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The Two Bill Clintons
Bill Clinton knew he was walking a fine line in New Orleans over St. Patrick's Day weekend, when his dual roles — philanthropic ex-President and attack dog for...
Bill Clinton: The Bitter Half
With just over a week to go before the Ohio primary, Bill Clinton's arrival in Chillicothe was greeted as a homecoming of sorts. More than a few in the...
In Texas, Bill v. Barack
From afar on a clear, cold Wednesday night in Texas, with the glare of floodlights pouring down on him, Bill Clinton looks a little like Senator Ted Kennedy,...
Bill Clinton, Get Out of the Way
"There may be a better salesman than I am," Bill Clinton said, smiled, then paused as chuckles rippled through the audience. A better salesman? On what planet?...
Ready to Rumble
An Arkansas state legislator once said of Bill Clinton that he would pat you on the back while he urinated down your leg. The corollary for Clinton's wife...
The Bitter Half
With just over a week to go before the Ohio primary, Bill Clinton's arrival in Chillicothe was greeted as a homecoming of sorts. More than a few in the audience...
The Spoiler
"There may be a better salesman than I am," Bill Clinton said, smiled, then paused as chuckles rippled through the audience. A better salesman? On what planet?...
Behind Obama's Union Comeback
Last August, at the end of a sticky Iowa day, Barack Obama addressed the Hawkeye Labor Council at its annual dinner outside Cedar Rapids. The applause at his...
The Clintons Double-Team Obama
At one point in Monday evening's contentious Democratic debate, Barack Obama complained, "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes" — Hillary or Bill...
A Fight for the Texas Democrats
If the battle of Obama vs. Clinton were being told by a Hollywood filmmaker instead of by the muse of history, the opening scene would be set beneath the...
Does Obama Have an Asian Problem?
Correction Appended: February 19, 2008 As Hawaii's primary takes place on Tuesday, Barack Obama ought to be sitting back with an umbrella cocktail. After all,...
Obama's Win Reshapes the Race
There was only one way to describe Barack Obama's victory over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in South Carolina: It was a rout. "After four great contests in...
Will Clinton's Obama Attacks Backfire?
Correction Appended: December 11, 2007 It started in earnest a couple of weeks ago when Hillary Clinton questioned how much Barack Obama's time spent living...
Endorsement Politics
When Edward Kennedy bestowed his blessing on Barack Obama at a thunderous rally in Washington, he had only sweet words about Obama's chief rival for the...
Teaming Up
Bill Clinton spent years rebranding himself as a global rock star, Hillary Clinton as the workhorse Senator who knew her stuff. She had the money, the machine...
The Clinton Files and The X-Files
Ever since last month's debate in Philadelphia, Hillary Clinton's opponents have been clamoring for her and her husband to release all the papers from the...
On The Road Again
The sequence is firmly fixed for most great American duos. It is never Costello and Abbott, or Cher and Sonny, or Clyde and Bonnie. And up to this point in...
The Hillary and Bill Show
The sequence is firmly fixed for most great American duos. It is never Costello and Abbott, or Cher and Sonny, or Clyde and Bonnie. And up to this point in...
