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THE FIELD
Clinton Defeats Obama In Pennsylvania Primary
By Amy Chozick and Nick Timiraos
Wall Street Journal
April 22, 2008
PHILADELPHIA -- Sen. Hillary Clinton kept her presidential campaign alive as she won Pennsylvania's primary, ending six weeks of charges, countercharges and controversy with her Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama and sending their contest into the remaining nine contests…
Both Democrats Are Looking Like Damaged Goods
Exit Polls Show Many Party Voters Could Back McCain
By Laura Meckler and T.W. Farnam
Wall Street Journal
April 23, 2008
The long, bitter contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seems to be taking a toll on the enthusiasm that once permeated the Democratic electorate…
Delegate-Allocation Rules Mean Vote May Have Minimal Impact
By June Kronholz
Wall Street Journal
April 23, 2008
The Democratic Party's delegate-allocation rules mean that even if Sen. Hillary Clinton wins Pennsylvania's Tuesday primary as expected, she may do little to close her delegate gap with Sen. Barack Obama…
Clinton Wins Primary, Keeping Bid Alive
By Patrick Healy
New York Times
April 23, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s win over Barack Obama in the Democratic primary gives her a boost as she struggles to raise money for the next round of contests…
The Bruising Will Go On for the Party, Too
By Adam Nagourney
New York Times
April 23, 2008
Democrats increasingly believe that the nomination battle is undermining their effort to unify the party…
Clinton Defeats Obama in Pennsylvania
By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post
April 23, 2008
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) claimed a much-needed victory over Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in Pennsylvania tonight, her fourth victory in the last five contests in the Democratic presidential race…
Clinton Win Keeps Slender Hopes Alive
By Dan Balz
Washington Post
April 23, 2008
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both had something to prove last night in Pennsylvania…
Hillary Clinton stays alive with Pennsylvania win
By Mark Z. Barabak and Noam N. Levey
Los Angeles Times
April 22, 2008
PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Rodham Clinton took the Pennsylvania primary tonight, staving off elimination and ensuring the Democrat's fierce nominating battle would last at least another two weeks…
CLINTON
More Finger Wagging From a Miffed Bill Clinton
By Kate Phillips
New York TImes
April 23, 2008
The former president chided a reporter for what he deemed a misinterpretation of his remarks…
Clinton's Pennsylvania victory doesn't do much for her odds
By Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
April 22, 2008
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's victory in the Pennsylvania primary today spared her once again from a forced exit from the Democratic presidential race, but she still faces long odds in her bid to defeat Sen. Barack Obama…
Scranton hangs tough for native daughter Clinton
By Faye Fiore
Los Angeles Times
April 22, 2008
SCRANTON, PA. — After six weeks of testy campaigning by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama for the affections of this working-class city that has seen better days, voters streamed to the polls Tuesday. And if people such as Simon Lipchus were any indication, the television ads, interminable robocalls, bad bowling and whiskey sipping didn't make a whole lot of difference…
OBAMA
Obama Faces Quandary Over Staying on the Attack
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post
April 23, 2008
Unable once again to score a knockout, Sen. Barack Obama is likely to make his new negative tone even more negative -- with a sharp eye on trying to end the Democratic presidential nomination fight after the May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina…
Obama cites gains despite 'uphill climb'
By Jill Lawrence and Fredreka Schouten
USA Today
April 23, 2008
PHILADELPHIA — Unable to pull off an upset in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary, Barack Obama swiftly moved on Tuesday night to Indiana, in anticipation that the hotly contested battle with Hillary Rodham Clinton for their party's nomination would persist for at least another two weeks…
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McCAIN
McCain Softens Economic Pitch In Hard-Hit Ohio
By Elizabeth Holmes
Wall Street Journal
April 23, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- As Sen. John McCain brought his economic message to this battleground state, he didn't back away from his support for free trade but added a heavy dose of compassion in a quest to win voters here…
Pro-Nafta, McCain Delivers Bad News to Ohio Audience
By Elisabeth Bumiller
New York Times
April 23, 2008
John McCain said lost manufacturing jobs would not return to Youngstown, Ohio, but compared its struggles to his own back-from-the-dead campaign…
A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain
By David D. Kirkpatrick and Jim Rutenberg
New York Times
April 23, 2008
For John McCain, who has pledged to avoid conflicts of interest in office, Donald R. Diamond can pose a test…
Is McCain a Different Kind of Republican?
By Dan Balz
Washington Post
April 23, 2008
As Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton continue their battle for the Democratic nomination, John McCain is embarked this week on a tour designed to persuade the country that he is "a different kind of Republican."
John McCain pitches free trade in struggling Youngstown, Ohio
By Maeve Reston
Los Angeles Times
April 22, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — When John McCain went to Michigan on the eve of its January primary and told voters that the state's lost jobs were not coming back, many political experts thought he had made a huge mistake. Particularly after he was trounced by Mitt Romney, who pledged to rebuild the state's auto industry…
McCain denounces protectionism
By David Jackson
USA Today
April 23, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — As he stood outside a shuttered steel-fabrication plant here Tuesday, Republican John McCain said "education and training" and not "the siren song of protectionism" would help revive economically troubled areas like Ohio's Mahoning Valley…
<><>RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE<><><><><><><><><><><>
McCain camp hopes for long Dem race
By David Jackson
USA Today
April 23, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — John McCain and his aides wouldn't say Tuesday whether they wanted Hillary Rodham Clinton to win the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, though some clearly relished the prospect of an ongoing stand-off between her and Barack Obama…
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U.S. to Link North Korea to Syria
Congress to Be Told Damascus Got Help Building a Reactor
By Jay Solomon
Wall Street Journal
April 23, 2008
WASHINGTON -- North Korea was helping Syria build a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor before Israel bombed the site last September, the Bush administration is set to tell Congress…
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Democrats Demand Probe Of Oil-Market Speculation
By Siobhan Hughes
Wall Street Journal
April 23, 2008
U.S. lawmakers grew louder Tuesday in calling for an investigation into oil-market speculation as prices rose to new highs, but they offered few concrete ways to give Americans immediate relief from high prices at the pump…
<><>OTHER NEWS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><>
By Jess Bravin and T.W. Farnam
Wall Street Journal
April 23, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a challenge to a campaign-finance law that loosens limits for politicians facing wealthy self-funded opponents…
U.S. deficit at record high and rising
By Peter Grier
Christian Science Monitor
April 23, 2008
WASHINGTON - Deficit? What deficit? Three big intersecting events – war in Iraq, the economic downturn, and the presidential race – this year have combined to knock fiscal discipline far down the list of Washington's policy priorities…
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