<><>DEMOCRATS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
THE FIELD
Clinton, Obama and a Difference That Matters
By Gerald F. Seib
Wall Street Journal
February 26, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton is trying -- hard -- to draw distinctions between herself and Sen. Barack Obama. Sometimes, the strain shows, but yesterday, she hit upon a difference that matters: how the U.S. should deal with its enemies in the post-Bush world…
Senate careers branch differently for Clinton, Obama
By Janet Hook
Los Angeles Times
February 26, 2008
WASHINGTON — The Senate long has been considered a poor springboard to the White House. But it provided a crucial step in the political rise of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, giving them a priceless chance to burnish their records and shore up weaknesses before launching their presidential campaigns…
Poll: Obama now seen as most electable
By Susan Page
USA Today
February 26, 2008
The sense that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is more electable than Hillary Rodham Clinton has trumped concerns about whether he has the experience necessary to be a good president, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds…
Clinton takes shots at rival Obama
By Kathy Kiely
USA Today
February 26, 2008
WASHINGTON — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to the nation's capital Monday to underscore her experience and connections as rival Barack Obama drew huge crowds at college campuses in Ohio…
Dem hopefuls won tax breaks for contributors
By Ken Dilanian
USA Today
February 26, 2008
WASHINGTON — Both Democratic presidential candidates, who promise to curb the influence of corporate lobbyists in Washington, helped enact narrowly tailored tax breaks sought by major campaign contributors.
CLINTON
Clinton Strategy Quandary: Underdog or Aggressor?
Campaign Must Decide How It Will Proceed In Bid to Beat Obama
By Amy Chozick
Wall Street Journal
February 26, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Lately Sen. Hillary Clinton has appeared on the campaign trail as alternately a compassionate underdog who lavishes praise on her rival and an aggressive opponent on the attack…
By Sam Roberts
New York Times
February 25, 2008
An hourlong investigation by The New York Times has found, in the 10 months ending in January, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s bakery bills totaled $5,950.53…
Clinton Campaign Starts 5-Point Attack on Obama
By Patrick Healy and Julie Bosman
New York Times
February 26, 2008
The effort reflects a belief among Clinton advisers that she can win over voters by finally drawing attention-grabbing contrasts with Barack Obama…
Team Clinton: Down, and Out of Touch
By Dana Milbank
Washington Post
February 26, 2008
They are in the last throes, if you will. As Vice President Cheney knows, such predictions can be perilous. Still, there was no mistaking a certain flailing, a lashing-out, as two Clinton advisers sat down for a bacon-and-eggs session yesterday at the St. Regis Hotel…
Clinton campaign aide Ickes stays optimistic
By Linda Feldmann and David Cook
Christian Science Monitor
February 26, 2008
In a vigorous defense of Hillary Rodham Clinton's prospects as a presidential candidate, campaign adviser Harold Ickes sought to halt what he calls the "rush to judgment" to end the Democratic nomination race in favor of Barack Obama…
OBAMA
Obama’s Support Grows Broader, New Poll Finds
By Robin Toner and Dalia Sussman
New York Times
February 26, 2008
Barack Obama is now viewed by most Democrats as the candidate best able to defeat John McCain, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll…
Union Spends Heavily for Obama in Primaries
By Leslie Wayne
New York Times
February 26, 2008
The Service Employees International Union reported that it had spent $1.4 million in Texas and Ohio on Barack Obama’s behalf…
<><>REPUBLICANS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
McCAIN
McCain Says Prospects May Hinge on Iraq
By Michael Luo
New York Times
February 26, 2008
Senator John McCain said the way voters judge the war would be the way they would judge him…
Democratic Governors See McCain As Formidable
They Cite His Life Story, His Appeal to Independents
By Dan Balz
Washington Post
February 26, 2008
Democratic governors from states likely to help decide the 2008 presidential election see Republican Sen. John McCain as a potentially formidable opponent whose life story and reputation for political independence make him a threat in November, despite conditions that they say now favor their nominee…
<><> PRIMARY CONTESTS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Pieces of Texas Turn Primary Into a Puzzle
By Randy Kennedy
New York Times
February 26, 2008
The rapidly mounting fight in Texas has reminded national political strategists yet again of the state’s unwieldy size and stark geographical differences…
Clinton still leading Obama in Ohio, but by smaller margin
By Michael Muskal
Los Angeles Times
February 25, 2008
The Democratic presidential candidates battled today in different parts of the country as new polls showed that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton continued to run ahead of Sen. Barack Obama in must-win Ohio, but that her lead is shrinking…
<><>RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE<><><><><><><><><><><>
NADER
Nader's candidacy gets some cheers, but more groans
Many see it as folly for him to enter the presidential race one more time.
By Alexandra Marks
Christian Science Monitor
February 26, 2008
Jon Hunt is an unapologetic supporter of Ralph Nader. The young social activist organized for the corporate raider in North Carolina in 2000 and voted for him as a write-in candidate in 2004…
<><>WAR/TERROR<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Intelligence Sharing Still Lacking
Homeland Security Cites New Efforts To Fill Local Needs
By Siobhan Gorman
Wall Street Journal
February 26, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security is stumbling in its efforts to coordinate the gathering and sharing of domestic intelligence with state and local officials, one of its core responsibilities, according to an internal report…
'Post-surge' troop levels in Iraq: 140,000
Associated Press
February 26, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is projecting that when the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq ends in July there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when it began in January 2007, a senior general said Monday…
<><>CONGRESS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Congress: Why should each military branch get same budget?
By Gordon Lubold
Christian Science Monitor
February 26, 2008
The defense budget has been sliced into virtually the same-sized pieces for decades, with roughly equal shares of resources going to the Army, Air Force, and Navy. In a move analysts say is sure to strike fear among some services, Congress this week will begin asking why…
<><>OTHER NEWS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Housing slump causes U.S. to weigh another big bailout
By Mark Trumbull
Christian Science Monitor
February 26, 2008
By the time the Great Depression was over, a government-created corporation had become the banker for 1 in 5 American homeowners…
The Changing Faiths of America
Study Shows Big Declines Among Major Denominations; A Boon for Evangelicals
By Suzanne Sataline
Wall Street Journal
February 26, 2008
Nearly half of adults in the U.S. have switched to a faith other than the one in which they were raised or have dropped affiliation with any organized religion, according to a large survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life…
Poll Finds a Fluid Religious Life in U.S.
By Neela Banerjee
New York Times
February 26, 2008
More than a quarter of adult Americans have left their childhood faith for another religion or no religion…
In Major Poll, U.S. Religious Identity Appears Very Slippery
By Michelle Boorstein and Jacqueline L. Salmon
Washington Post
February 26, 2008
America has always been a competitive religious marketplace, but a major survey released yesterday shows a country increasingly exploring different faith identities and ways of worship. More than 40 percent of respondents told pollsters that they had changed their religious affiliation since childhood…
Many Americans switch religious denominations, study finds
By Jane Lampman
Christian Science Monitor
February 26, 2008
A panoramic snapshot of American religious life in 2008 reveals an extraordinary dynamism that is reshaping the country's major traditions in historic ways…
U.S. is still overwhelmingly Christian, study finds
By K. Connie Kang
Los Angeles Times
February 26, 2008
America remains an overwhelmingly Christian country, but the nation's religious life also shows great fluidity, with many adults switching religious affiliations or abandoning ties to organized denominations altogether, according to a new survey released today…
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