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Hill Democrats Miffed at Obama | John Bresnahan, Politico, 7/15/08 | "After a brief bout of Obamamania, some Capitol Hill Democrats have begun to complain privately that Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is insular, uncooperative and inattentive to their hopes for a broad Democratic victory in November." | Related: A Sign of Backlash among the Superdelegates? (HotAir, 7/15)

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Hillary: Don't Expect Your Bashers to Thank You for Doing the Right Thing on FISA | Earl Ofari, Huffington Post, 7/10 | "[W]hile Obama drew praise for his stated opposition in January and apologies for his reversal in July, Clinton drew deafening silence from the still legions of Clinton bashers for her courageous and principled stance [against the Bush-backed Foreign Services Intelligence Act]. Clinton … voted conscience and principle." | See it: Hillary's statement on FISA | Related: Will Netroots 'Hold Their Noses' in Backing Obama?

In Close Race, Obama Won on Points | RealClear Politics, 6/4 | "Obama supporters need to recognize that their candidate is the victor not because he put together a majority coalition, but because he out-maneuvered Clinton. This was a highly intelligent strategy, but it was not a grand feat of majority building. They need to respect the candidate whom they could not beat in a straight-up fight for votes."

Super Delegates Caved in to Obama | Michael Russnow, Huffington Post, 6/4/08 | "[T]he pundits on CNN couldn’t wait to anoint Obama. Even in spite of the fact that … since March she has won more primaries in bigger states and in a manner that should have made super delegates seriously question whether the Obama phenomenon was simply that. A manufactured one, built on tenuous victories, many in caucuses in small normally Republican states. … If the super delegates had any cujones they’d be calling each other tonight and say, ‘What have we done?’"

So Now the Press Tells Candidates When to Quit? |
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters, 4/30/08 | "[T]he press seems to have almost complete disregard for the 14 million voters who have backed [Clinton’s] candidacy, as well as the idea that she is their representative in this race. … [A] new media standard has been created exclusively for Hillary Clinton."

The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: A Sign of Deeper Trends | Damozel, The Moderate Voice, 4/20/08
"'[Reporters have] managed to inflict immense damage on the Clinton campaign by their ‘storylines.’… Clinton has had the ‘villainess edit,’ with her every mistake … played and replayed, while Obama has had the ‘good guy’ edit."

Hillary’s Irish Legacy: Just Tea? | Lin Farley, Savage Politics
" [The] Irish understand Hillary’s role in the Irish peace process and are incensed by the incorrect notion that Hillary Clinton did not help win the peace. John Hume, the architect of the Good Friday agreement has said he is surprised that anyone would question the importance of her work."

You Broke It, You Own It: Superdels Will be Held Accountable | Kristen Breitweiser, Huffington Post, 5/14/08 [posted 5/24/08] | "That’s why so many Clinton supporters are reluctant to vote for Obama … They chose Hillary for two real reasons: experience and definition."
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Sexism Stoked By The Media
Michal Regunberg, Boston Globe, 5/14/08 | "[T]he 'boys on the bus' (and a good number of women) have had a tough time with Clinton … What’s worse, they get away with it …they use her as a punchline." More on Campaign ’08 Sexism in our Media Room 4

Where Have Obama's Swing Vote Supporters Gone? | Martin Sieff, UPI, 7/14/08 | "Sen. John McCain has pulled even with Sen. Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race, according to two respected polls: Has he really done it? And if so, how?"

Obama Captures Crowd With Mention of Hillary | Jim Meyers, NewsMax, 7/14/08 | "The crowd erupted in enthusiastic applause …not over Obama’s policy proposal, [but] the mere mention by Obama of the name Hillary Clinton, his vanquished party opponent."

Sticking A Wrench In The Gearbox | Thomas Edsall, Huffington Post, 7/12/08 | "Maybe there is an outside chance that between now and the last week of August a critical mass [of delegates] will decide that Barack Obama is not their guy -- that Hillary Rodham Clinton is to be the 2008 nominee after all. That is the thinking behind a determined band of Hillary backers [the Denver Group] … ." Clinton Supporters Want Floor Vote| Related: (HotAir, 7/14)| More on The Denver Group on our Links + More Page

A Joke About Menopause at a Barack Fundraiser? That'll Go Over Big With The Hillraisers | Carol Felsenthal, Huffington Post, 7/12/08 | "Obama seemed to rebuke the comedian, but not really. … [One prominent Hillary backer] said she'd wait to see if the Obama campaign helps Hillary pay down her debt … and whether Obama selects her as VP before deciding whether to back Obama financially."| Related: Obama Hasn't Ruled Out Clinton As Vice President [says Bill Clinton 'makes matters complicated']

Obama And Clinton: On Stage In New York And On Topic With Women | Kelly Nuxoll, Huffington Post, 7/11/08 | "If Clinton continues to identify with the underdog, and Obama defers to her as much as his body language on Thursday's stage suggests, then [those] struggling for basic justice and security may find themselves with their own friend in the White House." | View it: Video of Clinton's Speech

Obama Doggedly Pursues Female Voters | John Fout, The Street, 7/10/08 | He has continued the hiring of former Clinton staffers and has backed proposals to aid working-class women. But the hiring of Patti Solis Doyle and lagging efforts to help Clinton pay her debt have complicated Obama's rapprochement with former Clinton supporters.

Clinton and Obama do Joint Fundraiser But He Forgets the Fund Part | Andrew Malcolm, Los Angeles Times, 7/10/08—with video link | "Oops! It seems Obama had forgotten to mention the part about giving money to Hillary Clinton in the spirit of unity, the whole reason they were gathered there in the first place."

Clintonites at Arm's Length | Robert D. Novak, Washington Post, 7/10/08 | "I would say he was pretty underwhelming," a longtime Democratic activist said …after he and some 200 other big-money supporters of Hillary Clinton …met with Barack Obama in Washington."

Obama Needs to Help Clinton Clear the Debt | Susan Estrich, Fox, 7/10/08 | "The last thing Obama needs is a party that’s split from within. It won’t do … for Obama to look like the biggest fundraiser in political history was unwilling to help out his former rival."

Wolfson: Clinton Not Being Vetted for VP 'As Far As I Know' | Ben Smith, Politico, 7/8/08 | "Wolfson's words, along with Obama's so far anemic fundraising on Clinton's behalf, seemed to indicate Clinton's willingness to stand apart from Obama — as a separate power center within the party if he wins, and as an instant rival for the next nomination if he loses."

Google & The Anti-Obama Bloggers | Miguel Helft, NY Times, 6/30 | Activists supporting Senator Obama succeeded in silencing bloggers opposing Obama and supporting Hillary Clinton.

Clinton, Obama: So Happy Together | Carrie Budoff Brown, Politico, 6/27/08 | "At a rally staged in a field of wildflowers, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton attempted to show Friday that if they could put months of divisive campaigning behind them, so too should their supporters. Women … were looking for clues that Hillary's moving on, so they can, too."

Assessing the Dem Primary Fallout | Tom Bevan, Time/RealClear Politics, 6/25/08 | "It should give the Obama campaign a bit of a pause to see that 1 in 4 Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton in the primaries in both OH and PA indicate they will crossover to vote for McCain."

Clinton Returns to Senate After Presidential Race | Devlan Barrett, Time/CNN, 6/24/08 | "Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to Congress … to a loud round of applause and hugs from Democrats as they try to bridge the rifts left by a long presidential primary. … Clinton said she returned 'with an even greater depth and awareness of what we have to do here in Washington.'"

Will Pro-Choice Women Back McCain? | Amy Sullivan, Time, 6/23/08 | "Voters have a fuzzy sense of John McCain's [anti-choice] views — which is just the way the McCain campaign wants it."

Women Voters Lining up Behind Obama | Michael Finnegan, LA Times, 6/16/08 | "'There are women still struggling with a real sense of grief that Hillary is not the nominee,' said Maren Hesla of EMILY's List …. But that sense 'will grow smaller with every day that passes from the nomination battles.'"

The Numbers Hillary Didn’t Count On | Anne Summers, Sydney Morning Herald, 6/14/08 | "She lost because of serious mistakes in her campaign and because she allowed herself to be outmanoeuvred by the unexpected star candidacy of Barack Obama. What we are upset about is the way the … media became foot soldiers for the Obama campaign in vicious, hate-filled and often gender-directed coverage that denigrated and damaged Clinton’s reputation."

Voters May Exit with Clinton | Susan Reimer, Balto. Sun, 6/13/08 | "The feminist-baiting males in my life are asking, with barely contained glee, if I am sad that Hillary Clinton didn’t win the Democratic nomination for president. They assume I wanted a female nominee. No, I tell them, I wanted an electable nominee. And she was it."

Clinton’s Remarkable Run | David Broder, Washington Post, 6/12/08 | "[Clinton came to acknowledge sexism explicitly] as she saw the reaction of her women supporters to the level of sexism and hostility in the standard media." | More on Clinton, Women, + Sexism in our Media Room 4

In Her Exit, A Look At The Real Hillary Clinton | April L. Springfield, The Daily Advertiser, 6/13/08 | "The press tries to frame Clinton as partisan and calculating. But she made it clear to staff that no one party or ideology has exclusive ownership of ideas. …To Clinton, politics can and should be the art of the possible."

Katie Couric Is Rubber And Keith Olbermann Is Glue | Rachel Sklar, Huffington Post, 6/12/08 | "I find it a bit rich that Keith Olbermann would chastise anyone on …'the nonsense that Senator Clinton was a victim of pronounced sexism.' And yet he did just that last night in naming Katie Couric his 'Worst Person in the World' for speaking out about the [sexist media coverage of Clinton]. Nonsense? Really? It took a while but geez, even Howard Dean has figured it out." | View It: Katie Couric on Clinton + Sexism (CBS, 6/11)

Welcome Home, Hillary | Queens Courier, 6/11/08 | "We are proud of you, Hillary Clinton."

Hillary Clinton’s Legacy to the Women of the World | Janet Bagnall, Montreal Gazette, 6/11/08 | "It took a long time and a lot of hateful commentary for Howard Dean to react to the sexism Clinton’s candidacy unleashed. To his party’s shame, he still stands pretty much alone in his condemnation of it. … Whatever strategic or other mistakes Clinton might have made, hers is an extraordinary legacy."

Clinton Supporters Give Obama Edge with Women Voters | Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6/11/08 | "Now that the focus of voters’decision-making is a choice between Obama and McCain, female voters may be taking a second look at Obama."

'Party Unity, My Ass' Group Shows Obama’s Fight Ahead | Lincoln Archer, News Limited, 6/10/08 | "'We will not be bullied, brainwashed, or bossed into falling in line,' the PUMAs say. … 'They pushed the weaker of two candidates over the edge and will have to deal with the consequences--President McCain.'" | Related: Hillary’s PUMA Voters--'It’s Not Too Late! (Huffington Post, 7/9)

Top Woman in Mass. Legislature Disappointed by Clinton Loss | Matt Viser, Boston Globe, 6/12/08 | "'It looks like certainly in my lifetime I will not see a woman president, and that is not lost on me or many other women of my age group.'"

A Dream Deferred | Rachel Sklar, Huffington Post, 6/9 | "'Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward,' said Clinton, but some of her followers just may not be able to follow her there. What will happen to a dream deferred? For Clinton, it will mean picking up and moving on, as she has done all her life. For those left behind, it may not be so easy."

Obama and the Democrats Owe Clinton and Her Supporters a Formal Apology for the Campaign’s Sexism | Bonnie Erbe, US News & World Report, 6/9/08 | "Nothing short of a lengthy, detailed mea culpa by the DNC and by Obama himself, directed to Clinton supporters for the sexist name-calling and personal, nasty characterizations Clinton was alone forced to endure, will do. Even that may not persuade these voters to consider supporting the party this fall." | More on Campaign ’08 Sexism in our Media Room 4

Clinton’s Run, My Seminar on Sexism | Ten Reasons To Worry About Obama’s Chances in November | Sarah Odell, Washington Post, 6/8/08 | "Gender didn’t hinder women, so I didn’t need to be a feminist. Except, maybe I did." | More on Gender + Sexism in our Media Room 4

For Clintons, An Old Dream Finally Fades | John F. Harris, Politico, 6/8/08 | "[Clinton’s] departure from the presidential race almost certainly does mark the end of the longest and most important thread of the Clinton story."

With Clinton, End of Line for a Woman Who Is The Line’ | Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times, 6/7/08 | "Many who watched the race unfold saw Clinton doing what everyone had always said a serious woman candidate had to do: establish toughness and credibility on foreign affairs and defense policy first, and drum home your competence. … If Clinton’s tenacity surprised no one … the campaign element that most stunned many women was the sexism they saw visited upon her."

3 A.M. For Feminism—Clinton Dead-Enders and the Crisis in the Women’s Movement | Michelle Goldberg, The New Republic, 6/6/08 | "'Without question,' Susan Estrich, author of The Case for Hillary Clinton, wrote in late May, 'there is serious disaffection right now among many women about the sense of being shunted aside, told to pipe down and line up, the sense that the Hillary campaign, and Hillary herself, has become a mirror for the frustrations the rest of us have faced as we battle subtle and no[t]-so-subtle discrimination.'" | More on Women, Gender, and Campaign 08 Sexism in Media Room 4

Tears, Anger Fill Crowd As Clinton Calls for Democratic Unity | Kate Snow + Eloise Harper, ABC News, 6/7/08 | "For many Clinton supporters … the end was difficult to accept." | Related: Clinton Ends Campaign With Call to Elect Obama (NY Times, 6/8)

Late Night: Piece of My Heart | Jeralyn Merritt, TalkLeft, 6/4/08 | "Since March, she has won the majority of primaries, including one today that no one thought she had a chance of winning. She has spent every day of the past six months … introducing herself to the American people and coming up with concrete solutions for their problems … She poured her heart and her soul into her campaign. Yet, with 82 days left to the Democratic convention in Denver, on a day when voters in the final two states were weighing in, the media and party leaders decided they couldn’t wait another day for the race to be over."

Exit Polls Show Challenge for Obama | David Paul Kuhn, Politico, 6/4/08 | "Demographic divisions dug by class, race, gender and political philosophy haunted Obama until his last contests, effectively forcing the Illinois senator to limp across the finish line." | More on Clinton’s Electability Advantage on our The Case for Hillary page

That Sound You Heard Was The Glass Ceiling Shattering | The Confluence, 6/4/08 | "Damn! She has carried the ball further down the field than any woman on the face of the earth. She can go the distance now or she can just walk away from it. But she’s not going to settle for second and she never, never should."

Dear Party Elders, It Won’t Matter If She Concedes | The Confluence, 6/4/08 | "My biggest disappointment is with the party that has behaved so reprehensibly towards the Hillary and those of us in the so-called 'old coalition.' … You have sat on your best candidate. It is unforgivable."

Clinton Finds Victory in Overlooked State | Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal, 6/4/08 | "Even people who maybe wouldn’t have considered voting for her before had to admire her stamina and the fact that she just keeps on working -- and winning … She worked so hard, and was obviously caring about the people and issues here in South Dakota. She really earned this victory."

Primary Campaign Ends, Clinton’s Image Mostly Intact | Lydia Saad, Gallup, 6/4/08 | "Seventy-four percent of Democrats still view her favorably; same as Obama … Clinton also continues to be highly competitive in USA Today/Gallup trial heats against McCain. "

Why Veep is a Tough Sell | Don Campbell, USA Today, 6/4/08 | "When Democrats talked about a 'dream ticket,' most had in mind Clinton-Obama … If Hillary is as smart as I think she is, she’ll consider history and put her legacy first."

Clinton Urged to Consider VP Slot | Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, 6/3/08 | "[Clinton’s NY Congressional colleagues] expressed concern that Latino voters, women, and blue collar voters might not rally around an Obama candidacy. Their solution: Join the ticket."

Dems’ Future Gets Dimmer and Dimmer | Fred Grimm, Miami Herald, 6/3/08 | "Angry dissidents from one side or another, after this long, bitter primary season, seem destined to muck up the party’s chances. Unless, after a bit of balm and diplomacy, the warring factions find the names of both candidates on the Democratic ticket."

Hillary and Jackie | Paul Begala, Huffington Post, 6/3/08 | "'She has not only endured the jeers and the sneers and the smears, she has triumphed over them. She never answered their hate with rage. She just went on winning."

Angry White Female | Froma Harrop, National Ledger, 6/3/08 | "[W]omen talk of being taken for granted by a party leadership that never spoke out on some of the outrageous Hillary bashing -- and despite the close race, [rushed] to crown Obama." | More on Women, Gender, + Sexism in our Media Room 4

Clinton Team Slows Down To Strategize | Peter Nicholas, LA Times, 6/3/08 | "[C]ampaign officials appealed to [donors] to stick with her. … Clinton and Obama both picked up superdelegates yesterday. … Clinton talked about …'a new phase in the campaign' and said she would try to coax superdels to her side."

Clinton Aides Rallying Donors, Floating Convention Fight | Ben Smith, Politico, 6/2/08 | "'We believe nominating Hillary Clinton is the only way our party can guarantee victory in November.'"

Clinton Isn’t Ready to Pack It In | Roger Simon, Politico, 6/2/08 | "'[T]he Obama people … could have made things a lot easier and behaved more magnanimously.' It could be argued …that when you are going to win … you don’t have to bother about being magnanimous. Unless you want to win in November."

Clinton Wins Big in Puerto Rico | Ben Smith & Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico, 6/1/08 | "Clinton spoke directly to [superdelegates] in her speech … 'Which candidate best represents the will of the people in this historic election? Which candidate is best able to lead us to victory in Nov.? And which candidate is best able to lead our nation …'"

SD Argus Leader Endorses Clinton | Pamela Leavey, Democratic Daily, 5/30/08 | "[T]he race is not over … Win or lose, she’s the best Democratic candidate for SD."

McCain’s Play for Clinton’s Women | Jennifer Rubin, New York Observer, 5/30/08 | "In the end, most Democratic-leaning females aren’t about to jettison their policy views for a conservative curmudgeon, no matter how miffed they are at Obama. But in a close election, it would take only tens of thousands of disaffected women in swing states…."

Snap Out of It! | The Confluence, 5/31/08 | "It is *Obama* who has run a poor campaign. He lost all of those states [CA, MA, NY, NJ, PA, OH, TX, KY, WV, AR, IN, MI, FL] despite [greatly outspending Clinton]."

Dems & Obama Should Not Try to Force Hillary Clinton Out | Bonnie Erbe, US News & World Report, 5/30/08 | "Clinton’s constituents make up a much larger percentage of the general electorate. … [Obama] cannot win the general election without [them]." | Also see: Let the Race Play Out | Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics, 5/28/08 | "[S]pecial standards are being created for Hillary by her opponents in the hope she will say something they can use to force her out."

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