Yale Daily News
Magnetism, not antagonism, will win in ’08

By David Broockman ’11 The Left is accustomed to being labeled eternally idealistic not as an accolade, but an epithet. But every four years, the […]

Obama finds new voice for healthcare reform

By Robert Nelb ’08  If there is an Achilles’ heel in Barack Obama’s rock star presidential campaign, it’s health care. Poll after poll shows that […]

Step by step, political path widening for women

By Alexandra Schwartz ’09 When I was little, my mother gave me a book called “You Can Be Anything!” It had a charming gimmick: Two […]

Live: Young crowd ‘fired up, ready to go’

JERSEY CITY, N.J., 4:22 p.m. — We’re in! All it took was flashing the YaleID. No questions, no being subjected to bomb-sniffing dogs. First observation: […]

Live: At Obama rally, fire marshall locks out the press

JERSEY CITY, N.J., 4:00 p.m. — Reporters here are livid as a frantic Obama official tells us the fire marshall has said no more reporters […]

Live: Veteran Hannon wants Obama to put America ‘on top’ again

JERSEY CITY, N.J., 3:45 p.m. — While waiting on this endless press line I chatted with Charles Hannon, a Jersey City resident who was stationed […]

Live: Kicking off national tour, Obama travels to New Jersey

JERSEY CITY, N.J., 3:20 p.m — The scene here in Jersey City, where Barack Obama is set to kick off his national tour in half […]

Will it come down to the Dartmouth vote?

WEST CALDWELL, N.J., 9:36 p.m. — With about 2,000 votes separating Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton LAW ’73, CNN’s Anderson Cooper ’89 just raised the […]

Is America ready for a Mrs. President?

GERMANTOWN, Tenn., 11:13 a.m. — Hillary Clinton is struggling to lock in the votes of a demographic that American may have once thought was a […]

DeStefano endorses Obama, says he would be an ‘absolutely dynamic partner’ for New Haven

WEST CALDWELL, N.J., 2:30 p.m. — New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. has just endorsed Barack Obama for president, according to a 2 p.m. City […]

CNN: Obama leads by 10 points in New Hampshire

WASHINGTON, 8:35 p.m. — A new CNN-WMUR poll released this evening shows Senator Barack Obama with a commanding 10-point lead over Senator Hillary Clinton LAW […]