And John McCain clinches the nomination tonight, with Mike Huckabee conceding. McCain is expected to be at the White House tomorrow to receive the endorsement from President Bush. This likely helps with the GOP base, but what about come November?
We get more excitement for another few weeks!
<><>DEMOCRATS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
THE FIELD
Obama Seeks to Rally Backers After Clinton Victories
By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
March 5, 2008
Senator Barack Obama’s advisers were planning to unveil a new strategy to persuade Democrats to coalesce around him for the good of the party…
CLINTON
Web Donations Help Clinton Refill Her Coffers
By T.W. Farnam
Wall Street Journal
March 5, 2008
After reaching such financial straits that she made a $5 million loan to her campaign last month, Sen. Hillary Clinton has had a resurgence with the support of hundreds of thousands of small online donors…
By Alec MacGillis
Washington Post
March 5, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 4 -- A candidate seeking to overcome an opponent who is preaching hope and optimism could not ask for a better place to rebound than here, a chronically depressed industrial region where on Election Day the only thing grayer than the abandoned steel mills was a slate sky pouring down near-freezing rain…
OBAMA
By Eli Saslow
Washington Post
March 5, 2008
LAREDO, Tex., March 4 -- Jose Lopez had already spent three hours hammering Barack Obama signs into the ground when he drove up to an elementary school within sight of the Mexican border Tuesday morning. The 23-year-old college student grabbed six signs and carried them to the school's front entrance. He walked past a five-foot-high sign for Hillary Rodham Clinton and a dozen of her supporters before he finally found an empty patch of dirt…
<><>REPUBLICANS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
HUCKABEE
Huckabee Cites Personal Victories in Conceding Race to McCain
By Leslie Eaton
New York Times
March 5, 2008
DALLAS — Mike Huckabee, the bass-playing Baptist preacher and former governor of Arkansas, dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday night and endorsed Senator John McCain as the party’s candidate in November…
McCAIN
Intensive Fund Raising For Ads Is First Priority; Going for Golden State
By Laura Meckler
Wall Street Journal
March 5, 2008
DALLAS -- Arizona Sen. John McCain claimed the Republican Party's nomination for president last night, vowing to run a respectful campaign based on principles, but now faces a daunting challenge: how to transform his tight-knit, shoestring primary into a machine able to win the presidency…
Arizona Senator Sweeps 4 Primaries
By Elisabeth Bumiller and Michael Cooper
New York Times
March 5, 2008
Senator John McCain, a one-time party rebel whose campaign appeared doomed only seven months ago, became the Republican nominee for president on Tuesday night as he won sweeping victories in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island and as his dogged but lagging competitor, former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, dropped out of the race…
With McCain Atop Ticket, Talk Shifts To Spot No. 2
By Michael Cooper
New York Times
March 5, 2008
DALLAS — Now that Senator John McCain is headed to the nomination, he can begin thinking seriously about perhaps the most important decision he will have to make as the Republican presidential nominee: the selection of a running mate…
McCain Clinches GOP Presidential Nomination
Huckabee Drops Out as Senator Wins Four Primaries
By Michael D. Shear and Peter Slevin
Washington Post
March 4, 2008
Sen. John McCain clinched the Republican presidential nomination tonight, and he immediately castigated his potential Democratic rivals as liberals who lack the experience and wisdom to lead a country facing economic distress at home and engaged in war abroad…
Some Who Fight for McCain Are Fighting Against McCain-Feingold
By Matthew Mosk and Robert Barnes
Washington Post
March 5, 2008
Some of the same conservative activists who have recently signed on to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign are also still hard at work trying to undo his most famous legislative accomplishment…
<><> PRIMARY CONTESTS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Clinton Notches Win in Ohio; McCain Gets GOP Nomination
By Susan Davis
Wall Street Journal
March 5, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton was projected to win the Ohio Democratic primary, signaling the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination will continue on just as Sen. John McCain secured his lock on the Republican nomination after surpassing the 1,191 delegate threshold with victories in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont…
Voters Overwhelm Texas Caucus Officials
By Ben Casselman
Wall Street Journal
March 4, 2008
DALLAS -- Caucus-goers in one heavily African-American precinct here braved long waits and lines out the door to support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, overwhelming organizers who struggled to interpret party rules…
Clinton Defeats Obama in Ohio Primary; McCain Clinches Race as Foe Concedes
By Michael M. Grynbaum and Jodi Kantor
New York Times
March 5, 2008
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton captured the Ohio Democratic primary on Tuesday, snapping Barack Obama’s streak of 12 victories and giving her the chance to extend her campaign beyond the day’s races and possibly to the Pennsylvania contest next month…
Ballot Shortages Plague Ohio Primary Amid Unusually Heavy Voter Turnout
By Ian Urbina
New York Times
March 5, 2008
A federal judge in Ohio granted a request late Tuesday to extend the voting hours in 21 precincts in Cleveland because of a lack of paper ballots…
Clinton Wins in Ohio While Texas Race Remains Tight
By Chris Cillizza
washingtonpost.com
March 5, 2008
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton defeated Sen. Barack Obama in Ohio today, a crucial win in a swing state. The two Democrats remained locked in a tight race in Texas…
In Rural Ohio, It's No Country For Democrats
By Kevin Merida
Washington Post
March 5, 2008
GREENVILLE, Ohio, March 4 -- Route 49 will carry you straight into Greenville, where sharpshooter Annie Oakley lived and died, and where Democrats have been pummeled at the polls since Ronald Reagan's presidency. The flat state highway takes you past acres and acres of brown farmland first, with wooden barns in the distance and hardly ever a political sign planted in a yard. Greenville is the county seat of Darke County, which typically ranks first in the state in corn and soybean production…
Clinton wins Ohio; McCain clinches GOP nomination
The critical Democratic contest in Texas is still too close to call.
By Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times
March 5, 2008
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Hillary Rodham Clinton scratched out a victory Tuesday in Ohio, snapping Barack Obama's winning streak and potentially resuscitating her flagging bid for the Democratic presidential nomination…
Ohio's Democratic contest pivoted on change, experience
By Scott Martelle
Los Angeles Times
March 5, 2008
COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Patricia Lyons stood in wind-whipped drizzle outside a westside neighborhood polling site Tuesday evening and talked about her choice for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton…
Latino voters favor Clinton in this Texas town
By Miguel Bustillo
Los Angeles Times
March 4, 2008
GALENA PARK, TEXAS -- Walking back to her pickup truck after casting a lunch-hour ballot at the library, Maria Villareal chuckled and rolled her eyes when asked who won her vote…
<><>RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE<><><><><><><><><><><>
15,000 miles in an R.V, all in the name of voter turnout
By Ben Arnoldy
Christian Science Monitor
March 5, 2008
Jay Sigal sold most of his possessions, bought an RV, and has just started a 15,000-mile mission to get more Americans to exercise their right to vote…
<><>WAR/TERROR<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><>
By John D. Mckinnon
Wall Street Journal
March 5, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The perception that the U.S. troop surge in Iraq has succeeded is changing some public views of the war, potentially blunting Democrats' political edge on the issue…
<><>CONGRESS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Democrats Envision Working Control Of the Senate
Fund-Raising Edge, Republican Retirements Provide Opportunity
By Greg Hitt
Wall Street Journal
March 5, 2008
Bolstered by a decisive fund-raising advantage and retirements among Republicans, Democrats are looking to gain working control of the Senate this year…
Senate Democrats Unveil Budget Plans
By Sarah Lueck
Wall Street Journal
March 5, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats unveiled a budget plan aimed at highlighting differences with President Bush over spending priorities and avoiding politically charged votes on taxes in this election year…
Blunt Predicts Republicans Will Regain Majority in House
By Sarah Lueck
Wall Street Journal
March 5, 2008
Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, a top House Republican, says he's optimistic his party can regain the majority this November…
<><>OTHER NEWS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Banks' losses could put $900 billion squeeze on consumers
By Mark Trumbull
Christian Science Monitor
March 5, 2008
The retailer Sharper Image offers a stark image of how the credit crisis on Wall Street is becoming a widespread credit crunch for the rest of America: The purveyor of gadgets recently declared bankruptcy, citing a tougher climate for financing among the reasons…
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