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Obama and Clinton Meet in Washington Obama and Clinton Meet in Washington

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met in private Thursday night in Washington, D.C. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, made the symbolically significant move...

Jun 6, 2008 / John Nichols

Iraqi Officials Oppose US-Iraq Treaty Iraqi Officials Oppose US-Iraq Treaty

Ever since President Bush announced last fall that the United States would seek to negotiate a lasting security agreement with Iraq, the Democrats in Washington have insisted that...

Jun 5, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss

How It Happened How It Happened

This is the most thorough run-down I've seen of how Obama won the race. The turning point was the week after Super Tuesday: On Wednesday, February 6, the race for the Democratic ...

Jun 5, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Yeah, But What Do They Know? Yeah, But What Do They Know?

The inimitable Spencer Ackerman reports on a hearing yesterday in which actual, flesh and blood Iraqi politicians testified about the surge, the Awakening, the drop in violence, a...

Jun 5, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Clinton Urged to Quit Quick, And to Quiet the VP Chatter Clinton Urged to Quit Quick, And to Quiet the VP Chatter

Hillary Clinton is tenacious. Indeed, she is up-to-the-last-possible-moment tenacious. But she is not politically suicidal. And she certainly did not want to keep on campaigni...

Jun 5, 2008 / John Nichols

Hillary Clinton Versus Shirley Chisholm Hillary Clinton Versus Shirley Chisholm

It is suggested by some of her more ardent advocates that Hillary Clinton should merely suspend, rather than formally finish, her presidential campaign. Then she could retain the ...

Jun 5, 2008 / John Nichols

Obama Works A Tough Room at AIPAC Obama Works A Tough Room at AIPAC

Two days after John McCain paraded his tough-guy image in front of 7,000 supporters at the annual meeting of the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Barack Obama de...

Jun 4, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss

Standing Against Big Media Standing Against Big Media

There's a lot happening in Minneapolis this week catalyzed by the National Conference on Media Reform taking place this weekend at the Minnesota Convention Center. The NCMR, the ...

Jun 4, 2008 / Peter Rothberg

Why NOLA Why NOLA

Via Hotline, this tidbit from Karl Rove about why McCain chose New Orleans for his speech last night: "Okay, Chris, tonight is Barack Obama's night." -- Obama supporter/Sen. Amy...

Jun 4, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Obama, Clinton and What Has Been Achieved Obama, Clinton and What Has Been Achieved

The longest, most demographically-difficult and highest-turnout campaign ever for the presidential nomination of an American political party was settled Tuesday night when Barack ...

Jun 4, 2008 / John Nichols

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