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House Democrats Try Softening Their Tone
Lawmakers Seek Republican Votes Amid Veto Threats

By David Rogers
Wall Street Journal
November 13, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Down in the polls, House Democrats are showing a little more finesse as they try to move their legislative agenda around the wall of veto threats thrown up by President Bush…

Senate Not Blowing Smoke
Tobacco Sale Halted In Upper Chamber; Is House Divided?

By Susan Davis
Wall Street Journal
November 13, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Democrats might be on the defensive on their legislative accomplishments, but in less than a year after taking control of Congress, they have had noted success in turning the tide against tobacco use in the Capitol…

Will it be deal or no deal on spending bills?

By Gail Russell Chaddock
Christian Science Monitor
November 13, 2007

Congress prepares two options simultaneously: a deal for the president and a veto override…

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THE FIELD

A Not-So-Perfect Picture of Party Unity

By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
November 12, 2007

John Edwards refused to say whether he would endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton should she win the Democratic presidential nomination…

CLINTON

Clinton library a closed book
Few of ex-first lady's files released by her husband's archive

By Mike Dorning
Chicago Tribune
November 12, 2007

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Visitors to the gleaming glass-and-steel William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library can see the former First Lady Hillary Clinton's gold-embroidered 1997 inaugural ball gown and hear Clinton extol his wife's contributions to his administration…

EDWARDS

For Edwards, a Man on the Run, Time Is No Ally

By Christine Hauser
New York Times
November 13, 2007

Lagging in national polls less than two months before the Iowa caucuses, John Edwards has been racing from one gathering to the next, banking on his ability to win over voters in person…

GORE

Al Gore Will Join Silicon Valley Firm
Hiring Indicates 'Green' Embrace By Kleiner Perkins

By Rebecca Buckman
Wall Street Journal
November 13, 2007

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a Silicon Valley venture-capital firm increasingly focused on "green" technology investments, has hired one of the world's most prominent environmental activists: former Vice President Al Gore…

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GIULIANI

What Giuliani's Lead Really Means

By Gerald F. Seib
Wall Street Journal
November 13, 2007

Rudy Giuliani is the kind of candidate who doesn't display self-confidence so much as he oozes it from every pore…

McCAIN

McCain Disavows Group Trying to Help His Campaign

By Jim Rutenberg and David D. Kirkpatrick
New York Times
November 13, 2007

A group seeking to assist John McCain’s campaign is the sort of “soft money” operation that he has fought against much of his career…

New McCain Ad: 'Outrageous'

Washington Post
November 12, 2007

The ad isn't outrageous, but the title is. The 30-second ad, "Outrageous," will air in New Hampshire and in the Boston media market, in order to reach Granite State residents who live in the southern reaches of the state…

THOMPSON

Thompson Picks Up Endorsement Of National Right to Life Committee

Associated Press
November 12, 2007

INDIANOLA, Iowa -- Fred Thompson, the candidate billing himself as the most consistent conservative in the crowded Republican field, has won the presidential endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee, GOP officials said Monday…

Abortion Foes Throw Support to Thompson

By Marc Santora
New York Times
November 13, 2007

The National Right to Life Committee, courted by a number of Republican candidates, has decided to endorse Fred D. Thompson…

Thompson's scarlet 'L'

By Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
November 12, 2007

Perceived by some as laid-back to a fault -- even lazy -- the GOP presidential candidate is projecting a more vigorous style…

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Next Test for Blackwater
Firm Must Overcome Controversy To Secure New Contracts

By August Cole
Wall Street Journal
November 13, 2007

A Defense Department contract involving antidrug training missions may test the durability of the political controversy over Blackwater Worldwide's security work in Iraq…