Can the Dems pull themselves together in time? Herewith the chronicle of their divisions.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:35:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35862/mccain-borrows-clintons-3am-attack.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain has resurrected Hillary Clinton’s “3am” attack ad, and will be running a modified version in several battleground states, USA Today reports. The Republican's ad reruns a portion of Clinton’s, along with clips of Clinton attacking Obama’s experience, and ends with the tag, “Hillary’s right.” The move continues McCain’s recent tactic of wooing Clinton voters by accentuating the Democrats’ primary differences.http://www.newser.com/story/35862/mccain-borrows-clintons-3am-attack.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 11:17:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35203/obama-building-his-own-democratic-party.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama is running as an “outsider candidate” fed up with partisan politics—yet he is, ironically, perhaps the most party-focused presidential candidate in history, Dana Goldstein and Ezra Klein write in the American Prospect . Obama has moved much of the Democratic National Committee apparatus to Chicago, rebuilt its fundraising infrastructure, and is even training organizers for other Democratic campaigns.http://www.newser.com/story/35203/obama-building-his-own-democratic-party.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 19 Aug 2008 11:06:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34653/edwards-lie-cost-hillary-the-nomination-aide-says.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHillary Clinton’s former communications director is convinced that had the media outed John Edwards last year, Clinton would be the Democratic nominee. “We would have won Iowa,” Howard Wolfson tells ABC. “Our voters and Edwards’ voters were the same people. They were older, pro-union.” Obama won Iowa with 37.6% of the vote, followed by Edwards with 29.7% and Clinton with 29.5%.http://www.newser.com/story/34653/edwards-lie-cost-hillary-the-nomination-aide-says.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 11 Aug 2008 10:00:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33581/dream-ticket-odds-fading.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn Obama-Clinton ticket is looking less and less likely, based on the public and private comments of both senators, the New York Times reports. Obama hasn’t asked Hillary Clinton for background check documents, and his recent statement that he’s looking for a Washington outsider suggests he won’t. Clinton has privately told associates that she doesn’t expect the nod and considers any statements to the contrary a courtesy only.http://www.newser.com/story/33581/dream-ticket-odds-fading.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 29 Jul 2008 7:03:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29947/obama-shifts-dnc-power-to-chicago.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Democratic National Committee is moving its field operations to Chicago as part of Barack Obama's strategy to centralize the party and streamline efforts for the general election. The move has been welcomed publicly by the DNC, even though it clearly shifts power from Washington to Obama's unassuming headquarters in the Windy City, Politico notes. Chicago hasn't had such national political focus since the 1968 convention.http://www.newser.com/story/29947/obama-shifts-dnc-power-to-chicago.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 13 Jun 2008 8:46:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29450/clinton-obama-laughing-as-they-part.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama and Hillary Clinton were laughing together after a private hourlong meeting at a Senate colleague's home, reports the AP. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the pair chatted away in her living room late Thursday in a "positive" head-to-head, their first since Obama clinched the nomination. Clinton is expected to pledge her strong support to her former rival in a speech this afternoon.http://www.newser.com/story/29450/clinton-obama-laughing-as-they-part.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 07 Jun 2008 4:26:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29451/dems-work-to-fuse-fundraising-machines.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Obama and Clinton campaigns have been working to merge their fundraising machines as Clinton prepares her swan song today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Clinton made a call to her top 50 fundraisers, urging them to get behind Obama and promising a private meeting with the presumed nominee. The combined operation could create a juggernaut capable of dwarfing the contents of John McCain's offers.http://www.newser.com/story/29451/dems-work-to-fuse-fundraising-machines.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 06 Jun 2008 23:42:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29394/mccain-targets-disgruntled-clinton-voters.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain sees his path to the White House lined with Hillary Clinton supporters. Up to 28% of Clinton backers have told pollsters they’ll defect to the GOP now that Barack Obama has clinched the nomination, the Washington Post reports, so McCain is targeting them, calling Clinton a “friend” who inspired his daughters. It’s a long shot, but, hey, it worked for Ronald Reagan.http://www.newser.com/story/29394/mccain-targets-disgruntled-clinton-voters.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 06 Jun 2008 9:27:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29341/clinton-obama-meet-privately-in-dc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama and Hillary Clinton met face to face tonight in a private meeting, NBC news reports. No immediate word surfaced about their discussion. Obama delayed his departure from Washington and instead went to Clinton's home in DC. Earlier in the day, both sought to temper speculation that Obama should make Clinton his vice president. She plans to suspend her campaign Saturday and endorse him.http://www.newser.com/story/29341/clinton-obama-meet-privately-in-dc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 06 Jun 2008 23:15:15 CDT