Bill Clinton Warns on Disaster Preparedness

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2007 Hillary Clinton and other presidential candidates might do well to heed the cautionary advice of former President Bill Clinton, who warned of coming disasters of both the man-made and natural varieties. He spoke during a conference Friday at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Time to Reevaluate Hillary?

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2007 Hillary Clinton has come under fire for her relatively hawkish stand on the war, but the candidate made an aggressive move Thursday to counter that perception Joined by antiwar Sen Robert Byrd, Clinton announced plans to de-authorize the war, saying: "If the president will not bring himself to accept reality, it is time for Congress to bring reality to him" Update: Kucinich calls out Clinton. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal on Campaign ’08 and America’s Future

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2007 Robert Scheer sits down with Gore Vidal to hear his take on the upcoming presidential campaign, religion and the future of the American empire in this first installment from Truthdig's series of interviews with the iconic author and historian. Watch the clip Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Hillary’s Downward Spiral

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2007 The folks at Gallup have noticed a unique trend in the race for the White House: Hillary Clinton's numbers have been heading steadily down. In fact, no other candidate, whether Republican or Democrat, shows as clear and consistent a trajectory. Time for a May surprise? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Obama Bombshell

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2007 Barack Obama surpassed expectations Wednesday with the announcement that his campaign raised $25 million in the first quarter, almost as much as Hillary Clinton with her record $26 million. Though Clinton pulled in more overall, Obama had twice as many individual donors and outraised the front-runner online. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Hillary Software Lets Voters Customize Her Positions

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Apr 2, 2007 The satirist provides an overview of new state-of-the-art software that will enable voters to customize Sen. Clinton's positions on a host of issues. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton Rakes It In

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2007 Hillary Clinton has easily set a fundraising record, pulling in $26 million between January and March. The Clinton campaign would not publicly say how much of the money it plans to save for the general election. A number of pundits have predicted this will be the most expensive election in American history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton ‘1984’ Ad Creator (Loosely) Linked to Obama

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2007 After calling on her vast army of supporters and contributors, it was only a matter of time before Arianna Huffington was able to identify Philip de Vellis as the creator of the wildly viral (and funny) anti-Hillary commercial everybody is talking about (watch after the jump). It turns out he worked for a firm employed by the Obama camp, though his boss swears he had nothing to do with the account. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Campaign Vigilantes Go Viral

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2007 Someone apparently unrelatedrelated to the Barack Obama campaign created a parody of Ridley Scott's classic "1984" Apple commercial, with Hillary Clinton in the role of Big Brother. In true Youtube fashion, it was quickly followed by a video response with Obama as the bad guy. Update: Original video creator's identity exposed! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton: Bring (Some) Troops Home

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2007 Looks like Hillary Clinton's plan for withdrawing American troops from Iraq comes with a caveat. Clinton says that, if she becomes commander in chief, she would maintain a whittled-down U.S. military presence in Iraq -- a strategy she believes would jibe with the Democrats' proposed resolution to bring our forces home by March 31, 2008. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Shedding Hillary’s ‘Sexual Power’

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Mar 8, 2007 Hillary Clinton unavoidably began her campaign as the female candidate. But with time and controversy she has emerged as the establishment figure, leaving issues of gender and electability more or less by the wayside. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pariah or Prophet?

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 26, 2007 Many have dismissed Ralph Nader's recurring candidacy as an "ego trip," but veteran journalist Chris Hedges argues that the activist and agitator has in fact taken a consistent and necessary stand against the consumer fraud of American politics. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )