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THE FIELD
Clinton Criticizes Obama Over His Pastor
By Julie Bosman and Patrick Healy
New York Times
March 26, 2008
In her first comments on the controversy, Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama for not leaving his Chicago church…
If Foreigners Could Vote in '08
Presidential Candidates Inspire Allegiances On Every Continent
By David Luhnow in Rio de Janeiro, John W. Miller in Brussels, and Sarah Childress in Nairobi
Wall Street Journal
March 26, 2008
For America's presidential candidates, the global electoral map is looking as divided as the domestic one. When foreigners look at the three contenders, Sen. Barack Obama seems to have the lead among Europeans and Africans. Sen. Hillary Clinton is popular among Mexicans and Chinese. Sen. John McCain just returned from a campaign swing through the Middle East and Europe…
Flip Side of Democrats' Spat: Higher Turnout
By Dan Balz
Washington Post
March 26, 2008
The conventional wisdom that a prolonged race for the Democratic presidential nomination between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton is bad news for their party may be turning on its head. Figures released by Pennsylvania's Department of State on Monday night showed that Democrats have topped 4 million registered voters, the first time either party in the state has crossed that threshold. Democrats have added 161,000 to their rolls, a gain of about 4 percent; Republican registration has dipped about 1 percent, to 3.2 million…
CLINTON
Clinton Seeks to Soften Impact of Misstatement
By Patrick Healy
New York Times
March 26, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton said her recollection of a trip to Bosnia “proves I’m human,” but the skirmishing between the campaigns continued…
OBAMA
Obamas’ Tax Returns Show Donation Spike
By Leslie Wayne
New York Times
March 26, 2008
Barack and Michelle Obama increased their giving as Mr. Obama began to run for president and book sales helped buoy their income…
Obama's Foreign-Policy Ideas Fire Up Rivals
By Jay Solomon
Wall Street Journal
March 26, 2008
Barack Obama is drawing fresh fire for pledging to hold direct talks with foreign adversaries, an approach both Hillary Clinton and John McCain say they will hit hard. Critics in the foreign-policy establishment and from rival presidential camps said his idea could undercut pro-Western forces and legitimize leaders whose power the U.S. wants to undermine, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Increasingly, they are presenting his ideas as a radical departure from standard U.S. doctrine…
Obama Releases Seven Years of Tax Filings
Income Soared With His Celebrity; Pressure on Clinton
By Nick Timiraos
Wall Street Journal
March 26, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama upped the ante in his contest with Sen. Hillary Clinton over financial transparency, releasing seven years' worth of income tax returns that showed his family income soaring along with his political celebrity…
In Obama's New Message, Some Foes See Old Liberalism
By Alec MacGillis
Washington Post
March 26, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama offers himself as a post-partisan uniter who will solve the country's problems by reaching across the aisle and beyond the framework of liberal and conservative labels he rejects as useless and outdated. But as Obama heads into the final presidential primaries, Sen. John McCain and other Republicans have already started to brand him a standard-order left-winger, "a down-the-line liberal," as McCain strategist Charles R. Black Jr. put it, in a long line of Democratic White House hopefuls…
Obama releases 7 years of tax returns
By Chuck Neubauer and Tom Hamburger
Los Angeles Times
March 26, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama released seven years of tax returns Tuesday, providing a financial profile of a public official whose family income soared eightfold after he signed lucrative book contracts in 2004, following his election to the Senate…
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McCAIN
McCain Warns Against Hasty Mortgage Bailout
By Larry Rohter and Edmund L. Andrews
New York Times
March 26, 2008
John McCain drew a sharp distinction with the Democratic presidential candidates, placing some of the blame on homeowners…
McCain Suggests Limits on Aid From Government in Housing Crisis
Associated Press
March 25, 2008
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Republican John McCain said Tuesday that government isn't in the business of saving and rewarding banks or small borrowers who behave irresponsibly though he offered few immediate alternatives to fixing the growing housing crisis. "I will consider any and all proposals based on their cost and benefits," the certain GOP presidential nominee, who has acknowledged in the past that the economy is not his strong suit, told local business leaders south of Los Angeles…
Meghan McCain Offers Her Own Straight Talk on The Campaign -- And Who Wears The Best Shoes
By Libby Copeland
Washington Post
March 26, 2008
Meghan McCain, who blogs about life inside her dad's presidential campaign, is not terribly interested in matters of policy, but she is acutely attuned to matters of footwear. McCain is a political outsider with an insider's access, and on her Web site she notices the things political junkies never would, like the "really cute" shoes Chelsea Clinton wore when they met. She posts photographs of her own shoes and of the shoes she encounters on the trail, including those belonging to such fashion luminaries as Dick Armey and Henry Kissinger…
McCain talks housing crisis in L.A. area
By Maeve Reston
Los Angeles Times
March 25, 2008
SANTA ANA — John McCain said Tuesday that he understood Americans' anger about the mortgage foreclosure crisis and was open to ideas for addressing the problem, but he did not offer any substantive new proposals -- sparking criticism from his Democratic opponents. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee's address to Latino small-business leaders in Santa Ana was part of a busy campaign swing through the Los Angeles area, where he picked up the endorsement of former First Lady Nancy Reagan. McCain also attended a fundraiser hosted by former Univision Chairman A. Jerrold Perenchio and his wife…
McCain: Life shaped judgment on use of force
By David Jackson
USA Today
March 26, 2008
WASHINGTON — On Sept. 28, 1983, a freshman Republican took to the House floor and did something unexpected: He opposed President Ronald Reagan's plan to keep U.S. troops in war-torn Lebanon. "I am prepared to accept the consequences of our withdrawal," said Rep. John McCain of Arizona…
<><>RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE<><><><><><><><><><><>
The Buzz on the Bus: Pinched, Press Steps Off
By Jacques Steinberg
New York Times
March 26, 2008
As newspapers slash costs, the presence of relatively few print reporters on candidates’ buses and planes this year is striking…
Candidates diverge on health care plans
By Julie Appleby
USA Today
March 26, 2008
Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the United States is approaching a "perfect storm" of problems that "will cause our health care system to implode" if the next president doesn't act. Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton would agree. But that's about where agreement over health care ends…
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Iraqi and U.S. Forces Battle Shiite Militia
By Michael Kamber and James Glanz
New York Times
March 26, 2008
Heavy fighting broke out in Basra and Baghdad after Iraqi ground forces and helicopters mounted a major operation in Basra against Shiite militias…
<><>OTHER NEWS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Signs the U.S. dollar free fall is ending
The greenback has bounced back a bit after hitting a record low against the euro last week.
By Mark Trumbull
Christian Science Monitor
March 26, 2008
The great decline of the US dollar may not be over, but a slowing in the past week does hint at some limits to the free fall. If the value of the dollar stabilizes, it would be welcome news for Americans worried about inflation – that their money isn't going as far when purchasing imported green grapes or gasoline. It would also offer comfort to other nations that are having a harder time selling exports to US consumers…
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