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Bill Clinton to North Carolina: Don't Let Them 'Stomp Your Voice'


ABC News' Sarah Amos reports: Bill Clinton ended a marathon day of campaigning with an argument to voters why his wife can still be the last Democratic candidate standing in this presidential election. Standing on the front steps of the...

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April 30, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (132)

Death and Your Digital Trail


Science correspondent Ned Potter blogs: Someone has posed a heartbreaking question on Slashdot this morning: "A good friend of mine had her younger brother apparently commit suicide last week. He was a young, promising CS major who was close to...

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April 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Obama's Negatives Rise, Clinton Tops McCain in New Poll


ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: Barack Obama's recent woes may be having an effect in the polls. A new CBS/New York Times poll released on Wednesday shows Sen. Obama, D-Ill., and presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., tied in...

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Hillary's Dream Date: A Republican?


ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Conspiracy theorists delight: Asked who she'd go out with on a date -- with any celebrity, living or dead -- and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton chose . . . a Republican. Her fantasy date would...

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Ron Paul Tops Amazon List at #1


ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports: Texas Congressman Ron Paul has "wound down" his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, although his supporters continue to make a showing at state conventions from Missouri to Nevada - even even causing a...

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Michelle Obama Declines Opportunity to Discuss Wright


ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Back on the campaign trail, Barack Obama reitereated his disappointment in the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, defending his denoucement of his former pastor in a press conference on Tuesday. "Frankly, what he said over the last...

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Does Clinton Have 'Testicular Fortitude'?


ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: At an event in Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton got a ballsy introduction by the president of the local steelworkers union who said it's "going to take an individual with testicular fortitude" to deal with solving...

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Hillary Clinton: Wright Remarks 'Offensive and Outrageous'


ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: In an "O'Reilly Factor" exclusive, Hillary Clinton rebuked Rev. Jeremiah Wright in her strongest language to-date. Sen. Clinton, D-N.Y., speaking exclusively to FOX News, called Wright's comments "offensive and outrageous," telling conservative talk show host...

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Clinton Commutes for Votes, Pumps Gas Tax Debate


ABC News' Eloise Harper and Sarah Amos Report: Hillary Clinton is making the morning commute in search of votes. Though, for the past 16 years, she's traveled in the security-mandated comfort of sleek black Secret Service suburbans in which traveling...

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Bill Clinton Rallies Rural America Through Wal-Mart and Pundits


ABC News' Sarah Amos reports: Former President Bill Clinton has always been a prominent subject in the media's coverage of the Democratic primary. In the past week however, Clinton has found himself the topic of even more articles than usual...

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