishers Association, a gathering of black community newspapers, Clinton touched on a range of issues. On her husband dismissing Barack Obama's South Carolina win by comparing it to Jesse Jackson's short-lived victory:"I want to put that in context. You know I am sorry if anyone was offended. It was certainly not in any way to be offensive. We can be proud of Jesse Jackson and Senator Obama."On Geraldine Ferraro's string of unfortunate remarks:"I certainly do ...
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