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MUST-READS:
Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "Abortion aside, conservative Christians like Giuliani for 2008" LINK
Washington Post's John Solomon and Alec MacGillis: "Hedge-Fund Ties Help Edwards Campaign" LINK
2008:
USA Today's Susan Page: "Long shots keep hope alive" LINK
USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "Candidates hope ideas strike chords" LINK
New York Times' Adam Nagourney: "Debates Losing a Bit of Luster in a Big Field" LINK
Concord New Hampshire Monitor's Eric Moskowitz: "Rooms, salaries - and Pez? Reports show how the money's spent" LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
New York Post's Maggie Haberman: "Suite life for Rudy: Hits swanky hotels along campaign trail" LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
New York Times' Michael Cooper: "In Speech, McCain to Push for Cap on Emissions" LINK
Arizona Republic: "McCain campaign plans announced" LINK
2008: Republicans: Huckabee:
USA Today's Susan Page: "Huckabee in search of 'traction'" LINK
2008: Republicans: Bloomberg?
New York Daily News columnist Elizabeth Benjamin: "What's the deal, Mike? New hint that Hizzoner is eyeing presidential run" LINK
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Newsweek: "The Changing Gun Debate" LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Clinton's Abortion Word Choice Troubles Some" LINK
Des Moines Register's Tony Leys: "Clinton backs gays in military" LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
Chicago Tribune's John McCormick: "Obama strong on environment" LINK
The Daily Iowan's Mason Kearns: "Obama calls for end of 'harmful politics'" LINK
Iowa City Press Citizen's Hieu Pham: "Obama rally draws 10,000" LINK
2008: Democrats: Edwards:
Des Moines Register's Danny Valentine: "Edwards urges action on poverty" LINK
2008: Democrats: Dodd:
New Hampshire Union Leader: "In Keene, Dodd pushes environment" LINK
2008: Democrats: Biden:
Wilmington News Journal's Nicole Gaudianon: "Biden slow to respond to abortion ban ruling: Statement's release, wording raise questions for campaign" LINK
2008: Democrats: Gore?
London Telegraph's Tim Shipman: "Gore campaign team assembles in secret" LINK
New York Post's Goeff Earle: "Pals pencil in Gore for prez run" LINK
Iraq:
Washington Post's Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman: "Four Clear Voices Rise Above the Din on Iraq" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Neil King Jr.: "The Courting of General Jones: Candidates From Both Parties Woo Policy-Savvy Ex-Marine" LINK
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Immigration:
Wall Street Journal's June Kronholz: "Strength in Newcomers' Numbers: States Where Immigrants Settle Are Likely to Gain Political Clout" LINK
Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "United on immigration, Democrats divide voters" LINK
Gonzales:
Newsweek's Michael Isikoff: "The GOP Waiting for Gonzales to Walk" LINK
Los Angeles Times Editorial: "The next attorney general? If Gonzales does step down, Bush would do well to follow the example of Ronald Reagan with a crony-free nomination" LINK
Abortion Politics:
Robert Novak: "The Democrats' Partial Pro-Lifers" LINK
Bloomberg's Jay Newton-Small and William Roberts: "Abortion Groups Exploit Court Decision, Democrats See Boost" LINK
Congress:
Washington Post's Lori Montgomery: "Democrats Craft New Tax Rules, New Image" LINK
Bloomberg's Jonathan D. Salant and Scott Cendrowski: "Lilly, Sunoco Give More to Democrats Than Friendly Republicans" LINK
Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald 1938-2007
The Hill's Mike Soraghan: "Rep. Millender-McDonald dies" LINK
Los Angeles Times' Nicole Gaouette: "Juanita Millender-McDonald, 68; Southland congresswoman" LINK
Republican Party:
Politico's Jeanne Cummings: "GOP struggles as woes mount up" LINK
Iowa:
The Daily Iowan's Matt Nelson: "Biden, Edwards, Richardson lead Dems' charge in Des Moines" LINK
Correspondents Dinner:
New York Daily News' George Rush and Joanna Rush Molloy: "Warming plea steams Rove" LINK
New York Times' Ashley Parker on Caucus Blog: "Celeb-Watching at the Correspondents Dinner" LINK
Washington Post's Libby Copeland and Dana Milbank: "The In-Crowd Steps Out: After the Correspondents' Dinner, Parties Are Icing on the Cake" LINK
Toronto Star's Tim Harper: "Canadian jokes leave Washington a Little cold" LINK
Political Potpourri:
Salon.com's Rick Ridder and Walter Shapiro: "The 2008 election, explained by Yogi Berra" LINK