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December 13, 2007— -- Republican Debate:
Des Moines Register: "The Register's Editorial: Tell us more about the big picture"LINK
ABC News' Rick Klein: "ANALYSIS: Huckabee Shines in Lackluster Debate"LINK
New York Times' MICHAEL COOPER and MICHAEL LUO: "Final Debate Before Iowa Caucuses Shows Uncertainty at Top of Republican Field"LINK
Washington Post's Michael D. Shear and Dan Balz: "In a Lifeless Debate, Vows of a Spirited Sprint"LINK
Politico's Jonathan Martin: "Restrained candidates stay polite"LINK
Wall Street Journal's JACKIE CALMES: "Republicans' Iowa Debate Unlikely to Sort Out Field"LINK
Boston Globe's Peter S. Canellos: "New dynamics of race reinforced, but no big winner"LINK
Newsweek's Holly Bailey: "A Flat Finale"LINK
2008: Republicans: Huckabee:
New York Times' Zev Chafets: "The Huckabee Factor"LINK
New York Times' Michael Luo and Kate Phillips: "Huckabee Apologizes to Romney Over Mormon Comments"LINK
Politico's Michael Calderone: "Huck camp backtracks on Mormon question"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Mark Z. Barabak and Michael Finnegan: "Huckabee's Mormon question dwarfs GOP debate"LINK
Bloomberg's Heidi Przybyla: "Huckabee's Frontrunner Status Tests His Authenticity, Appeal"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
Washington Times: "Mitt Romney"LINK
The Hill's Klaus Marre: "Romney not losing sleep over taxing the rich"LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
Politico's Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin: "HRC troubles may pose problem for Giuliani"LINK
Des Moines Register's LEE ROOD: "Giuliani urges GOP to address climate issues"LINK
New York Daily News' DAVID SALTONSTALL and MICHAEL SAUL: "Rudy Giuliani insists he ran an 'open, transparent' government in New York"LINK
The Nation's JoAnn Wypijewski: "Bad Sex in the City"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
Washington Post's Michael E. Ruane: "A Family Duty"LINK
New York Sun's RUSSELL BERMAN: "McCain Touts Bloomberg on Education"LINK
ABC News' Brett Hovell: "10-26-67 Souvenir Shows up at McCain Event"LINK
2008: Republicans: Thompson:
Christian Science Monitor's Ariel Sabar: "Fred Thompson: a maverick conservative who loves the law"LINK
2008: Republicans:
Time's Michael Duffy: "The GOP Race: None of the Above"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
New York Times' Jeff Zeleny: "Clinton Aide Sees Problem for Obama"LINK
Washington Post's Anne E. Kornblut: "In Iowa, a Scrambling Lesson for Clinton"LINK
Wall Street Journal's JOHN R. EMSHWILLER: "Bill Clinton May Curb Ties to Burkle's Firm"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: "Clinton says race will be over Feb. 5"LINK
New York Post's MAGGIE HABERMAN: "HILL GOES UP IN SMOKE"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
ABC News: "Exclusive: Oprah Says Vote for Obama Isn't Vote Against Clinton"LINK
Time's JAY NEWTON-SMALL: "Inside Obama's Iowa Ground Game"LINK
Weekly Standard's Stephen F. Hayes: "Saint Barack of Iowa"LINK
2008: Democrats: Edwards:
USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "Edwards banks on veteran caucusgoers to pull off Iowa"LINK
Des Moines Register's MASON KERNS: "Actor Robbins, unionists raise voices for Edwards"LINK
2008: Democrats: Richardson:
Des Moines Register's WILLIAM PETROSKI: "I know I can win, Richardson says"LINK
2008: Democrats: Kucinich:
The Hill's Klaus Marre: "Kucinich booted from Iowa debate"LINK
Des Moines Register: "Why Kucinich isn't in the Democratic debate"LINK
2008: Democrats:
Boston Globe's Lisa Wangsness: "Obama closes in on Clinton in N.H. polls"LINK
2008: Early States:
New York Times' MONICA DAVEY: "Immigration, and Its Politics, Shake Rural Iowa"LINK
Bloomberg's Christopher Stern: "TV Stations in New Hampshire, Iowa Cash In on Early-Vote Status"LINK
Presidential Candidates:
Newsweek's Temma Ehrenfeld: "The Candidates' Homes"LINK
Congress:
Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman and Paul Kane: "Democrats Blaming Each Other For Failures"LINK
CIA:
New York Times' MARK MAZZETTI: "C.I.A. Chief Cites Agency Lapse on Tapes"LINK