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Lynn Sweet: "You know I never give up." The voters of West Virginia handed a very determined Sen. Hillary Clinton a big victory on Tuesday, and she said she was "more determined than ever to carry out this campaign until everyone has had a chance to make their voices heard."
As a drumbeat grows for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to concede the Democratic presidential nomination to Sen. Barack Obama, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has a politically pragmatic reason for urging Democrats to back off and start reconciling: They will need Clinton in the fall.
Lynn Sweet: Sen. Barack Obama, resigned after news surfaced that he had been meeting with Hamas -- something Obama pledged he himself would never do. Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said Saturday Malley called the Obama campaign on Friday to sever ties with the candidate after learning the Times of London was publishing a story about his contacts with the terrorist group.
Lynn Sweet: Michelle Obama gave a hint of what her portfolio may be if she becomes first lady at a fund-raiser Friday for Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.). Former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson -- of Plamegate fame -- who has been stumping for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) -- was also a featured speaker.
Lynn Sweet: No matter that Sen. Hillary Clinton is still looking for lightning to strike, the November presidential contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain took shape Thursday, as Obama unveiled his national grass-roots organizing drive and McCain's top adviser called Obama's campaign a ''hypocrisy.''
Lynn Sweet: "My hope," said an ardent supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton and one of her donors, "is that she will do this with grace," a reference to the exit strategy Clinton will use to depart from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination when she decides that Sen. Barack Obama indeed has an unbeatable lead.
Sen. Barack Obama and his team really wanted this long race to end on Tuesday night, but the split decision -- a big win in North Carolina and a narrow loss in Indiana -- leaves Sen. Hillary Clinton standing.
Lynn Sweet: "It's sort of like Ground Hog Day," said Kevin Griffis, an Obama campaign spokesman who Tuesday will celebrate his fifth election day since January in this long march toward the Democratic presidential nomination, having served in South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Mississippi and now Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS -- With crucial votes in Indiana and North Carolina on Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Clinton is stressing she is about "real and immediate solutions," with no better dramatic example than the federal gas tax holiday she is pushing.
RALEIGH, N.C.-- With the polls moving in Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's direction in the Tar Heel State, following a string of problems for Sen. Barack Obama, Clinton's campaign is making a last-minute push here.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Meek was looking around at all the people. In routine years, the North Carolina Democratic Party draws 450 to 500 people to its annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Meek was looking around at all the people. In routine years, the North Carolina Democratic Party draws 450 to 500 people to its annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
Lynn Sweet: On Monday, a combative Rev. Jeremiah Wright noted at a press conference here that Sen. Barack Obama "did not denounce me. He distanced himself from some of my remarks." Following what Obama called Wright's "rants" at that session, Obama denounced his pastor "very clearly and unequivocally" on Tuesday.
Lynn Sweet: In March, Sen. Barack Obama went to great lengths not to "disown" his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, after fiery videotaped comments from sermons surfaced. In return, an unapologetic Wright launched a speaking tour, threatening Obama's presidential bid.
WASHINGTON--The controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright -- Sen. Barack Obama's pastor -- is speaking Monday at the National Press Club as part of a divinity conference of black church leaders. Wright's decision to headline an event at the Press Club -- open to all media -- risks giving Obama's critics more fodder, as if they don't have enough already.
The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., the controversial pastor at Sen. Barack Obama's church, Trinity United on Chicago's South Side, is going on a press offensive as he is pilloried daily on Fox News and continues to be fodder for Obama's rivals. On Monday, Wright speaks at the National Press Club in Washington.The breakfast event is sold out.
PHILADELPHIA -- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) survived Pennsylvania, winning Tuesday by 10 points, and the mood is wildly upbeat at her election night headquarters here at the Park Hyatt Hotel. Tom Petty's anthem, ''No I won't back down, you can stand me up at the gates of Hell, but I won't back down,'' is playing when Clinton takes the stage.
Lynn Sweet: The Obama team has always been very conscious and protective of the Sen. Barack Obama "brand." After a tough Pennsylvania contest, Obama's brand is bruised. Obama is not as pristine as he once was. He's had to deal with a series of controversies and he's gone negative against Sen. Hillary Clinton -- as she has attacked him.
Fox News Channel's conservative pundit Bill O'Reilly is taking on Sun-Times political columnist Lynn Sweet's comments about Barack Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers.
Lynn Sweet: Sen. Barack Obama on Friday drew 35,000 people to a rally on the historic grounds surrounding Independence Hall, where he told the adoring crowd, Were still the underdog here in Pennsylvania.
Lynn Sweet: GOP mastermind Karl Rove, commenting on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show on Thursday, chastised Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for "hanging around" William Ayers. The Daily News, one of the papers in Philadelphia, referred to Ayers as a "1960s radical" in a story about the Wednesday Democratic debate.
ABC News has produced some of the toughest reporting on Barack Obama, and at the Wednesday debate ABC moderators Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos gave Obama the full front-runner treatment: a rare going-over with questions about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, wearing flag pins, those "bitter" comments and gun control views Obama held as a 1996 Illinois state Senate candidate.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.--Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), stumping in North Carolina, makes a surprise visit with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night. Colbert is taping his shows this week from here, in advance of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.)--who dropped his '08 White House bid-- also taped a segment on the show today. Michelle Obama chatted with Colbert Monday night.
HAVERFORD, PA. -- "There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that," said Michelle Obama on Tuesday, wading into the controversy over whether her husband's remarks at a San Francisco fund-raiser were patronizing.
