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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Announces Step Toward '08 Bid — Six years after making history by winning a United States Senate seat as first lady, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announced this morning that she was taking the first formal step to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 …
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Associated Press:
Clinton launches 2008 White House bid — NEW YORK - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton embarked on a widely anticipated campaign for the White House on Saturday, a former first lady intent on becoming the first female president. "I'm in and I'm in to win," she said on her Web site.
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT?....So Hillary's in. John Podhoretz must be breaking out in a cold sweat right about now. Her decision to make the announcement on her website on a Saturday, rather than at a traditional press event on a weekday, was interesting, wasn't it?
CNN:
Hillary Clinton launches White House bid: 'I'm in' … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton jumped into the fray as a 2008 presidential candidate with the words "I'm in" posted on her Web site. — "And I'm in to win," she added in a statement, announcing she has set up an exploratory committee …
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Let's Go to the Video: When and Where Did Hillary Tape 'I'm In' Announcement? — If the timing came as a bit of surprise, nothing could have been less unexpected than Hillary's "I'm In" announcement of today. — But have a look at the video of her announcement.
Cillizzac / The Fix:
Post-ABC Poll: Clinton, Giuliani Lead Primary Fields — On the day that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton officially entered the 2008 presidential sweepstakes, a new Washington Post-ABC News survey shows her with a wide lead over her potential Democratic rivals. — Clinton took 41 percent …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Sen. Clinton Launches 2008 Campaign — New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) today announced she will establish a presidential exploratory committee, launching a 2008 campaign that could make her the first female president in history and the only former first lady to succeed her husband in the White House.
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Political Insider:
Clinton Campaign Memo — Pollster Mark Penn released a memo showing how his client, Sen. Hillary Clinton, can win the 2008 presidential race. — People are always asking, can Hillary Clinton win the presidency? — Of course she can. In many of the polls out today, she is already winning.
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Nedra Pickler / ABCNEWS:
Richardson to Launch Presidential Bid — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Plans to Take First Step Toward 2008 White House Run — After years of freelancing his diplomatic skills from the unlikely position as governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson is taking the first step toward a bid …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Richardson plans to take first step toward White House run
Richardson plans to take first step toward White House run
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George W. Bush / White House:
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2007 — A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America — America was founded on the principle that we are all endowed by our Creator with the right to life and that every individual has dignity and worth.
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Brian Braiker / Newsweek:
Dirge for a 'Surge' — In the latest NEWSWEEK poll Bush's approval rating remains at its all-time low as his plan to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq is met with widespread disapproval. Looking to '08, declared candidate Hillary Clinton is in a statistical dead heat with other potential nominees.
Scott W. Johnson / Weekly Standard:
How Arafat Got Away with Murder — The State Department covered up his responsibility for the 1973 slaughter of two American diplomats. — Twenty years before he joined Bill Clinton and Yitzhak Rabin in Washington for that famous handshake—and proceeded to become Clinton's …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
SCENES FROM A MISCARRIAGE — Thanks to John for his kind words …
SCENES FROM A MISCARRIAGE — Thanks to John for his kind words …
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Leading Senator Assails President Over Iran Stance — The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday sharply criticized the Bush administration's increasingly combative stance toward Iran, saying that White House efforts to portray it as a growing threat are uncomfortably reminiscent …
Nahal Toosi / Associated Press:
Former FEMA head in NYC: party politics played role in Katrina response — NEW YORK (AP) — Political storm clouds gathered again over the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina as former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown said party politics influenced decisions …
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Benjamin Hufbauer / New York Times:
Archives of Spin — SINCE Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the first federal presidential library — actually an archive and history museum — in 1941, each president has had a hand in developing his own memorial. The National Archives and Records Administration now oversees 11 presidential libraries …
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