primary election

Harry Reid on divisions in the Democratic party

"The negative toll on Obama and Clinton will end five minutes after the nominee is chosen and that will be before the 1st of July."

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Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, D-NV., quoted on April 4, 2008 on ABCNews.com in reference to the talk of divisions in the Democratic Party being created by the long primary season.

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Hillary Clinton likening herself to Rocky Balboa

"Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing a fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up. And neither do the American people."

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Sen. Hillary Clinton D-N.Y. on April 1, 2008, as quoted in an Associated Press article published by Yahoo News on April 2, 2008.

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Bill Richardson endorsing Barack Obama

"Barack Obama will be a historic and a great president, who can bring us the change we so desperately need by bringing us together as a nation here at home and with our allies abroad."

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New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson quoted on Nytimes.com on March 21, 2008, announcing his endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore.

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Bill Clinton on how his comments in South Carolina were "spun"

"They made up a race story out of that. There was no disrespect to Senator Obama in that. So I think that our side got a bum rap about what was said about South Carolina. But the point is, that's political tactics. They thought they could hurt me with that, and so they put a bizarre spin on it, and it worked for a while."

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Former president Bill Clinton, quoted on Nytimes.com on March 18, 2008, criticizing the news media's "spin" of a comment he made while campaigning for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in South Carolina.

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Obama on his Mississippi primary victory

"I am grateful to the people of Mississippi for the wonderful support. What we've tried to do is steadily make sure that in each state we are making the case about the need for change in this country."

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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., quoted on Nytimes.com on March 12, 2008, commenting on his primary victory in Mississippi.

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Barack Obama on being Vice President

"I'm not running for vice president...I don't know how somebody who's in second place can offer the vice presidency to someone who's in first place."

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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., quoted on Nytimes.com on March 11, 2008, rejecting the Clinton's allusions to his becoming the VP on a Clinton-Obama democratic ticket.

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Barack Obama comparing John McCain's policies with those of George W. Bush

"...in this campaign, he has fallen in line behind the very same policies that have ill-served America. He has seen where George Bush has taken our country and he promises to keep us on the very same course."

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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. quoted on Washingtonpost.com on March 5, 2008, contrasting his policies with those of the likely Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

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Obama on the possibility of Clinton winning Ohio and Texas

"We know this. No matter what happens tonight, we have nearly the same delegate lead as we had this morning, and we are on our way to winning this nomination."

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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., quoted on Washingtonpost.com on March 5, 2008, commenting before the ballots were in on the possibility of Clinton winning the primary election in Ohio and Texas on March 4, 2008.

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Hillary Clinton on continuing to campaign after Ohio and Texas

"For everyone here in Ohio and across America who's ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, and for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up, this one is for you."

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Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., quoted on Washingtonpost.com on March 5, 2008, declaring her commitment to continuing to campaign on the day of the Ohio and Texas primaries, March 4, 2008.

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Samantha Power commenting on Hillary Clinton

"She is a monster, too--that is off the record--she is stooping to anything."

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Samantha Power, foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign, quoted on Reuters.com on March 7, 2008, commenting on Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in an interview with British newspaper The Scotsman. She made the statement on Monday, March 3, 2008, befo

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