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August 7, 2007— -- 2008: Labor

Bloomberg's Kim Chipman and Nicholas Johnston: "Edwards's Trade Stance May Win Union Support at Rivals' Expense"LINK

Washington Post's Dan Balz: "Edwards Makes Courting Labor a Key Strategy in Bid for Nomination"LINK

2008: Elections:

Washington Post's Matthew Mosk: "Fundraisers Tap Those Who Can't Say No"LINK

2008: Republicans:

Washington Times' Eric Pfeiffer: "GOP field warms to YouTube debate"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

New York Times' Marc Santora: "Giuliani's Daughter Shows Support for Obama, for a Time "LINK

Washington Times' Stephan Dinan: "Giuliani seeks expansion of N.Y. adoption policies"LINK

Newsday's Tom Brune: "Giuliani walks fine line on abortion"LINK

Quad City Times' John Skipper: "Giuliani criticizes Democrats for defensive stand on Iraq"LINK

2008: Republicans: Romney:

ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Romney's Abortion Shift Continues"LINK

Associated Press: "Sunshine State slow to take a shine to Romney"LINK

2008: Democrats:

Wall Street Journal's Miriam Jordan: "New Kingmaker: Vegas's Mr. Kihuen Will See You Now"LINK

Chicago Tribune's Stephen Franklin: "Democrats debate; unions delight"LINK

New York Times' Jeff Zeleny: "Competitors, Once Collegial, Now Seem Cool"LINK

Wall Street Journal's Christopher Cooper: "Democrats Raise Heat On Mortgage Overhaul"LINK

New York Times' Patrick Healy and Michael Cooper: "Democrats Campaign on Mortgage and Trade Issues "LINK

USA Today's Susan Page: "More Democrats favor Clinton over Obama, poll finds"LINK

Washington Times' Stephan Dinan: "Roads to '08 leaving footprint"LINK

2008: Democrats: Clinton:

Newsday's Glenn Thrush: "Tough sledding for Hillary in hometown"LINK

Washington Post's Anne E. Kornblut: "Clinton's Foreign Policy Balancing Act"LINK

LA Times' Peter Nicholas: "Clinton aide's PR firm is under attack"LINK

2008: Democrats: Obama:

Quad City Times' Bret Hayworth: "Pakistan, Afghanistan comments dog Obama"LINK

2008: Democrats: Edwards:

LA Times' Rick Pearson: "Edwards decries U.S. trade policy"LINK

Bush-Karzai:

Washington Post's Peter Baker: "Bush Urges Karzai to Be More Wary Of Iran"LINK

Washington:

New York Times' Jim Rutenberg: "Bush Still Wields the Threat of Terrorism"LINK

Congress:

Washington Post's Paul Kane: "House Panel Suspends Its Probe Of Jefferson"LINK