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March 14, 2008— -- Polls:

Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes: "McCain, GOP May Have Cause for Hope"LINK

Republicans: McCain:

Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Holmes: "McCain Touts Earmark Opposition on Hill"LINK

Democrats: Obama:

Chicago Sun Times' Lynn Sweet: "Obama, after initial refusal, releases all earmark requests. Read them here."LINK

Bloomberg: "Obama Cuts Into Clinton's Delegate Lead Among Elected Officials"LINK

Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Obama's budget vote could come back to bite him"LINK

New York Times' Janny Scott: "A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama's Path"LINK

The Hill's Klaus Marre: "MoveOn launches video contest to help Obama"LINK

Democrats: Clinton:

Washington Post: "Clinton Opens Her Home to Woo Unaligned Lawmakers"LINK

Boston Globe's Susan Milligan: "Clinton role in health program disputed"LINK

The Hill's Kevin Bogardus and J. Taylor Rushing: "Clinton's options open on earmarks"LINK

Democrats:

ABC News' Rick Klein with Mike Elmore: "Democrats Divide Over Race"LINK

Associated Press: "It's Clinton vs. Obama, Round 21"LINK

Congressional Quarterly's Jonathan Allen: "In Pennsylvania and Nationally, Dems Weigh Electability of Clinton, Obama"LINK

USA Today's Kathy Kiely: "Dem fight conflicts some women, blacks"LINK

Time's Michael Duffy and Hilary Hylton: "So Who Really Won Texas?"LINK

Primaries: Florida:

New York Times: "Architect of Florida Mail-In Vote Says Its Chances Are Poor"LINK

Washington Post's Dan Balz: "Florida Democrats Urge A 2nd Primary, in June"LINK

Primaries: Michigan:

Detroit Free Press' Kathleen Gray: "A new plan to redo the primary"LINK

Senate:

New York Sun's Russell Berman: "Candidates Return to Senate for Budget Votes"LINK