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Showdown: [Nedra
Pickler, AP]:
“Seven Democratic presidential candidates are scheduled to participate in a
two-hour debate starting at 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday and telecast on MSNBC. It's
their first debate in a month, and during that time Clinton has solidified her
position as the front-runner, gaining in polls, taking the lead in fundraising
and dominating the agenda.”

Copycat: [Klaus
Marre, The
Hill]: “Claiming that both Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and former Sen.
John Edwards (N.C.) are going negative in the race for the Democratic
nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (N.Y.) chief strategist said Tuesday
that the former first lady is the only candidate running on “the politics of
hope,” a term Obama used to define his campaign.”

With Friends Like
These: [Ben Smith, Politico]:
“Sources involved in the nascent effort said representatives of Democratic
powerhouses like MoveOn.org and the Service Employees International Union,
along with super-wealthy individuals like the fund manager George Soros, are
hashing out the details of a planned independent effort that could finance tens
of millions of dollars of television advertisements.”

Heckuva Job, Rudy: [Michael
Cooper, The
New York Times]: “The
Giuliani campaign announced Tuesday that it has a new senior advisor: Joe M.
Allbaugh, who served as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
under President Bush.”

--Ben Crair

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