2008 Dems seek fair share of spotlight
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Call it the second-tier lament. At a recent house party in the early voting state of New Hampshire, Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd became exasperated as he talked about being overshadowed by front-runners Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton face a long, bitter battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, complicating their need to project themselves as leaders who can unite the party and inspire the nation.
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Democrats are trying to have it both ways on the Iraq funding vote. It will be interesting to see if they can do that.
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The Democratic contest is more likely to be decisive.
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Democrats are aiming for a resolution that is simpler than the Senate's.
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The Democrats are facing a long and possibly divisive nomination battle after Super Tuesday, while Republicans are closer to an opportunity to rally around a nominee.
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The Democratic presidential race has developed a different and welcome dynamic -- a sharp competition among the leading candidates to become champions of urban America.
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Democratic 2008 presidential hopefuls prepared to lock horns Sunday in a potentially pivotal campaign debate that could help define the still-unsettled White House field.
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The war in Iraq is shaping the opening stages of the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, just as it did in the 2004 campaign.
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Barack Obama is running well among high-earning, well-educated Democrats in the race for his party's 2008 presidential nomination. But unless he can broaden his appeal, he risks mimicking past flameouts by Gary Hart, Paul Tsongas and Bill Bradley.
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Casual observers might expect corporate political donors to be giving Democratic candidates a significantly bigger slice of the pie this fall Ã¢ÂÂ to reflect the distinct possibility that Democrats could gain control of one or both houses of Congress five weeks from now.
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With abortion, gay marriage, and other core issues at stake, Democrats and Republicans angle for any advantage.
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When it comes to presidential primaries, Democrats and Republicans play by different rules. One party likes to share. The other, not so much.
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Most House incumbents preparing for their 2008 campaigns won&rsquo;t have to be asked twice if national party officials offer additional aid. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) had no trouble lining up 29 House Democrats as this election cycle&rsquo;s first enrollees in its &ldquo;Frontline&rdquo; program, which targets extra financial and logistical help to incumbents seen as potentially vulnerable to Republican challenges.
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AMES, Iowa  - For Iowa Democrats, the 2008 presidential campaign is starting where the 2004 race ended -- with a search for plain talk and realistic plans on how to end the war in Iraq.
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With Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York nearly splitting the delegate count in the race for the Democratic nomination, party leaders have a dilemma on their hands: a tie ball game heading into their convention.
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Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and fellow Democratic presidential hopefuls were unleashing their first direct blows of the 2008 campaign, as their ebullient party targeted the White House.