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January 19, 2008— -- Poll:
The State's Steven Thomma: "S.C. poll: McCain, Huckabee lead"LINK
Republicans: Romney:
New York Times' Adam Nagourney and Michael Luo: "Romney Leaves South Carolina to Focus on Nevada Caucus"LINK
Boston Globe's Michael Levenson: "Limbaugh's praise for Romney's run heard loud and clear"LINK
Las Vegas Sun's Brian Eckhouse: "Romney finds his issue; it's the economy"LINK
Republicans: McCain:
Politico's David Paul Kuhn: "McCain no longer a maverick in S.C."LINK
Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "McCain rallies S.C. supporters"LINK
Republicans: Giuliani:
New York Times' Russ Buettner: "Giuliani Had Ties to Company Trying to Sell Border Technology"LINK
Republicans: Huckabee:
Associated Press: "Huckabee: S.C. should decide flag issue"LINK
Republicans: Thompson:
Washington Post's Dan Balz and Perry Bacon Jr.: "Thompson Hopes S.C. Revives His Campaign"LINK
Republicans:
New York Times' Michael Cooper: "Confederate Flag Takes Center Stage Once Again"LINK
Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "McCain, Romney hit over Confederate flag"LINK
Democrats: Clinton:
Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes: "Clinton Adds Rebate To Economic Proposal"LINK
Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson: "Hillary bringing paid staff into Illinois in effort to snatch delegates from Obama"LINK
Washington Post's Peter Baker: "Campaigning for His Wife, Shadowed by Past Battles"LINK
The Hill's Mike Soraghan: "Key Richardson adviser joins Clinton campaign"LINK
New York Times' Patrick Healy: "Bill Clinton, Stumping and Simmering"LINK
Washington Post's Howard Kurtz: "Chris Matthews Backs Off 'Nasty' Remark on Clinton"LINK
Democrats: Obama:
Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown: "Obama camp torn on transparency"LINK
Associated Press: "BET founder apologizes for Obama remarks"LINK
Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni: "Obama hit over labor union ads"LINK
Time's TIM PADGETT: "Courting South Carolina's Black Vote"LINK
New York Sun's JOSH GERSTEIN: "Obama Racks Up Tactical Victories, but ..."LINK
Democrats: Edwards:
Las Vegas Sun's Marshall Allen: "Edwards message: Louder this time"LINK
Democrats:
New York Times' Shaila Dewan: "Southern Blacks Are Split on Clinton vs. Obama"LINK
Washington Times' Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane: "Judge Allows Casino Sites for Nevada Caucuses"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Peter Wallsten and Peter Nicholas: "Clinton plays gaming card against Obama"LINK
Las Vegas Sun's J. Patrick Coolican: "Democrats toughen up"LINK
Early States: South Carolina:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Dirty Tricks Plague Southern Fried Republican Race"LINK
Boston Globe's Joseph Williams: "Christians at core in S.C. primary"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Louise Roug: "Evangelicals not on same page"LINK
Bloomberg's Heidi Przybyla and Edwin Chen: "Atwater's `Understudies' Carry On Bare-Knuckle Political Legacy"LINK
The State's GINA SMITH: "'Undecideds' hold the cards"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Richard Fausset: "Immigration through S.C. voters' eyes"LINK
Early States: Nevada:
Reno Gazette-Journal: "Reno Gazette-Journal endorses Obama, Romney"LINK
New York Times' JENNIFER STEINHAUER: "Health Care Could Sway Nevadans"LINK
Wall Street Journal's BRODY MULLINS: "Labor Makes Big Comeback In '08 Races"LINK
Newsweek's Richard Wolffe: "A Chancy Proposition"LINK
The Hill's Alexander Bolton: "Whoever wins Saturday's Nev. caucus, Sen. Harry Reid could take the jackpot'LINK
Bloomberg:
Wall Street Journal's Ben Casselman: "Bloomberg Flirtation Sets Executive Hearts Aflutter Hope in the Suites For Presidential Bid"LINK
Latino Vote:
Wall Street Journal's Miriam Jordan: "Paper Jam May Curb Latino Vote"LINK
Boston Globe's Maria Sacchetti: "Latinos test voting muscle"LINK
Robo-calls:
USA Today's Dennis Cauchon: "States try to pull plug on 'robo-calls'"LINK