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Clinton endorses Obama for president — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton said Saturday “we need to do all we can” to help elect Sen. Barack Obama the next president of the United States. — Her endorsement was met with a scattering of boos and thumbs downs from the large crowd at the National Building Museum in Washington.
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Endorses Barack Obama — Following is a transcript of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech in Washington, in which she suspended her campaign and endorsed Senator Barack Obama, as provided by CQ Transcriptions: — Thank you very, very much.
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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Clinton Bloc Becomes the Prize for Election Day — Now that a would-be first female president is ending her quest for the White House, the race is more about women than ever before. — With Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's ending her campaign for the Democratic nomination …
New York Times:
Ending Her Bid, Clinton Backs Obama — WASHINGTON — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton formally threw her support behind Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, clearing the way for Mr. Obama to head into the general election with a plan to challenge Senator John McCain in typically Republicans states.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
With Legacy and Future in Mind, Clinton Ends Run — Hillary Rodham Clinton today offered a full-throated endorsement of Barack Obama's presidential campaign in a speech that mixed the historic nature of the protracted Democratic nomination fight with intimate personal reflections …
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Party Unity Begins: Hillary Clinton Suspends Campaign, Endorses Barack Obama
Party Unity Begins: Hillary Clinton Suspends Campaign, Endorses Barack Obama
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Hannity on the Obama-Khalidi connection — We have written on the network of radicals attached to Barack Obama's political and public career, and perhaps none carry the impact of Rashid Khalidi. Barack Obama tried to shrug off Khalidi as a person he “knew” from Khalidi's days …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
David Broder: Embodiment of Beltway values — David Broder, Washington Post chat, yesterday: … David Broder, Washington Post chat, September 15, 2006: … No matter how many times one sees it, it will never cease to amaze that the exact same media mavens who righteously strutted around demanding …
Sean Broom / MNpublius.com:
The Liveliest Live Blog In Rockchester: Day 2 — 3:23 Luchelle Stevens and Betsy OBerry got nominated out of the committee for DNC. Nancy Larson a DNC incumbent got nominated off the floor. I'm a big fan of Betsy and shes got my vote. This should only take a ballot. — My heart goes out to the JNP supporters.
Spiegel Online:
UN's ElBaradei Speaks of ‘Historic Turning Point’ in Nuclear Policies — The UN's top nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBardei, tells SPIEGEL that the current trend of atomic proliferation is creating an unprecedented threat to world peace. Unilateral military actions, like Israel's strike …
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
re: Hillary Speech — I just returned from the Clinton rally, and I don't know if this really came across on TV but there was a surprisingly audible number of boos every time Obama was mentioned. There were also a lot of people who didn't clap for him. — The majority obviously …
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Ogged / Unfogged:
Not Just Chris Matthews, Either — Not watching cable news, and not reading any feminist blogs regularly, my appreciation of the misogyny Hillary Clinton faced was mostly abstract and I was a little surprised at the intensity of the anger some women were expressing over her treatment.
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
The Whitey Tape — Here: — It really was not that shocking.
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