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Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
New Iowa Poll: Obama widens lead over Clinton — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead in Iowa over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards heading into Thursday's nominating caucuses, according to The Des Moines Register's final Iowa Poll before the 2008 nominating contests.
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2 days to go and poll shows Iowa all tied up — DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) — With two days to go until the Iowa caucuses, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll out Tuesday shows both the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination races tied at the top. — But with a quarter …
Jonathan Roos / Des Moines Register:
GOP poll: Huckabee maintains lead over Romney — Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist minister riding a wave of support from fundamentalist Christians, tops Mitt Romney for first place in a new Des Moines Register poll of Iowans planning to attend Thursday's Republican caucuses.
Los Angeles Times:
Democrats angle for second place — On Iowa caucus night, backers of candidates who don't make the cut will be freed up. The front-runners are ready. — DES MOINES — The top three Democratic presidential candidates have begun focusing intensely on becoming the second choice among supporters …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs: DMR poll analysis: Huck hanging on, Fred fading, McCain rising
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:Saying He Pulled Negative Ad, Huckabee Shows It
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Saeed Shah / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Bhutto report: Musharraf planned to fix elections — NAUDERO, Pakistan — The day she was assassinated last Thursday, Benazir Bhutto had planned to reveal new evidence alleging the involvement of Pakistan's intelligence agencies in rigging the country's upcoming elections, an aide said Monday.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Road to Nowhere — The most impressive thing about Mitt Romney is his clarity of mind. When he set out to pursue his party's nomination, he studied the contours of the Republican coalition and molded himself to its forms. — Earnestly and methodically, he has appealed to each of the major constituency groups.
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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Nader throws support to Edwards — MUSCATINE, Iowa — Ralph Nader unleashed on Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday - criticizing her for being soft on defense spending and a chum of big business - and expressed his strong support for John Edwards. — In an 11th hour effort to encourage liberal Iowans to …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:THE UNDEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES ARE A TERRIBLE WAY TO CHOOSE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
Associated Press:
ABC, Fox News cutting low-polling presidential candidates out of debates — NEW YORK: ABC and Fox News Channel are narrowing the field of presidential candidates invited to debates this weekend just before the New Hampshire primary, in Fox's case infuriating supporters of Republican Ron Paul.
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John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:FOX, ABC to reduce debate fields
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Peter Graff / Reuters:
In a safer Baghdad, Iraqis party for 2008 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - On New Year's Eve Ridaa al-Azzawi squeezed into his pointy snakeskin boots, his tight black sweater and his snazzy corduroy flared jeans, hustled down to a Baghdad hotel ballroom and partied for peace.
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John Tierney / New York Times:
In 2008, a 100 Percent Chance of Alarm — I'd like to wish you a happy New Year, but I'm afraid I have a different sort of prediction. — You're in for very bad weather. In 2008, your television will bring you image after frightening image of natural havoc linked to global warming.
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Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
ON DEADLINE: Did Huckabee go too far? — DES MOINES, Iowa - Mike Huckabee may have finally gone too far. — After running an unconventional, surprisingly strong and sometimes strange race to the top tier of the Republican presidential campaign, the former Arkansas governor topped himself Monday …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:Huckabee's Remarkable Play
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Bloomberg:
Defaults on Insured Mortgages Rise 35% to Record — Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — Defaults on privately insured U.S. mortgages rose 35 percent in November to a record, an industry report today showed, adding to evidence the U.S. housing slump is deepening. — The number of insured borrowers falling …
Associated Press:
Official: U.S. diplomat dies after attack in Sudan — KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A U.S. diplomat and his driver were shot to death Tuesday a day after a joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Sudan's Darfur region, the U.S. Embassy said.
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