Bill Clinton

ZANESVILLE, Ohio -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) toured the Eastside Community Ministry earlier on Tuesday before announcing his new plan to expand federal faith-based charity initiatives, loosely modeled on President Bush's programs of the past eight years.

But Obama admitted he hasn't been in this area of Ohio enough but said he's competitive against U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

Every election year, professional speculators say that young people will vote this time. Every year they don’t. Capturing the youth vote has become the quixotic dream of all politicians.

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Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry Ohio and the first since FDR to win it twice.

Three men that helped Clinton win Ohio in 1992 spoke to PolitickerOH.com about what Barack Obama must do to win the state. Their advice varies regarding tactics and regions but they all practically say "Go southeast, young man" to Appalachian Ohio where Hillary Clinton routed him in the primary.

Most would say with John McCain as the nominee, Arizona should not be in play in November. According to a recent web presentation by McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, that may not be the case. Arizona is counted as a swing state for McCain. In the last 50 years Arizona has voted for a total of one Democratic presidential candidate over a Republican. In 1996 Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole by 2% in Arizona. Every other election has been in favor of the Republican. Then when you consider John McCain has never had a close U.S. Senate race, it would make sense if Arizona was a firm red state for McCain. If McCain needs to spend time shoring up Arizona, it could be a long November for both McCain and Republicans throughout the state.

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On the flight to Puerto Rico, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) turned to former President Bill Clinton and told him one of the reasons his wife was losing was because the campaign too often allowed Sen. Barack Obama to frame the issues.

When Clinton ran in the 1990s, he stayed on message - most famously with his "it’s the economy, stupid" rundown of the first President Bush. He won, Menendez observed, because Clinton forced his opponent to respond to the issues on his terms.

A flummoxed Bush was left marveling at supermarket product scanning devices while Clinton told voters, "I feel your pain."

Sixteen years later, his wife didn’t capture the issues and present them aggressively enough, in Menendez’s view, and she suffered the consequences.

Now, as he shifts gears from Clinton to Obama, Menendez is on the offensive, trying to frame the immigration and ethics debates against Sen. John McCain, a day before the presumptive Republican presidential nominee lands in New Jersey for a Burlington County campaign rally.

Former President Bill Clinton has cancelled his Friday commencement speech at the University of California at Los Angeles, his office announced today.

The decision apparently stems from an ongoing labor dispute between the school and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

"Due to the ongoing labor dispute, he regrets that he will be unable to participate in commencement this year and he wishes the UCLA graduates the best of luck," Clinton's office said.

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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign announced Mindy Myers as its choice for New Hampshire's State Director for the general election. 

Myers, who will take a leave of absence from her position as Chief of Staff in the office of U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whithouse (D-R.I.), has promised to unify the state's Democrats in the months leading up to November. 

U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City).LAS VEGAS -- Facing probably the toughest reelection campaign of his career, U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City) took some time last week to answer PolitickerNV.com's questions about the state of his race, his opponent and the man heading up the Republican ticket this fall.