Race for '08: Hillary Clinton

MILWAUKEE - A Democratic National Convention delegate pledged to Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hopes to fight off an attempt by Wisconsin Democrats to take away her credentials because of her past statement that she would vote for John McCain if Clinton wasn't the nominee.

June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton asked some of her biggest fundraisers to throw their support and money-gathering power behind Barack Obama, the man who triumphed over her in the race to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton asked some of her top fundraisers to help Barack Obama, the man who beat her out for the Democratic presidential nomination.

UNITY, N.H. - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Friday to turn the page on their bitter, history-making fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, declaring the next chapter is about beating Republican John McCain.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - White House contender Barack Obama dug deep into his own pocket Thursday to help out defeated rival Hillary Clinton as the pair met with her top fundraisers as part of an emotional unity drive.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama wrote a personal check to help his former Democratic White House rival Hillary Clinton pay off her debts during a fundraiser with her supporters here Thursday, her campaign chairman said.

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Michelle Obama credited her husband's former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Thursday with bringing the concerns of working families to the forefront of the presidential campaign.

UNITY, New Hampshire (AFP) - Senator Hillary Clinton prepared for a show of unity in Unity by giving fulsome backing to White House hopeful Barack Obama, as the tiny New Hampshire town geared up for its day in the sun.

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has won over more than half of Hillary Rodham Clinton's former supporters, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll that finds party loyalty trumping hard feelings less than three weeks after their bruising Democratic presidential contest ended.

WASHINGTON — The Roman Catholic priest who mocked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's former church says he regrets that his passionate delivery may have detracted from his message. But he stands by the message.

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is sharing one his most valuable assets — his top fundraisers — with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to help her pay off her debt, the latest effort to heal the wounds of a bruising primary campaign.

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's move to help New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off her presidential campaign debt is making headlines, but there are a handful of other former Democratic primary rivals who could use his assistance, as well.

Her return was a well-choreographed spectacle, complete with cheering fans waiting on the Capitol steps, but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she wants nothing more than to represent New York in the Senate again and help Democrats overcome Republican resistance to their agenda.

Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is launching an aggressive Capitol Hill campaign to bring former supporters of vanquished primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton fully into his camp.

Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama fired a powerful salvo today at former rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by hiring her deposed and estranged campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, to serve as chief of staff to an unnamed vice presidential candidate.

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., endorsed longtime rival Barack Obama for president on Saturday, ending a campaign that once appeared certain to make the former first lady the first woman to win a major-party presidential nomination.

Now that New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has made clear that she is interested in the second spot on the Democratic ticket, and has encouraged allies to make that case for her, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has to make one critical judgment call that will almost certainly shape his choice.

Barack Obama gained the delegates he needed to become the Democratic standard-bearer Tuesday -- and the first African-American nominee of a major political party -- as chief rival Hillary Rodham Clinton sent strong signals that she wants to run alongside him.

Sen. Barack Obama tonight declared "I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States" after splitting the last two primaries with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and gaining a majority of Democratic convention delegates according to most counts. Clinton congratulated Obama on his campaign but did not concede.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign denied an Associated Press report today that the New York senator plans to concede tonight that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has enough delegates to win the Democratic Party's nomination following the final two contests in South Dakota and Montana.

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton easily won Puerto Rico's Democratic presidential primary Sunday. But barring a stunning turn of events, Clinton's win in the U.S. commonwealth stands to be her last hurrah in a nominating contest that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama appears virtually certain to win.

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and some of her supporters have said during the campaign that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has received far gentler treatment from the press than she has, and two different studies out today give differing perspectives on how strong that case is.

The Democratic presidential primary is starting to take a financial toll on Barack Obama, the latest fundraising numbers show. The Obama campaign spent more than it raised in April, a first in 2008, as it sought to knock off New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by pouring money into the Pennsylvania, Indiana and North Carolina primaries.

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton scored an overwhelming victory Tuesday in Kentucky's presidential primary but suffered a loss in Oregon to front-running rival Barack Obama that brought him closer to the brink of clinching the Democratic nomination.

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won a convincing victory Tuesday in Kentucky's presidential primary but braced for a loss in Oregon to front-running rival Barack Obama that would edge him closer to the brink of clinching the Democratic nomination.

A prominent abortion-rights group came under fire Wednesday night from more than two dozen congresswomen who support both abortion rights and the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Hillary Rodham Clinton raised more than $1 million for her presidential campaign since her resounding victory last night over Barack Obama in West Virginia's Democratic primary, according to her campaign.

An expected victory for New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Tuesday's primary in West Virginia might have the anticlimactic feel of a badly defeated football team scoring a meaningless late game touchdown that the winning team didn't try very hard to contest.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday rejected a compromise plan to seat Michigan's delegates to the national convention that would give 69 delegates to Clinton and 59 to Barack Obama.

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama closed in on the Democratic presidential nomination by blowing out New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in North Carolina's primary Tuesday night, holding the former first lady's margin of victory to almost nothing in Indiana and adding to his lead in pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention.