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December 6, 2007— -- ABC News/Washington Post Poll:

ABC News' Gary Langer: "Clinton Fends Off Obama in N.H. With More Committed Support"LINK

2008: Republicans: Romney:

New York Times' Michael Luo: "Crucial Test for Romney in Speech on His Religion"LINK

Washington Post's Jacqueline L. Salmon: "Romney Aims to Prove His Christianity"LINK

ABC News' Matt Stuart: "Forget JFK, Romney Seeks His Own Voice"LINK

USA Today: "Observers offer insight into Romney's speech"LINK

Wall Street Journal's ELIZABETH HOLMES: "Romney to Take on Issue of Faith -- Vaguely"LINK

Boston Globe's Maria Cramer and Connie Paige: "Reaction mixed after Romney fires service"LINK

Boston Globe: "Romney's immigration lesson"LINK

Times' Michael Duffy: "Is This Romney's Kennedy Moment?"LINK

Newsweek's Jon Meacham: "What Romney Should Say"LINK

Washington Post's Robert D. Novak: "For Romney, a Risky Speech"LINK

2008: Republicans: Huckabee:

New York Times' JODI KANTOR and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK: "Pulpit Was the Springboard for Huckabee's Rise"LINK

Boston Globe's Susan Milligan: "Huckabee defends his role in Ark. rapist's parole case"LINK

ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Huckabee on Being In The Dark: 'It's Going to Happen Again'"LINK

GQ Magazine's Ross Douthat: "Is This Guy For Real?"LINK

ABC News' JENNIFER PARKER: "Huckabee Courts Evangelical Vote in Iowa"LINK

Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Rise a surprise to all but Huckabee"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

New York Times' Michael Cooper: "Recalling Iranian Hostage Crisis, Giuliani Invokes Reagan as a Model"LINK

2008: Republicans: McCain:

New York Times' Marc Santora: "Schilling Joins McCain in New Hampshire"LINK

Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown: "McCain hoping for second look"LINK

Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "McCain voices guarded optimism on Iraq but says hurdles are high"LINK

2008: Republicans: Thompson:

Washington Times: "Fred Thompson"LINK

The State's JOHN O'CONNOR: "Thompson: Don't trust Iran"LINK

2008: Republicans: Paul:

Washington Post's Alec MacGillis: "Paul's Quixotic, Chaotic Run May Make Its Push in N.H."LINK

2008: Republicans:

ABC News' Christine Byun: "Southern Protestors Unhappy with Thompson and Romney's Flag Remarks"LINK

2008: Democrats:

Los Angeles Times' Peter G. Gosselin and Peter Nicholas: "Clinton, Edwards up the ante on foreclosures"LINK

2008: Democrats: Clinton:

New York Times' Jeff Zeleny: "Slapping Down a Viral Smear"LINK

Washington Post's Dan Balz and Jon Cohen: "As N.H. Primary Nears, Clinton Clings to Narrow Lead"LINK

Politico's Mike Allen: "Hillary warns Wall Street"LINK

Des Moines Register's THOMAS BEAUMONT: "Clinton chairwoman dismissed over e-mail on Obama"LINK

2008: Democrats: Obama:

The State's Gina Smith "Oprah event outgrows arena"LINK

Chicago Sun Times' Lynn Sweet: "2004 comes back to haunt Obama"LINK

The Hill's Aaron Blake: "Holy-grail youth vote favors Obama, also wants third-party alternative"LINK

Associated Press: "Obama Proposes Expansion Of National Service Programs"LINK

The Hill: "2008 and Counting: Gen. Clark says Obama started it all"LINK

Des Moines Register's JASON CLAYWORTH: "Obama: PAC contributions violated no campaign rules"LINK

Concord Monitor: "17 minutes to stardom"LINK

2008: Democrats: Richardson:

Christian Science Monitor's Jane Lampman: "Bill Richardson: a negotiator's faith in fairness and finding the common good"LINK

Cedar Falls Courier's JOSH NELSON: "Richardson criticizes Bush administration's Iran position"LINK

2008: Democrats: Dodd:

Sioux City Journal's Bret Hayworth: "Dodd explains plan for health-care reform"LINK

2008: Early States:

Des Moines Register's Jane Norman: "Grassley predicts Romney, Obama will win caucuses"LINK

Politico's Roger Simon: "Inside the fight for Iowa"LINK

USA Today's Kathy Kiely: "Parties struggle to control primaries"LINK

Time's Betsy Rubiner: "The Iowa Campaign's Foot Soldiers"LINK

Associated Press: "NH educators to endorse Clinton, Huckabee"LINK

Political Endorsements:

The Hill: "The endorsements that would make huge waves"LINK

Immigration:

Los Angeles Times' Janet Hook: "1 in 3 would deny illegal immigrants social services"LINK

Associated Press: "Calderón rebukes U.S. candidates"LINK

Bloomberg's Hans Nichols: "Iowa Republican Kingmaker Makes Immigration a Household Issue"LINK

Campaigning:

Boston Globe's Joanna Weiss: "In high-tech world, candidates still turn to TV"LINK

Fundraising:

Wall Street Journal's Christopher Cooper: "Fund-Raising Brokers Reshape U.S. Campaigns"LINK

Congress:

Politico's Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris: "Cheney bashes top Democrats"LINK

President Bush:

Washington Post's David Cho and Neil Irwin: "Bush Wins Agreement To Freeze Mortgages"LINK

Iran:

John R. Bolton: "The Flaws In the Iran Report"LINK

Washington Post's Michael Abramowitz and Robin Wright: "Bush Tells Iran to Disclose Nuclear Activities"LINK

ABC News' Martha Raddatz: "White House: Bush Knew in August Iran Had Halted Nuclear Weapons Program"LINK

Time's Joe Klein: "Iran's Nukes: Now They Tell Us?"LINK

Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball: "Anatomy of a Turnabout"LINK

The Nation's Robert Scheer: "Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice"LINK