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/ 25 November 2008
Touted as the next US secretary of state, the former first lady carries tremendous political baggage.
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/ 14 November 2008
Senator Hillary Clinton emerged on Thursday as a candidate to be US secretary of state for Barack Obama, months after he defeated her.
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/ 21 October 2008
Hillary Clinton campaigned for Barack Obama on Monday, turning the populist fervour that enflamed their White House duel on to Republican John McCain.
Our interesting female politicians are almost all in the opposition. Why is that?
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/ 6 September 2008
Furore surrounding John McCain’s running mate is a return to the old American politics of red state versus
blue state, writes Jonathan Freedland.
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/ 4 September 2008
As the focus last week turned to Barack Obama’s choice of running mate his other crucial partner continues to show that the Democratic nominee isn’t t
Bill Clinton did brilliantly what other Democrats had failed to do — make the case for President Barack Obama, writes Jonathan Freedland.
She hunts. She fishes. She was voted Miss Congeniality after winning a beauty pageant in her small town in Alaska.
With startling chutzpah, Republicans are again casting the opponent as out of touch. Democrats shouldn’t play the game.
Hillary Clinton delivered a ringing call for Democratic Party unity on Tuesday, promising to work for Barack Obama.
Hillary Clinton will grab the spotlight at the Democratic convention on Tuesday in a speech designed to mend a lingering party rift.
Clinton did not sign on to a tough campaign, or to a more negative strategy against Obama, until late February.
Internal memos and emails from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign expose indecision and infighting that destroyed her chances of winning.
The Democrats’ primary battle came back to haunt Hillary Clinton on Thursday, a day before she sets off on a solo campaign swing for Barack Obama.
Hillary Clinton’s virulent attacks on Barack Obama during their primary epic returned to haunt her on Thursday.
Speculation is running wild that either, or even both, US presidential candidates will pick a woman as running mate.
No doubt Hillary is a woman, but she’s also many other things
It was, for a Democratic Party anxious to project an image of a happy family before the presidential election, an irresistible conjunction of symbols.
White House contender Barack Obama and his defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton are to hold their first joint campaign rally.
The 2008 US presidential elections are playing out in the glow of an internet that has come of age, and the impact was always certain to be profound.
He has roused black and young voters as never before, but Barack Obama has to maintain the rest of the Democratic base.
The US presidential hopeful is a great improvement on the current leadership, but just how progressive he might be remains to be seen.
It’s official. Americans won’t be inaugurating a woman president next January. From a feminist perspective it’s hard not to feel a bit defeated.
Hillary Clinton on Saturday suspended her bid to become America’s first woman president and vowed to help Barack Obama in his fight to win the White House for the Democratic party.
Hillary Clinton will lavish praise on Barack Obama on Saturday when she formally concedes the race for the Democratic nomination at a rally for her supporters.
Mystery shrouded secret talks between Democratic presumptive White House nominee Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
As Barack Obama prepares for a gruelling general election fight against John McCain, he faces a tough search for the ideal running mate.
So, bloodied and at least partially bowed, Barack Obama is finally the putative Democratic nominee.
Was she or wasn’t she? Hillary Clinton’s candidacy may soon be a thing of the past.
Hillary Clinton said she will bow out of her marathon campaign for the White House on Saturday and throw her full support behind Democratic rival Barack Obama.
Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, is gearing up for a tough face-to-face confrontation with his defeated rival, Hillary Clinton.
After making history by capturing the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama turns on Wednesday to the task of unifying a fractured party for a five-month battle for the White House with Republican John McCain. The Illinois senator on Tuesday locked up the 2Â 118 delegates he needs for victory at the August convention.