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Fiscal Responsibility Proves Costly
Pay-as-You-Go Budget Rule Often Hamstrings Democrats' Agenda

By Sarah Lueck
Wall Street Journal
November 9, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Democrats took control of Congress this year with a pledge to be more fiscally responsible than their Republican counterparts. Trying to fulfill that promise, however, has caused strains among lawmakers, forced cutbacks in big policy goals and snagged major legislation…

Why Moderate Republicans Wield Newfound Clout
Democrats Need Allies To Override Bush Vetoes Of Major Legislation

By David Rogers
Wall Street Journal
November 9, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Long ignored when their party was in control, moderate Republicans are the new power brokers in an increasingly bitter series of veto confrontations between President Bush and the Democratic Congress…

Border issue vexes Congress

By Gail Russell Chaddock
Christian Science Monitor
November 9, 2007

Facing a tight budget, lawmakers are struggling to pass even popular issues like a border fence…

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CLINTON

Clinton Says Yes to Peru Deal

By Sarah Wheaton
New York Times
November 9, 2007

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, after prodding from a rival campaign, has issued positions on several trade deals currently before Congress, including her support for an agreement with Peru that is dividing her party…

A Timely Clinton Web Initiative

By Jim Rutenberg
New York Times
November 8, 2007

Team Clinton unveils a new Web site that it says it will use to defend against attacks…

Clinton Gets an Instant Chance to Wield a New Weapon

By Jim Rutenberg
New York Times
November 9, 2007

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 — It used to be that when a campaign had an argument with a news report, it put out a mass e-mail message disputing the offending item. That was a huge technological leap from the fax machine…

Bill Clinton Says His Wife Took the Rap on Health Care

By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
November 9, 2007

ALBIA, Iowa, Nov. 8 — Former President Bill Clinton said Thursday that he should receive more blame than his wife for the failed attempt to revamp the nation’s health care system more than a decade ago…

OBAMA

‘President Clinton’s Not on the Ballot’

By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
November 8, 2007

Barack Obama responded to comments today from former President Bill Clinton…

Obama challenges Democratic rivals

By John McCormick
Chicago Tribune
November 9, 2007

KNOXVILLE, Iowa - Reflecting a new intensity in the Democratic presidential race, Sen. Barack Obama portrayed himself Thursday as more genuine and consistent than his two principal challengers…

RICHARDSON

Richardson plays political roulette, moves chips to Iowa

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
November 9, 2007

Bill Richardson is moving staff to Iowa, joining the John Edwards and Chris Dodd shuffle. But is it too late to matter?

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GIULIANI

Kerik’s Corruption Case Dogs Giuliani

By Michael Cooper and William K. Rashbaum
New York Times
November 9, 2007

Democrats and rival campaigns see the indictment of Bernard B. Kerik as a way to call Rudolph W. Giuliani’s judgment into question…

HUCKABEE

From Back of Pack, Huckabee Stirring

By Michael Luo
New York Times
November 9, 2007

There are signs that Mike Huckabee is working his way from a long shot to a possible contender in Iowa’s caucuses…

Maybe Huckabee was feeling left out

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
November 9, 2007

Mike Huckabee gets Donald Wildmon's endorsement, further evidencing the fragmented social-conservative sector of the GOP…

PAUL

A Constitutional Centerpiece

By Julie Bosman
New York Times
November 9, 2007

A new advertisement for Representative Ron Paul, Republican of Texas, is part of his first major television campaign, at a total cost of $1.1 million…

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G.O.P. to Punish 5 States for Early Votes

Associated Press
November 9, 2007

The Republican Party said it would deprive the states of half their delegates to the national convention because they planned to hold their nominating contests earlier than the party’s rules allow…

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Blogtalk: Endorsement Overload

By Ariel Alexovich
New York Times
November 8, 2007

The online world is still discussing the merits of Pat Robertson's support for Rudy Giuliani and Sam Brownback's praise for John McCain…

For Candidates, Web Is Power And Poison
Clinton, in Particular, Draws Equal Parts Cash and Vitriol

By Jose Antonio Vargas
Washington Post
November 8, 2007

Candidates use the Internet to generate buzz, draw grass-roots support and raise record amounts of money. But in the intense, round-the-clock world of online presidential campaigning, the good comes with the bad…

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Senate Confirms Mukasey as Attorney General

Associated Press
November 8, 2007

The Senate confirmed retired judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general Thursday night to replace Alberto Gonzales, who was forced from office in a scandal over his handling of the Justice Department…