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THE FIELD
Split Between Backers Of Clinton and Obama Lifts Republican Hopes
By Jonathan Kaufman
Wall Street Journal
March 11, 2008
The groups that for months have energized the Democratic campaign and have given Democrats high hopes -- blacks, women and young voters -- are increasingly sniping at each other, raising concerns that the battle could create problems in the November election…
Obama Swats Away Idea Of Vice Presidential Role
By Amy Chozick and Nick Timiraos
Wall Street Journal
March 11, 2008
COLUMBUS, Miss. -- Sen. Barack Obama scoffed at rival Sen. Hillary Clinton's suggestion that he be her running mate, sparking an awkward back-and-forth that could, as the race moves forward, weaken the Clinton campaign's core argument that the junior Illinois senator is inexperienced…
Obama Rejects Suggestion That He Lower His Sights
By Jeff Zeleny and Julie Bosman
New York Times
March 11, 2008
COLUMBUS, Miss. — At first, the suggestion was a quiet one, raised by their supporters. Soon, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, lent credence to the idea, telling voters in Mississippi and beyond that Senator Barack Obama would make a fine partner — most likely as No. 2 — on the Democratic ticket…
Ticket-Sharing Talk Dominates Day's Campaign Activity
Obama Accuses Clinton of Gamesmanship, Emphasizes His Lead
By Peter Slevin
Washington Post
March 11, 2008
COLUMBUS, Miss., March 10 -- Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama hardly sounded like potential running mates Monday, with Obama accusing his rival of "gamesmanship" and the campaigns sparring over who is more qualified to be commander in chief. A day before a Mississippi primary that Obama is favored to win, he rejected Clinton's idea that he become the vice presidential nominee on a ticket her husband described last week as "an almost unstoppable force." The senator from Illinois said the Clintons' talk was designed to disguise his lead in the nomination fight and convince fence-sitters that they could vote for Clinton and get Obama, too…
Obama struggles to stay above fray
In striking back harder against Clinton, is he undercutting his message?
By Ariel Sabar
Christian Science Monitor
March 11, 2008
Barack Obama has cast himself as the candidate of hope, an idealist with no patience for mudslinging and division. So as Hillary Rodham Clinton throws harder punches – a strategy that analysts say helped her win the Ohio and Texas primaries a week ago – how hard can he hit back without undercutting his message of uplift?
Obama says Clinton is trying to 'hoodwink,' 'bamboozle' Americans
By Johanna Neuman
Los Angeles Times
March 10, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama accused rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton today of attempting to "hoodwink" and "bamboozle" voters into thinking she was the front-runner by offering him the second slot on her ticket. Over the weekend, the New York senator and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, both suggested that Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, was not seasoned enough to be president but might make a good vice presidential candidate on a ticket topped by Clinton…
Dems downplay 'dream ticket' talk
By Larry Copeland
USA Today
March 11, 2008
JACKSON, Miss. — Barack Obama beat back any notion of giving up his presidential bid to be Hillary Rodham Clinton's running mate, urging people voting Tuesday not to be tricked by the New York senator or former president Bill Clinton, who have fanned the idea in recent days. "I don't know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to someone who is in first place," Obama said Monday in Columbus, Miss. "You all know the okey-doke. When somebody is trying to bamboozle you, when they are trying to hoodwink you."
OBAMA
In Developer’s Trial, E-Mail Note Cites an Obama Role
By Catrin Einhorn
New York Times
March 11, 2008
An e-mail made public on Monday brought attention to Barack Obama’s role in discussions involving a state health planning board that Antoin Rezko is accused of improperly influencing…
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McCAIN
Scanning for a GOP Running Mate
By Gerald F. Seib
Wall Street Journal
March 11, 2008
So, while Democrats scuffle, it's time for Republican Sen. John McCain to start thinking about picking his running mate…
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Five Soldiers Die in Attack On U.S. Patrol In Baghdad
Bombs Still Biggest Threat Even as Fatalities Decline
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post
March 11, 2008
BAGHDAD, March 10 -- The U.S. soldiers parked their Humvees and stepped out into the warm sun and swirl of people. They stood before the glass storefronts on the main thoroughfare of what was once Baghdad's most elegant neighborhood. The customers strolling past the open businesses in Mansour -- the Babit gift shop, the Al Jadurchi computer compound -- created the pleasantly mundane scene that American
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SPITZER
Spitzer Engulfed in Sex Scandal
New York Governor, Known as Crusader, Sees the Tables Turn
By Laurie P. Cohen and Amir Efrati
Wall Street Journal
March 11, 2008
Eliot Spitzer, the onetime nemesis of Wall Street, has fallen from grace after stumbling into a mess of his own making…
Wall Street Cheers As Its Nemesis Falls From Grace
Allies Praise Spitzer, But Knives Come Out; 'He's Proven Me Correct'
By Aaron Lucchetti and Monica Langley
Wall Street Journal
March 11, 2008
It's Schadenfreude time on Wall Street. Eliot Spitzer, the New York governor who made his name taking on the titans of finance, apologized yesterday in vague terms following reports that he used the services of a prostitute in a case being investigated by federal prosecutors…
Case Puts New York Lieutenant Governor in the Spotlight
By Liam Pleven, Tom Mcginty and Dionne Searcey
Wall Street Journal
March 11, 2008
Should Eliot Spitzer step aside as governor of New York, his replacement will bring to the job a lot of goodwill. In the event of a resignation, the state constitution calls for the job to pass to Mr. Spitzer's lieutenant governor and running mate, David Paterson, a legally blind former legislator. Mr. Paterson, who is as widely liked as Mr. Spitzer is controversial, also would become the state's first African-American governor…
Spitzer Is Linked to a Sex Ring as a Client
By Danny Hakim and William K. Rashbaum
New York Times
March 11, 2008
ALBANY — Gov. Eliot Spitzer was a client of a high-end prostitution ring broken up last week by federal authorities, according to law enforcement officials, a development that threatened to end his career and turned the state’s political world upside down…
After Apology, Governor Is Said to Weigh Resignation
By Danny Hakim and William K. Rashbaum
New York Times
March 11, 2008
Gov. Eliot Spitzer was a client of a high-end prostitution ring broken up last week by federal authorities, according to law enforcement officials…
Spitzer Allegations Send Wave of Shock
By James Barron
New York Times
March 11, 2008
Not quite believing the soap opera that was unfolding around them on Monday, legislators in Albany spent the day in a government-stopping meltdown…
Revelations Began in Routine Tax Inquiry
By William K. Rashbaum
New York Times
March 11, 2008
Investigators found several unusual movements of cash involving the governor of New York, officials said…
Spitzer Linked To Prostitution Ring by Wiretap
N.Y. Governor Apologizes for 'Private Matter,' Does Not Resign
By Keith B. Richburg
Washington Post
March 11, 2008
New York Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer's political future was thrown in doubt yesterday after he was identified as an anonymous client heard on a federal wiretap arranging to pay money and buy train tickets for a high-priced New York prostitute to meet him at a downtown Washington hotel…
The Post-Scandal Litany of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer Has Familiar Echoes
By Libby Copeland
Washington Post
March 11, 2008
We are riveted, but why? Nearly every post-scandal news conference is like every other. There's a script to these things, as we all know, and New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer followed it to the letter yesterday in seeming to acknowledge his involvement with a prostitute and apologizing for it…
N.Y. Governor Spitzer linked to high-end prostitution ring
By Alexandra Marks and Ron Scherer
Christian Science Monitor
March 11, 2008
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D), once known as the "sheriff of Wall Street," spent much of his career prosecuting corrupt corporate executives. Now, reports that the first-term governor was a customer of a prostitution ring are prompting calls for his resignation…
N.Y.'s Spitzer linked to prostitution ring
By Erika Hayasaki and Stephanie Simon
Los Angeles Times
March 11, 2008
NEW YORK — Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who built a national reputation as an aggressive, uncompromising prosecutor, apologized to the public Monday after a federal wiretap caught him allegedly arranging to meet a high-priced prostitute in a Washington hotel. The recording captured a man identified as "Client 9" -- a regular customer of an elite international call-girl ring -- setting up a date with a petite brunet who used the name "Kristen." A source familiar with the case identified the Democratic governor as Client 9…
Prostitution ties could cost Spitzer political future
By Andrea Stone
USA Today
March 11, 2008
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was the brash Wall Street corruption buster who made ethics his trademark. He was on many lists of future presidential contenders. On Monday, he apologized after he was accused of meeting a high-priced prostitute in a Washington, D.C., hotel last month…
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