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There's no kissing in politics! Obama and Clinton got pretty close at a Women for Obama fundraiser in NYC on Thursday. Do you think they'll run together?

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They're Back: Gennifer Flowers' and Paula Jones' New Website

Everyday there's at least one Clinton story in the news. Everything from Hillary supporters' unwillingness to accept Obama as the nominee to what's Bill's next move. With all the negative press for the Clintons these female 1990s icons are spreading the icing on the cake with their new web service: broadcasting the steamy details of their relations they claimed to have with the former president while he was still governor of Arkansas for $1.99 a pop.

The website www.genniferandpaula.com, subtitled "Two Chicks Chatting," is set up as dialogs between the two women addressing specific topics surrounding the Clintons. The two women state their history with Clinton, then begin to talk in a causal setting.

"It's a way we can get our story out there in our own words, without someone making their own interpretations or corrections," Jones said.

During the 1992 presidential race, Flowers claimed to have had a 12-year affair with presidential-candidate and Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton. Clinton initially denied the allegation, but during his deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, acknowledged a sexual encounter with Flowers.

Jones accused Clinton of sexual harassment, saying he made an unwelcome sexual advance in 1991 in a Little Rock hotel room while he was Arkansas governor and she was a state employee. Her lawsuit set in motion the events that led to Clinton's impeachment.

Flowers had some advice for Hillary Clinton, claiming she knows the reason she didn't get the Democratic nomination. She told Extra-TV that Bill was her downfall stating "My advice to Hillary would be to divorce that chump."

Clinton suspends presidential bid

"Well, this isn't exactly the party I planned, but I sure like the company," Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said at the start of her 28-minute concession speech Saturday, amid tears and cheers from her supporters. The marked end of her bid was held in the National Building Museum in Washington D.C., not far from the White House.

Former First Lady Clinton suspended her historical campaign and called for unity in the Democratic party, asking her supporters to use "our energy, our passion, our strength" to elect Barack Obama the next commander-in-chief.

"I endorse him and throw my full support behind him," she said, noting the cultural and political milestones both she and Obama represent. "Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States," she said.

Indeed, the vie for the Democratic nomination was a historical moment. For Clinton, it marked the closest a woman had come to securing a nomination. For Obama, it is the first time a transracial individual earned the nod. Clinton emphasized these points, particularly the new ground her candidacy paved for women.

"Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it has about 18 million cracks in it and the light is shining through like never before," she said in her speech.

However, she also set about trying to divide the rift that developed among democrats during the primary.

"The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama, the next president of the United States," she said.

"Today as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him and I ask of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me," she added amid boos and loud applause.

Obama released a statement from Chicago saying he watched Clinton's speech via computer and called her afterwards. He said he was "thrilled and honored" to receive his former opponent's support.

"I honor her today for the valiant and historic campaign she has run," he said in his statement. "She shattered barriers on behalf of my daughters and women everywhere, who now know that there are no limits to their dreams. And she inspired millions with her strength, courage and unyielding commitment to the cause of working Americans."

Following her speech, nearly 300 leaders in the Democratic party released statements saying they now back Obama, rather than Clinton.

In suspending her bid, Clinton may retain her delegates to the nomination convention this summer, continue to raise money and reopen her campaign if circumstances change prior to the Denver convention.

According to NBC political director Chuck Todd, Clinton staked her claim as the United States' top female political figure in her speech.

John King, chief national correspondent at CNN, said that if Clinton had campaigned and communicated throughout her entire bid like she did during her concession speech, the results may have been different.

"In endorsing Barack Obama and in saying how many times how together they want to do things, it sounded very much like she was auditioning [for the vice presidency], saying 'Take a look at this Sen. Obama. Look at my people, look at my message. I could help you if you put me on the Democratic ticket,'" he said. "Sounded very much like a farewell and an audition all wrapped up in one speech."

Clinton Down For The Count, but Still Insists on Fighting

Senator Hillary Clinton says she's not out, but with Barack Obama's projected 2,157 delegates to her 1,923 many are left wondering what she is going to do next.

Obama became the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee after a Tuesday superdelegate surge. Since then he changed his focus from the primaries to November's general election and uniting party members torn asunder by the fierce primary season.

Clinton on the ballot as Vice President is one option for the Obama camp to unite the party. She said at a New York rally that she will not be making an immediate decision about her future.

"Now the question is: where do we go from here?" the New York senator said last night to a crowd chanting "yes, she will!" Clinton has vowed that she will speak with party and campaign advisors before making a decision about her future.

She vowed to keep fighting to end the war in Iraq, for universal health care, for a stronger economy and better energy policy, but gave no hint as to how she would be doing this. That decision is up to her supporters and the party, Clinton said.

"I hope you'll go to my Web site at HillaryClinton.com and share your thoughts with me and help in any way that you can," she said. "And in the coming days, I'll be consulting with supporters and party leaders to determine how to move forward with the best interests of our party and our country guiding my way."

The Clinton campaign issued a statement saying she was open to the Vice President bid.

"She would do whatever she could to ensure that Democrats take the White House back and defeat John McCain," the statement said.

Whatever her next move, it is not for the presidential bid. The White House has recognized Obama as the Democratic nominee.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said Wednesday that President Bush congratulated Obama on becoming the first black White House nominee from a major party. Someone should have told that to the rally members.

Obama declines Clinton challenge

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama declined a challenge from Hillary Rodham Clinton to debate without a moderator prior to the May 6 primaries in North Carolina and Indiana.

"I'm not ducking. We've had 21 [debates]," Obama told Fox News Sunday.

"For two weeks, two big states, we want to make sure we're talking to as many voters on the ground, taking questions from voters," he added. "We're not going to have debates between now and Indiana."

Clinton, who is trailing in delegates and the popular vote, has been pressuring Obama to increase the number of debates before the upcoming primaries. She spent Sunday campaigning in North Carolina while Obama took a break from the campaign trail and returned to his Chicago home.


In other political news, a new Democratic Party ad opposing Republican candidate John McCain will be released Monday. It depicts the Arizona senator as a future president who will keep troops in Iraq for 100 years, and is part of a half-million dollar, three-week national cable television campaign that attempts to link McCain's policies to those of President George W. Bush.

McCain also derided Obama for opposing his idea a summer "gas-tax holiday," which McCain believes will help low-income people save on fuel costs.

"I noticed again today that Senator Obama repeated his opposition to giving low-income Americans a tax break, a little bit of relief so they can travel a little further and a little longer, and maybe have a little bit of money left over to enjoy some other things in their lives," McCain said. "Obviously Senator Obama does not understand that this would be a nice thing for Americans, and the special interests should not be dictating this policy."

Hillary Clinton on The Colbert Report

Here's a clip of Hillary Clinton's brief appearance on The Colbert report last Thursday. Personally, I don't think it was all that funny, and with all of the prior hype surrounding her stint on the show, I was a bit let down.

Hillary Clinton Gets Her Drink On

Looks like Clinton isn't a complete Stepford. Who would have guessed it? She's actually a real person, and she has the pizza and beer to prove it.



The video was originally aired on Fox News, and can also be found on Perez Hilton's blog. In the footage, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton can be seen doing shots like a pro and drinking beer with the press.



This video could do wonders for her campaign. Well, unless people perceived this to mean that she has an unpublicized drinking problem.

Clinton versus Obama

The debate last night between Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator Barack Obama was not the make or break showdown for Clinton as predicted. Although Clinton was ineffectual in achieving her goal of discrediting Obama's qualifications and challenging him on his inexperience, she at least avoided a repeat of her recent meltdown.

Unfortunately the outlook does not look positive for Clinton, and even by the admission of her own husband, if Hillary loses Ohio or Texas her campaign will have officially run its course. In order for Clinton to survive as a candidate she somehow has to gain momentum, whereas it seems that all Obama has to do is hold a steady course and avoid future missteps.

Ellen + Hillary = New BFF's (apparently!)

Ellen DeGeneres appeared on screen at a Hillary Clinton fundraising rally at George Washington University in D.C. last night. DeGeneres jokingly asked Clinton whether or not she would promise a ban on glitter. LoL, she has a point!



With Oprah publicly stating that she's in full support of Obama, it seems that DeGeneres is making her stand behind Clinton as her presidential candidate of choice.

Clinton/Obama Attacks

The New York Times writes, “After staying on the sidelines in the first year of the campaign, race and to a lesser extent gender have burst into the forefront of the Democratic presidential contest, thrusting Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton into the middle of a sharp-edged social and political debate that transcends their candidacies.”

The New York Daily News: "Hoping to fend off deterioration in a key pillar of her base, Clinton spent another day trying to deflect criticism from her suggestion President Lyndon Johnson played as big a role in the civil rights movement as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr."

Read a blurb about what the Washington Post newspaper had to say about Hillary Clinton's recent comments about Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Washington Post: “Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her recent remarks on civil rights Sunday, as Sen. Barack Obama weighed in on the controversy for the first time, describing Clinton's earlier comments about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. as ‘unfortunate’ and ‘ill-advised.’”

.. & the New Hampshire Winners are...

While Huckabee and Obama were victorious in Iowa, Hillary Clinton and John McCain won Tuesday night in New Hampshire.




The public was pretty surprised that Hillary pulled ahead and beat Obama in New Hampshire since she wasn't doing too well after he stunned her with a loss in Iowa. Here's a video of what Sen. John McCain had to say about the victory to keep you filled in :

Hillary tears up...

Hillary shows a bit of emotion in this video, this is a rarity for Hillary who is usually very composed and stone-faced. She beat Obama in yesterday's New Hampshire primary.

Republican Mike Huckabee & Democrat Barack Obama enjoy caucus victories in Iowa

The Iowa Caucus Winners:


Mr. Obama, 46, a first-term senator trying to become the nation’s first African-American president, carried his message of change directed at young and independent voters and it seemed to pay off in Iowa. Mr. Huckabee, 53, said in response to his win, "I think staying positive in Iowa, not doing the political dumpster-diving that some of the other candidates did, I believe it paid off."

“My throat’s a little sore, but my spirits are high because last night the American people began down the road to change and four days from now, New Hampshire, you have the chance to change America,” Barack Obama told supporters at a morning rally, according to The Associated Press.

A record number of Democrats turned out in Iowa last night — more than 239,000, compared with fewer than 125,0000 in 2004 — a strong possible indication that opposition to President Bush has energized Democrats more than previously estimated.

On the Republican side, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee handily defeated his rivals after riding a wave of support from evangelical Christians. Here, the preacher-turned-politician arrives at a victory party with his wife, Janet Huckabee, in Des Moines.

She may have come in third in Iowa, but Hillary Clinton still leads the race for delegates. What did she have to say about her third place ranking? Well, she told Reuters, “We can’t have false hopes, we’ve got to have a person who can walk into that Oval office on day one and start doing the hard work that it takes to deliver change.”

The winners of Iowa didn't have too much time to bask in their victories, they are off to New Hampshire to start over again and gain as much support as possible. Hillary already has her plans set for this weekend, her campaign has set the goal of knocking on more than 100,000 doors, building on below-the-radar efforts beforehand. A vast voter outreach effort has included some 1.4 million calls and 200 staff on the ground. Hey, Hillary can always rely a bit on her husband to boost popularity in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire's primary is Tuesday, only five days after Iowa, in an unprecedented compression of the campaign calendar.

Two candidates dropped out of the Presidential race last night — Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware. Ouch. Well, you can catch the rest of the candidates in a debate on Saturday night on ABC and be sure to pay attention to the New Hampshire primary results next week.