The New Republic

Beefing Up: [Patrick Healy, The
New York Times]: “Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to spend roughly
half of November campaigning in Iowa,
according to her advisers, and her team continues to staff up there--with a key
Washington-based aide heading soon to Des
Moines to help run the communications operation.”

Free Trade:[Amy Lorentzen, AP]: “Republican
Mitt
Romney said Thursday that Washington
must act to open more foreign markets to American products and the president
should have new authority to negotiate such trade agreements. … The
presidential candidate proposed what he called a 'Reagan Zone of Economic
Freedom' that would include U.S.
free-trade partners such as Europe that commit
to opening up markets and ‘playing by the rules.’”

Norm's on Board: [Mike Allen, Politico]: “Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) plans to
endorse the presidential campaign of former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani,
according to Republican sources.”

Primetime: [Katy Byron, CNN]:
“Presidential hopeful John Edwards launched its
first television
ad in Iowa
Thursday titled ‘Heroes,’ as part of the North Carolina Democrat’s ‘American
Heroes Week.’"

--Ben Crair

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