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THE FIELD
Housing Ideas Highlight Clinton-Obama Economic Divide
By Nick Timiraos
Wall Street Journal
March 3, 2008
During his final swing through Ohio before the state's primary tomorrow, Sen. Barack Obama has ramped up his attacks on predatory lending while muting his criticism of rival Sen. Hillary Clinton's proposal to freeze interest rates for five years on adjustable-rate mortgages…
Obama Backers Urge Clinton to Exit if She Loses
By Brian Knowlton
New York Times
March 2, 2008
Some Democrats are putting pressure on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to bow out unless she scores clear victories in the crucial big-state primary contests…
Spending Heavily, Obama Attempts Knockout Blow
By Adam Nagourney
New York Times
March 3, 2008
Senator Barack Obama is leveraging his huge financial edge over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the potentially decisive Texas and Ohio contests…
Tuesday Is the End, Unless It’s the Beginning
By John Harwood
New York Times
March 2, 2008
If Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton carries Ohio and Texas, neither political realities nor “delegate math” would preclude the opening of a wrenching springtime struggle…
Clinton and Obama Intensify Attacks
By Patrick Healy and Abby Goodnough
New York Times
March 2, 2008
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton escalated her attack on Senator Barack Obama’s qualifications, while he mocked her credentials as a self-professed agent of change…
Clinton Questions Role of Obama in a Crisis
By Katharine Q. Seelye and Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
March 2, 2008
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday all but declared Senator Barack Obama unprepared to serve as commander in chief…
On the Press Bus, Some Questions Over Favoritism
By Jacques Steinberg
New York Times
March 1, 2008
On the bus ferrying a group of reporters to an appearance by Senator Barack Obama at Ohio State University on Wednesday, Lee Cowan, the NBC reporter assigned to the campaign, was asked the media question of the week: Had journalists like himself been going easier on Mr. Obama than his opponent for the Democratic nomination, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?
Clinton, Obama Recast Their Message on Iraq
As Voters Increasingly Focus on Economic Concerns, War Becomes a Proxy for Other Issues
By Peter Slevin
Washington Post
March 3, 2008
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. -- Five years into a deeply unpopular war in Iraq, one of the surest applause lines for a Democratic candidate has been a promise to bring home the troops. But as Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign in Texas and Ohio ahead of Tuesday's critical primaries, they are encountering an electorate that has largely moved on…
Clinton battles Obama's momentum
By Mark Z. Barabak and Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
March 2, 2008
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Hillary Rodham Clinton, once seen as a lock for the Democratic nomination, battled Saturday into possibly the last weekend of her presidential campaign, struggling to reverse a tide of money and momentum that has turned dramatically toward Barack Obama…
Clinton, Obama intensify rhetoric
By Susan Page
USA Today
March 3, 2008
Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigned across Ohio on Sunday — including dueling midday rallies at rival high schools in the Columbus suburb of Westerville — in furious efforts to win primaries in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday that may settle the party's nomination…
CLINTON
By Katharine Q. Seelye
New York Times
March 2, 2008
One of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most salient characteristics is her ability to keep her chin up when faced with adversity…
’72 McGovern Team Rallies for One of Its Own: Clinton
By Julie Bosman
New York Times
March 2, 2008
Fighting for a Texas victory, the Clintons are drawing on friendships they formed as volunteers for George McGovern…
Mining the Gender Gap for Answers
By Robin Toner
New York Times
March 2, 2008
Move beyond the tactical skirmishes in this campaign, and one of the most intriguing issues remains the influence of gender on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s candidacy…
How did the Clinton campaign get here?
By Peter Nicholas
Los Angeles Times
March 3, 2008
WASHINGTON -- As they mapped out a campaign schedule for Bill Clinton, top aides to Hillary Rodham Clinton kept his time short in South Carolina. They were probably going to lose the state, they figured, and they wanted their most powerful surrogate to move on to Georgia, Alabama and other Southern states…
Drift away from Clinton frustrates many women
By Robin Abcarian
Los Angeles Times
March 2, 2008
DALLAS — Darlene Ewing is a Democratic activist, longtime feminist and very frustrated Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter…
OBAMA
As Developer Heads to Trial, Questions Linger Over a Deal With Obama
By Mike Mcintire and Christopher Drew
New York Times
March 2, 2008
Fallout from Senator Barack Obama’s relationship with a politically connected real estate developer continues to dog him on the campaign trail…
Carey Likes Clinton, Too, but Backs Obama
By Sam Roberts
New York Times
March 2, 2008
Hugh L. Carey, the former two-term governor of New York, has endorsed Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination…
Obama Walks a Difficult Path as He Courts Jewish Voters
By Neela Banerjee
New York Times
March 2, 2008
The senator faces challenges as he tries to strengthen support in a cornerstone of the Democratic base…
Homing in on security as Obama's weakness
By Peter Wallsten
Los Angeles Times
March 1, 2008
Clinton and Republicans alike perceive the issue as the Democratic front-runner's biggest vulnerability. He appears eager to take up the fight…
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McCAIN
McCain's 'Press-Friendly Express'
By James Rainey and Maeve Reston
Los Angeles Times
March 2, 2008
The New York Times had just hammered John McCain with a story about his relationship with a female lobbyist, and the perpetually gregarious candidate was not happy…
McCain seeks distance from pastor Hagee
By Libby Quaid
Associated Press
March 2, 2008
PHOENIX — John McCain is refusing to renounce the endorsement of a prominent Texas televangelist who Democrats say peddles anti-Catholic and other intolerant speech…
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Signs of the Struggling Economy
By Kate Phillips
New York Times
March 2, 2008
With Ohio’s primary on Tuesday, voters name the economy as their top issue…
In ’08 Politics, Rhode Island Defies Its Size
By Abby Goodnough
New York Times
March 1, 2008
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For the first time anyone can remember, this small state is relishing its role in the presidential primary cycle…
In Tuesday's Contests, a Party Divided
By Eli Saslow
Washington Post
March 2, 2008
BROWNSVILLE, Tex. -- State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. pulled into the parking lot at Rudy's "Country Store" and Bar-B-Q one day last week in an old pickup truck worn by 237,000 miles. He winced as he stepped down from the driver's seat, evidence of two heart attacks and a recent hernia surgery…
Foreign Policy Hits Home in Tex., Ohio
Two Days Away, Races Are Too Close to Call
By Dan Balz
Washington Post
March 2, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 1 -- With Texas and Ohio considered too close to call, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton escalated her argument with Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday over who is more ready to become commander in chief, as the candidates appealed to voters ahead of contests that will determine whether the Democratic race continues…
In Ohio, Candidates Court Unions
Battle May Decide Tuesday's Primary
By Alec MacGillis
Washington Post
March 2, 2008
PARMA, Ohio -- The side streets of this Cleveland suburb of modest Cape Cods were barely plowed last week and the street signs obscured by snow as Gina Knapp and Teri Harris, 48-year-old school bus drivers from a nearby town, crept along in Knapp's minivan looking for the homes of union members whose leadership has endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)…
On ropes, Clinton works to hold Ohio
Days before the March 4 primary, Clinton retains an average 6-point lead.
By Linda Feldmann
Christian Science Monitor
March 3, 2008
Marissa Wilson originally supported John Edwards for president. But now the Ohio University student in early childhood education is on Hillary Rodham Clinton's team, making calls for her when her busy life of work and study permits. And when Senator Clinton appeared at the child development center here late last week in this poor, remote corner of Appalachian Ohio, Ms. Wilson was pleased…
Clinton and Obama swing the spotlight to Ohio
The Democratic presidential candidates campaign across Ohio in advance of Tuesday's primary.
By Louise Roug and Maria L. La Ganga
Los Angeles Times
March 3, 2008
WESTERVILLE, OHIO — With less than two days to go before Tuesday's crucial primary elections, Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama barnstormed across Ohio on Sunday, with Clinton seeking to shore up support in a state where she holds a slim lead in the polls and Obama deriding his Senate colleague for her "experience" in foreign policy…
Texas Latinos look for a president with answers
By Miguel Bustillo
Los Angeles Times
March 2, 2008
SEGUIN, TEXAS — More than a third of the Democratic voters in the Texas primary on Tuesday will probably be Latinos. And as they choose between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, many of them -- like the established Latino families in this Central Texas town -- will have one issue paramount on their mind: the economy…
Ohio Democrats' love is tough to win
By Scott Martelle
Los Angeles Times
March 2, 2008
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO — Whoever wins the crucial Ohio Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, thanks will probably be owed to the likes of Jim Aldrich, a 61-year-old union worker at the Glatfelter paper mill on the southern edge of this small industrial city…
Ohio Democratic primary could hinge on county with troubled elections
Quick shift back to paper ballots causes concerns about counting and handling.
Associated Press
March 1, 2008
CLEVELAND — The largest concentration of Democrats in swing-state Ohio will cast presidential primary ballots Tuesday in a county fraught with election problems, on a voting system just 74 days old…
Obama hopes for crossover votes
By Kathy Kiely
USA Today
March 3, 2008
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Candice Swords spent her Sunday shuttling between political rallies. At Westerville North High School in the morning to see Hillary Rodham Clinton, she brought her 8-year-old daughter, named after the New York senator's daughter, Chelsea…
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Bush Gives Glimpse of Campaign Role
By John D. Mckinnon
Wall Street Journal
February 29, 2008
WASHINGTON -- At a White House news conference, President Bush gave glimpses of his campaign role to come, offering several thinly veiled criticisms of Sen. Barack Obama's foreign-policy and trade pronouncements…
By David Leonhardt
New York Times
March 2, 2008
Americans may rally and rage, but they don’t decide national elections over immigration…
Coming Soon: Health Care Debate, Part 2
By Kevin Sack
New York Times
March 2, 2008
The skirmishing between the Democratic presidential candidates over universal health coverage will soon give way to a quite different general-election debate…
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Lawmakers Hope Rockefeller Can Forge Surveillance Pact
By Siobhan Gorman
Wall Street Journal
March 3, 2008
WASHINGTON -- As the White House and congressional Democrats wage an increasingly fraught battle over domestic surveillance, one person is set to play the role of power broker: Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the easygoing Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee…
Iranian Leader, in Baghdad, Hails 'New Chapter' in Ties with Iraq
By Sudarsan Raghavan and Amit R. Paley
Washington Post
March 3, 2008
BAGHDAD, March 2 -- As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Iraq's leaders on Sunday, the first visit by a Middle Eastern head of state since the U.S.-led invasion, he engaged a country in which Iran's influence is deepening but also provoking growing criticism from Iraqis…
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Congressional incumbents on shaky ground in '08
Activists target lawmakers in Congress who cooperated with the opposition party.
By Gail Russell Chaddock
Christian Science Monitor
March 3, 2008
It's shaping up to be a perilous election year for members of Congress, even in primary season when the iron law of incumbency typically prevails…
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States and Cities Start Rebelling on Bond Ratings
By Julie Creswell and Vikas Bajaj
New York Times
March 3, 2008
A growing number of states and cities say Wall Street ratings firms assign municipal borrowers inappropriately low credit scores, costing taxpayers billions of dollars…
Economic woes raise fear of 1970s rerun
Stagflation may be back, but few economists think it will rise to the degree of a generation ago.
By Mark Trumbull
Christian Science Monitor
March 3, 2008
The echoes seem ominous: a sagging economy, rising inflation, a record price for gold, and plunging stock prices. Could a return to 1970s-style stagflation be just around the corner?
Analysts wonder how, or even whether, the new president, Putin's handpicked successor, would share power with his mentor.
By Megan K. Stack
Los Angeles Times
March 2, 2008
MOSCOW — Russians elected 42-year-old lawyer Dmitry Medvedev as their new president in a landslide victory, heralding unpredictable times for this huge, oil- and gas-rich land…
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