The day we have been anxiously awaiting has arrived. It’s the first public campaign rally featuring a joint appearance by Dem nominee Obama and the vanquished Hillary. It all started off with the cutesy choice of the town of Unity, NH for the location of the important event, trying to show how these two are […]
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The pool report of the donor event tonight at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel where Obama and Hillary made their first official post-primary appearance together. Tomorrow, of course, is the public rally with both of them in New Hampshire.
Obama made nice with Hillary on her campaign debt, told an emotional story about how his own daughters were […]
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With Hillary and Obama set to woo ex-Clinton donors tonight and participate in their first joint public campaign rally tomorrow, some final details concerning a seamless merger of the Clinton brand into the Obama campaign and clean-up of some final Hillary baggage is underway courtesy of uber-lawyer Robert Barnett. Hillary wants to unify the party […]
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Email blasts, that is. Obama’s core of millions of donors and general supporters will not get a personal e-message from the Dem nominee in an effort to eliminate former rival Hillary’s enormous campaign debt.
Serious tension has been felt between the two camps over Obama’s blatantly cold response to Hillary’s pleas for help with her debt. […]
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The Obama campaign has announced this morning that the Dem nominee will make his first joint campaign appearance with the vanquished Hillary Clinton next Friday at an undisclosed location and time. Will it be a mega rally on Obama’s turf, or will Hillary be given a chance to urge her base over to Obama’s side […]
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The New York Daily News has the scoop on what is scheduled to be the first joint public appearance by Dem nominee Obama and the vanquished Hillary. Public is a relative term, as the June 26 event is actually an exclusive fundraiser with some of Hillary’s top donor friends. Still, this will mark the first […]
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It was supposed to be seen as a moment of solidarity with the vanquished Clinton campaign and a sign that Obama realizes the rift caused by the primary fight with Hillary. It’s instead been received - at least by a nameless “Clinton insider” - as a slap in the face and a final nail in […]
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It’s the perfect storm of circumstances and expectations for a fiery confrontation over the U.S. economy and how each presidential candidate would handle the current malaise crippling the pocketbooks of Americans.
Both McCain and Obama have faced serious questioning (from opponents both inside and outside of their respective parties) about their ability to deal with the […]
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McCain could find it a tough road ahead as the economy continues to slip, voters feel antsy about their financial futures and, most importantly, gas prices keep skyrocketing. The full-blown energy crisis in the U.S. is hitting voters every day as they fill up their vehicles and shell out more and more cash that could […]
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Hard to argue against the economy being the big issue at this early stage of the general election fight between McCain and Obama. The home sales report today may have shown a big jump, but Americans are still reeling from mounting foreclosures, 11$-a-day explosions in the price of oil, and a .4% increase in unemployment […]
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