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LOTT

Lott Exit Spurs Republican Scrum
Leadership Contests Could Mark a Shift Further to the Right

By David Rogers
Wall Street Journal
November 27, 2007

WASHINGTON -- The departure of Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott will cost Congress one of its premiere deal makers and opens the door to a further shift to the right by Senate Republicans…

Mississippi’s Lott to Leave Senate Seat

By Adam Nossiter and David M. Herszenhorn
New York Times
November 27, 2007

Trent Lott’s announcement that he would resign added to the growing Republican exodus from Congress, but may have strengthened his post-Senate job prospects…

Update: Lott Announces Retirement

By Paul Kane
Washington Post
November 27, 2007

Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) announced Monday that he will retire from the Senate effective late next month or early January, stunning Republicans who had only last year reinstated Lott to their leadership ranks…

GOP loses a leader
Trent Lott announces he will resign as Senate whip by end of the year.

By David Cook
Christian Science Monitor
November 27, 2007

Washington Bureau Chief David Cook discusses the resignation of Mississippi Senator Trent Lott.Mississippi's Trent Lott, the second ranking Republican in the Senate, announced Monday that he would retire by the end of the year, saying, "It's time to do something else."

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THE FIELD

Clinton, Obama dial up the healthcare heat

By Louise Roug
Los Angeles Times
November 26, 2007

Top 2 Democratic contenders trade jabs over whether insurance mandates are wise. Both insist they have the better plan…

Obama to Clinton: You're no Albright

By Mike Dorning
Chicago Tribune
November 26, 2007

LITTLETON, N.H. - Barack Obama has often questioned Hillary Clinton's use of her husband's presidency to assert to policy experience…

CLINTON

In Elderly Women, Clinton Sees an Electoral Edge

By Patrick Healy
New York Times
November 27, 2007

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign is courting voters who may have been born before suffrage, hoping they might feel an emotional bond with the candidate…

Clinton to Offer an AIDS Policy, Joining Her Main Rivals

By Patrick Healy and Lawrence K. Altman
New York Times
November 27, 2007

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s proposal is similar to those of Senator Barack Obama and John Edwards in terms of spending, goals and differences with President Bush’s AIDS policy…

Clinton's New Hampshire Machine

Washington Post
November 26, 2007

CONCORD, N.H. -- Barack Obama may be gaining in Iowa, but Hillary Clinton touched down here yesterday to issue an implicit reminder: when the race moves to New Hampshire, she'll have the Machine…

EDWARDS

Edwards proudly uses the L-word (that's "lawyer")

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
November 26, 2007

He extols his crusading credentials…

OBAMA

Obama, Oprah and Nightline

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
November 27, 2007

The Democrat makes news in the morning and in the evening…

Oprah to campaign with Obama

By John McCormick and Mike Dorning
Chicago Tribune
November 26, 2007

DES MOINES - The presidential campaign for Sen. Barack Obama confirmed this morning what has long been expected: Oprah Winfrey is going to hit the campaign trail with her favorite politician…

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THE DEBATE

YouTube and the G.O.P. And, Perhaps, the Snowman

By Katharine Q. Seelye
New York Times
November 26, 2007

The Republican candidates have been turning up the heat on one another, which should make for a lively encounter on Wednesday…

THE FIELD

GOP rivals swap barbs on values, crime

By Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
November 26, 2007

Romney goes after Giuliani's personal life, and is quickly branded as a weak governor by the ex-mayor's camp…

HUCKABEE

Big Gains for Huckabee in Iowa

By Marjorie Connelly
New York Times
November 26, 2007

The former Arkansas governor is running neck and neck with Mitt Romney in Iowa in an ABC News/Washington Post Poll…

Huckabee Lays Out His Claim as an ‘Authentic Conservative’

By Michael Luo
New York Times
November 27, 2007

Mike Huckabee is clearly using his faith to differentiate himself from his Republican rivals in a new television advertisement running in Iowa…

ROMNEY

On the Road: Romney’s Campaign Family

By Michael Luo
New York Times
November 26, 2007

Defining relationships is all relative on the campaign trail…

On Their Reading Tables

By Michael Luo
New York Times
November 26, 2007

Mitt Romney might take after President Bush in one regard: He is reading up a storm — and likes to talk about it…

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Massachusetts Moves Up Primary

Associated Press
November 26, 2007

BOSTON -- Massachusetts moved its presidential primary to Feb. 5, joining some two dozen states holding contests on what amounts to a mega-primary day…

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Bush Continues to Be Optimistic About Mideast Peace Prospects

Associated Press
November 26, 2007

President Bush stepped cautiously into the most direct Mideast peacemaking of his administration on Monday, meeting separately with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to explore whether peace is possible. "Difficult compromises" will be required but the Israeli and Palestinian leaders are committed to making them, he said…

Bush-Maliki Deal Sets Framework For Long-Term U.S. Presence in Iraq

Associated Press
November 26, 2007

WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Monday signed a deal setting the foundation for a potential long-term U.S. troop presence in Iraq, with details to be negotiated over matters that have defined the war debate at home -- how many U.S. forces will stay in the country, and for how long…

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Tax Cuts Gain Relevance as Outlook Dims

Wall Street Journal
November 27, 2007

So far, tax cuts have seemed largely a pro-forma campaign plank for Republican presidential candidates: Call for extending President Bush's tax cuts, establish your Reaganite credentials, and move on…

Bush welcomes Gore to Oval Office

By Richard Wolf
USA Today
November 27, 2007

WASHINGTON — Seven years after winning the popular vote for president, Al Gore finally re-entered the White House on Monday — as a Nobel laureate…