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March 7, 2008
Clinton on Bush and Boiled Frogs
Campaigning in locales as different as Hattiesburg, Miss. and Cheyenne, Wyo. today, Sen. Hillary Clinton stuck with the same colloquialism that she began using way back in Iowa to make a point about President Bush's energy policy.--Krissah Williams
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 7:20 PM ET | Comments (50)
Puerto Rico Democrats Seek to Change Contest
Democrats in Puerto Rico have decided to change their contest from a caucus to a primary, and are seeking permission to move it up six days to occur on June 1. The switches would potentially increase the island's role in the Democratic nominating process -- and give the candidates a rare excuse to campaign legitimately in the tropics.--Anne E. Kornblut
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 4:36 PM ET | Comments (49)
Trouble at Texas Caucus Refuted
As crowds swelled and tempers flared during the caucus-portion of the Texas primary earlier this week, aides to Hillary Clinton's campaign sent out an alert to reporters: "Emergency Press Call to Discuss Caucus Intimidation and Irregularities in TX."--Matthew Mosk
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 3:54 PM ET | Comments (33)
Obama Team Charges 'Double Standard' on Adviser Statements
Barack Obama's campaign, which has been spending more time than it would like discussing the utterances of its academic advisers, this afternoon downplayed the recent suggestion of its newly-departed foreign policy adviser that Obama's pledge to withdraw combat troops from Iraq within 16 months was less than hard and fast.--Alec MacGillis
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 3:18 PM ET | Comments (160)
Clinton Criticizes Obama Aide's Comments on Iraq
Sen. Hillary Clinton questioned Sen. Barack Obama's commitment to removing troops from Iraq and reasserted her campaign's statement that Obama has been behaving like former special prosecutor Ken Starr at an unscheduled press conference this morning.--Krissah Williams
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 2:05 PM ET | Comments (90)
McCain's Bush Burden
President Bush was in a jaunty mood when he welcomed John McCain to the White House on Wednesday. He waited with unusual patience for the late-arriving McCain, even doing a little soft-shoe routine for the press. He seemed liberated from the burdens of the presidency and raring to get back on the campaign trail.--Dan Balz
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 1:15 PM ET | Comments (54)
Obama Adviser Critical of Clinton Resigns
CHICAGO - Samantha Power, an outspoken foreign policy advisor to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), stepped down this morning after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) a "monster" in an interview with a Scottish newspaper. She said Clinton was "stooping to anything" to win the Democratic nomination.--Peter Slevin and Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 11:47 AM ET | Comments (548)
Ron Paul, Phasing Out?
Remember Ron Paul? Well, the maverick Texan's Republican presidential campaign appears to be hanging up its Constitution, according to a 7 minute video posted on his web site yesterday.--Matthew Mosk
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 10:59 AM ET | Comments (16)
Lindsey Graham, Looking Out for No. 1
Sen. Lindsey Graham heads home to South Carolina to campaign for a second Senate term, hoping to fend off conservative challengers angered by his close ties to presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain (Ariz.).
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 6:55 AM ET | Comments (3)
Clinton Woos Voters in Obama Territory
At a state dinner in the Mississippi Delta, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledges rival Barack Obama's popularity, then gently urgers voters to consider supporting her anyway.
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 6:41 AM ET | Comments (72)
