—10:30 am: Gen. Clark meets with Arizona Veterans at the Windemere Hotel, Sierra Vista, Ariz.
—10:30 am: Sen. Edwards hosts a town hall meeting at the Barelas Community Center, Albuquerque, N.M.
—11:00 am: Gov. Dean attends a GOTV rally at the George Demester Performance Center, Tucson, Ariz.
—11:00 am: Sen. Kerry attends a rally at the Muehlebach Hotel, in Kansas City, Mo.
—11:35 am: President Bush speaks at the 2004 "Congress of Tomorrow" luncheon at the Loews Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa.
—1:45 pm: Gen. Clark meets with supporters at The Plaza de Mesilla in Las Cruces, N.M.
—2:30 pm: Sen. Edwards attends a Get-Out-The-Vote rally in Oklahoma City, Okla.
—5:30 pm: Sen. Kerry attends a rally at the Oklahoma Firefighters Museum, Oklahoma City, Okla.
—6:00 pm: Gov. Dean attends a town hall meeting on healthcare at Town Hall in Seattle, Wash.
—6:50 pm: Gen. Clark greets with supporters at Rupel Jones Theater in Norman, Okla.
—7:30 pm: Sen. Edwards meets with supporters at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Mo.

NEWS SUMMARY

We know that for most people, Christmas comes only once a year. But for people who cover politics, it's a quarterly event. Only we call it "The Day Campaign Reports Are Due To The FEC."

And we know that for some, searching numbers in a database, while far more efficient, doesn't quite match the thrill of sifting though sheafs of paper looking for clues about the who (who's giving, who's spending, who's collecting), what (what they spent it on), where (which they're spending the money -- and bringing it in) and when (that turning point when supply and demand no longer meet up). Not to mention who's busting the caps -- and who's really good at hiding it.

But with or without the benefits of technology, we can dine out on this stuff for weeks. It's the first time we get to see these hands in 2004, and despite expectations management by some crafty message gurus, not all poker faces are equal. After the week we just saw, the words "burn rate" have never seemed so pertinent.

President Bush is in Philadelphia today, addressing the 2004 "Congress of Tomorrow" luncheon at the Loews Hotel.

Most of the Democratic presidential contenders, meanwhile, have Gone West.

Sen. Kerry stops in Missouri before heading to Oklahoma.

v Gov. Dean campaigns in Arizona and Washington before heading to Wisconsin tonight.

Sen. Edwards campaigns in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and then Missouri.

Gen. Clark swings through Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Rep. Kucinich is in New Mexico and Arizona.

Sen. Lieberman is in Delaware. Rev. Sharpton is as well.

Glen Justice and John Tierney of the New York Times team up to call the Democratic presidential hopefuls on the accusations they make on special interest campaign contributions. "To be sure, none of the Democrats have collected donations on the scale of President Bush's campaign, and they generally avoid donations from political action committees. But the Democrats are hardly naifs when it comes to enlisting support from special interests in Washington and elsewhere, from corporate leaders and from unions in the public and private sectors." LINK

The Washington Post's Jim VandeHei writes that Sen. John Kerry, who regularly attacks lobbying and special interests out on the stump, has taken in more money over the last 15 years from paid lobbyists than any other senator. According to FEC data and the Center for Responsive Politics, VandeHei reports, Kerry raised nearly $640,000 from lobbyists, "many representing telecommunications and financial companies with business before his committee," and got corporate officials and lobbyists to bundle smaller contributions sometimes in increments of $50,000 or more. Look for Kerry's rivals to jump on this one. LINK

The Washington Post's Tom Edsall sifts through IRS and FEC reports to look at what how much the 527s have raised in their campaign against the President. The totals: Americans Coming Together -- $12.5 million, including $5 million from George Soros; and America Votes -- $50,000. ACT and the Media Fund are shooting to raise a combined $190 million for the fall campaign, Edsall writes. A Feb. 5 FEC meeting will start the process to see whether or not the 527s will be shut down. LINK

"Employees of five financial services companies accounted for more than $1 million of the record $132.7 million President Bush raised last year for his reelection campaign," reports the AP. LINK

David Brooks of the New York Times mocks the term of the week, "electability," and Notes that it may just depend on when, and under what circumstances, you ask who the "electable" candidate is. LINK

And, yes, attack season has begun on Sen. John Kerry.

The New York Times' David Halbfinger reports that Kerry defended his frontrunner status by keeping his focus on President Bush Friday, despite a number of attacks coming at him from the other Democratic candidates. LINK

The Washington Post's Paul Schwartzman and David Von Drehle detail the efforts of Gen. Clark and Gov. Dean to take Kerry down a peg on issues from affirmative action to his legislative record. LINK

Deborah Orin and Vincent Morris of the New York Post dub Friday's slams on Kerry by his rivals as "Jump on John Kerry Day." LINK

Glen Johnson of the Boston Globe writes up Dean's latest attack on Kerry, calling the Senator ineffective in Congress and a talker, as opposed to a doer, like the Governor. Smack in the center of Dean's talking points: health care -- what he did as Governor, and what Kerry did (or according to Dean, wasn't able to do) in the Senate. LINK

Both Dean and Clark used Kerry's legislative record as a tool to attack him on Friday, reports the Los Angeles Times' Scott Martelle And Nick Anderson. LINK

While Dean went after Kerry on health care, Gen. Clark took him to task over past comments on affirmative action, the Boston Globe's Rick Klein writes. LINK

Patrick Healy of the Boston Globe writes up Kerry's latest slams against Republicans on a trip to South Carolina, talking before veterans about President Bush's military service. LINK

The New York Daily News' Helen Kennedy and Richard Sisk look at polls on Friday that show Kerry as a contender against President Bush. LINK

Kerry shows leads in three primary state polls, reports the AP's Mike Glover. LINK

The Los Angeles Times' James Rainey and Matea Gold report on new Dean CEO Roy Neel's plan to try to win the Michigan primary and Washington caucuses a week from today and, in particular, set his sights on the 72 delegates at stake on Feb. 17 in liberal Wisconsin. LINK

The New York Times' Adam Liptak and Michael Moss overview the career of the son-of-a-millworker-turned-groundbreaking-trial-lawyer prior to his bid for the presidency. Sen. John Edwards, a.k.a. respected personal injury lawyer John Edwards, left a definite mark on his former trade. LINK

The Boston Globe's Raja Mishra looks at the vital importance of South Carolina to Edwards' presidential bid, Noting that while so much has been made of the African-American population as the key to the state, Edwards' real hope lies with working class white voters -- who might not cotton to the patrician Mr. Kerry. LINK

Gen. Wesley Clark is keeping it all in the family. The New York Times' Edward Wyatt profiles the Clark campaign's "secret weapon: Gene Caulfield, General Clark's 63-year-old brother-in-law." LINK

The New York Times highlights a close-to-the-heart campaign issue in South Carolina this cycle: free trade agreements. Elizabeth Becker writes, "South Carolina offers the most extreme example of the anxiety coursing through the country as white-collar and blue-collar jobs alike disappear to foreign competition." LINK

The New York Times looks at a few of the low-income South Carolina voters who were bused in for yesterday's presidential forum in Greenville and how he candidates responded to them. LINK

Adam C. Smith of the St. Petersburgh Times reports on how the South Carolina primary has put the focus on black voters. LINK

Stephanie Simon of the Los Angeles Times takes a look at the importance of Missouri in the Feb. 3 primaries. LINK

The Boston Globe's Yvonne Abraham looks at the newfound influence that Arizona wields in this year's Democratic nomination contest, thanks to the compressed nomination calendar and a comparatively open race there. It's a quirky state with an influential Hispanic population, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats. And while Kerry has held the lead in recent polls, voters have been able to cast their ballots since Jan. 19, and 16,000 of the requested 30,000 have been returned, Abraham Notes. LINK

The Arizona Republic's Pat Flannery writes up his paper's latest poll, which shows Kerry with the support of 27 percent of Arizona Democrats -- up dramatically from the 3 percent he scored five weeks ago. LINK

Daniel Gonzalez of the Arizona Republic writes that the results of the Arizona primary will affect results in other western states, both because of increasing Hispanic populations and shared concerns. Gonzalez includes the longest quote from California Democratic Chairman Art Torres that we've seen since the Total Recall. LINK

The Arizona Republic's Paul Matthews takes a look at the roving bands of Democratic campaign volunteers who have for now settled in Arizona. LINK

The candidates are coming, reports Michael Coleman of the Albuquerqe Journal, as the Democrats begin to move into New Mexico. LINK

The Associated Press reports the New Mexico primary is still up in the air. LINK

Meanwhile, in Bush-Cheney land...

The New York Times' Michael Janofsky writes that Republicans overall seem quite happy with the White House campaign strategy of rising above the fray and not responding to daily attacks from the Democrats. Janofsky does Note, however, that some Republicans do long for a more aggressive response. LINK

The Washington Post's Amy Goldstein writes that the Bush Administration has known for months that the Medicare prescription drug law would cost considerably more than the $400 billion that the White House and Congress advertised. LINK

"Bush administration officials, facing harsh criticism over a newly disclosed estimate that the Medicare prescription drug law could cost $134 billion more than expected, on Friday defended the law and sought to turn aside accusations that they had misled lawmakers about the potential expense," reports the Los Angeles Times' Vicki Kemper and Richard Simon. LINK

The Washington Post's Dana Priest reports that investigations by Congress and the CIA have uncovered no evidence that CIA analysts cooked the books over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq based on pressure from the White House. LINK

"President Bush said Friday ''I want to know the facts'' about any intelligence failures concerning Saddam Hussein's alleged cache of forbidden weapons but he declined to endorse calls for an independent investigation," reports AP's Terence Hunt. LINK

Dan Eggen of the Washington Post reports that the White House is refusing to turn documents related to presidential briefing papers over to the 9/11 Commission, and as a result, the panel is thinking about issuing subpoenas for the papers. LINK