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THE FIELD

Clinton, Obama Trade Barbs in Debate

Associated Press
January 21, 2008

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- A simmering feud between Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama erupted into charges of distortion and exaggeration in a gloves-off presidential debate Monday, with Mrs. Clinton accusing him of representing a Chicago slumlord and Mr. Obama countering that she was a corporate lawyer for antiunion Wal-Mart…

Democrats Woo Silicon Valley
Obama, Clinton Court Big Donors as Big Day Of Primaries Nears

By Rebecca Buckman
Wall Street Journal
January 22, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO -- The race for presidential-primary cash in Silicon Valley is heating up, with Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama snagging new high-profile endorsements and fat checks here in advance of California's Feb. 5 primary…

Clinton and Obama Tangle at Debate

By Jeff Zeleny and Patrick Healy
New York Times
January 22, 2008

In the most intense and personal exchange of the campaign season, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama questioned each other’s integrity and criticized each other’s voting records…

Democrats Bring Debate Fireworks to S.C.

By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post
January 21, 2008

The three leading Democratic presidential candidates drew sharp contrasts on both policy and personal matters in tonight's debate in South Carolina, engaging in the sort of spirited back and forth that had been largely absent from previous gatherings…

Clinton, Obama step up attacks at S.C. debate

By Kathy Kiely
USA Today
January 22, 2008

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama came out swinging Monday night in an animated, finger-pointing exchange: He accused her of distorting his record, she accused him of blurring the facts and each attacked the other for having controversial associates…

Tempers rise with 2008 presidential races up for grabs

By Kathy Kiely and David Jackson
USA Today
January 22, 2008

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Unsettled fields in both parties' presidential contests caused vitriol to rise Sunday, as Republican presidential candidates left this state after Saturday's primary and Democrats moved in for their own high-stakes contest later this week…

Clinton, Obama get fiercely personal
Democratic S.C. debate heats up

By Mike Dorning and Christi Parsons
Chicago Tribune
January 22, 2008

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—The smoldering acrimony between the Democratic presidential front-runners flared openly as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama traded charges in a debate Monday about who is dishonest, who is cowardly and who is doing the bidding of reviled special interests…

CLINTON

Same as She Never Was: Clinton Is Running Now As the Underdog

By Amy Chozick
Wall Street Journal
January 22, 2008

Voters love a good comeback story. But as the tight Democratic race moves into South Carolina and beyond, Democrat Hillary Clinton faces a conundrum: how to maintain her come-from-behind status while racking up the victories…

It’s Clinton vs. Obama in South Carolina. That’s Bill Clinton.

By Patrick Healy
New York Times
January 22, 2008

As Hillary Rodham Clinton focuses elsewhere, her husband has been engaged in a war of words with her rival Barack Obama in South Carolina…

OBAMA

Obama's Bid Turns Focus On Class Split Among Blacks

By Jonathan Kaufman
Wall Street Journal
January 22, 2008

ELGIN, S.C. -- Briana Parker, a 17-year-old African-American, drives her Honda every Wednesday from her suburban home here to the local Barack Obama headquarters to work the phone banks. Already accepted at six colleges, the high-school senior finds Mr. Obama an inspiration. "He reminds me that I can go and do things that others said I couldn't do," says Ms. Parker, who plans to double major at college and become a physical therapist…

Reprising a Career

By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
January 22, 2008

Senator Barack Obama’s biographical advertisement is aimed to show his bipartisan strengths, but there are only a few specifics…

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THE FIELD

GOP Can Revive Curbed Enthusiasm

By Gerald F. Seib
Wall Street Journal
January 22, 2008

America's economy isn't the only thing that needs a stimulus. So do Republican voters, it appears…

GIULIANI

Crossing Mayor Giuliani Often Had a Price

By Michael Powell and Russ Buettner
New York Times
January 22, 2008

Far more than his predecessors, Rudolph W. Giuliani’s toughness edged toward ruthlessness and became a defining aspect of his mayoralty…

McCAIN

McCain Keeps Populist Pitch
Republican Is More Teddy Roosevelt Than Bush on Business Issues

By Alex Frangos
Wall Street Journal
January 22, 2008

SUMTER, S.C. -- In the frantic last-minute campaigning here last week, Sen. John McCain made an unusual pitch to voters in a Republican contest: "You're probably talking to one of the great enemies of the pharmaceutical companies in Washington," he told a town-hall style gathering here…

ROMNEY

Craig Romney Promotes His Father, en Español

By Sarah Wheaton
New York Times
January 22, 2008

In his latest ad, Mitt Romney reaches out to Spanish-speaking voters, who make up a large proportion of the electorate in Miami…

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FLORIDA

A Scramble Across Florida as Republicans Square Off

By Elisabeth Bumiller
New York Times
January 22, 2008

The Republican candidates began grappling with the complicated electoral landscape of the state…

Money, conveying message play big parts in Fla.

By David Jackson
USA Today
January 22, 2008

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Republican presidential race arrived Sunday in the vast and growing state of Florida, where money and message are going to be among the challenges facing four of the leading candidates…

GOP hopefuls flock to the Sunshine State

By Mark Silva and Jill Zuckman
Chicago Tribune
January 21, 2008

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Rudy Giuliani found the audience he wanted in Frank Duffy, a retired New York police sergeant wearing the dark blue cap of the NYPD, an ex-cop who remembers when New York was "a basket case" and thanks Giuliani for cleaning it up…

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In Close Race, Every Delegate Is Prized
Campaigns Prepare To Fight for Every Vote In Protracted Contest

By Jackie Calmes
Wall Street Journal
January 22, 2008

With no presidential front-runner in either party after two more state contests over the weekend, Democrats and Republicans are mobilizing for what few have confronted: fighting delegate by delegate instead of state by state, in a battle that could grind on to the late-summer conventions…

Candidates Face Big Primaries With Smaller War Chests

By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post
January 22, 2008

With their campaign treasuries running on empty and only weeks to attract support in the nearly two dozen states that will cast ballots on Feb. 5, candidates for president are scrambling to find creative and unorthodox ways to grab the attention of voters with the funds they have remaining…

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Planned Parenthood to Push Candidacies

By Brody Mullins
Wall Street Journal
January 22, 2008

WASHINGTON -- For the first time, abortion-rights advocate Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. is launching a major effort to elect pro-abortion-rights candidates to Congress and the White House in November…

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World Markets Plunge on Fears of U.S. Slowdown

By Mark Landler and Heather Timmons
New York Times
January 22, 2008

Markets in Asia were down in early trading on Tuesday, a day after stock prices fell in exchanges from Mumbai to Frankfurt…