(2008-01-05) — Buoyed by “a great night for Democrats” in Iowa, Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign took the enthusiasm generated by her strong third-place finish into New Hampshire where she hopes voters will expand her party’s mandate for change.
The Clinton campaign unveiled it’s 11th new slogan in as many weeks — a phrase designed to tap [...]

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(2008-01-04) — Iowa presidential caucus winners Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama today announced at a joint news conference in New Hampshire that “the partisan divisiveness which has torn our land is dead.”
The new Democrat and Republican frontrunners have decided to unite their two campaigns under one banner to “overthrow the military-industrial complex, crush greedy [...]

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(2008-01-02) — Former presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton today reaffirmed her commitment to her White House bid in the face of polls showing she could finish as low as second or third in Thursday’s Iowa caucuses.
Reprising her campaign announcement speech, Sen. Clinton said, “I’m in, and I’m in to win. But it all depends [...]

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(2007-12-22) — The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is expected to rule this week that Sen. Hillary Clinton can no longer receive public funding for a presidential campaign which increasingly touts her experience in the White House with former President Bill Clinton, because the Constitution limits a president to two terms in office.

“When Bill Clinton ran [...]

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(2007-12-17) — Former President Bill Clinton mounted the campaign stump again today as part of his wife’s new charm offensive, telling Iowa voters that “Hillary Clinton is not as unlikable as everyone says.”
“A lot of people who have met her, worked with her and even seen her on TV believe that she’s cold and mean-spirited,” [...]

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(2007-12-16) — Senators John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton this week picked up endorsements from the Des Moines Register and Boston Globe newspapers, as well as backing from the Western Union Telegraph Company and Wells Fargo Stage Coach.
The candidates hope these influential political endorsements boost them to victory in Iowa and New Hampshire, even [...]

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(2007-12-15) — Sen. Hillary Clinton, concerned that controversial remarks by her husband have garnered more headlines recently than her own presidential campaign speeches, has quietly hired King Juan Carlos of Spain to serve as former President Bill Clinton’s personal assistant.
The Spanish monarch, best known for inviting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to enjoy a moment of [...]

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(2007-12-15) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, now polling ahead of Republican presidential rivals in Iowa and South Carolina, today put to rest concerns about his lack of foreign policy experience by criticizing the Bush administration’s “saber-rattling against the land of Persia.”
In a landmark speech slamming George Bush’s “arrogant bunker mentality“, Mr. Huckabee also questioned [...]

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(2007-12-13) — The Des Moines Register today apologized because yesterday’s Republican presidential debate, moderated by editor Carolyn Washburn, became mired in statements about the economy, education, health care, taxation and other issues of policy and governance.
Ms. Washburn expressed regret over her “failure to encourage the candidates to quarrel, snip at each other, and re-hash standard [...]

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(2007-11-10) — After an awkward presidential debate performance last week by Sen. Hillary Clinton, and news Friday that her campaign staff had primed a questioner before a town hall meeting, the Clinton campaign revealed today that “an honest mistake by a dyslexic staffer” resulted in the recent blunders.
“Someone on Hillary’s preparation team, who has dyslexia, [...]

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