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THE FIELD
Carrying Fight Into Convention Can Bruise Party in November
By June Kronholz
Wall Street Journal
May 13, 2008
It was 1976. Gerald Ford, the sitting president, had won 16 of 27 Republican primaries and led in the party's delegate count. But Ronald Reagan carried the nomination battle into the convention anyway…
Obama Braces for West Virginia Setback
By Amy Chozick
Wall Street Journal
May 13, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Barack Obama has conceded he will likely lose the West Virginia primary Tuesday, but as the Illinois senator shifts his focus to the general election, he must prove he can win over the state's working-class white voters…
By Stephanie Simon
Wall Street Journal
May 13, 2008
DENVER -- A labor-union campaign in Colorado to tighten restrictions on layoffs and crack down on corporate fraud could put Democrats in an awkward position as they gather here in August for their presidential convention…
Democrats say let the contest go on
By Susan Page
USA Today
May 13, 2008
On the eve of the West Virginia primary, most Democrats nationally say Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton should continue the campaign, but more now say that it's time for Clinton to quit…
CLINTON
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
New York Times
May 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton still has a lot to win this year, but not the presidency and not the vice presidency…
Clinton Running Hard in Campaign’s Last Laps
By Patrick Healy
New York Times
May 13, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton is determined to rack up two victories in the next eight days as she seeks to prove her continued political viability, aides say…
Legal but Controversial, It Helped Get Out the Vote
By Mike McIntire and Michael Luo
New York Times
May 13, 2008
Needing help in Texas, the Clinton campaign paid locals to round up votes, a legal but controversial tool known as “street money.”
Women for Hillary Clinton in West Virginia haven't (quite) given up the dream
By Faye Fiore
Los Angeles Times
May 12, 2008
BRIDGEPORT, W.VA. — It seems like only a few days ago, right after Hillary Rodham Clinton's big win in Pennsylvania, that Margaret Hamrick was on the phone with one of her bank customers, rejoicing at what appeared so possible -- a woman, at last, in the White House. Hamrick wasn't supposed to talk politics on work time, but the enthusiasm for Clinton was infectious…
OBAMA
Confronting Questions, Obama Assures Jews of His Support
By Larry Rohter
New York Times
May 13, 2008
Since the beginning of his campaign, Senator Barack Obama has combated rumors and e-mails suggesting he was a Muslim or was hostile to Israel…
Republicans Use Obama as Weapon in House Contest in Mississippi
By Adam Nossiter
New York Times
May 13, 2008
Hoping to hang on to a seat in a tight special election, Republicans are trying to make the vote into a referendum on Barack Obama…
Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause
By Kevin Merida
Washington Post
May 13, 2008
Danielle Ross was alone in an empty room at the Obama campaign headquarters in Kokomo, Ind., a cellphone in one hand, a voter call list in the other. She was stretched out on the carpeted floor wearing laceless sky-blue Converses, stories from the trail on her mind. It was the day before Indiana's primary, and she had just been chased by dogs while canvassing in a Kokomo suburb. But that was not the worst thing to occur since she postponed her sophomore year at Middle Tennessee State University, in part to hopscotch America stumping for Barack Obama…
For Obama, the General Election Is Calling
With Clinton Poised To Win W.Va., He Turns To Battleground States
By Peter Slevin and Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post
May 13, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va., May 12 -- Sen. Barack Obama will make it clear on Tuesday that he has turned his attention to the general election, traveling to the November battleground states of Missouri and Michigan…
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McCAIN
McCain Picks Climate Words With Delicacy
Tough Warming Talk Softens on Matter Of Foreign Penalties
By Stephen Power in Washington and Laura Meckler in Portland, Ore.
Wall Street Journal
May 13, 2008
In a last-minute move highlighting the delicacy of climate-change politics, John McCain on Monday decided not to utter a line in a prepared speech suggesting he would as president penalize industrializing countries that refuse to commit to reducing their greenhouse-gas emissions…
McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change
By Elisabeth Bumiller and John M. Broder
New York Times
May 13, 2008
Senator John McCain called for a limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S…
<><> PRIMARY CONTESTS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<><>RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE<><><><><><><><><><><>
Bob Barr Announces Run as Libertarian, Offers Criticism of Both Major Parties
By Susan Davis
Wall Street Journal
May 12, 2008
Former Georgia Republican Rep. Bob Barr said Monday that he will run for president as a Libertarian…
Bob Barr to run for president as Libertarian
By Johanna Neuman
Los Angeles Times
May 12, 2008
WASHINGTON — Bob Barr, a former congressman from Georgia and a former Republican, today announced his candidacy for president as a Libertarian who would rein in federal spending and foreign wars…
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<><>CONGRESS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Senate Seeks Bipartisan Support For Housing -Rescue Package
By Michael R. Crittenden and Damian Paletta
Wall Street Journal
May 12, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Banking Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a housing-rescue package similar to a measure that passed the House last week, but efforts by Democrats and Republicans to broker a bipartisan deal have failed so far…
<><>OTHER NEWS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><>
U.S. Outlook Is Worst Since '92, Poll Finds
By Jon Cohen and Dan Balz
Washington Post
May 13, 2008
Americans are gloomier about the direction of the country than they have been at any point in 15 years, and Democrats hold their biggest advantage since early 1993 as the party better able to deal with the nation's main problems, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll…
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