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THE FIELD
Clinton Shouldn’t Feel Forced to Quit Race, Obama Says
By Michael Powell
New York Times
March 31, 2008
Senator Barack Obama had a few words of advice Saturday for his rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: Do not drop out on my account…
CLINTON
Rosy Words for Clinton by ’90s Nemesis
By Michael Barbaro
New York Times
March 31, 2008
The billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, once a fervid Clinton basher, complimented Hillary Rodham Clinton after meeting with her…
The Game’s Not Over, Clinton Backers Agree
By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
March 31, 2008
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton likened this stage of the campaign to the final quarter of a close basketball game…
Clinton Vows To Stay in Race To Convention
She Stresses Finding Solution On Michigan, Florida Votes
By Perry Bacon Jr. and Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post
March 30, 2008
NEW ALBANY, Ind., March 29 -- In her most definitive comments to date on the subject, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Saturday to put to rest any notion that she will drop out of the presidential race, pledging in an interview to not only compete in all the remaining primaries but also continue until there is a resolution of the disqualified results in Florida and Michigan. A day after Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean urged the candidates to end the race by July 1, Clinton defied that call by declaring that she will take her campaign all the way to the Aug. 25-28 convention if necessary, potentially setting up the prolonged and divisive contest that party leaders are increasingly anxious to avoid…
By Richard C. Paddock
Los Angeles Times
March 30, 2008
SAN JOSE — Former President Clinton told delegates to the state Democratic Convention today that the party's superdelegates and activists should be patient in selecting a presidential nominee and let the primary election process play out in the coming months. A vigorous campaign between his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is not going to damage the party's prospects of beating the Republican nominee in the fall, Clinton said. "Don't let anybody tell you that somehow we are weakening the Democratic Party," Clinton said. "Chill out and let everybody have their say. We are going to win this election." Before his speech, the former president met privately with more than a dozen superdelegates who will vote at the national Democratic Party convention in August on the party's nominee…
OBAMA
New Backing for Obama As Party Seeks Unity
By Jackie Calmes
Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama's side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to endorse Sen. Obama Monday, according to a Democrat familiar with her plans. Meanwhile, North Carolina's seven Democratic House members are poised to endorse Sen. Obama as a group -- just one has so far -- before that state's May 6 primary, several Democrats say…
Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race
By Mireya Navarro
New York Times
March 31, 2008
Many multiracial Americans say Barack Obama’s speech about race rang with a special significance in their ears…
Endorsement of Obama Points Up Clinton Obstacles
By Adam Nagourney
New York Times
March 29, 2008
An endorsement of Senator Barack Obama by Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania underlined the ferment in the Democratic race…
Surprise Backing From Senator Reflected Frustration and Desire for Healing
By Katharine Q. Seelye and Michael Powell
New York Times
March 29, 2008
Senator Bob Casey’s endorsement may carry some weight, especially with white working class voters, who are known as Casey Democrats…
Obama Overstates Kennedys' Role in Helping His Father
By Michael Dobbs
Washington Post
March 30, 2008
Addressing civil rights activists in Selma, Ala., a year ago, Sen. Barack Obama traced his "very existence" to the generosity of the Kennedy family, which he said paid for his Kenyan father to travel to America on a student scholarship and thus meet his Kansan mother. The Camelot connection has become part of the mythology surrounding Obama's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. After Caroline Kennedy endorsed his candidacy in January, Newsweek commentator Jonathan Alter reported that she had been struck by the extraordinary way in which "history replays itself" and by how "two generations of two families -- separated by distance, culture and wealth -- can intersect in strange and wonderful ways."
Obama draws thousands to rally on Penn State lawn, says he will win Democratic nomination
Associated Press
March 30, 2008
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Shivering in blankets of Penn State's colors, some 20,000 people filled a campus lawn today to hear Barack Obama say he can win the Democratic nomination even if rival Hillary Rodham Clinton stays in the race. Supporters stood in long lines for hours to hear Obama ahead of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. On a sunny day with temperatures in the low 40s, most bundled up for the type of large-scale rally that has become the candidate's trademark…
Obama pastor's words spring from complex tradition
By Manya A. Brachear
Chicago Tribune
March 30, 2008
CHICAGO -- On the Sunday in 2003 when Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. shouted "God damn America" from the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ, he defined damnation as God's way of holding humanity accountable for its actions…
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McCAIN
McCain Faces Test in Wooing Elite Donors
By Michael Luo and Griff Palmer
New York Times
March 31, 2008
Senator John McCain has so far managed to enlist only a fraction of the heavyweight fund-raisers who helped drive President Bush’s two runs for the White House…
McCain polls well amidst war, economic worries
Associated Press
March 31, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — He robustly backs the unpopular Iraq war. The U.S. economy is in a tailspin under the stewardship of President George W. Bush, a fellow Republican whose favorable ratings with Americans stands at 30% or lower. His stance on some hot-button American issues like immigration rankle his party's conservative base…
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TEXAS
Clinton, Obama supporters wrangle over delegates
By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten
Los Angeles Times
March 30, 2008
HOUSTON — Less than a month ago, Texas Democrats turned out in huge numbers for the presidential nominating contest between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, confident that, no matter who won, the party would have a popular, well-financed candidate. But that exuberance is gone now. Across the state this weekend, tense confrontations -- even shoving matches -- erupted as partisans for Clinton and Obama battled over how to interpret the March 4 election results and how to choose delegates to the Texas Democratic convention…
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McCain's health plan fails her test
By Rong-Gong Lin II
Los Angeles Times
March 30, 2008
ARLINGTON, VA. -- Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic presidential contender John Edwards, said she and John McCain have one thing in common: "Neither one of us would be covered by his health policy."
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Iraqi Offensive Revives Debate for Campaigns
By Michael Cooper and Larry Rohter
New York Times
March 31, 2008
The war’s return to the public consciousness poses new challenges and opportunities for the candidates, particularly Senator John McCain…
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Congress Raises Call for Data Safeguards
By Amy Schatz
Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The breach of presidential candidates' passport files has revived efforts to improve data security and require the government to notify people when someone has improperly looked into their private files. Congressional investigators say security for private data collected by the government remains uneven, despite improvements such as the system that alerted State Department officials that contractors had improperly snooped in the three major candidates' passport files…
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With Washington in Gridlock, Voters May Determine Oversight
By Gerald F. Seib
Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2008
America is about to find out what happens when a weakened financial system meets up with a weakened political system. The Treasury Department's proposal to overhaul the way the government regulates financial markets, to be formally unveiled Monday, represents an ambitious attempt by the Bush administration to rewrite rules that have prevailed for decades…
Paulson Plan Begins Battle Over How to Police Market
Amid Crisis, a Bid To Shuffle Powers; Fast Fixes Unlikely
By Damian Paletta, Greg Ip and Michael M. Phillips
Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2008
The Bush administration's plan to remodel the patchwork system of U.S. financial regulation, built piecemeal since the Civil War, is the biggest salvo in what will be a long-running debate about the role of government in financial markets…
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