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Washington Post
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Sep 30, 07 6:53 AM CDT
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Barack Obama will skip Senate voting this week to get in some quality time with voters in Iowa on a trip his camp is calling the "Judgement and Experience Tour." This surge in campaigning is likely to be the first of several as the Illinois senator tries to regain ground on Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, reports the Washington Post.
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Politico
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Sep 28, 07 10:19 AM CDT
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With the deadline to report third-quarter fundraising looming, John Edwards said yesterday his campaign will accept public financing. He calls the unexpected shift “a principled stand,” but the Politico deems it “probably also the only lifeline he has to stay in the race." The ex-senator urged Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to join him, CNN reports.
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Washington Post
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Sep 27, 07 6:51 AM CDT
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None of the three leading Democratic White House contenders were willing last night to guarantee that they would get US troops out of Iraq by 2013. During a Democratic debate at Dartmouth College, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards—who all support a timetable for troop withdrawal—each declined to commit to an exit deadline, even one five years hence, reports the Washington Post .
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Politico
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Sep 26, 07 2:43 PM CDT
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Small donations have a crucial role in the presidential race, and could give the eventual Democratic nominee a serious advantage, Politico reports. So-called baby bundlers—those who convince others to give, on a small scale—are leading the surge; Barack Obama's campaign, whose 75,000 new third-quarter donors match the GOP’s entire base in the year’s first half, is on the cutting edge.
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Los Angeles Times
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Sep 26, 07 12:39 PM CDT
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The Jan. 29 Democratic primary in South Carolina might come down to black women, the Los Angeles Times reports. Half of Democratic voters in the state are African American, and most of those are female—40% of whom have yet to pick a horse. That decision may hinge largely on whether gender or race is more important to those voters.
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New Republic
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Sep 25, 07 6:55 PM CDT
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Hillary Clinton’s place at the head of the Democratic table becomes more assured by the day, and Barack Obama and John Edwards must exchange strategies for any chance at an upset, New Republic blogger Noam Scheiber argues. The two have it backward: Edwards’ best bet is to run as an electable candidate; Obama’s shot is to carve out an insurgency.
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New York Times
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Sep 23, 07 4:23 PM CDT
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Polls are putting Hillary in first place among the Dems, forcing other hopefuls to campaign aggressively against her. She has allayed credibility doubts and can stay the course on health care, education, and energy, the New York Times reports. Obama and Edwards, meanwhile, each hope to be the other half of a two-person race with the New York senator.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
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Sep 20, 07 8:47 AM CDT
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Rudy Giuliani left behind the cornfields of Iowa for cosmopolitan London yesterday, where he met with campaign contributors and no fewer than three prime ministers. After a visit to Tony Blair's new offices and to Gordon Brown at No. 10, Giuliani got his most desired photo-op of all, writes the Telegraph : an award and a handshake from Margaret Thatcher.
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Chicago Tribune
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Sep 17, 07 1:39 PM CDT
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Belying the rebel image that his campaign has sculpted out of his relative lack of political experience, the formidable team surrounding Barack Obama is full of Democratic policy veterans. Oddly enough, given the identity of his his main rival, many of them are pulled from the top ranks of the Clinton administration, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Reuters
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Sep 16, 07 1:43 PM CDT
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Except for a few barbs here and there, the 2008 campaign has been as polite as a tea party, and that's not a good thing, reports Reuters. Though many assume negative campaigning turns off voters, it's the negative details that stick and actually spur voters to cast a ballot, researchers say. "Democracy itself requires negativity," says one professor. "We want the right to be critical of those in power."
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Politico
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Sep 12, 07 11:43 PM CDT
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Barack Obama may get foreign policy credit for traveling with Zbigniew Brzezinski, but having the Carter-era hand to hold won’t help with Israel boosters. The former national security adviser’s in the doghouse after defending the authors of an article that claimed the “Israel Lobby” has outsize influence in the US, Politico ’s Ben Smith notes. And Obama’s now parsing his support closely.
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Reuters
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Sep 12, 07 4:44 PM CDT
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Iraq troop withdrawals should be completed by the end of next year, Barack Obama says in a speech obtained by Reuters that was to be delivered in Iowa tonight. “We have to begin to end this war now,” the Democratic presidential candidate demands; his plan calls for one or two US combat brigades to leave Iraq each month, with all troops out by the end of 2008.
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Newsweek
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Sep 7, 07 9:39 AM CDT
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Democratic hopefuls Clinton and Obama are competing for the loyalties of Bill Clinton’s foreign policy advisers, Newsweek 's Michael Hirsh reveals. While Hillary has poached a few mid-level aides from her husband's administration, several are informally allying with Obama—including counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, who has begun advising the Illinois Senator.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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Sep 5, 07 4:27 PM CDT