As the US primary election campaign comes to a close, it is nearly a mathematical impossibility for Senator Hillary Clinton of New York to win enough

IT'S over, but it seems it will never end. The race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination has been won and lost, and yet still Hillary Clinton clings to the hope that a miracle â or, more likely a disaster for Barack Obama â can salvage ...
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The shamelessness of Hillary Clinton is a model of consistency. After her North Carolina loss and marginal Indiana victory, Sen. Clinton was given an opportunity to downplay the remainder of her campaign so she could compete with dignity and, ultimately, concede with grace. Rather, she's decided to sound the sirens of battle for the duration of the campaign. And her campaign won't end on June 3. Instead, she'll pursue her campaign well beyond the final primary so long as superdelegates continue to indulge her fancy. At what point will the Democratic Party leaders definitively reject the seemingly endless array of changing narratives that the Clinton operatives advance, where

By Tobin Harshaw Interestingly, by not choosing between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton in their tough primary battle until the nomination was

Does Hillary Clinton want to be the Democrats vice presidential candidate? Probably. Could she get on the ticket by dropping out before the last states vote on June 3rd? Definitely not. Does Barack Obama want her on the ticket? Absolutely not. Can he stop her if she wants it? Probably not. Why not? Super delegates are why not.
Add in their current super delegate support and Obama will have 1980 total delegates, and Clinton 1825.
personally known Barack Obama a few months. Many who sided with Obama have benefited professionally, financially, and politically from their relationship with the Clintons. Many had jobs, and good ones, in the Clinton Administration. Many have been the recipients of tens of thousands of dollars raised on their behalf by the Clintons.

by Mara Liasson New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton takes the stage at her primary election night in Charleston, W. Va., on May 13, 2008.

Every general presidential election in American history has been contested by white males. In 2008, the odds greatly favor the first African American -- Sen. Barack Obama (D., Ill.) -- to run for President. This has forced the media to discuss race and identity, and they have not done it well, and they've done a disservice to both remaining Democratic candidates.
The first fumble came early in the contest. Prior to the New Hampshire primary, two surrogates for Sen. Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.) brought up the issue of Obama's drug use. Most in the press knew of his drug use. Because this was not a new fact for them, they decided to spin the story as the Clinton's playing the

By Fredreka Schouten, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton faces some tough choices on erasing more than $20 million in campaign debts if she doesn't become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.
Clinton had $10 million in unpaid bills — ranging from consultants' fees to catering costs — at the end of March. The New York senator also has loaned her struggling campaign more than $11 million.
campaign coffers to Clinton's, but he "could point his donors toward her or headline a fundraiser on her behalf," said Michael Toner, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission. For instance, dozens of Clinton's contributors donated money to help former Iowa

She owes $21 million, more than half of which she borrowed from herself. Historically, winners have helped their rivals repay their debts.
By Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
ank. He cannot transfer money to Clinton, but he could request that his contributors donate to her to help pay her debts. Some Obama donors said they would consider helping.

By RG RATCLIFFE AUSTIN - Despite a record number of delegate challenges filed with the state Democratic Party for its June convention, a major change is unlikely to occur in how many Texas delegates Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have for their party's presidential nomination.
A Houston Chronicle review of more than 120 challenges on file with the state party found that most are attempts to change senatorial district convention delegate allocations but are not intended to create a wholesale turnover of the state convention delegates that Obama and Clinton will receive.
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Comparing places that held Democratic primaries and those that held Democratic caucuses is a little like comparing apples to oranges.
Sen. Barack Obama supporters count a near-sweep of caucus victories as states won in the race for convention delegates and the presidential nomination. Sen. Hillary Clinton supporters argue that primary contests, because they attract many more voters, more accurately measure voter intent.
e 16 delegates, the states six superdelegates, including Nelson, have endorsed Obama. Three more delegates will be decided at the state convention in June.

As Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign heads to a seemingly inevitable, tragic conclusion, the talk is turning away from bitter name-calling and toward the fun part: making up! What’s it going to take to bring these two crazy kids together?
On Friday, Barack Obama broached the subject in Oregon: “Historically, after a campaign is done and you want to unify the party, particularly when you’ve had a strong opponent, you want to make sure you’re putting that opponent in a strong position so that they can work to win an election in November. So, obviously, I would want to have a broad range of discussions with Senator Clinton about how I could make her feel good about the

By KATHLEEN GRAY • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • May 12, 2008 US Sen. Debbie Stabenow said she’ll stick with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for as long

"Money means almost nothing to Bill Clinton," says his wife in her book, Living History. Nevertheless, they've accumulated a pile of it in the years since he left office, taking in the tidy sum of $109 million. Just think how much they'd make if they become a two-former-Presidents family!
What kind of President would Hillary make? Well, she seems awfully partial to women and children in her concerns.
that inspired the National Anthem. "Its painstaking repair would cost millions; its loss would be incalculable," claims the porker-in-chief. As senator, Clinton claimed over $500 million in earmarks in 2007 alone. I think I'd probably sleep all right at night even if they hadn't restored that flag.

In 1972 just following the California Democratic primary I walked down to the President's Room off the U.S. Senate chambers where reporters met members and asked the chief attendant to speak to Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota.
McGovern and I, for that matter, had just returned from California where he had squeaked out a narrow victory over former Vice President Hubert Humphrey to become the leader in the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The senator, always affable and gracious, appeared promptly and said I must be as exhausted as he after weeks of a non-stop race from San Diego to San Francisco and beyond.
n, friendly prairie liberal war hero and

by FOXNews.com Jan. 28, 2008: Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy endorses Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination (AP Photo).