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Election '08

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  • Clinton wins W.Va., Obama still nomination leader - 05/13/2008
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.

  • Obama says he’s patriotic - 05/13/2008
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wearing a flag lapel pin, Sen. Barack Obama emphasized his patriotism and support for a strong and humane military Monday, while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton implored West Virginians to sustain her hopes of denying him the Democratic presidential nomination.

  • Clinton outwardly confident, even as hopes dim - 05/12/2008
    ELEANOR, W.Va. (AP) _ Hillary Rodham Clinton was just warming up the crowd in a cramped and muggy middle school gymnasium when she switched her pronouns.

  • Obama not taking win for granted - 05/09/2008
    WASHINGTON — Barack Obama gently and gingerly assumed the mantle of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on Thursday, easing his way toward a victory much of the media already has granted him while carefully avoiding giving offense to a rival who remains one of the most celebrated figures of the Democratic Party.

  • Obama wins NC; Clinton wins Indiana - 05/07/2008
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Barack Obama swept to a convincing victory in the North Carolina primary Tuesday night and declared he was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. Hillary Rodham Clinton eked out a win in Indiana as she struggled to halt her rival's march into history.


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