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--DEMOCRATS--

His Meteoric Days Gone, Quiet Dean Leads Party

By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
October 22, 2007

Four years after his rise and fall, Howard Dean is happy to conduct the Democrats’ business in near obscurity…

CLINTON

For Better or Worse, Another Clinton Book
Bill and Hillary's Marriage During Their White House Years Is Scrutinized Once Again

By Jackie Calmes
Wall Street Journal
October 22, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Whether or not "Clinton fatigue" plays any role in complicating Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency, one thing seems more certain: Americans are suffering from Clinton book fatigue…

Some Say Clinton Model Is Flawed
Strategy for Appeal in Upstate N.Y. May Not Translate for '08 Bid

By Alec MacGillis
Washington Post
October 21, 2007

JAVA, N.Y. -- Doug Merlau always leaned Republican, but that was before Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton came to talk about the mystery of the tainted milk…

Can Hillary Clinton win?
Democratic rivals raise her electability as a key issue in the presidential race

By Jill Zuckman
Chicago Tribune
October 21, 2007

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - Steve Valdez, a retired high school history teacher, is keeping an eye on the presidential campaign and wondering about Sen. Hillary Clinton's chances…

DODD

Connecticut Sen. Dodd now hails from Iowa

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
October 21, 2007

It's not Greenwich, but the rented house in Des Moines will have to do until the Democratic caucuses…

OBAMA

Obama Calls for Ouster of Official After Remark

By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
October 21, 2007

Senator Barack Obama said the leader of the civil rights division of the Justice Department should step down after comments about elderly minority voters…

Cheney and Obama: It’s Not Genetic

By Nicholas Wade
New York Times
October 21, 2007

Barack Obama and Dick Cheney may have a genealogical relationship, but whatever its political symbolism, it is genetically meaningless…

Obama courts Latino voters in L.A.

By Cathleen Decker
Los Angeles Times
October 21, 2007

The Democratic presidential candidate discusses inner-city education, immigration and diversity at Garfield High School…

Fundraising 101 at 'Obama U'

By John McCormick
Chicago Tribune
October 20, 2007

Gathered in a Chicago hotel ballroom, the 100 or so students had come from across the nation to learn from some of the top names in the business: Solomont, Kearney, Barzun…

RICHARDSON

Richardson: keep issues above the political fray

Associated Press
October 21, 2007
Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson on Sunday proposed linking Congressional and presidential pay raises to efforts to lower the national deficit, though he acknowledged such a measure would never pass…

--REPUBLICANS--

THE DEBATE

Debate Wrap-Up: Everyone vs. Clinton

By Katharine Q. Seelye
New York Times
October 21, 2007

In a Fox News debate, eight Republicans seize on a single target…

Candidates Spar With Each Other, And With Clinton

By Dan Balz and Michael D. Shear
Washington Post
October 22, 2007

ORLANDO, Oct. 21 -- The leading Republican presidential candidates staged their most contentious and personal debate of the long campaign season here Sunday night, clashing sharply over abortion, immigration and their readiness to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in a general election…

THE FIELD

Religious Right Divides Its Vote at Summit

By Michael Luo
New York Times
October 22, 2007

Christian conservatives were divided over which of the Republican presidential candidates to support…

Religious Right's tough call

By Linda Feldmann
Christian Science Monitor
October 22, 2007

If not Giuliani, who? Christian conservatives remain unsettled on a GOP champion for '08 race…

GOP field poses dilemma for social conservatives

By Mark Silva
Chicago Tribune
October 20, 2007

WASHINGTON - In the courting of the Christian right, there are right answers and there are wrong answers…

Romney, Huckabee top RFC straw poll

Associated Press
October 22, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former governors, Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, won the top two spots in a straw poll of "values voters" conducted by the conservative Family Research Council…

GIULIANI

Social Issues Dog Giuliani Conservatives in South Carolina Prove to Be a Tough Sell

By Michael M. Phillips
Wall Street Journal
October 22, 2007

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- At a recent Republican Party barbecue, Dennis Jones and state Rep. Garry Smith greeted each other like old friends. They chatted about dessert recipes. They joked about being Smith and Jones. They lamented Washington's big-spending ways…

Giuliani Works to Win Over Religious and Social Conservatives
But Huckabee and Romney Are Winners in Straw Poll

By Dan Balz
Washington Post
October 21, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Rudolph W. Giuliani implored an audience of religious and social conservatives to look beyond their differences over abortion and other issues as he sought to allay their fears that his nomination would mean the abandonment of the GOP's core principles…

For Giuliani, chasm may be too wide

By Peter Wallsten
Los Angeles Times
October 21, 2007

As evangelicals talk of boycotting the GOP, the former New York City mayor seeks to assure conservatives that he's one of them…

ROMNEY

Cash, Advice on Tap at Romney's Old Firm
Investment Company Has Been a Source of Donations and Personnel for Candidate

By Matthew Mosk and John Solomon
Washington Post
October 21, 2007

At key moments during his rise in politics, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has returned to the same reliable source for money, advice and corporate muscle: Bain Capital, the investment company he founded in the 1980s…

THOMPSON

For Thompson, It Was Florida in Four Minutes

By Marc Santora
New York Times
October 21, 2007

Four speeches, and the reaction of the activists gathered here for the Florida Republican Party’s biggest annual event, provided a distillation of the strengths of the leading candidates, as well as their weaknesses…

--THIRD PARTIES--

COLBERT

Colbert: I Am a Candidate (And So Can You!)

By Michael Falcone
New York Times
October 21, 2007

The Sunday funnies flipped over to "Meet the Press" today, with Stephen Colbert equal parts comedian and candidate, while a few of the slightly more viable presidential hopefuls also made the rounds on the talk shows…

--OTHER NEWS--

Early voters grow in importance

By Mark Z. Barabak and Dan Morain
Los Angeles Times
October 20, 2007

More than ever, Iowa or New Hampshire is a crucial win, especially for presidential hopefuls on a lower financial tier. That's everyone but Clinton and Obama…

Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor

By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post
October 21, 2007

MIAMI, Oct. 20 -- Rep. Bobby Jindal (R) became the nation's first Indian American governor Saturday, outpolling 11 rivals in Louisiana and drawing enough votes to avoid a runoff election next month…

Fence to protect America turns out to be Made in China

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
October 21, 2007

Congressional members charge that Buy American provisions of the fence against illegal aliens were waived…