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Hillary's Been 'Denigrated,' Says Bill; Also, I Shoulda Shut Up

But ex-prez denies playing race card

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has been “dismissed, denigrated, declared dead” by a press corps in her rival’s pocket, Bill dishes to People. The first spouse wannabe says bias has been such that “I thought I was literally lost in a fun house.” Still, he partly faults himself for...

How About President Chelsea?
 How About President Chelsea? 
May 22, 2008 4:33 AM CDT

How About President Chelsea?

If Hillary doesn't make it, maybe her daughter will

(Newser) - Bill Clinton hasn't given up hope of a Clinton woman getting into the White House—but it may be his daughter rather than his wife, ABC reports. Clinton says he would never have thought Chelsea would consider running for office—until she proved a natural on the campaign trail this...

Time to Grill McCain! A 10-Point Plan
 Time to Grill McCain! 
  A 10-Point Plan 
OPINION
May 15, 2008 2:49 PM CDT

Time to Grill McCain! A 10-Point Plan

Where the Republican is most vulnerable

(Newser) - It’s heading for general election time, and Adam Reilly of the Boston Phoenix wants the press to wake up and start laying in to McCain. Here’s how:
  • The economy. McCain reportedly said he “doesn’t really understand economics” in January. Has he boned up since then?
  • Islam.
...

Chelsea Swings Through Philly's Gay Clubs

Enamored crowd follows her on 'gay pub crawl'

(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton met with wild and drunken support on her “gay pub crawl” through Philadelphia last night, the Patriot-News reports. “Chelsea, the gays love you!” cried one supporter. “We love your highlights,” shouted another. “Thank you, but that’s not why you should vote...

Chelsea Faces Campaign's Rough Side

Tough questions start flying around youngest Clinton

(Newser) - Until recently, the campaign trail has been a generally hospitable place for Chelsea Clinton. She never talks to reporters, and her rallies generally attract fawning Clinton supporters lobbing softball questions. But as the race heats up, the questions are becoming more pointed, as is the scrutiny, the Los Angeles Times...

Chelsea Thesis May Clarify Hillary's Role in Irish Peace

But Clintons won't release Stanford doc

(Newser) - While Hillary Clinton stands accused of exaggerating her part in the 1998 Irish peace process, the answer might lie in an unlikely 150-page document—Chelsea Clinton's senior thesis from Stanford. Only problem? No one seems to know where it's gone, Newsweek reports, and a Clinton spokesman warns it was "...

Chelsea to Voters: Monica's None of Your Business

Leave dad out of choice for mom, she adds

(Newser) - For the second time in a week Chelsea Clinton has been asked a question about the sex scandal involving White House intern Monica Lewinsky that cast a shadow over her father's presidency. When it happened at North Carolina State University yesterday, just as it did at Butler University last week,...

Chelsea Surprised by Sexism
 Chelsea Surprised by Sexism 
Mar 30, 2008 11:44 AM CDT

Chelsea Surprised by Sexism

Former first daughter touches on hot issue while stumping

(Newser) - Once and possibly future first daughter Chelsea Clinton said Friday that she "really didn't get how much sexism there was in this country" until the New Hampshire primary campaign, when someone told her he didn't think a woman could be commander in chief, and some men disrupted a campaign...

Chelsea Draws the Monica Query
 Chelsea
 Draws the
 Monica Query 
ANALYSIS
Mar 27, 2008 10:15 AM CDT

Chelsea Draws the Monica Query

Tells college questioner it's 'not any of your business'

(Newser) - “Presumably, the question had to come at some point,” write the LA Times’ Andrew Malcolm and Mark Silva, but Chelsea Clinton dealt with an audience query on Monica Lewinsky “quite neatly” yesterday. The question came at the end of an Indiana college appearance when a man asked...

Chelsea Shows Best of Both Clintons

On the stump for mom, she looks like a political natural

(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton has come into her own on the campaign trail, “self-assured, soothing … at once affable and urbane,” even “the ideal amalgam of her parents’ political talents,” glows Lloyd Grove in a New York profile. Bill and Hillary have adroitly managed their daughter's public persona,...

Suitors Keep Lines Open to Superdelegates

From Michelle to Chelsea, big names get on the horn

(Newser) - Sometimes superdelegates respond to politics, ideology, or longstanding alliances. Other times, they're won by girl talk. For one Philadelphia party official, a morning call from Michelle Obama sealed the deal, the LA Times reports. The would-be first lady covered everything from strategy to motherhood. “She was talking to me...

Hawaii Expects Record Turnout
Hawaii Expects Record Turnout
Feb 19, 2008 8:51 AM CST

Hawaii Expects Record Turnout

Obama's sis stumps for native son; Chelsea campaigns for mom

(Newser) - It's caucus day in the Aloha state, and Hawaiian election officials are expecting a record turnout, writes the Honolulu Advertiser—due in part to interest in native son Barack Obama, as well as the competitiveness of the race for the nomination. Neither candidate left wintry Wisconsin, which also votes today,...

New Kid Works Old Clinton Mojo
New Kid Works Old Clinton Mojo
Feb 10, 2008 1:38 PM CST

New Kid Works Old Clinton Mojo

Former first daughter works overtime to strengthen women, youth vote

(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton is the hottest ticket on her mom's campaign, but it's taken her a while to come into her own. Just last December, the media-shy Stanford grad waved meekly beside Hillary at an Iowa rally. And while she's still not giving interviews, the former first daughter isn't shy about...

MSNBC Anchor Apologizes for 'Pimped Out' Jab at Clinton

Shuster suspended over Chelsea remark

(Newser) - MNSBC suspended anchor David Shuster today after he drew fire from Hillary Clinton's camp for saying former first daughter Chelsea was being “pimped out in some weird sort of way” by her mother’s campaign. Shuster apologized on air earlier tonight, though he at first stood by the comments,...

Chelsea Hits Road on Mom's Behalf
Chelsea Hits Road on
Mom's Behalf
Jan 18, 2008 3:20 PM CST

Chelsea Hits Road on Mom's Behalf

Daughter sheds hard-earned privacy to court Obama constituency

(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton has put aside her quiet life as a Manhattan hedge-fund executive to hit the campaign trail solo in California and Nevada, hoping to bring her mother's message to young voters—the crucial demographic currently enamored of Barack Obama. Chelsea, 27, is pressing the flesh everywhere from sororities to...

Campaigning's a Family Affair— Except for Rudy

Barack's kids, Fred's grandkids trotted out, but Judith is MIA

(Newser) - Bill Clinton yesterday gave up a precious New Year's Day on the couch watching football games to stump for his wife in Iowa, where he joked to the crowd that his football sacrifice prompted Hillary to say, "Finally, after all these years I know you do love me,"...

Chelsea's Lips Are Sealed
Chelsea's
Lips Are
Sealed
Dec 31, 2007 2:05 PM CST

Chelsea's Lips Are Sealed

On trail with mom, ex-first kid stiffs press— even preteen reporter

(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton has strictly maintained press silence while campaigning with her mom in Iowa, turning down even a “kid reporter” for the Scholastic News, the AP reports. "I'm sorry,” Chelsea told the 9-year-old yesterday, “I don't talk to the press and that applies to you, unfortunately....

Hillary Joined by Chelsea, Mom
Hillary Joined by Chelsea, Mom
Dec 8, 2007 10:42 AM CST

Hillary Joined by Chelsea, Mom

Campaign for crucial women's vote moves into high gear

(Newser) - The Clinton campaign, in a dead heat with Obama in Iowa, is pulling out all the stops to bolster Clinton's support among the group long considered her core constituency: women. Along with appearances by influential women such as Madeleine Albright and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Hillary Clinton's mom and daughter, Chelsea,...

Better 1st Kid: Chelsea or Jenna?
Better 1st Kid: Chelsea or Jenna?
Nov 7, 2007 3:03 PM CST

Better 1st Kid: Chelsea or Jenna?

Ms. Clinton’s stock drops even as Ms. Bush’s rises

(Newser) - Conventional wisdom that puts Chelsea Clinton at the front of the class and Jenna Bush at the back is undergoing a makeover, as the current first daughter charms in public life while her predecessor hits the upper-crust party scene. The “closer I look, the more I like Jenna,”...

Campaign Trail Awaits Chelsea Clinton—Again

She could be the first First Kid for two different administrations

(Newser) - After nurturing a low profile for years, former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton, 27, is back in the public eye, stumping for her presidential candidate mom. During her mother's 2000 Senate campaign, she was little more than set dressing. She has reprised that role this time around but may play a...

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