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January 31, 2008

Candidates Made Each Other's Points

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Posted on January 31, 2008 at 10:06 PM ET | Comments (14)

Elbows Get Sharper as Debate Wears On

By Alec MacGillis LOS ANGELES -- Well, that didn't take long. After opening up the...

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 9:30 PM ET | Comments (8)

Romney Cast as Foil for Easy Laughs

By Alec MacGillis LOS ANGELES -- Both Democratic candidates seem eager to take on Mitt...

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 9:18 PM ET | Comments (20)

Point Scoring on Immigration

By Alec MacGillis LOS ANGELES -- A big guffaw went up in the huge press...

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 9:03 PM ET | Comments (5)

Tax Rates, Past and Future

By Alec MacGillis LOS ANGELES -- One of Democrats' concerns about Barack Obama early on...

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 8:52 PM ET | Comments (0)

Stakes High Going into Hollywood Democratic Debate

By Anne E. Kornblut Sen. Barack Obama described the Democratic contest as "the past versus...

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 8:45 PM ET | Comments (1)

Exploring Healthcare Differences Again

By Alec MacGillis LOS ANGELES -- It took a while during the back and forth...

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 8:35 PM ET | Comments (3)

Obama: One of Us Will Be President

By Alec MacGillis LOS ANGELES -- It's on. Barack Obama reached out to Hillary Clinton...

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 8:18 PM ET | Comments (7)

Democratic Giants Court N.M. Hispanics

In a span of four hours, just three miles apart, Sen. Kennedy and former president Clinton held court in Albuquerque, the largest city in this, the most heavily Hispanic state in the nation. --Jose Antonio vargas

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 7:21 PM ET | Comments (9)

Michelle Obama, Stumping in a Small State

Delawareans are accustomed to being ignored in the days before big primary elections. So it was with great fanfare that Michelle Obama swept through the 30-mile-wide state today to rally her husband's troops. --Krissah Williams

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 5:34 PM ET | Comments (40)

Independents? In Florida?

By Jon Cohen Independents helped lift John McCain to victory in Florida. Really. As widely...

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 5:33 PM ET | Comments (0)

A Warehouse Rally, a Blast at McCain

Romney continued to blast McCain for what he said are knowingly false assertions about Romney's statements. --Michael D. Shear

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 5:13 PM ET | Comments (12)

McCain's GOP: Big Tent or Badly Fractured?

Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger: The new faces of the GOP? (Dan Balz). By...

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 3:05 PM ET | Comments (93)

Schwarzenegger Gives McCain the Green Light

Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Sen. John McCain's presidential bid this morning, saying he represents "a great future." --Juliet Eilperin

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 1:52 PM ET | Comments (5)

Obama Picks Up House Endorsements

Rep. John Larson today became the first senior member of the House Democratic leadership to endorse a presidential candidate, and his pick is Sen. Barack Obama.--Shailagh Murray

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 1:42 PM ET | Comments (10)

In Senate, Stimulus May Wait for Super Tuesday

Are Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton holding up your tax checks?--Jonathan Weisman

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 12:23 PM ET | Comments (1)

Obama to Report $32 Million Raised in Jan.

The campaign of Barack Obama will report having raised at least $32 million in the month of January, a staggering amount for one month, campaign manager David Plouffe said this morning.--Matthew Mosk

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 10:44 AM ET | Comments (72)

A Clinton Corner in Obama's Home Town

Both the Clinton and Obama camps are vying hard for the Latino vote in the week leading up to Super Tuesday. And both candidates also have Chicago connections that make Illinois, with one of the country's larger Latino populations (5 percent of the electorate) and a long history of powerful Latino politicians in Chicago, look like fertile ground. --Kari Lydersen

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 9:05 AM ET | Comments (23)

Bill Low-Keys It in Denver

Following Barack Obama into Denver, former president Bill Clinton gives a subdued speech to less-than-capacity crowd.--Peter Baker

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 5:45 AM ET | Comments (34)

Obama Amps It Up

Obama's rhetoric against Hillary Clinton has been growing sharper through the week. --Alec MacGillis

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 5:29 AM ET | Comments (56)

 

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