Quick Clips

Clinton, Obama Turn to Economy
Race and Gender Are Issues in Tense Day for Democrats
Clinton-Obama War of Words
Clinton Accuses Obama Camp of Distorting Her Words
Obama Giving Clinton a Race in Her Backyard
Unions bitterly divided in Democratic race
Ouch: Kerry's Obama endorsement a major diss
Clinton hammers against Obama
In Defending War Vote, Clintons Contradict Record
Drunken Driving Charge for Clinton Aide
Clintons Move to Tamp Down Criticism From Blacks About Recent Comments
Group Backing Clinton Takes a Gamble on a Nevada Ad Campaign
Clinton woos labor, Latinos on California swing
Obama Questions Nevada Caucus Lawsuit
Nebraska's Sen. Nelson endorses Obama
Obama picks up endorsement in Vegas
Republican Indecision in South Carolina
McCain and Romney Tangle Over Job Losses in Michigan
In Michigan, three in tight G.O.P. race
Crucial state for GOP contenders
Belt-tightening times for GOP campaigns
Top Giuliani Aides Forgo Salaries to Help Big Push
Giuliani's Florida Gamble
Giuliani puts most of his eggs in the Florida basket
Giuliani is feeling the squeeze
Huckabee's Blue-Collar Bid
Huckabee Splits Young Evangelicals and Old Guard
Huckabee: Evangelical Christians Now Have a Chance to Lead GOP
McCain ‘Too Busy’ to Answer Romney’s Jabs
Romney Bets On Michigan For Momentum
Romney Embraces His Michigan Roots
A Combative Thompson Sways Voters
Jobs a top concern in Michigan
Michigan Woes Alter Campaigns
Unions Pouring Resources Into Nevada Caucus Fight
Michigan Voters Wary of Revitalization Talk
Lawsuit Over Precincts in Nevada
In Vegas, Politics Comes to The Strip
In Michigan, a Frustrated GOP Supporter Hedges His Bets
In Many Venues, Economy Will Take Center Stage
Mail-In Voters Become the Latest Prize
With Shows Like These, Forget Reruns
With Economy Slowing, All Speeches Are Turning to It
The Primary Concession Formula: No Surrender
N.J. backs popular vote, joins Md.
McCain Rises in Fluid G.O.P.; Obama Gains on Electability
U.S. presses Iraq for Sunnis' integration
Americans Cut Back Sharply on Spending

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THE FIELD

Clinton, Obama Turn to Economy
Both Seek Quick Action On Stimulus Measures As Recession Fears Mount

By Jackie Calmes
Wall Street Journal
January 12, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are both calling for Congress to take quick action on economic stimulus…

Race and Gender Are Issues in Tense Day for Democrats

By Adam Nagourney
New York Times
January 14, 2008

Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been thrust into a social and political debate that transcends their candidacies…

Clinton-Obama War of Words

By Kate Phillips
New York Times
January 13, 2008

Exchanges between the Democratic rivals heat up as the primary race in several states draws closer…

Clinton Accuses Obama Camp of Distorting Her Words

By Adam Nagourney and Patrick Healy
New York Times
January 14, 2008

RENO, Nev. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday accused Senator Barack Obama’s campaign of distorting her remarks to suggest that she had cast aspersions on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr…

Obama Giving Clinton a Race in Her Backyard

By Sam Roberts
New York Times
January 12, 2008

With Senator Barack Obama vowing to challenge Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on her home turf, the Democratic presidential primary in New York on Feb. 5 is shaping up as the state’s most competitive since 1992, when Bill Clinton took up a rival’s mantra of change to all but cinch the nomination…

Unions bitterly divided in Democratic race

By Tom Hamburger and Maura Reynolds
Los Angeles Times
January 13, 2008

LAS VEGAS — The tight race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama has opened surprisingly deep and bitter divisions in the ranks of organized labor, as rival union leaders fly planeloads of last-minute volunteers into key states, accuse each other of trying to disenfranchise members, and even launch open attacks on rival Democratic candidates…

Ouch: Kerry's Obama endorsement a major diss

By Don Frederick and Andrew Malcolm
Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
January 13, 2008

Also: Bloomberg moves ahead on cross-country polling; Paul's standing hasn't moved; and Giuliani? Campaign issues are moving on, with or without him…

Clinton hammers against Obama

By Phil Willon
Los Angeles Times
January 13, 2008

On a Nevada swing, she also pledges help for troubled homeowners…

CLINTON

In Defending War Vote, Clintons Contradict Record

By Eric Lipton
New York Times
January 14, 2008

Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, in defending her vote to authorize the Iraq war, have said Senator Chuck Hagel helped draft the 2002 resolution, but the talking point appears to misconstrue the facts…

Drunken Driving Charge for Clinton Aide

By Sarah Wheaton
New York Times
January 13, 2008

Sidney Blumenthal, an unpaid senior adviser to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, was arrested the day before the New Hampshire primary in Nashua, N.H., on a charge of drunken driving, according to the police…

Clintons Move to Tamp Down Criticism From Blacks About Recent Comments

By Carl Hulse and Patrick Healy
New York Times
January 12, 2008

WASHINGTON — The Clinton campaign moved Friday to try to quell a potentially damaging reaction to recent comments by Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton that have drawn criticism from African-Americans just as the presidential primary campaign reached Southern states with significant numbers of black voters…

Group Backing Clinton Takes a Gamble on a Nevada Ad Campaign

By Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray
Washington Post
January 13, 2008

As the presidential playing field expands west, independent groups spending campaign cash in support of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are following…

Clinton woos labor, Latinos on California swing

By Phil Willon
Los Angeles Times
January 12, 2008

She tells workers she'll save U.S. jobs, then mingles at a taco stand…

OBAMA

Obama Questions Nevada Caucus Lawsuit

By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
January 13, 2008

The teachers union is challenging caucus sites on the Vegas strip…

Nebraska's Sen. Nelson endorses Obama

Los Angeles Times
January 13, 2008

The moderate Democrat describes the Illinois senator as someone who can help end bitter divisions in Washington…

Obama picks up endorsement in Vegas

By Maura Reynolds
Los Angeles Times
January 12, 2008

The candidate picks up key endorsements and fires up thousands of supporters in a bid to build momentum…

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THE FIELD

Republican Indecision in South Carolina

By Paul Vitello
New York Times
January 14, 2008

In a primary state considered essential, many Republican voters said they favored one candidate or another, but with a caveat…

McCain and Romney Tangle Over Job Losses in Michigan

By Elisabeth Bumiller and John M. Broder
New York Times
January 13, 2008

WARREN, Mich. — Senator John McCain and former Governor Mitt Romney battled Saturday over how to rejuvenate Michigan’s rusting economy as the two remained in a tight race in the final 72 hours heading into the state’s Republican primary…

In Michigan, three in tight G.O.P. race

By Amanda Paulson
Christian Science Monitor
January 14, 2008

The state's economic woes are the central focus for Romney, McCain, and Huckabee before Tuesday's primary…

Crucial state for GOP contenders

By Scott Martelle
Los Angeles Times
January 13, 2008

Michigan could inject even more volatility into the '08 Republican presidential campaign when they go to the polls…

Belt-tightening times for GOP campaigns

By Janet Hook
Los Angeles Times
January 13, 2008

A race with no clear front-runner, a candidate field many voters find disappointing and predictions of a Democratic win are taking a toll on fundraising…

GIULIANI

Top Giuliani Aides Forgo Salaries to Help Big Push

By Leslie Wayne and Michael CooperNew York Times
January 12, 2008

Rudolph W. Giuliani’s senior campaign aides have given up their paychecks for the month to help save dwindling campaign funds as Mr. Giuliani heads into the crucial primary races where he has staked his candidacy…

Giuliani's Florida Gamble
Aides Forgo Salaries Amid Waiting Game

By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post
January 12, 2008

For more than a month, former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has been in self-imposed political exile, a virtual sideshow as he all but sat out the early primaries to wait for the 2008 presidential contest to arrive in Florida…

Giuliani puts most of his eggs in the Florida basket

By Louise Roug
Los Angeles Times
January 13, 2008

The former N.Y. mayor mocks the Democrats in two appearances…

Giuliani is feeling the squeeze

By Louise Roug, Dan Morain and Stuart Silverstein
Los Angeles Times
January 12, 2008

Some staffers forgo their pay as the GOP presidential hopeful bets heavily on a victory in Florida…

HUCKABEE

Huckabee's Blue-Collar Bid
Populist Message Targets Michigan Vote

By Laura Meckler and Alex Frangos
Wall Street Journal
January 12, 2008

DETROIT -- Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee brought his populist message to Michigan on the hunt for blue-collar workers that Ronald Reagan once brought into the Republican fold…

Huckabee Splits Young Evangelicals and Old Guard

By David D. Kirkpatrick
New York Times
January 13, 2008

Mike Huckabee’s candidacy threatens to divide the leaders of the conservative Christian movement and their base…

Huckabee: Evangelical Christians Now Have a Chance to Lead GOP

By Perry Bacon Jr. and Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post
January 13, 2008

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 12 -- Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee touted his candidacy Saturday as a chance for evangelical Christians to lead the Republican Party rather than just support its candidates…

McCAIN

McCain ‘Too Busy’ to Answer Romney’s Jabs

By Elisabeth Bumiller
New York Times
January 13, 2008

Campaigning in a state Mitt Romney called home, the Arizona senator does his best to ignore him…

ROMNEY

Romney Bets On Michigan For Momentum

By Elizabeth Holmes
Wall Street Journal
January 12, 2008

In Michigan, it's win or go home for Mitt Romney. The Republican presidential hopeful must carry the state's primary on Tuesday to stand a chance of being nominated, say veteran campaign watchers…

Romney Embraces His Michigan Roots

By John M. Broder
New York Times
January 14, 2008

As Mitt Romney plummets in national polls, Michigan clearly holds the best hope for salvaging a candidacy that so far has failed to…

THOMPSON

A Combative Thompson Sways Voters

By Paul Vitello
New York Times
January 12, 2008

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — John and Ann Berenberk dutifully watched the umpteenth Republican presidential debate on television on Thursday night and had an epiphany. It was about the candidate they had previously referred to as the tall, silent one. Fred D. Thompson…

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Jobs a top concern in Michigan

By David Jackson
USA Today
January 14, 2008

HOWELL, Mich. — John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are looking for votes here in the midst of what the state Republican Party chairman calls a "single-state recession."

Michigan Woes Alter Campaigns
Republicans Push Economic Ideas Over Traditional Themes

By Jackie Calmes
Wall Street Journal
January 14, 2008

DETROIT -- For a year, Republican presidential candidates mainly have debated antiterrorism and immigration, same-sex marriage and abortion, even as the economy surpassed all those topics as Americans' top concern. But campaigning for tomorrow's primary in hard-hit Michigan has forced their attention to voters' economic anxieties -- an issue sure to loom large in the general- election battle against the Democrats' nominee…

Unions Pouring Resources Into Nevada Caucus Fight

By Steven Greenhouse
New York Times
January 13, 2008

Labor unions backing Barack Obama are in a surprisingly intense, expensive fight with those supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton…

Michigan Voters Wary of Revitalization Talk

By Monica Davey
New York Times
January 13, 2008

In the state with the highest unemployment figures, there is skepticism over the candidates’ economic promises…

Lawsuit Over Precincts in Nevada

By Steve Friess
New York Times
January 13, 2008

LAS VEGAS — In what has become a proxy battle between the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the large hotel workers union in Nevada on Saturday attacked a lawsuit by another major union that would make it more difficult for hotel workers to vote in this state’s hotly contested Democratic caucuses…

In Vegas, Politics Comes to The Strip
Caucus Sites in Casinos Become A Flash Point

By Paul Kane and Alec MacGillis
Washington Post
January 13, 2008

LAS VEGAS -- Next Saturday, gamblers at the Bellagio, the opulent Las Vegas casino immortalized in the George Clooney blockbuster "Ocean's Eleven," will be treated to an unusual sight…

In Michigan, a Frustrated GOP Supporter Hedges His Bets

By Krissah Williams
Washington Post
January 13, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. -- James Esshaki pilots his black Mercedes down the main strip of what's left of the high-end shopping district here, coming to one of the 11 buildings he owns. "Esshaki Properties for Lease" posters hang in the windows where mannequins modeling the latest fashions should be. For three months, it has been like this. No major stores, it seems, want to take a chance on Maple Avenue anymore…

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In Many Venues, Economy Will Take Center Stage

By John Harwood
New York Times
January 13, 2008

Political wisdom this week runs smack into economic reality. It is not yet clear which force will prove more powerful…

Mail-In Voters Become the Latest Prize

By Randal C. Archibold
New York Times
January 14, 2008

For many voters, half or more in some states, the polling place will be the kitchen table, forcing campaigns to shift strategies…

With Shows Like These, Forget Reruns

By David Carr
New York Times
January 14, 2008

Some bad news for striking Hollywood writers: Election 2008 is a breakaway hit…

With Economy Slowing, All Speeches Are Turning to It

By John M. Broder
New York Times
January 12, 2008

WARREN, Mich. — Presidential hopefuls of both parties pivoted sharply to the economy on Friday, proposing new federal spending plans, help for homeowners facing foreclosures and tax cuts and making promises to preserve and create new jobs…

The Primary Concession Formula: No Surrender

By Libby Copeland
Washington Post
January 13, 2008

The political concession speech is now a concession in name only…

N.J. backs popular vote, joins Md.

Associated Press
January 14, 2008

New Jersey on Sunday became the second state to enter a compact that would eliminate the Electoral College's power to choose a president if enough states endorse the idea…

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McCain Rises in Fluid G.O.P.; Obama Gains on Electability

By Robin Toner and Marjorie Connelly
New York Times
January 14, 2008

The latest nationwide New York Times/CBS News Poll underscores the volatility in the Republican race, and it shows economic worries topping the voters’ agenda…

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U.S. presses Iraq for Sunnis' integration

By Peter Spiegel
Los Angeles Times
January 13, 2008

Transferring them to the control of the Shiite-dominated government takes on new urgency as troops withdraw…

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Americans Cut Back Sharply on Spending

By Michael Barbaro and Louis Uchitelle
New York Times
January 14, 2008

The abrupt pullback in spending raises the possibility that the country may be experiencing a rare decline in personal consumption…