Curt Schilling

Weekend in Review: Chelsea, Dorothy, Oprah

Weekend in Review: Chelsea, Dorothy, Oprah
AP, via Des Moines Register

The top Democratic presidential candidates brought out some of their more powerful symbolic stumpers this weekend. To counter Barack Obama’s breathlessly awaited Oprah event in Iowa, Hillary Clinton campaigned with both her generally press-shy daughter Chelsea and her mother, Dorothy Rodham.

Clinton also sent her husband, who arguably has as much star power as Oprah, to South Carolina. In New Hampshire, the Clinton team dispatched the former secretary of the Navy to deliver a speech in Portsmouth.

The New York Times Magazine published a long profile exploring Hillary’s sometimes opaque emotional landscape, while the Washington Post considered her early life.

In a column this morning, Dan Balz wrote of the Clinton candidacy, "all talk of inevitability is gone," and added that no one knows this better than the candidate herself.  read more »

Clemens and Schilling Show What's Left

Roger Clemens at Fenway last night.
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Roger Clemens at Fenway last night.

Sunday night’s game was about reaching back to the past, with heavy implications for the upcoming postseason.  read more »