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THE FIELD
Obama Stresses Humble Roots To Deflect 'Elitist' Tag
Clinton Plays Up Pennsylvania Past; 'A Shot and a Beer'
By Nick Timiraos and Amy Chozick
Wall Street Journal
April 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Barack Obama is talking up the fact that his single mother was once on food stamps and that he only recently paid off student loans -- part of a full-court press to avoid being painted by Hillary Clinton and Republicans as an elite liberal…
Trio in College May Hold Key Votes for Democrats
By Sara Murray
Wall Street Journal
April 16, 2008
WASHINGTON -- While most of the Democratic Party's superdelegates are members of Congress, governors or senior party officials, Awais Khaleel, Lauren Wolfe and Jason Rae are still in college. Yet the votes of the three student superdelegates might help decide the Democratic nominee…
Fight Leaves Democrats Questioning Prospects
By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
April 16, 2008
The battle over whether Barack Obama belittled small-town voters appears to have stirred anxiety among Democrats about their chances in the fall…
Clinton losing traction over Obama in Pennsylvania, Indiana
By Janet Hook
Los Angeles Times
April 15, 2008
WASHINGTON — With three crucial Democratic primaries looming, Hillary Rodham Clinton may not be headed toward the blockbuster victories she needs to jump-start her presidential bid -- even in Pennsylvania, the state that was supposed to be her ace in the hole, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found…
A Democratic divide worth $300
Counting Hollywood dollars, Clinton and Obama are in a statistical dead heat.
By Tina Daunt
Los Angeles Times
April 16, 2008
YOU think Pennsylvania is close? The gap between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for Hollywood dollars makes the contest for the Keystone State look like a walk in the park…
Clinton turns attention to Bush
By David Jackson
USA Today
April 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton shifted her attacks from Democratic rival Barack Obama to President Bush on Tuesday, telling a gathering of newspaper editors and publishers that he has abused the power of the presidency…
CLINTON
Idea of Clinton Run for Governor Is Dismissed (but Applauded) by State Democrats
By Nicholas Confessore
New York Times
April 16, 2008
At least some New York Democrats have reportedly been pitching the idea of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton running for governor if she doesn’t get the Democratic presidential nomination…
From mistakes, Clinton has learned, adjusted
By Linda Feldmann
Christian Science Monitor
April 16, 2008
Washington - Sen. Lindsey Graham, a conservative Republican from South Carolina and longtime backer of John McCain, has called Hillary Rodham Clinton "a smart, prepared, serious senator" with an ability to "build unusual political alliances on a variety of issues."
OBAMA
Obama's claim of independence questioned
By Ken Dilanian
USA Today
April 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — The screen fills with grainy footage of sprawling 1970s gas lines…
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McCAIN
McCain Reverses Position To Support Bush Tax Cuts
New Plan Includes Billions in Breaks; Setting Up a Clash
By Laura Meckler
Wall Street Journal
April 16, 2008
PITTSBURGH -- John McCain famously opposed President Bush's tax cuts a few years ago, saying they would irresponsibly swell the budget deficit. Now the Arizona senator not only supports extending those cuts indefinitely, he is backing more than $200 billion a year in new breaks…
McCain Outlines Broad Proposals for U.S. Economy
By Michael Cooper
New York Times
April 16, 2008
In the clearest view yet of his plans, the senator called for a series of tax cuts and backed away from a pledge to balance the budget by the end of his first term…
McCain's Plan for Working Class Offers Plenty for Corporate World
By Michael D. Shear and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post
April 16, 2008
Sen. John McCain yesterday offered sweeping rhetoric about the economic plight of working-class Americans, promising immediate assistance even as he spelled out a tax and spending agenda whose benefits are aimed squarely at spurring corporate growth…
Student asks McCain to share a shot
Associated Press
April 16, 2008
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Rarely does John McCain not have an answer…
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British Prime Minister to Meet with McCain, Clinton, and Obama
By Michael Abramowitz and Kevin Sullivan
Washington Post
April 16, 2008
The British prime minister is visiting Washington this week, and for the first time in seven years his most important meeting may not occur in the Oval Office: Gordon Brown is planning to meet Thursday with each of the three U.S. presidential candidates, an effort to obtain a first-hand judgment of how U.S. policies -- and the relationship between Britain and the United States -- may change come January…
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Dodd Seeks Help to Buoy Student-Loan Market
By Tom Barkley
Wall Street Journal
April 16, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) Tuesday urged the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve to help avoid a "potential student-loan credit crunch" by injecting funds into that market…
Time running out for U.S. farm bill
As deadline looms, lawmakers make a last-ditch effort to resolve funding and policy disputes.
By Amanda Paulson
Christian Science Monitor
April 16, 2008
Chicago - This was supposed to be the week that Congress finally passed a new farm bill, to replace the one that expired six months ago…
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Pope Benedict Is 'Deeply Ashamed' Of Clergy Sex-Abuse
By Suzanne Sataline
Wall Street Journal
April 16, 2008
Even before landing Tuesday on his first visit to the U.S., Pope Benedict XVI tried to assuage critics who say he hasn't dealt with the clergy sex-abuse scandal that roiled American Catholicism…
Should child rapists face death penalty?
The high court will decide if execution for a Louisiana child rapist is constitutional.
By Warren Richey
Christian Science Monitor
April 16, 2008
Washington - Thirty years ago the US Supreme Court issued a landmark decision, declaring that sentencing someone to death for the crime of rape was cruel and unusual punishment…
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