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CLINTON

Clinton Taps Unexpected Weapon: Chelsea

By Amy Chozick
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

ST. LOUIS -- In the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, young voters have rallied behind Barack Obama. Now, as he also makes incursions into Hillary Clinton's core constituency -- women -- with support from Oprah Winfrey, Caroline Kennedy and others, Mrs. Clinton has pulled a seldom-used weapon…

Clinton's hometown is proud but divided

By P.J. Huffstutter
Los Angeles Times
February 6, 2008

Civic pride in Park Ridge, Ill., where she spent her youth, doesn't necessarily translate into votes for the Democratic presidential hopeful on Super Tuesday…

OBAMA

The view from Camp Obama

Los Angeles Times
February 6, 2008

It finds solace in comparing polls to actual results…

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HUCKABEE

Huckabee Complicates GOP Contest

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post
February 6, 2008

After his disappointing showing in South Carolina, Mike Huckabee was supposed to be a spent force. The former Arkansas governor's triumph in the Iowa caucuses would be relegated to the history books and deemed no more significant than Christian evangelist Pat Robertson's besting George H.W. Bush in the Hawkeye State two decades before…

McCAIN

Will McCain Make Nice to the Right?
Speech to Conservatives Could Make or Break Ties With Republican Activists

By June Kronholz
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

The next big hurdle for John McCain isn't the Feb. 12 primaries. It's his appearance tomorrow before the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, whose verdict on the Arizona senator could make or break his presidential aspirations…

McCain’s Political Rebound Defied Popular Wisdom

By Elisabeth Bumiller and David D. Kirkpatrick
New York Times
February 6, 2008

John McCain's strong performance on Tuesday is only the latest part of one of the most remarkable resurrection stories in recent American politics…

Attaboy! The Fetching Doggedness Of John McCain

By Libby Copeland
Washington Post
February 6, 2008

SAN DIEGO -- The king of doggedness, who excels at biting his lip and biding his time, waits out the last hours guardedly. Onstage, he projects victory. Offstage, he knocks on wood, or more precisely, the woodlike table of his campaign bus. On a plane in Newark, just before taking off for San Diego yesterday, John McCain says he's nervous, in his McCainian way:

McCain scores big Super Tuesday prizes

USA Today
February 6, 2008

John McCain won several of the big Super Tuesday Republican primaries but his two chief rivals had victories of their own, as the three waited for results from the most delegate-rich state of all — California…

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SUPER TUESDAY

AP says Clinton takes biggest prize: California

USA Today
February 6, 2008

California has been put into Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's win column by the Associated Press…

Democratic Showdown
Obama Rallies Supporters for Change; Clinton Vows to Keep Campaigning

By Laura Meckler and Susan Davis
Wall Street Journal
February 5, 2008

Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, each seeking to make history, traded victories tonight in coast-to-coast contests, leaving their fight for the Democratic presidential nomination far from settled…

McCain Scores in Northeast, Illinois
Romney Takes Massachusetts, Utah; Huckabee Rallies in Southern States

By Laura Meckler
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

Sen. John McCain notched wins across the Northeast as he looked to move his presidential bid, once near death, to Republican nominee. Trying to stop him were two former governors: Mitt Romney, who won his native Massachusetts, and Mike Huckabee, who was performing well across his native South, including a big win in Georgia…

When Will the Wounds Heal?

By Gerald F. Seib
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

A basic law of primary seasons is that the longer they go on, the nastier they get…

McCain, Clinton Benefit As Economy Tops Concerns

By Laura Meckler and T.W. Farnam
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

Voters in both parties went to the polls yesterday worried about the economy, and in three of the largest states John McCain and Hillary Clinton benefited…

Tight Contests Draw Big Voter Turnout
Historic 'Firsts' Heighten Interest; Records May Fall

By June Kronholz
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

Close races in both parties appeared to have sparked intense voter interest in yesterday's polls, and turnout seemed likely to hit record numbers in many states, following unexpectedly large showings in last month's primaries…

Clinton and Obama Trading Victories; McCain Holds Edge Over G.O.P. Rivals

By Patrick Healy and John M. Broder
New York Times
February 6, 2008

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won her adopted state of New York and neighboring New Jersey, while Senator Barack Obama claimed his home state of Illinois and won in Georgia, Alabama and Delaware as the two Democratic candidates traded victories in a coast-to-coast contest for convention delegates…

Attention Turns to California in Democratic Race

By Patrick Healy and John M. Broder
New York Times
February 6, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton won her adopted state of New York and neighboring New Jersey, while Barack Obama claimed his home state of Illinois and won in Georgia and Delaware…

Huckabee Strong in South, Romney in West

By Michael Cooper and Michael M. Grynbaum
New York Times
February 6, 2008

Senator John McCain racked up victories in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, but he appears to be locked in a tight battle with Mitt Romney for California…

Diverging Paths for Two Parties

By Adam Nagourney
New York Times
February 6, 2008

The Democrats are facing a long nomination, while Republicans are closer to rallying around a nominee..

Clinton Wins in New York and New Jersey; Obama Wins in Connecticut

By Michael Powell
New York Times
February 6, 2008

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton scored an easy victory in the Democratic primary in her home state of New York and in New Jersey. In Connecticut, Senator Barack Obama won by a small margin…

Area Voters Savor Rare Feeling: A Suspenseful Primary

By Alan Feuer
New York Times
February 6, 2008

Breaking free of their traditional political obscurity, voters from around the New York region turned out to vote…

Voting Goes Smoothly in Most Places

By Ian Urbina
New York Times
February 6, 2008

Isolated problems were already cropping up as polls opened, and election officials were bracing for a long, exhausting night…

Young Voters Flock to Polls

By Jodi Kantor
New York Times
February 6, 2008

Interviews across the country produced anecdotal evidence that some younger people carried their enthusiasm into the polling place…

Clinton and Obama Trade Wins In Super Tuesday Showdown

By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post
February 6, 2008

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) swapped wins today in a Super Tuesday showdown, with Clinton stringing together a series of victories in the Northeast and Obama racking up triumphs across the Midwest and the plains states…

McCain Surging; Huckabee Strong In The South; Romney Still Hoping For California

By Dan Eggen
Washington Post
February 6, 2008

Arizona Sen. John McCain racked up Super Tuesday wins across the country, including in several large states, while former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee stormed back into the Republican presidential race today by winning a series of contests in the South…

Since No One Has Answers, Let's Just Spin

By Dana Milbank
Washington Post
February 6, 2008

Does anybody know what just happened? "Intriguing and somewhat mystifying" is how Hillary Clinton described it. "Flying blind" was Barack Obama's take. And that was before the polls closed. The front-loading of the primaries was supposed to give clarity to the presidential race and determine the parties' nominees in record time…

Independent Voters Run Into Obstacles

By Robert Barnes
Washington Post
February 6, 2008

A crush of new independent voters in California encountered problems yesterday at the polls, with widespread complaints that they were not offered ballots that allowed them to vote for the presidential candidates…

Clinton and McCain lead in California

Los Angeles Times
February 6, 2008

Obama wins more states than Clinton, but the delegate standings aren't clear. McCain captures six states, mainly in the delegate-rich Northeast…

Record turnout seen for Calif.

Los Angeles Times
February 6, 2008

Results for the state's earliest primary ever are expected to roll in far later than usual…

Was Clinton's Massachusetts win a surprise?

Los Angeles Times
February 6, 2008

Her camp casts it that way, but that's not how the polls saw it…

Glitches are the early front-runner in California

By Tiffany Hsu, Paloma Esquivel and Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Los Angeles Times
February 6, 2008

Some voters encounter locked doors and other delays as they turn out for the state's pivotal primary…

Colorado caucus feels the zeal

Los Angeles Times
February 6, 2008

Organizers at one precinct are overwhelmed as Democrats fill schoolrooms and spill out into the hall…

No common ground in Harlem

Los Angeles Times
February 6, 2008

The smallest New York congressional district is up early and pulled in two directions: Obama or Clinton?

At one quiet Georgia church, the world intrudes

By Richard Fausset
Los Angeles Times
February 6, 2008

Iran, war, immigration and faith are on these voters' minds in Marietta…

AP decides Clinton hasn't won Missouri

USA Today
February 6, 2008

Though it earlier declared Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton the winner in Missouri, the Associated Press has now decided that the Democratic race in Missouri is too…

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Slog Becomes Sprint For the Candidates
Campaign Brings Dizzying Routine, Colds, Weight Gain

By Elizabeth Holmes and Amy Chozick
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

On a plane Sunday night from Minnesota to New York, an exhausted Hillary Clinton asked reporters accompanying her for a favor: help her deliver her stump speech…

A Less Hectic Schedule Ahead

By John M. Broder
New York Times
February 6, 2008

After Tuesday’s voting, the candidates can look forward to a relatively relaxed schedule…

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CIA Won't Rule Out Waterboarding
Officials Confirm Past Use, Say Tactic Could Be Revived If Circumstances Change

By Siobhan Gorman
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

WASHINGTON -- In a wide-ranging defense of some of the Bush administration's most controversial antiterrorism policies, top officials yesterday acknowledged for the first time that the Central Intelligence Agency has used waterboarding and named three terrorist suspects who underwent the harsh interrogation technique…

How a Safer Iraq Endangered One Firm
Force Protection Geared Up To Build Armored Trucks; Now Orders Will Soon Halt

By Yochi J. Dreazen and August Cole
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

WASHINGTON -- When bloodshed in Iraq spiked early last year, the Pentagon launched its largest wartime buying spree since World War II…

Bush budget would add State Dept. diplomats

By Howard L. LaFranchi
Christian Science Monitor
February 6, 2008

Nearly 1,100 diplomats would be added as part of a plan to double the corps' size to 22,000 by 2018…

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Senate Republicans Pressured
Lawmakers With Seats On the Line Take Heat On Stimulus-Plan Vote

By Sarah Lueck
Wall Street Journal
February 6, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Last week, New Hampshire Republican Sen. John Sununu voted against a version of an economic-stimulus plan up for debate in the Senate. Immediately, Democrats in his state, as part of their "Stop Sununu" campaign, charged that the senator had voted "against New Hampshire families and disabled veterans." Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, the former New Hampshire governor who is running for Mr. Sununu's seat this year, penned a newspaper editorial calling for many of the changes Mr. Sununu had rejected…