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March 3, 2008— -- Republicans: McCain:

New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller: "On Signature Issues, McCain Has Shown Some Inconsistencies in the Senate"LINK

USA Today's David Jackson: "McCain fending off 'mischaracterizations'"LINK

Republicans: Huckabee:

Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Huckabee poised to lead revival of conservative evangelical wing"LINK

Houston Chronicle's Bennett Roth: "Huckabee stumps in Houston"LINK

Democrats: Obama:

Washington Post's Shailagh Murray: "For Black Superdelegates, Pressure to Back Obama"LINK

Politico's John F. Harris: "How the sausage gets made"LINK

Los Angeles Times' Dan Morain: "Obama to be in background of trial"LINK

USA Today's Kathy Kiely: "Obama hopes for crossover votes"LINK

Chicago Sun Times' Lynn Sweet: "Problems back home?"LINK

Washington Times' Brian DeBose: "Obama banks on unions' support"LINK

Newsweek's Mark Hosenball: "Man in the Middle"LINK

Democrats: Clinton:

ABC News' Kate Snow and Eloise Harper: "Private Worries as Team Clinton Looks for Best Case Scenarios"LINK

New York Times' Patrick Healy: "Clinton Campaigns as if Momentum Is Hers"LINK

Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: "How did the Clinton campaign get here?"LINK

New York Sun's Josh Gerstein: "Clinton Eyes a Knockout in Primaries"LINK

Democrats:

New York Times' Brian Knowlton: "Obama Backers Urge Clinton to Exit if She Loses"LINK

Washington Post's Peter Slevin: "Clinton, Obama Recast Their Message on Iraq"LINK

USA Today's Fredreka Schouten: "'Super delegates' feel pressure of a tight race"LINK

The Plain Dealer's Mark Naymik: "Newspaper polls show Clinton and Obama neck and neck heading into Ohio, Texas"LINK

Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria: "What the World Is Hearing"LINK

Primaries:

Politico's Gebe Martinez: "Dems favor Ohio over Texas on trade"LINK

Wall Street Journal's Amy Chozick and Nick Timiraos: "Nafta Bashing Ends at Texas Line"LINK

Bloomberg's Catherine Dodge: "Obama Looms as Giant-Killer in Ohio, Texas as Clinton Star Dims"LINK

Ohio:

New York Times' Michael Powell: "Strong Words in Ohio as Obama and Clinton Press On"LINK

Washington Post's Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray: "Democratic Candidates Trade Gibes Across Ohio"LINK

Texas:

Wall Street Journal's Joel Millman: "Latino-Black Relations May Tilt Texas Results"LINK

Houston Chronicle's Clay Robison: "Obama, Clinton courting Texas' undecided voters"LINK

Hispanic Voters:

Time's Ioan Grillo: "A Mexican Take on the Primary Race"LINK