Tryst turns into $50K robbery for RNC delegate

Police are trying to find a woman who apparently drugged a Republican National Convention delegate and robbed him of about $50,000 worth of jewelry, cash and other items in his hotel room.

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Colo. delegate to RNC says he was POW with McCain

One of the 46 delegates Colorado is sending the Republican National Convention is a former Air Force pilot who says he was imprisoned with John McCain during the Vietnam War.

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Wis. Democrats oust delegate over McCain support

Wisconsin Democrats on Friday ousted a delegate to their national convention for saying she would vote for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain in November.

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Delegate who said she'd vote for McCain in fight

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.

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USVI delegate backs Clinton — again

He's for Hillary Clinton.

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Ex-Army chaplain cleared in Gitmo spy case is Obama delegate

A former Army chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was cleared of spy accusations will be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.

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Superdelegates put Obama within mathematical reach

Barack Obama's wave of superdelegate endorsements puts him within reach of the Democratic presidential nomination by the end of the primary season on June 3 — even if he loses half of the remaining six contests.

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Analysis: Time, delegate math working against Clinton

Time is running out on Hillary Rodham Clinton, the long-ago front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination who now trails Barack Obama in delegates, states won and popular votes.

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Obama Delegate Decides to Stay

An Illinois woman who referred to black children as "monkeys" said Wednesday she is staying on as a delegate for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

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Obama Delegate Resigns After Remark

An Illinois delegate for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama resigned after using the word "monkeys" to describe black children playing in a tree, the Obama campaign said Tuesday.

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Clinton Adds a Half Delegate

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's half delegate has a new friend — one of equal stature no less.

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Clinton Faces Daunting Delegate Deficit

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton must win 57 percent of the remaining primary and caucus delegates to erase Barack Obama's lead, a daunting task requiring landslide-sized victories by a struggling presidential candidate.

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Delegates count, but how do you count 'em?

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Debra Bartoshevich, an elected and ousted Democratic delegate from Wisconsin, has been recognized as a Hot Political Mess by hotpolitcalmess.com for appearing in campaign commercials

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You've seen the McCain ad with former Clinton delegate, Debra Bartoshevich, proudly boasting that "it's ok" to vote for McCain -- "really." Really it's not.

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Wisconsin Democrats on Friday ousted a delegate to their national convention for saying she would vote for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain in November.

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"A large phone banking effort to the super d's combined with Obama's flips and poor presumptive nominee performance, etc have yielded doubts within the super delegates, enough that 3 elected and 5 DNC members have confided that should they have the opportunity to do so, they will …

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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.

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Witnessing history by the hour

As news begins to filter in from today's primary elections, we inch closer to a true red-letter date in the history of our country.

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Fifty-six contests. Hundreds of millions of dollars raised and spent. More than 35 million votes cast.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation's first female president. Obama is 40 delegates shy of clinching the nomination

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Once again, we have the incongruous spectacle of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton winning big in a contest while the nomination slips further and further from her reach.It looks like her margin in Puerto Rico could be more than 2-1 over Senator Barack Obama.But back on the big boar …

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The race all but over, Hillary Rodham Clinton is determining how to end her historic candidacy with her dignity intact and future secure. It's not an academic question, since rival Barack Obama is expected to secure enough delegates this week to claim the Democratic presidentia …

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A top Democrat says that party leaders intend to push for a quick end to the grueling presidential nomination battle, as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton planned a rally in Washington in a last-minute effort to save her faltering candidacy.

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They descend on Washington as the Democratic Party considers whether to restore convention delegates that had been stripped from Michigan and Florida. By Faye Fiore, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 4:14 PM PDT, May 31, 2008 WASHINGTON -- The hotel where the 30 Democratic rule …

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A top Clinton supporter in Michigan said Thursday the state Democratic Party's plan to split the convention delegates between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama is "fatally flawed."

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Top Michigan Democrats yesterday rebelled against a plan to seat just half of the state's delegates, demanding that the national party seat them all - and give a majority to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that he, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and party chairman Howard Dean will urge uncommitted superdelegates — the party leaders and other who may choose whomever they like — to choose sides quickly so that there i …

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With just three contests left in the Democratic primary season, Sen. Hillary Clinton is making a big push for votes. But her presidential hopes may now hinge on a meeting of a Democratic Party panel.

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I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in.

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Seeders note: This is kind of... terrifying.

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Time is running out on Hillary Rodham Clinton, the long-ago front- runner for the Democratic presidential nomination who now trails Barack Obama in delegates, states won and popular votes.

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Moving to nip in the bud some potential bad press, White House hopeful Barack Obama's campaign persuaded a delegate to step down after she was ticketed for calling her neighbor's African-American children "monkeys."

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The Democratic presidential nominating process is now at a decisive juncture, said the Rhode Islander who helped create the process.

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Superdelegates (the elected officials such as senators who have an automatic vote at the convention) and pledged delegates (those chosen in primaries and caucuses) are in fact, free to shop around. And Sen. Hillary Clinton was correct this week when she pointed that out.

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) But you're running against a candidate who has won twice as many states, is beating you in delegates and the popular vote. 3) Now you have the temerity to declare that you will not quit the race and if necessary will fight this all the way to the convention. 4) On top of that …

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Here's what our party should do: schedule a superdelegate primary. In early June, after the final primaries, the Democratic National Committee should call together our superdelegates in a public caucus.

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