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Rasmussen Reports - In the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination, a woman is the clear frontrunner and an African-American is clearly in the number two position.

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AP - Conservative Republican Mike Huckabee, seeking to repeat the success of another former governor from Hope, Ark., said Sunday he is taking the first step in what he acknowledged is an underdog bid for the White House in 2008.

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AP - Being black doesn't necessarily mean White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has a lock on black voters. In wooing a faithful Democratic constituency, Obama faces two-term New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the party front-runner who enjoys strong support in the black community. She also is married to former President Clinton, so wildly popular among black voters that novelist Toni Morrison dubbed him "the first black president" in a 1998 essay.

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AP - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has recruited a recent New Hampshire Republican chairman to lead his political operations in this first-in-the-nation primary state.

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AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush has made a mess of Iraq and it is his responsibility to "extricate" the United States from the situation before he leaves office.

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Reuters - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton said in Iowa on Sunday President George W. Bush should find a way out of Iraq before he leaves office and called it "the height of irresponsibility" to leave the problem to the next administration.

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Reuters - Even as they ponder their Oscar votes, the wealthy stars of Hollywood's liberal establishment are sizing up the choice between the Democratic Party's two leading lights for president in 2008.

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AP - Conservative Republican Mike Huckabee, seeking to repeat the success of another former governor from Hope, Ark., said Sunday he is taking the first step in what he acknowledged is an underdog bid for the White House in 2008.

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CQPolitics.com - Former Arkansas Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee, long expected to enter the contest for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, confirmed Sunday morning during an appearance on NBC-TV’s Meet the Press that he will file papers Monday to establish an exploratory committee for a White House campaign.

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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 - NAME — Mike Huckabee.

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AP - New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton blamed President Bush on Saturday for misusing authority given him by Congress to act in Iraq, but conceded "I take responsibility" for her role in allowing that to happen.

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AP - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, seeking to dispel doubts about his conservative credentials, acknowledged Saturday that he's shifted his abortion views.

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AFP - Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Saturday took her bid to become the first female US president to Iowa, where the party will hold its first election to pick the 2008 candidate.

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AP - Rudy Giuliani, courting the Republican rank and file in an important state, sought Saturday to make the case that his vision for the future and performance in the past makes him a strong candidate for the GOP presidential nomination.

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