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By Patrick Healy Neither family wanted it this way, neither the Kennedys nor the Clintons. But the opening of the Democratic convention brought a stark contrast: a bittersweet public celebration of the life of Senator Edward Kennedy, who is suffering from brain cancer, and an embittered private drama about the terms on which the Clintons would yield the party to Senator Barack Obama. Kennedy, who endorsed Obama in January, had hoped to lead a hearty, full-throated night of anointing...
Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner may be the keynote speaker Tuesday during the Democratic National Convention, but all ears will be on Sen. Hillary Clinton. Clinton -- who as the headliner speaks last -- is expected to rally her supporters behind Sen. Barack Obama, poised to become the first black major-party presidential nominee. By the time Clinton finishes her remarks, "we'll be united and fired up like a rocket," Terry McAuliffe, a top Clinton aide and fundraiser, told CNN. A recent...
By Susan Page DENVER -- This is not the convention the Clintons had planned. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is playing a supporting role, not the starring one. Former president Bill Clinton won't even be speaking in prime time. Even so, Clinton-watching has become the mesmerizing sideshow of the Democratic National Convention that will nominate Barack Obama. Their words, actions, even body language are being parsed for clues about how aggressively they'll help the rival who...
NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton says the media pushed her out of the race. Barack Obama says the media are picking on his wife. John McCain says the media are treating him like yesterday's losing lottery ticket. This may be as close as we get to fair and balanced reporting. Still, it is causing great fulmination about the media stepping over some kind of historical line from reporting the news to making it - or at least twisting it. We can relax. That is not happening. There is no line....
U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday rebuffed a Republican ad that suggested she and Barack Obama have not reconciled after their protracted primary fight. In her first appearance at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Clinton took aim at an ad being run by Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain of Arizona, CQ Politics reported. The ad shows clips of Clinton being critical of Obama while the two were competing for the Democratic presidential primary. The ad suggests that...
By Rupert Cornwell She may have lost the nomination - but she holds her party's fate in her hands. The Democratic convention that opens here today will be the coronation of Barack Obama, choreographed to the last word and smallest gesture. But millions of hands could still wield a fatal dagger. They belong to the supporters of Hillary Clinton. At the weekend, the last important political piece before this unmatched pageant fell into place, with Mr Obama's choice of Joe Biden, the vastly...
Failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is expected to free her delegates Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, a party politico said. The New York senator, who fell short in her bid for the party's nomination during the primary campaign, will hold a reception at which she will encourage those delegates to vote for the candidate who bested her in the primaries -- Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the New York Daily News reported Sunday. "She is going to strongly...
By OLLIE TREE BARACK Obama snubbed bitter campaign rival Hillary Clinton yesterday by announcing veteran Democrat Joe Biden as his vice- presidential running mate. The appointment of 65-year-old Biden was texted to supporters, ending weeks of speculation over who would accompany Obama on the road to the White House. Mrs Clinton, 60, was left out in the cold to congratulate Senator Biden as a "purposeful and dynamic vice-president". But supporters of Republican candidate John McCain...
By Rupert Cornwell With Hillary Clinton never seriously in the running, Joe Biden has always been the best option on Barack Obama's vice-presidential shortlist. True, the presence of this 35-year Senate veteran on the Democratic ticket undercuts Mr Obama's claim to be offering a fresh "non-Washington" approach to the country's problems. Nor does Mr Biden bring a trove of electoral college votes. His tiny home state of Delaware offers only three and, with or without him, was already a...
U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton said Saturday she wants her supporters to back Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden. Politico reported Saturday Clinton called Biden a "purposeful and dynamic" person. Clinton said Biden will "help Senator Obama both win the presidency and govern this great country. Howard Wolfson, who ran Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Clinton's supporters would support the Obama-Biden ticket. Wolfson added...
