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THE FIELD

Obama and Clinton Flush With Cash From February

By Michael Luo and Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
February 29, 2008

Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton each had a record-breaking month, bringing in more than $80 million combined, but with Mr. Obama again far outraising Mrs. Clinton…

Obama Cutting Into Clinton’s Edge Among Superdelegates

By Michael Cooper and Sarah Wheaton
New York Times
February 29, 2008

What began for Barack Obama as a trickle of support from the superdelegates has grown into more of a stream over the last month…

Bush Criticizes Democrats Running for President on Trade, Iraq and Cuba, but Not by Name

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
New York Times
February 29, 2008

In a news conference, there was no masking the president’s disdain for the Democrats’ positions on several hot-button campaign issues…

Obama Gains With Superdelegates
Illinois Senator Is On a Roll With Uncommitted Voters; Clinton Still Holds Lead

By T.W. Farnam
Wall Street Journal
February 29, 2008

Although no votes have been cast in more than a week in the race to the White House, the momentum for Sen. Barack Obama has continued to build in the contest for superdelegates…

Democrats Blaze Trails In February Fundraising

By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post
February 29, 2008

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama continued to rewrite fundraising records this month, with Clinton announcing yesterday that she had rebounded from a disappointing showing in January to raise $35 million in February, by far her biggest one-month total of the campaign…

On the Trail, Spouses' Roles Evolve
A Blossoming Mrs. Obama And a Reined-In Mr. Clinton Refine Their Approaches

By Peter Slevin
Washington Post
February 29, 2008

HOUSTON -- Bill Clinton has not turned belligerent or angry in front of television cameras for weeks now. No controversial statements, few interviews with the media, just one vote-hunting event after another -- precisely the way his wife's campaign wants it…

Brooklyn residents pressure 'super delegates' to switch

By Martha T. Moore
USA Today
February 29, 2008

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Along busy Fulton Street, an "Obama '08" sign hangs in the window of Michelle's Beauty Salon. Another is posted next door on Fulton Gold Jewelry, and a third hangs across the street at Tony's Country Life Health Food Shop…

CLINTON

A Strong Woman Taking Orders

By Katharine Q. Seelye
New York Times
February 29, 2008

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton looked right at home behind a restaurant counter, chatting with several waitresses and writing up an order with a flourish. And now we know why…

Clinton Campaign Raised $35 Million in Month

By Mary Jacoby
Wall Street Journal
February 29, 2008

Democratic fund-raising has exploded this month, with Sen. Hillary Clinton taking in $35 million and rival Sen. Barack Obama expected to surpass $50 million…

OBAMA

Obama: Looking Ahead, but Wary

By Jeff ZelenyNew York Times
February 29, 2008

The Democratic candidate confronts attacks from Republican and Democratic foes, while still in the fight for his party’s nomination…

For Obama, a Taste of What a Long Battle Holds

By Adam Nagourney
New York Times

The shifting tone among Republicans and their allies in recent days offers a glimpse of the party’s playbook as it adapts to the prospect that it will be running against Senator Barack Obama…

Race a wild-card factor

By Maria L. La Ganga and Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times
February 29, 2008

It's unclear if Obama's minority status will help or hinder him. But it has changed the rules of engagement…

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Texas on Pace for Record Voter Turnout

By Ralph Blumenthal
New York Times
February 29, 2008

Texans have never seen anything like this month’s stampede to the polls to vote early, but what the numbers mean is subject to debate…

Smaller primary states not so secondary

By Erin Kelly
Gannett News Service
February 29, 2008

When Vermonters trudge through the snow Tuesday to vote in their presidential primary, there will be no big-name candidates waiting to shake their hands nor throngs of reporters jostling to ask their opinions…

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New TV Spots for Clinton, Huckabee, Obama

By Ariel Alexovich
New York Times
February 29, 2008

Ted Strickland, the governor of Ohio, praises Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee make plays for Texan voters.

Bill Would Remove Doubt on Presidential Eligibility

By Carl Hulse
New York Times
February 29, 2008

Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, said she wanted to clear up any doubt over Senator John McCain’s constitutional qualifications…

Bloomberg, Out of Presidential Field, Looks for Right Role on Sidelines

By Nicholas Confessore and Diane Cardwell
New York Times
February 29, 2008

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has ended his flirtation with a presidential campaign and now is hinting that he will seek other ways to influence national politics…

Nader’s No. 2

By Jesse Mckinley
New York Times
February 29, 2008

Matt Gonzalez, aspiring collage artist and former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, is now Ralph Nader’s running mate…

In red-state Texas, new signs of rising Democratic tide

By Ariel Sabar
Christian Science Monitor
February 29, 2008

The drawn-out fight for a Democratic presidential nominee is driving left-leaning Texans into the open, infusing them with a sense of relevance for the first time in a generation…

Candidates trade shots over economy

By Michael Finnegan and Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times
February 29, 2008

Obama stresses that it's too early to say he'll defeat Clinton in the Democratic race. McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, defends free trade…

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Don't Get Around Much Anymore

By Dana Milbank
Washington Post
February 29, 2008

The bulletin reached President Bush toward the end of his news conference yesterday…