http://dir.salon.com/topics/democratic_party/?source=rss&aim=democratic_party en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT By Mike Madden Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/13/west_virginia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/13/west_virginia/index.html?source=rss Hillary Clinton will likely win big here Tuesday. But could the primary vote in this former Democratic bastion be a clue to Obama's performance in November? By Gary Kamiya Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/05/13/obama_mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/05/13/obama_mccain/index.html?source=rss The Obama-McCain contest will hold up a mirror to America's soul. By Walter Shapiro Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/12/end_game/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/12/end_game/index.html?source=rss If she hasn't already quit, it's hard to envision Clinton continuing her unwinnable -- even with Florida and Michigan -- battle beyond June 4. By Mike Madden Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/08/clinton_money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/08/clinton_money/index.html?source=rss Protesters disrupt her fundraiser, money is dwindling -- and undecided superdelegates tell Salon they see the end in sight. But Hillary Clinton powers on. By Dan Conley Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/08/deal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/08/deal/index.html?source=rss What would it take for Clinton to concede defeat? An insider remembers -- and draws lessons from -- the backroom deals that ended another brutal, racially charged Democratic slugfest. By Walter Shapiro Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/06/democrats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/06/democrats/index.html?source=rss As Indiana and North Carolina head to the polls, a couple of predictions: The delegate endgame will change -- and nobody can be sure what's next. By Walter Shapiro Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/05/indiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/05/indiana/index.html?source=rss In Indiana, Barack Obama settles back into his change-politics strategy, while Hillary Clinton campaigns as if the race itself is everything. By Thomas F. Schaller Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/05/clinton_blackvote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/05/clinton_blackvote/index.html?source=rss Her failure to challenge Barack Obama's huge momentum among African-Americans -- not a given at the start -- may have doomed her campaign. By Mike Madden and Walter Shapiro Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/02/superdels/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/02/superdels/index.html?source=rss Democratic superdelegates who haven't yet chosen sides tell Salon about phone calls from Bill Clinton and high-anxiety nightmares. It seems most are not enjoying political superstardom. By Mike Madden Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/workingclass_vote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/workingclass_vote/index.html?source=rss If Obama wants to secure the nomination next week, he'll need to recapture the working-class voters who helped him rout Clinton in Wisconsin. Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/04/29/obama_remarks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/04/29/obama_remarks/index.html?source=rss Full text of Obama's press conference on the Rev. Wright. His comments "offend me, they rightly offend all Americans, and they should be denounced." By Walter Shapiro Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/25/campaigns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/25/campaigns/index.html?source=rss Hillary's missteps are legion, but both candidates are flesh and blood, and their squandered opportunities have prolonged the race. By Mike Madden Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/24/convention/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/24/convention/index.html?source=rss If they arrive at the convention still divided over their star, they risk being upstaged by John McCain. By Rebecca Traister Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/23/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/23/hillary/index.html?source=rss At her victory party in Philly, fresh talk of fundraising, Florida and a future in the White House. By Mike Madden Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/22/pennsylvania/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/22/pennsylvania/index.html?source=rss It seemed endless. It got nasty. (Babies were invoked, but so was bin Laden.) What will Tuesday's vote finally bring for the Democratic race? By Rebecca Traister Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/22/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/22/hillary/index.html?source=rss The press may be fatigued by the Clinton-Obama battle, but the actual voters in Pennsylvania are still pumped -- no matter who wins. By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/21/mcgovern_hart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/21/mcgovern_hart/index.html?source=rss The party is caught in an excruciating Catch-22. Whether it chooses the establishment figure or the liberal reformer, history offers many paths to defeat. By Joe Conason Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/04/18/debate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/04/18/debate/index.html?source=rss As Wednesday's awful debate proves, it won't matter who the presidential nominee is -- the press will play footsie with McCain and attack the Democrat. By Walter Shapiro Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/18/clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/18/clinton/index.html?source=rss Hillary Clinton showed off her softer side in the Philly burbs with witty advice on how to sell herself to undecided voters. By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/17/glenn_greenwald/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/17/glenn_greenwald/index.html?source=rss Why is the GOP smear machine so good at re-creating the social dynamics of high school, pitting the Republican jocks against the Democratic nerds? By Brad DeLong Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/10/wilentz_reply/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/10/wilentz_reply/index.html?source=rss Sean Wilentz spun a fantasy in his Salon piece about Clinton's electability. In the real world, it's Barack Obama who's more electable. By Sean Wilentz Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/07/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/07/hillary/index.html?source=rss Under a winner-take-all primary system, Hillary Clinton would have a wide lead over Barack Obama -- and enough delegates to clinch the nomination by June. By Walter Shapiro Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/07/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/07/obama/index.html?source=rss The front-runner is trapped in an unchanging race that will be hard for him to lose -- but is proving impossible for him to end. By Walter Shapiro Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/03/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/03/obama/index.html?source=rss Unlike most presidential Dems in recent memory, the Illinois senator is at ease with himself -- even while bowling gutter balls in Pennsylvania. By Garrison Keillor Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/02/military/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/02/military/index.html?source=rss What's mysterious to civilians about the military is the Semper Fi part, the discipline to carry out a mission about which you're deeply skeptical.