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AP - Comedian Al Franken has decided to run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 2008, a senior Democratic official from Minnesota said Wednesday.

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AP - Sen. Joe Biden spent his first day as an official presidential candidate regretting his description of Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama as "clean," and explaining why he had dissed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards.

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AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton canceled her first presidential campaign visit to New Hampshire this weekend because of the illness of her husband's stepfather, who died Wednesday.

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AP - Former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent, who narrowly lost his re-election bid last November, was named a top adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

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Reuters - Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware on Wednesday joined the crowded field of Democratic contenders in the 2008 White House race but his campaign quickly ran into controversy after his comments about a potential rival, Sen. Barack Obama.

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AP - The race for presidential cash in its infancy, Sen. John McCain reported Wednesday he had collected $1.7 million in his campaign's first few weeks while Republican rival Rudy Giuliani's early take was $1.4 million.

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AFP - US Senator Joseph Biden launched his 2008 White House bid and sparked a media storm, after describing Barack Obama, who hopes to become America's first black president, as "clean."

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AP - Former New York Gov. George Pataki told supporters in the first primary state he is not ready to jump into the presidential race and won't object if they get behind other candidates.

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Reuters - President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Democratic Sen. Barack Obama was an impressive politician but had a "long way to go to be president," as he weighed in on the race for the White House in 2008.

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AP - NAME — Joseph Robinette Biden

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AP - A year before the first primary votes are cast, the 2008 presidential field is already crowded. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., who has been running for months, made it official Wednesday. A list:

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CQPolitics.com - The Federal Election Commission has announced revised contribution limits that have been indexed for inflation and are effective for the 2007-2008 elections for President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives.

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CQPolitics.com - Now that he has shaken free of his own White House ambitions, Sen. John Kerry has let loose on a proposal pushed by three 2008 presidential contenders to slash global warming pollution over the next half-century.

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AFP - Likely presidential contender Senator Barack Obama called for the removal of all US combat forces from Iraq by March 31, 2008, to counter what he called President George W. Bush's "failed policy of escalation."

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AP - Sheila Simon has come a long way since her first speech at a political picnic.

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