Washington Democratic Presidential Primary
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Trump has boasted that he could turn “presidential” – respectful, respectable, reticent, reserved bordering on boring – at will. Apparently, he can’t.
Charles Krauthammer: ‘Hillaryism’ plods on to the future
Clinton is trapped by circumstance. She’s the status quo candidate, Barack Obama’s heir, running essentially on more of the same when Americans are hardly clamoring for four more years.
90-year-old Idaho Democratic delegate hasn’t given up hope for Bernie Sanders
BONNERS FERRY, Idaho - On one side of her jean jacket, Faye Morris wears a “Bernie” button. On the other, a button says “wage peace.” In the months before Idaho’s Democratic presidential caucus in March, Morris would stop people on the sidewalks of Bonners Ferry.
Bernie Sanders setting terms for closing out Democratic race
With the last primary done, Bernie Sanders is negotiating an end to his fight with Hillary Clinton and staking a claim on directing the future of the Democratic Party.
Obama dismisses Trump comments as more details emerge about Orlando killer
As federal authorities weigh whether to charge the wife of Orlando mass killer Omar Mateen, a stern President Barack Obama dismissed Donald Trump’s charge that Democrats have failed to clamp down on “radical Islam.”
Hillary Clinton wins D.C. primary, meets with Sanders
Hillary Clinton brought a close to the presidential primary season with a win Tuesday in the nation’s capital and a meeting with dispatched rival Bernie Sanders, hoping to set a tone of Democratic unity heading into next month’s party convention in Philadelphia.
Clinton and Sanders to meet as DC marks the final primary
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are ending the primary calendar with a face-to-face meeting on Tuesday that could set the tone for Democratic unity and next month’s party convention in Philadelphia.
Trump, Clinton weigh in on Orlando attack
Donald Trump vowed Monday to impose a broad ban on immigration from areas of the world with a history of terrorism and suggested some Muslims in the United States are turning a blind eye to unfolding plots, as he outlined an aggressive response to the deadly attack in Orlando.
General election could prove tough for Trump
PHILADELPHIA – The presidential primaries are just about over and the nominees have emerged. And the general election begins with Democrat Hillary Clinton already ahead of Republican Donald Trump on the Road to 270. Trump, who shook the last of his rivals weeks before Clinton locked up her nomination, has made the GOP’s uphill path to the White House more treacherous by failing to seize on that head start in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
Froma Harrop: It’s time for Sanders to step away
Spare us the commentary on the crowds, the passion and the noise. The voters clearly prefer Hillary.
Dan K. Thomasson: Queen Hillary’s Achilles’ heel
The former first lady, U.S. senator, secretary of state and now presidential contender has a record of behavior that leaves no other conclusion than that she believes she is intellectually superior to most people.
Charles Krauthammer: A difficult year for conscience-driven
I sympathize with the dilemma of Republican leaders reluctant to affirm Trump. Many are as appalled as I am by Trump, but they don’t have the freedom I do to say so.
35 percent of state turned out in primary
Final turnout of the Washington presidential primary is 35 percent. More Democrats than Republicans cast ballots.
WA Prez Primary: 35 percent turnout, Dem ballots topped GOP
OLYMPIA – The final official tally of Washington’s presidential primary: a record 1.42 million voters, or about 35 percent of those registered, cast ballots in a race where the Republican nomination was settled and the Democratic nomination wouldn’t be affected. That’s a record for a…
Justice Dept. opposes release of Clinton aide’s immunity deal
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President Obama backs Clinton, nudges Sanders
Testifying to Hillary Clinton’s grit and experience, President Barack Obama endorsed his former secretary of state’s bid to succeed him on Thursday and urged Democrats to line up behind her. It was all part of a carefully orchestrated pressure campaign aimed at easing Clinton rival Bernie Sanders toward the exit and turning fully to the fight against Republican Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton wins California primary
Hillary Clinton has won Tuesday night’s Democratic primary in California, according to the Associated Press and news networks. The win hands Clinton the nation’s most populous, delegate-rich state and cements her nomination, which she clinched earlier this week. Clinton had been leading comfortably in the state 62 percent to 37 percent as votes were being counted, though her rival Sen. Bernie Sanders still vowed to “continue the fight” through next week’s primaries in the District of Columbia and the party convention in Philadelphia in July.
Bernie Sanders under pressure to quit as Democrats look to unite
Energized by a final batch of primary victories, Hillary Clinton is setting out on the difficult task of uniting her fractured Democratic Party for the five-month presidential battle with Republican Donald Trump. Fellow Democrats urged Bernie Sanders to end his all-but-hopeless challenge to her, but still tried to give him space to make that difficult decision.
Trudy Rubin: Trump’s foreign policy frightening
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Analysis: Clinton seizes historic role but ready to win ugly against Trump
WASHINGTON – If Hillary Clinton’s best argument for unifying Democrats and winning the White House is Donald Trump, then she picked a good week to clinch the nomination. Clinton’s victory-night speech celebrated her historic accomplishment – becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. party – with sepia-toned images of feminist pioneers past. But the campaign has made clear it’s ready to win ugly too, with appeals to fear and not just the heart. Enter Trump, who had by far the worst week of his campaign at the very moment the nation saw Clinton reach her milestone.