October 3, 2007 - Clinton Tops Giuliani By 11 Points In New York State, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Favorite Son And Daughter Dominate Party Primaries  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton leads the Republican front-runner, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani 52 - 41 percent in the 2008 …

Clinton Steals Obama's Fund-Raising Thunder  —  A major dynamic behind the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination — fund-raising — shifted yesterday as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign announced that it had beaten Senator Barack Obama in donations since July …

Parsing the Polls: Inside the Clinton Surge  —  It doesn't take a polling expert to understand that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's showing in the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll is a major moment in the campaign.  —  Clinton, as the Post's Anne Kornblut and Jon Cohen write in today's newspaper …

Edwards says Obama using stolen ideas  —  Former Sen. John Edwards's (D-N.C.) campaign widened its sights Tuesday to include Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and his foreign policy speech commemorating the five-year anniversary of his first speech against the Iraq war.

CNN Political Ticker AM  —  CNN Chief National Correspondent John King is covering McCain in South Carolina, and he sits down with the Arizona senator for an interview to air on "The Situation Room."  —  Edwards to highlight differences with Clinton on Iraq

Limbaugh Broadcaster Comes to Radio Host's Defense  —  WASHINGTON — The owner of the company that airs Rush Limbaugh's show has come to his defense, telling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that while he isn't certain to whom Limbaugh was referring when he used the term "phony soldiers," …

Senate, House Dems call for mortgage czar  —  In an unusual joint push by the House and Senate, Democratic leaders plan to demand Wednesday that President Bush appoint a mortgage czar to spearhead a more aggressive government response to the foreclosure crisis bedeviling millions …