Clinton raises $35 million in 1 month

Clinton raises $35 million in 1 month

WASHINGTON - In a remarkable financial recovery, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton raised $35 million in February even as Democratic rival Barack Obama was outspending her in key March 4 battlegrounds.
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His financial superiority has been evident in the primary states of Texas and Ohio, which vote Tuesday and where he has purchased $7.5 million in advertising to her $4.6 million, targeting early voters, young voters and voters in regions with concentrations of delegates.

Clinton's fundraising more than doubled her January fundraising, when she collected $14 million to Obama's $36 million. Clinton has lost 11 straight contests since Super Tuesday on Feb. 5 and her ability to raise money was all the more notable coming in the midst of defeat.
clinton is a baller she raised 35 in a week to try and beat obama fundraising money

Huckabee Tells Rhode Islanders He's Not Done Yet

Huckabee Tells Rhode Islanders He's Not Done Yet


Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee dropped by Rhode Island Monday, telling supporters at a Warwick rally that he was not going to give up his long-shot campaign just yet.

The former Arkansas governor spoke to a few hundred chanting supporters at the Crowne Plaza Hotel here, focusing a 40-minute speech on tax policy and family values.

Huckabee opened the rally by showing off the laid-back and playful demeanor that has become the trademark of his campaign. Before his speech, he played two songs on a bass guitar.

Huckabee then began his speech by telling voters he would not end his run for the Republican presidential nomination, which Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has all but wrapped up.

"I never believed you get to the finish line by quitting before you get to the finish line," Huckabee told his impassioned supporters, who rarely took a break from cheering on their candidate

Huckabee doesnt give up and becaomes adiffernet party

Huckabee Challenges McCain To A Debate

Huckabee Challenges McCain To A Debate

Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee challenged fellow Republican candidate John McCain to a debate after a rally in Columbus on Tuesday.

According to Huckabee's Web site, the challenge was issued during a press conference held after the rally, NBC 4 reported.

"There's a race going on, and I wish Sen. McCain was debating me this weekend," Huckabee said. "I wish we were gonna be in Cleveland tonight on stage or in Dallas or in Houston or San Antonio or Austin or somewhere between now and Tuesday having a debate."
John challenges MC Cain on columbus on tuesday fo sho

Democrats Face Off in Crucial Debate for Clinton

Democrats Face Off in Crucial Debate for Clinton

All Things Considered, February 26, 2008 · Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has lost 11 primaries in a row, and even her husband has said the New York senator's candidacy could be over if she loses in Texas and Ohio next week. That makes Tuesday night's debate between Clinton and her rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, more important than ever.

NPR's national political correspondent, Mara Liasson, talks to Robert Siegel about what to expect from the debate in Cleveland. A transcript follows:

Siegel: In tonight's debate, it's a little hard for me to ask you what Sen. Clinton needs to do because she seems to have tried to do everything already. What do you expect to happen tonight?

Liasson: Well, I think it would be fair to expect that she will continue some of the many lines of attack that she's tried out against Sen. Obama on the campaign trail in recent days. She's said he's not ready to be commander in chief; that he's naive in his foreign policy; he's hypocritical in his campaign tactics.

But in the last debate, we expected some of those too, and she came off as very collegial, very reflective at the end. Some people thought it was almost a concession when she said: No matter what happens, I'll be fine. But I think one of the most important things she's tried to communicate to the voters and to her own supporters this week is that she is not giving up, she's still fighting, and I do expect we will see some of that fight tonight.
Hilary needs to win texas and ohio next week cause obama is kicking buttt

2008 presidential nomination calendar

2008 presidential nomination calendar

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The 2008 presidential election process formally began with the Iowa caucuses on January 3. New Hampshire held the first presidential preference primary on January 8. The final nominating votes will be cast on June 3 when Montana, New Mexico (R) and South Dakota voters go to the polls.

The Democratic National Convention will take place in Denver from August 25-28, followed by the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul from Sept. 1-4. The general election will be held on November 4, 2008.

Top vote recipients are listed below for completed contests — click a candidate button to read about the victory or click under the state name for detailed vote tallies.

For the current state of the race for delegates, see USA TODAY's interactive delegate tracker graphic.
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The Five Lessons from Super Tuesday

The Five Lessons from Super Tuesday

. Hillary Clinton's [AZ, AR, CA, MA, NJ, NY, OK, TN] victories in Massachusetts, New Jersey and especially California show that her appeal and her machine are not easily undone by big-name endorsements or the continued strong African-American support of Obama. They are also a reminder that the exit polls (which suggested she might lose the two Northeast states) cannot be trusted, just in case we'd forgotten. In sum, white and Latino women and older people still really like Hillary, and they like to vote.

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2. Barack Obama [AK, AL, CO, CT, DE, GA, ID, IL, KS, MO, MN, ND, UT] held his own, making significant inroads among southern white men, especially in Georgia. He trounced Clinton in his home state of Illinois, winning a greater margin than she got in New York. And before the first polls had even closed, his aides were reminding anyone who would listen that they had never expected to carry more states than Clinton. Still, he only got just over half of the Latino vote in Illinois--and lost it by a margin of 2-1 in California, suggesting his efforts to sway the demographic have so far failed.


3. John McCain [AZ, CA, CT, DE, IL, MO, NJ, NY, OK] kept his momentum going and cemented his frontrunner status, with big wins in New York and California. He even won in Oklahoma, the most conservative state with no large Mormon population. (Bush carried every county in Oklahoma in 2004.) Elsewhere, though, McCain still clearly has a lot of work to do among die-hard conservatives, who remain distrustful of him, and divided between Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.


4. Mitt Romney [AK, CO, MA, MN, MT, ND, UT] failed to impress almost anyone, with wins in Massachusetts, Utah and a few other places he could not have conceivably lost. He vowed to stay in the race, but with Huckabee continuing to pull conservatives out of his column, the business man may soon have to re-evaluate his investment.


5. Mike Huckabee [AL, AR, GA, TN, WV] did far better than expected, which is mostly because he was not expected to do much of anything. West Virginia landed in his corner after McCain supporters, coming in third in the caucus, decided to gang up against Romney. But victories in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, as well as a strong showing in Missouri, proved that his southern appeal is enough to keep him in the race - for the moment. The challenge, and it is significant, will be for Huckabee to turn himself into something more than a regional favorite.


In a way, the primaries worked exactly as they were designed to work. The Republicans, who have held onto a winner-take-all system, may have clarified their race. The Democrats, meanwhile, who have spent the past 20 years using a proportional-representation system, ended up with the same tight race they had the day before. Clinton is ahead slightly, but it's still a race for delegates.


But one thing is a surprise for the Democrats: all the big states that rushed into the void to hold early primaries may turn out to have spoken too soon. Instead of making themselves kingmakers, their divided result has abdicated the power to the states that waited their turn. The next major contests include Maryland and Virginia, and then Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania, followed by what could be a slow and grueling crawl to the convention.

tursday!!!!! ha ha