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MUST-READS:
ABC News' Gary Langer and Peyton Craighill: "A Division on Imus With a Vast Racial Gap" LINK
Politics of prosecutorial independence:
New York Times' David Johnson and Neil Lewis: "'Nothing to Hide,' Attorney General Insists" LINK
2008:
Washington Post's Dan Balz: "Candidates Still Take Cues From Their Base" LINK
2008: Republicans
Washington Times' Ralph Z. Hallow "Republican '08 options disappoint evangelicals"LINK
Washington Times' Joseph Curl: "Bush in demand to fill war chests" LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
Wall Street Journal's Deborah Solomon: "McCain to Acknowledge Downsides Of Free Trade in Economic Speech"LINK
ABC News' Teddy Davis: "McCain Still Wants GOP's Abortion Platform Changed" LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani
New York Post's Maggie Haberman: "Rudy Will Speak at Rev. Pat U." LINK
ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Giuliani Misusing Reagan's 11th Commandment, Says Gilmore" LINK
ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Giuliani Talks Up 'Health Care Vouchers'" LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
Union Leader's Kristen Senz: "100 brave storm to see Romney"LINK
Salt Lake Tribune's Thomas Burr: "Romney son quits Dodgers to campaign" LINK
2008: Republicans: Brownback:
ABC News' Teddy Davis: Brownback: "Yank Imus-Like Lyrics" LINK
2008: Democrats:
ABC News' Jake Tapper and David Chalian: "It's Official: Obama Tops Clinton in Primary Haul"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
New York Sun's Josh Gerstein: "Clinton Bested by Obama in Fund-Raising" LINK
Politico's Jeanne Cummings: "Hillary Runs Thrifty Campaign" LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
New York Magazine's John Heilemann: "Money Chooses Sides" LINK
New York Times' David Kirkpatrick and Aron Pilhofer: "Donors Linked to the Clintons Shift to Obama" LINK
Boston Globe's Scott Helman: "Patrick, Obama campaigns share language of 'hope'"LINK
2008: Democrats: Kerry:
KUSATV's Adam Schrager: "Kerry reopens door to possible presidential run" LINK
Politics of Iraq:
New York Times' Sheryl Gay Stolberg: "Cheney Predicts Bush Will Win Struggle Over War Spending"LINK
Washington Post's Michael Abramowitz: "Bush Acknowledges Congress's Right To Weigh In on War"LINK
Boston Globe's Bryan Bender: "War strategy critic to review IED office"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Noam N. Levey: "Political winds shift on prairie: "Staunchly Republican Nebraska finds itself at the center of Congress' debate on the Iraq war"LINK
Washington Post's Al Kamen: "Tenet's Tell-All Is a Slam Dunk to Provoke Invasion's Architects"LINK
Bush Administration agenda:
Wall Street Journal's John McKinnon: "Legal Worries Over Missing Emails Grow" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Scot Paltrow: "Justice Probes Abramoff Ties To White House" LINK
Associated Press: "Cheney Hasn't Called Libby Since Trial"LINK
Politics of Immigration:
Bloomberg's Catherine Dodge and Jay Newton-Small: "Bush, Business Target Republicans in Last-Ditch Immigration Try"LINK
Big Casino budget politics:
Washington Times' Sean Lengell: "Senate to debate Medicare drug bill" LINK
Wolfowitz:
Wall Street Journal's Greg Hitt: "Wolfowitz Digs In as Criticism Intensifies Within World Bank" LINK
Corzine:
Associated Press: "Doctors remove fluid near Corzine's lung" LINK