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THE FIELD
By Jackie Calmes
Wall Street Journal
March 26, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The racially charged debate over Barack Obama's relationship with his longtime pastor hasn't much changed his close contest against Hillary Clinton, or hurt him against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducts the Journal/NBC polls with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, called the latest poll a "myth-buster" that showed the pastor controversy is "not the beginning of the end for the Obama campaign."
CLINTON
Clinton Donors Warn on Superdelegate Fight
By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
March 27, 2008
Leading contributors to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton admonished Speaker Nancy Pelosi for suggesting that voters should not be overruled…
OBAMA
Obama warns of 'you're on your own' society
By Susan Page
USA Today
March 27, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Presidential candidate Barack Obama, largely ignoring his Democratic rival for now, ridiculed likely Republican nominee John McCain on Wednesday for offering "not one single idea" to help hard-pressed homeowners facing foreclosure. "George Bush called this the ownership society, but what he really meant was 'you're-on-your-own' society," Obama told a town hall meeting here, tying McCain to a president whose popularity is low. "John McCain apparently wants to continue this."
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McCAIN
U.S. Has ‘Moral Responsibility’ in Iraq, McCain Says
By John Holusha
New York Times
March 27, 2008
Senator John McCain made his case for continuing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in a major foreign policy speech…
On War and the Economy, McCain Provides a Clear Contrast
By Dan Balz
Washington Post The Trail
March 26, 2008
In a pair of policy speeches over the past two days, John McCain has signaled that a general election against either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton will spark a broad philosophical debate on domestic and international policy. For all the talk about McCain's maverick style and cross-party appeal, his views on two of the biggest issues of the campaign put him sharply at odds with the Democrats…
McCain outlines his foreign policy goals in L.A. speech
By Maeve Reston
Los Angeles Times
March 26, 2008
In a broad-ranging foreign policy speech, Sen. John McCain pledged today that, if elected, his administration's foreign policy would be based on cooperation with U.S. allies and he called for a league of democracies that could build "an enduring peace."
McCain foreign policy speech calls for cooperation
By David Jackson
USA Today
March 27, 208
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has been a strong supporter of U.S. efforts in Iraq, began and ended his foreign policy address Wednesday by saying how much he hates war. In between, McCain stressed the need for new and improved "global alliances," while offering harsh words for Iran, Russia, and Islamic extremists in Iraq and elsewhere who pose "the central threat of our time."
<><>RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE<><><><><><><><><><><>
Finding Political News Online, Young Viewers Pass It Along
By Brian Stelter
New York Times
March 27, 2008
Younger voters tend to be not just consumers of news but conduits as well, sending out links and videos to friends…
Obama criticizes McCain on mortgage crisis
The Democrat says the GOP candidate is following in Bush's footsteps and ignoring working families.
By Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
March 27, 2008
Democrat Barack Obama mocked John McCain on Wednesday for urging government restraint in responding to the mortgage crisis, saying the Republican would "just sit back and watch" as millions of Americans lose their homes. The back-and-forth between two of the leading White House contenders underscored the emergence of the nation's home-loan fiasco as a top issue in the presidential race…
Presidential hopefuls are mum on Medicare and Social Security woes
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Los Angeles Times
March 26, 2008
WASHINGTON -- With the presidential campaign going full tilt, a new government report on a big national problem is usually followed by volleys of rhetoric from the candidates. But on Tuesday, when the annual report on the precarious state of Medicare and Social Security came out, the reaction was not exactly deafening…
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Pause likely in U.S. drawdown in Iraq
Troop levels could settle at 'presurge' levels of 140,000.
By Howard LaFranchi
Christian Science Monitor
March 27, 2008
Concerns in Iraq that recent security gains are fragile and could backslide mean that President Bush is likely to hand over to his successor a war being fought by as many as 140,000 US troops – about the same number as before the "surge" of some 35,000 troops announced in January 2007…
More extensive tourist fingerprinting comes to U.S. ports
By Alexandra Marks
Christian Science Monitor
March 27, 2008
Fourteen small white boxes with green glowing screens were installed this week at customs booths around John F. Kennedy International Airport here. Now, in addition to handing over a passport to Customs and Border Protection agents, every noncitizen visitor has to place all four fingers and thumb from each hand on the glowing screen. Within seconds, CBP has their 10 digital fingerprints on file…
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Congress in no rush to fix Medicare and Social Security
By Gail Russell Chaddock
Christian Science Monitor
March 27, 2008
Lawmakers are preparing to get serious about the long-term solvency of America's Social Security and Medicare programs – but not until the next Congress convenes. The latest annual report on the prospects for Social Security and Medicare projects a $42.9 trillion shortfall over the next 75 years, at current levels of benefits and taxation…
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Early Dazzle, Then Tough Path for a Governor
By Abby Goodnough
New York Times
March 27, 2008
Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, who easily won in 2006 calling for hope and change, has struggled in office…
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