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FORGET DELEGATES AND the popular vote for the Democratic presidential nomination. The most important thing Hillary Clinton gained by winning the Pennsylvania primary yesterday was a better argument--indeed, a much better argument. Chances are, Clinton will trail Obama in the delegate count when the primaries end on June 3, as she does now. And while she may cut into his lead in the popular vote in the Democratic contests, she's not likely to exceed his vote total. So the only way she can capture the nomination is by convincing roughly 300 uncommitted super-delegates that Obama cannot defeat Republican John McCain...

WASHINGTON - John McCain sought to minimize damage to his man-of-character image and his presidential hopes Thursday, vigorously denying and denouncing a newspaper report suggesting an improper relationship with a female lobbyist. "It's not true," the likely Republican nominee said of the report that implied a romantic link with telecommunications lobbyist Vicki Iseman and suggested McCain pushed legislation that would have benefited her clients. "At no time have I ever done anything that would betray the public trust," said McCain, a four-term Arizona senator and a hero of the Vietnam War. He described the lobbyist as a friend. McCain and...

John Kerry usually looks as though he couldn’t break a smile if you paid him. It’s obvious, though, that the evident Democratic nominee has a roguish sense of humor. There’s no other way to explain Mr. Kerry’s suggestion that President Bush debate him every month until the election. Teresa’s husband showed he’s got at least 57 varieties of chutzpah in making his request just days after charging that Republicans are crooks and liars. That’s a unique way to win friends, influence people and encourage cooperation. It also comes less than a month after he told primary opponent John Edwards, who...