THE FIELD
As Clinton Seeks Gas Tax Break for Summer, Obama Says No
By John M. Broder
New York Times
April 29, 2008
As consumers across the U.S. agonized at the pump, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail, sharply dividing the two Democratic candidates…
As North Carolina Primary Looms, Eyes on Edwards
By Julie Bosman
New York Times
April 29, 2008
Neither John Edwards nor his wife has endorsed a candidate, despite the growing intensity of the Democratic race…
CLINTON
Clinton Could Ease Racial Tensions
By Gerald F. Seib
Wall Street Journal
April 29, 2008
Maybe it's time for another speech on race relations in America -- this time by Sen. Hillary Clinton…
Vexing Issue for the Clinton Campaign: What to Make of Bill?
By Mark Leibovich
New York Times
April 29, 2008
As has been the case throughout his public life, Bill Clinton’s motives, agenda and apparent mistakes have been the source of great speculation outside the Clinton world and hand-wringing within it…
N.C. governor to endorse Clinton
Associated Press
April 29, 2008
RALEIGH, N.C.RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has decided to endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, lending the support of the state's top elected Democrat to her underdog effort to beat Barack Obama in the state's May 6 primary…
OBAMA
Not Speaking for Obama, Pastor Speaks for Himself, at Length
By Alessandra Stanley
New York Times
April 29, 2008
It turns out that the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. doesn’t hate America, but he loves the sound of his own voice…
Obama Adds to Distance From Pastor and Opinions
By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
April 29, 2008
As the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. made another high-profile appearance, Barack Obama’s discomfit was evident at a hastily called news conference…
As Minister Repeats Comments, Obama Tries to Quiet Fray
By Shailagh Murray and Peter Slevin
Washington Post
April 29, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama again sought to distance himself from the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. yesterday after his former pastor capped a weekend media offensive with an appearance in Washington in which he revisited many of his most controversial comments…
Preaching to the Choir, and Feeding the Fire
Before Black Ministers From Around the Country, Wright Courts Further Controversy
By Hamil R. Harris
Washington Post
April 29, 2008
The Rev. Henry P. Davis III, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Highland Park, came to the National Press Club yesterday to see the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., his former seminary professor, and to hear him calm the controversy surrounding him by answering a handful of pre-written questions…
Wright brings race issue back to '08 race
Obama's former pastor launched a public-relations blitz.
By Ariel Sabar
Christian Science Monitor
April 29, 2008
Washington - With his sweeping speech on race relations a month ago, Barack Obama sought to end nettlesome questions about his long association with a controversial Chicago pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. But just as fresh doubts surface about Senator Obama's ability to win working-class white voters important in the general election, Mr. Wright is back – and unrepentant…
Wright's re-emergence does Obama no favors
By Peter Nicholas
Los Angeles Times
April 28, 2008
WASHINGTON — At a moment when Barack Obama is struggling to win over white voters worried about the economy, a series of public appearances by his former pastor is threatening to revive a tempest over race, patriotism and religion that the Democratic presidential front-runner hoped he had quashed…
Barack Obama talks with Fox News
Associated Press
April 28, 2008
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that he was not struggling to attract working-class voters because of race and that he could win over uncommitted superdelegates by showing he was "best able to not just defeat John McCain, but also to lead the country."
'I am not a politician,' the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. says
By Manya A. Brachear
Chicago Tribune
April 28, 2008
DETROIT — The former pastor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a Detroit crowd Sunday that he was "running for Jesus," not public office, and that Americans should know by now that "different does not mean deficient" when it comes to the African American church…
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McCAIN
McCain would 'put families in charge' of health care
By David Jackson
USA Today
April 29, 2008
John McCain spent much of last week emphasizing how he's a different kind of Republican. This week, he focuses on his plans for health care, which are more aligned with President Bush and other Republicans…
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In a 6-to-3 Vote, Justices Uphold a Voter ID Law
By Linda Greenhouse
New York Times
April 29, 2008
The Supreme Court said the challengers to an Indiana law had failed to prove that the law’s ID requirement was an unconstitutional burden for voters…
Its Candidates Otherwise Engaged, Democratic Party Goes After McCain
By Jim Rutenberg
New York Times
April 29, 2008
A new advertisement is an effort by the relatively cash-poor party headquarters to pick up the slack against the presumptive Republican nominee…
Decision Is Likely to Spur Voter ID Laws in More States
By Ian Urbina
New York Times
April 29, 2008
WASHINGTON — Far from settling the debate over voter identification, the Supreme Court ruling on Monday upholding Indiana’s voter ID law is likely to lead to more laws and litigation, voting experts said…
High Court Upholds Indiana Law On Voter ID
6-3 Ruling Calls Measure Reasonable to Fight Fraud
By Robert Barnes
Washington Post
April 29, 2008
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states may require voters to present photo identification before casting ballots, opening the way for wider adoption of a measure that Republicans say combats fraud and Democrats say discourages voting among the elderly and the poor…
U.S. high court upholds voter photo I.D.
Monday's ruling gives a green light to aggressive antifraud efforts often favored by the GOP.
By Warren Richey
Christian Science Monitor
April 29, 2008
Requiring prospective voters to present a photo ID before casting a ballot does not violate the right to vote…
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From Chief Prosecutor To Critic at Guantanamo
By Josh White
Washington Post
April 29, 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 28 -- The Defense Department's former chief prosecutor for terrorism cases appeared Monday at the controversial U.S. detention facility here to argue on behalf of an accused terrorist that the military justice system has been corrupted by politics and inappropriate influence from senior Pentagon officials…
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President Bush Plans Mideast Trip To Honor Israel and Press for Peace
Associated Press
April 28, 2008
WASHINGTON -- President Bush will visit Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt in May, a trip intended to hail Israel's 60th anniversary but also shove along Mideast peace talks that have stalled as Mr. Bush's term winds down…
For decades, wheat was king on the Great Plains and prices were low everywhere. Those days are over.
By Dan Morgan
Washington Post
April 29, 2008
At Stephen Fleishman's busy Bethesda shop, the era of the 95-cent bagel is coming to an end…
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