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The politics of ethanol outshine its costs

By Mark Clayton
Christian Science Monitor
November 15, 2007

Despite higher food prices and environmental damage, it's warmly embraced in Congress…

Was that a sigh from down South?

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
November 14, 2007

A Republican senator announces that he will seek reelection, after several others have retired…

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THE DEBATE

The Silver State's Golden Opportunity
Diverse Early-Voting Battleground Set to Play Host to Democratic Forum

By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post
November 15, 2007

The Democratic debate in Las Vegas tonight will provide a rare moment in the spotlight for Nevada, a state that entered the election cycle expecting to enjoy a boost in stature but has struggled to draw attention from both presidential candidates and potential caucus-goers…

CLINTON

Clinton Caucus School of Hard Knocks

By Sarah Wheaton
New York Times
November 14, 2007

Evidently, for Senator Hillary Clinton, getting high-level political figures to embarrass themselves is easy…

Clinton Now Against Licenses for Illegal Immigrants

By Katharine Q. Seelye New York Times
November 14, 2007

Her campaign issued a statement saying that she supported Gov. Eliot Spitzer's decision today to drop his plan for such licenses…

In Las Vegas, Chance for Clinton to Undo Damage

By Patrick Healy
New York Times
November 15, 2007

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has the most repair work to do heading into Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate…

Clinton's Rivals Adopt More Partisan Approach

By Alec MacGillis and Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post
November 15, 2007

Sen. Barack Obama began his campaign with calls for a less divisive kind of politics, but now he sounds a more partisan tone. John Edwards, after building a campaign in part around ending poverty, has begun to lacerate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as the perpetuator of a corrupt status quo in Washington…

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THE FIELD

Giuliani Battles Romney on Immigration

New York Times
November 14, 2007

An increasingly dominant issue for Republicans…

GIULIANI

Giuliani Ties New Job Hopes to Old

By Julie Bosman
New York Times
November 15, 2007

The first television advertisement for Rudolph W. Giuliani's presidential campaign drives home his message from the stump…

Giuliani's First TV Ad

By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post
November 14, 2007

After months of waiting and speculating, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will begin running television ads in support of his presidential campaign on Thursday, starting off with a 60-second commercial in New Hampshire that touts his turnaround of New York City…

Inside a Kingdom of Allegiances
For Giuliani's Inner Circle, Loyalty Reigns Supreme

By Lois Romano
Washington Post
November 15, 2007

Tony Carbonetti's persona swallows a room, not unlike the man he has worked for his entire adult life…

ROMNEY

In '60s, Romney, Searching and Earnest, Set His Path

By David D. Kirkpatrick
New York Times
November 15, 2007

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 — In December 1968, Mitt Romney returned home from a Mormon mission in France to find a changed country…

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Catholic Bishops Offer Voting Guide, Allowing Some Flexibility on Issue of Abortion

By Neela Banerjee
New York Times
November 15, 2007

Nearly all the bishops approved the document, which might help the church avoid the fissures that occurred in 2004 on the issue of abortion…

Mexican Leader Sees Bias in U.S. Politicking
Stop Disparaging Migrants, Calderon Says

By Manuel Roig-Franzia
Washington Post Foreign Service
November 15, 2007

MEXICO CITY , Nov. 14 -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon took the unusual step Wednesday of injecting himself into U.S. presidential politics, calling Mexican migrants "thematic hostages" of...

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House Approves Additional Iraq War Funding
Democrats Attach Conditions to End U.S. Combat Operations

By David Rogers
Wall Street Journal
November 14, 2007

WASHINGTON -- The Iraq war debate erupted anew in Congress as the House approved additional military funding but only after Democrats attached conditions that set the goal of ending U.S. combat operations by the end of next year…

Official's Recusal Is New Twist In Blackwater Inquiry
Hearing Is Roiled As Brother's Link To Firm Is Revealed

By August Cole
Wall Street Journal
November 15, 2007

WASHINGTON -- The government's efforts to unravel a deadly shooting incident in Baghdad that occurred while guards from Blackwater Worldwide were conducting a mission for the U.S. State Department suffered an embarrassment yesterday when the State Department's inspector general disclosed that his brother is a member of Blackwater's advisory board…