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June 4, 2007— -- 2008: Democratic Debate:
ABC News' Rick Klein & Raelyn Johnson: "Democrats Get Combative Over Iraq"LINK
New York Times' Robin Toner and Jeff Zeleny: "Iraq Is the Focus as Eight Democratic Rivals Clash"LINK
Washington Post's Anne Kornblut and Dan Balz: "Democrats Focus on Iraq In Contentious Second Debate"LINK
Boston Globe's Susan Milligan: "War, Clinton are targets in debate"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan and Mark Z. Barabak: "Democrats debate politely -- except on the war"LINK
Politico's Ben Smith: "Debating Dems trade blows over Iraq"LINK
Rocky Mountain News' M.E. Sprengelmeyer: "Democrats split on efforts to end war"LINK
USA Today's Richard Wolf and Mark Memmott: "Dem candidates clash over war fund votes"LINK
New York Sun's Russell Berman: "Clinton Clashes With Democrats on Security"LINK
Bloomberg's Catherine Dodge and Jeff Blis: "Edwards, Clinton, Obama Skirmish on Iraq, Health Care in Debate"LINK
Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni: "Democrats take off gloves in debate"LINK
New Hampshire Union Leader's Scott Brooks: "Democratic candidates square off over war on terror, Iraq"LINK
Associated Press' Beth Fouhy: "Leadership Questions Emerge at Debate"LINK
Baltimore Sun's Paul West: "Candidates on the attack in N.H. debate"LINK
New York Post's Ian Bishop: "HILL GOES TO WAR VS. JOHN"LINK
Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes and Christopher Cooper: "Iraq Views Show Democrats Not in Lock Step"LINK
2008: Democratic Debate: Winners, Losers & Analysis:
Boston Globe's Peter S. Canellos: "Clinton borrows page from husband's playbook"LINK
Politico's Roger Simon: "By a show of hands ..."LINK
Rocky Mountain News' Mike Littwin: "Clinton's focus is Bush, Bush, Bush"LINK
Chicago-Sun Time's Lynn Sweet: "Post-debate spin is in"LINK
New Hampshire Union Leader's Stephen Beale: "Edwards stalls, Richardson gains a bit"LINK
Des Moines Register's David Yepsen: "Leading Democrats take charge"LINK
New York Daily News' Michael Goodwin: "Edwards wins with 1 word: Leadership"LINK
Boston Globe editorial: "Iraq takes all the oxygen"LINK
Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi: "The missing candidate"LINK
New York Post columnist Charles Hurt: "EMBATTLED CLINTON AT A LOSS ON IRAQ"LINK
2008: Democratic Debate: Behind-the-Scenes:
New Hampshire Union Leader's Garry Rayno: "Local audience plays a key role"LINK
New Hampshire Union Leaders' Stephen Beale: "Protesters, supporters put on show"LINK
New Hampshire Union Leader's Beverley Wang: "War, not weather drives supporters to rain debate site"LINK
2008:
ABC News' Gary Langer: "A Softening for Giuliani As the '08 Race Progresses: Giulani Loses Points With Conservatives; Clinton Maintains Double-Digit Lead"LINK
Washington Post columnist Fred Hiatt: "Stay-the-Course Plus: Obama, Romney and Foreign Engagement on Steroids"LINK
Miami Herald's Beth Reinhard and Alexandria Alter: "The religious left lifts its voice in Campaign 2008"LINK
San Francisco Chronicle' Carla Marinucci: "Presidential hopefuls star on Google's stage"LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
New York Daily News' Michael Saul: "Ex-Rudy deputy fires back for 'attack on Giuliani' budget"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
New York Times' Marc Santora and Michael Cooper: "Romney Is Central Target of McCain Counterattack"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
New York Times' David Kirkpatrick: "Romney's Political Fortunes Tied to Riches He Gained in Business"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnega: "On Romney's bus in Iowa, seats are free"LINK
Salt Lake Tribune's Thomas Burr: "Is Romney the stuff of Mormon legend? Alleged Smith prophecy says a Mormon will save the U.S. Constitution"LINK
2008: Republicans: Huckabee:
New Hampshire Union Leader's Jim Kozubek: "Huckabee calls for closing borders, trade negotiations"LINK
2008: Republicans: Thompson?
ABC's Liz Marlantes and Tom Giusto: "Fred Thompson Offers 'Comeback Trail'"LINK
Newsweek's Holly Bailey: "Thompson and the 'Laziness' Issue"LINK
Wall Street Journal's Christopher Cooper: "Thompson's First Test: Raising Funds Fast"LINK
The State's Brad Warthen: Who will run to back Fred Thompson if he comes to S.C.?LINK
Associated Press' Liz Sidoti: New challenges push Thompson into raceLINK
2008: Republicans: Bloomberg?
New York Times' Diane Cardwell: "Bloomberg Cast as Enemy No. 1 of Gun Rights"LINK
2008: Republicans: Gingrich?
ABC's Teddy Davis: "Gingrich to Outline Post-Bush Vision in Friday Speech"LINK
The Hill's Aman Ali: "Gingrich hints again of White House run"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
New York Times' Andrew Adam Newman: "A Theme Song for Clinton: 'I'm a Believer' vs. 'Cold as Ice'"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Ronald Brownstein: "'A Woman in Charge' and 'Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton'"LINK
Politico's Ben Smith: "Clinton backs off Defense of Marriage Act"LINK
Chicago Sun-Times' Maudlyne Ihejirika: "Bill Clinton gets hero's welcome: Many who hear him say it makes deciding between Barack, Hillary tough"LINK
New York Sun editorial: "Clinton and Buffett"LINK
Iraq:
Los Angeles Times' Noam N. Levey: "Democrats plan a Capitol barrage over Iraq"LINK
Immigration:
Washington Post's Shankar Vedantam: "Is Immigration Reform an Act of Symbolic Lawmaking?"LINK
Washington Times' Ralph Z. Hallow: "Opposition to illegals bill aiding grass-roots GOP"LINK
Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "McConnell key to immigration bill"LINK
President Bush:
Politco's Jonathan Martin: "Gillespie might replace Bartlett"LINK
Congress:
Robert Novak: "Hatch Act Hatchet Job"LINK
Roll Call's Erin P. Billings: "Nominee to Spark Showdown"LINK
Gonzales:
Los Angeles Times' Richard B. Schmitt: "Justice official is said to have favored GOP loyalists"LINK