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March 1, 2008

Live From New York ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The reason for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's side trip from the campaign trail has been revealed: She is on her way to Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, where she will appear tonight on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."--By Anne E. Kornblut

Posted on March 1, 2008 at 8:41 PM ET | Comments (99)

Clinton Skips Flight; Campaign Won't Say Why

By Anne E. Kornblut DALLAS -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has disappeared from the campaign...

Posted on March 1, 2008 at 6:36 PM ET | Comments (69)

Blog Survey Finds Early Voting Soars in Tex.

By Shailagh Murray The liberal-leaning Burnt Orange Report, a high-profile Texas political blog, offers some...

Posted on March 1, 2008 at 4:00 PM ET | Comments (84)

Clinton: 'We Have to Win'

By Anne E. Kornblut SAN ANTONIO, Tex. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been careful...

Posted on March 1, 2008 at 2:17 PM ET | Comments (50)

The Chief Strategist as Author

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. --The new "red phone" ad produced by the Clinton campaign was not, in fact, made by ad guru Roy Spence, as earlier reported in the story "Clinton Ad Hints Obama Is Unprepared for Crisis". In a twist, it was written by Mark Penn, Clinton's chief strategist. --Anne E. Kornblut

Posted on March 1, 2008 at 10:07 AM ET | Comments (10)

 

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