Washington, Aug 12 : Supporters of US Senator Hillary Clinton have claimed that she could have won the Democratic presidential nomination had John Edwards not lied about his adulterous relationship with Rielle Hunter.

They said that Edwards’ lie over his extra-marital affair with Rielle had “lasting effects” because it enabled him to stay in the race at a crucial time, emerging second after Barack Obama in Iowa.

The Iowa caucuses, which kicked off the nomination process in January, saw Hillary finish third, just behind second-placed Edwards and the victorious Barack Obama. Although she staged a comeback a few days later in New Hampshire, her campaign never properly recovered its former poise and momentum.

Washington, Aug. 11 : Senator Barack Obama''s campaign announced Sunday that his wife, Michelle, will be the star attraction on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention (August 25) in Denver.

Following Michelle Obama, will be New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday, Obama''s vice presidential choice on Wednesday and Obama himself on Thursday, when the convention moves to Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium and Obama officially accepts the party''s nomination before a crowd of about 75,000.

New York, Aug 9 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain stole a page from Hillary Clinton’s playbook, recycling her greatest primary hits against Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

In a new ad titled “Praising McCain,” his team ran clips of Democrats lauding the Arizona senator’s maverick independence - topped by this classic Clinton punch from March 3: “I think that I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House. And Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.”

Washington - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Sunday urged the party's credentials committee to give a full vote to the defrocked state delegations from Florida and Michigan - a move that could heal the lingering, deep divisions with narrowly defeated rival Hillary Clinton.

Washington, August 3 : A new study by researchers at the University of Iowa suggests that the age factor might have benefited Barrack Obama, and hurt Hillary Clinton while they were vying to be the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party.

The study suggests that Americans expect women to reach their peak performance as leaders at age 43, four years before men''s perceived peak at age 47.

New York, Aug. 1 : New York’s junior Senator Hillary Clinton has decided against being nominated for President at the Democrats'' Denver convention, but many of her more die-hard partisans say that they may vote for her anyway.

A source close to Clinton confirmed she won''t file a formal request to the convention asking to be nominated along with Barack Obama, who eked out the victory in their fierce primary slugfest.

"She is not going to submit the signed request. People are still circulating petitions on her behalf, but this is a done deal," the New York Daily News quoted the insider, as saying.