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AP - Democratic Sen. Joe Biden has been saying for months he's running for president. He makes it official on Wednesday. The Delaware senator will file the paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and release a videotaped campaign message to voters on his Web site, joebiden.com. He also is planning another trip to New Hampshire early next week.

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AP - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday U.S. combat forces should be out of Iraq by spring 2008 to end "a foreign policy disaster" but he stopped short of endorsing a cutoff in funds.

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AFP - Veteran US Senator Joseph Biden will officially jump into the crowded Democratic Party field for the 2008 White House race on Wednesday, he said in a message to supporters.

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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 - As the cost of presidential campaigns moves toward the $1 billion mark, leading congressional advocates of tougher campaign finance laws want to reduce the influence of special interests by pumping more taxpayer money into the system.

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Reuters - Dozens of senators -- including leading 2008 presidential contenders from both major parties -- met on Tuesday to swap proposals that could spur the country's first-ever mandatory caps on greenhouse gases.

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AP - Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday dismissed questions about whether his Mormon faith would be an impediment to his White House aspirations, echoing the argument that voters will be choosing a president not a pastor.

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Reuters - Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden said on Tuesday his foreign policy ideas and experience would be the ideal assets in a crowded and star-studded 2008 White House race that is likely to focus on ways to end the Iraq war.

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Rasmussen Reports - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) has opened a double digit lead over over Senator John McCain (R) in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Giuliani now earns 29% of the vote, little changed from 30% a week ago and 28% two weeks ago. McCain (R) is now supported by 19% of Likely GOP Primary voters, down from 22% a week ago.

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Dennis Kucinich talks about the responsibilities of being president. Click here for a transcript.

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CQPolitics.com - One day after former Arkansas Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee announced his decision to form a presidential exploratory committee, the self-proclaimed “underdog” candidate for the 2008 GOP nomination told reporters he was not going to be “spooked” by some of his better-known and better-funded challengers.

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AP - Democratic presidential candidate Tom Vilsack raised more than $1.1 million in the last seven weeks of 2006, a total that puts him far behind deep-pocketed rivals for the nomination.

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Reuters - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said on Sunday he would take the first step toward a longshot campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.

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AP - White House hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton met privately Monday with the board of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, a 1.3 million-member labor group whose support will be critical to any Democratic candidate.

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CQPolitics.com - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee launched an exploratory committee Monday for a possible 2008 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

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