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Freshmen Padding Their Independence
Democrats Try to Rein In Fees on Consulting
Democrats hustle to get Iowa voters to polls
Clinton's Right-Hand Woman Scrambles for a Win in Iowa
Clinton’s Résumé Factor: Those 8 Years as First Lady
Edwards Gets Demerits for Tardiness on the Trail
Romney, Huckabee Present a Stark Choice For Iowa Republicans
Giuliani Hits a Rocky Stretch as Voting Approaches
Romney's running mate -- his father
In New Hampshire, independent voters turn to alternative media
Iowa presidential races enter the home stretch
Iowa Takes a Holiday From the Campaign
Campaigns Hit the Road in Iowa, New Hampshire to Make Final Pitch
In New Hampshire, Oh, Those Empty Seats
Courting Students, And Hoping They'll Actually Cast Votes
Sooner or Later, Candidates Will Surely Look Lost

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Freshmen Padding Their Independence
Procedural Votes Become Safe Nays

By Paul Kane
Washington Post
December 26, 2007

Half a dozen freshman Democrats took to the House floor one late-October morning to cast their lot with Republicans…

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THE FIELD

Democrats Try to Rein In Fees on Consulting

By Christopher Drew
New York Times
December 26, 2007

Resentment has been building at how presidential elections have become gold mines for media consultants…

Democrats hustle to get Iowa voters to polls

By Brian Tumulty
Gannett News Service
December 26, 2007

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said he had campaigned in 98 of the state's 99 counties when his staff informed him he hadn't been to Keokuk…

CLINTON

Clinton's Right-Hand Woman Scrambles for a Win in Iowa
Patti Solis Doyle Steers Campaign, Juggling Family Role, Staff Egos

By Monica Langley
Wall Street Journal
December 26, 2007

DES MOINES, Iowa -- With snow and sleet pounding her hotel window, campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle dialed in to an early-morning strategy debate a few weeks ago among the top advisers of Hillary Clinton, who were bickering…

Clinton’s Résumé Factor: Those 8 Years as First Lady

By Patrick Healy
New York Times
December 26, 2007

During her time in the White House, Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared to learn more through osmosis than through decision-making…

EDWARDS

Edwards Gets Demerits for Tardiness on the Trail

By Julie Bosman
New York Times
December 26, 2007

Like Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson before him, John Edwards nearly always runs late while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination…

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THE FIELD

Same Party, Different Style
Romney, Huckabee Present a Stark Choice For Iowa Republicans

By Laura Meckler and Elizabeth Holmes
Wall Street Journal
December 26, 2007

In Iowa, the Republican presidential race has come down to two former governors who offer caucus goers a stark choice. It's the pulpit vs. the boardroom, poverty vs. privilege, passion vs. preparedness…

GIULIANI

Giuliani Hits a Rocky Stretch as Voting Approaches

By Adam Nagourney
New York Times
December 24, 2007

Rudolph W. Giuliani’s presidential campaign has been hurt by acknowledged missteps, sharp shifts in strategy and reports about his personal life…

ROMNEY

Romney's running mate -- his father

By Scott Martelle
Los Angeles Times
December 26, 2007

The admired public servant, undone by an offhand comment, is both a role model and cautionary example for the family's newest GOP presidential candidate…

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In New Hampshire, independent voters turn to alternative media

By Ari Pinkus
Christian Science Monitor
December 24, 2007

The undecided in the first US primary use the Web and e-mails for news to get closer to candidates…

Iowa presidential races enter the home stretch

By Mark Z. Barabak and Seema Mehta
Los Angeles Times
December 26, 2007

The candidates prepare to pick up the pace. For most, it'll be win, place or show -- or it's do or die in N.H…

Iowa Takes a Holiday From the Campaign

By Jose Antonio Vargas and Matthew Mosk
Washington Post
December 26, 2007

DES MOINES, Dec. 25 -- Levi Knapp, one of Sen. Christopher J. Dodd's 80 field organizers in Iowa, had never been on ice skates before. Surrounded by his boss and about 15 other campaign staffers, he held gamely to the rails at Brenton Skating Plaza in the city's East Village neighborhood and occasionally tried to move forward…

Campaigns Hit the Road in Iowa, New Hampshire to Make Final Pitch

December 26, 2007
Wall Street Journal

Republican and Democratic presidential contenders are back in action today for the home stretch leading to next week's Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary a week later. Where they head first may reveal something about their short-term strategy…

In New Hampshire, Oh, Those Empty Seats

By Mark Leibovich
New York Times
December 26, 2007

It would be wrong to read too deeply into a few empty seats at a few campaign events in the days leading up to Christmas. Oh, but let’s do it anyway…

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Courting Students, And Hoping They'll Actually Cast Votes
Iowa Often Sees High Fervor, Low Turnout

By Jose Antonio Vargas and Shailagh Murray
Washington Post
December 26, 2007

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- For months, Barack Obama has pursued Casey Turner. He has sent the 19-year-old University of Northern Iowa student letters, e-mails, phone calls and Facebook messages…

Sooner or Later, Candidates Will Surely Look Lost

By Philip Kennicott
Washington Post
December 26, 2007

They have become a useful, though very tricky, class of images in this roller-coaster ride of a presidential campaign. Call them the "hangdog" candidate photographs: They capture the politician with eyes downcast, looking tired, stressed. When the headline is about poll numbers dropping, fundraising tanking or verbal gaffes from soon-to-be-cashiered campaign advisers, the hangdog candidate image is sure to make its appearance…