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  • A Barrel of Laughs

    Andrew Romano | May 6, 2008 08:29 AM

    With Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton fighting each other to a draw over the last few weeks in the riveting battle for blue-collar ordinariness--Clinton: Crown Royal, Mauser rifles, red pick up trucks, NASCAR; Obama: Budweiser, apple pie, P-I-G, hay bales--Stumper hereby proposes a new way for the good people of Indiana and North Carolina to decide which candidate they prefer:

    Who delivers a funnier Top Ten list?

    Last night, the former First Lady appeared on the David Letterman Show via satellite to rattle off her "Top Ten Reasons Hillary Clinton Loves America." Watch it and weep:

     

    Incidentally, Clinton's appearance came a little more than three months after her rival gave Letterman his "Top Ten Barack Obama Campaign Promises." Get it while it's hot:

    Who's funnier? We'll let the Tar Heels and Hoosiers decide. But it's at least as relevant as who can down a boilermaker with the most gusto.

    By the way, our pick for funniest Top Ten list: Mitt Romney. Here he is last week at D.C.'s Radio Correspondents Dinner with the "Top Ten Reasons I Decided to Get Out of the Race":

    Mitt Romney? Funny? We never thought we'd say those words in the same sentence. But with Obama and Clinton as the competition, "I took a bad fall... and broke my hair" might actually take the cake. 

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    Tammy Haddad | Feb 5, 2008 03:38 PM
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  • Stumper TV: Gingrich--'The Republicans' Chances'

    Tammy Haddad | Feb 5, 2008 03:19 PM
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  • Stumper TV: Holder—Endorsement is Huge

    Editors | Jan 28, 2008 09:25 PM
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  • Stumper TV: Saving the Whales with Hayden

    Editors | Jan 28, 2008 05:39 PM
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  • Stumper TV: Kennedy—This Is a Movement

    Editors | Jan 28, 2008 04:04 PM
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  • Stumper TV: Sly Stallone endorses McCain

    Editors | Jan 25, 2008 11:18 AM
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  • Stumper TV: Ms. Cross Goes to Washington

    Editors | Jan 24, 2008 08:31 AM
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  • Stumper TV: War of Words Continues

    Editors | Jan 22, 2008 05:28 PM
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  • Stumper TV: Clinton Not Conceding S.C.

    Editors | Jan 22, 2008 05:21 PM
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  • Stumper TV: Hillary Defends Debate Attacks

    Editors | Jan 22, 2008 10:55 AM
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  • Clinton Press Secretary Says His Boss is 'Never Nervous'

    Editors | Jan 16, 2008 02:14 PM


    NEWSWEEK's Tammy Haddad files this report from Las Vegas:

    The Clinton press charter was late for the MSNBC Democratic Candidates Debate because of another thing a campaign can’t control--headwinds. Senator Clinton arrived only two minutes before show time. But Jay Carson, Senator Clinton’s press secretary and Jamie Smith, who manages the traveling press operation, were still working the aisles packed with the 50 or reporters who were preparing to dash into the bus for the big event.

    NEWSWEEK asked Carson about prepping for the debates, the differences between working as the spokesperson for President Clinton and Senator Clinton, how he has never seen Senator Clinton nervous and if the campaign has approached the Edwards campaign about pulling out. Excerpts after the jump:
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  • Stumper TV: Axelrod: No Deal Between Candidates

    Editors | Jan 16, 2008 12:00 PM
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  • Stumper TV: The Ghost of Elections Past

    Editors | Jan 11, 2008 01:37 PM
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