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THE FIELD

In Iowa, Party Rivals Sharpen Jabs at Clinton

By Christopher Cooper
Wall Street Journal
November 12, 2007

DES MOINES, Iowa -- As the campaign heats up for the Democratic presidential nomination, a race within a race appears to be taking shape here in the effort to win over the party activists who will lead off the balloting on Jan. 3…

A Weekend of Skirmishing for Obama and Clinton

By Christine Hauser
New York Times
November 12, 2007

Senator Barack Obama kept on the attack against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, accusing her of running a “poll-driven campaign,” while she said he lacked credentials and experience…

Leading Democrats Intense in Iowa Battle

By Dan Balz and Shailagh Murray
Washington Post
November 12, 2007

DES MOINES, Nov. 11 -- In the space of an hour this weekend, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.), using some of their most pointed and forceful rhetoric of the campaign, framed in stark terms the choice for Democrats deciding their party's presidential nomination…

CLINTON

How a Business Flop Became Political Force
Hsu Wowed the Democrats As He Beguiled Investors; 'He Craved Attention'

By Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, John R. Emshwiller, Jonathan Cheng and Jim Carlton
Wall Street Journal
November 12, 2007

By the time Norman Hsu flew to Beverly Hills in early September and checked into the Raffles L'Ermitage hotel, the life of the top Democratic donor and self-professed clothing magnate was coming unraveled…

Looking at Clinton, Seeing Themselves
Executive Women Identify With the Scrutiny She's Facing

By Carol Hymovitz
Wall Street Journal
November 12, 2007

When Valerie Frederickson, a Silicon Valley human-resources consultant, heard Hillary Clinton assert that she could "take the heat" after getting pummeled by opponents in a recent debate, she recalled the times in her own career when a roomful of men disrespected her…

Clinton Aides Prompted Queries at Campaign Events

By Patrick Healy
New York Times
November 12, 2007

The tactic drew criticism from a Democratic opponent and led Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to promise that it would not happen again…

The Myth of the Iron Lady

By Shankar Vedantam
Washington Post
November 12, 2007

If you consult the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which is democratically created by Internet users, you will see a pattern emerge in the phrases used to describe the first female leaders of many countries…

Clinton no open book on healthcare

By Peter Nicholas
Los Angeles Times
November 11, 2007

Hundreds of pages of memos involving her reform effort during her husband's presidency have been withheld by federal archivists…

EDWARDS

Edwards Outlines Policies in Des Moines

By Christine Hauser
New York Times
November 11, 2007

John Edwards said during the speech that the candidates need to answer tough questions, and while he did not mention Hillary Clinton by name, he said later that he had been referring to her…

OBAMA

Obama Fights Foes, Seen or Otherwise

By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
November 10, 2007

Senator Barack Obama is trying to re-establish his story in the face of misinformation, the long shadow of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and perhaps prejudice as well…

Obama downplays race in Iowa contest
Broad voter support likened to 2004 win

By John McCormick and Rick Pearson
Chicago Tribune
November 10, 2007

JOHNSTON, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama said Friday that if he fails to win the Iowa caucuses it will not be because he is African-American…

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GIULIANI

A Defiant Kerik Vows to Battle U.S. Indictment

By Russ Buettner and William K. Rashbaum
New York Times
November 10, 2007

The legal proceedings of Bernard B. Kerik could cast a shadow over his friend Rudolph W. Giuliani…

Kerik, Indicted on Corruption Charges, Pleads Not Guilty
Prosecutors Allege Years of Fraud and Lying

By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 10, 2007; Page A03

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Nov. 9 -- In 2003, while Bernard B. Kerik was in Baghdad to rebuild Iraq's beleaguered police force, his bank accounts back in New York were allegedly being filled by friends eager to expand their dealings with the city and the federal government.

HUCAKBEE

Huckabee on the Offensive in Iowa
Happy to Be a Target of GOP Rivals, Candidate Takes More Aggressive Tone

By Perry Bacon Jr. and Michael D. Shear
Washington Post
November 11, 2007

VINTON, Iowa -- If Mike Huckabee is right, the millions of dollars that his rivals for the White House have poured into their campaigns have been wasted…

McCAIN

Seeing Progress in Iraq, McCain Hopes for Credit

By Marc Santora
New York Times
November 10, 2007

Senator John McCain is making his early advocacy of the troop increase in Iraq and his push for a change in strategy there a central theme of his presidential campaign…

PAUL

The Web Takes Ron Paul for a Ride

By Katharine Q. Seelye and Leslie Wayne
New York Times
November 11, 2007

With the help of the Internet, Ron Paul’s quest to become president has taken on a life of its own…

THOMPSON

Thompson Seeks to Alter Entitlement for Retirees

By Marc Santora
New York Times
November 10, 2007

Fred D. Thompson has called for slowing the growth of Social Security benefits for future retirees by using a different yardstick on which to calculate the monthly payouts…

Thompson Reveals Social Security Plans
Voluntary Savings Accounts, Slower-Growing Benefits Proposed

By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post
November 10, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson yesterday proposed slowing the growth of Social Security benefits and creating voluntary, government-matched savings accounts, becoming the first candidate of either party to offer a detailed proposal to fix the nation's retirement system…

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Interest Groups and Their Money Jump Into Race

By Jim Rutenberg and David D. Kirkpatrick
Wall Street Journal
November 12, 2007

Hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to pour into groups built to sway voters outside of campaign law limitations…

What's in the stars?

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
November 11, 2007

Probably a whole lot more than what we know about politics down here and what's out there…

Immigration looms as key issue

By Mark Silva
Chicago Tribune
November 11, 2007

WASHINGTON - Rudolph Giuliani, the front-running Republican candidate for president, has at least two good reasons for proposing a ban against driver's licenses for illegal immigrants…

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U.S. Digs In to Guard Iraq Oil Exports
Long-Term Presence Planned At Persian Gulf Terminals Viewed as Vulnerable

By Chip Cummins
Wall Street Journal
November 12, 2007

KHAWR AL AMAYA OIL TERMINAL, Iraq -- The U.S. Navy is building a military installation atop this petroleum-export platform as the U.S. establishes a more lasting military mission in the oil-rich north Persian Gulf…

Bush Gets Another Hard Look at the Costs of War

By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post
November 12, 2007

P resident Bush spent an emotional two hours Thursday at the Center for the Intrepid, a new rehabilitation facility for wounded soldiers at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Such stops have been common for Bush, especially since the scandal last spring at Walter Reed, but the White House allowed reporters unusual access to Bush on his tour through this state-of-the-art facility, giving a more intimate view of the kind of poignant and powerful scenes the president can encounter on such visits…