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AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton raises nearly $3 million in a single event and husband Bill pleads for more. John McCain publicly frets about falling financially behind.

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AFP - Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on Monday snapped up a prime political endorsement in Iowa, which holds the critical first state votes on choosing 2008 presidential nominees.

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CQPolitics.com - Many political analysts and party officials have bemoaned the recent trend of states advancing the dates of their presidential primaries and caucuses earlier than ever on the nomination calendar. California and New York are among the states that are planning 2008 nomination contests for Feb. 5 — which could be a de facto national primary election nine months before the Nov. 4 general election.

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AP - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday dismissed any comparison between the firing last fall of eight U.S. attorneys with the replacement of 93 U.S. attorneys when her husband became president in 1993.

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CQPolitics.com - New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was endorsed for president on Monday by former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, a former White House hopeful who hails from the politically vital state that will kick off the 2008 presidential nomination process next January.

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Reuters - Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who dropped his brief presidential bid last month, endorsed Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's candidacy for the White House on Monday.

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CQPolitics.com - The recovery and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region, which was devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 18 months ago, surely will be a major focus of the 2008 presidential election.

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AP - THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in New York.

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Rasmussen Reports - New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) remains atop the field for the Democratic Presidential nomination as she has since the race began. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll finds Clinton with 37% support this week. That's up two from a week ago. In fact, ever since Al Gore was dropped from the list of contenders, Clinton's support has remained remarkably steady, ranging from 34% to 38% over a five week period.

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AP - Elizabeth Edwards said a "hot spot" has been detected in her right hip in addition to the cancer found in one of her ribs, but said doctors told her they believe it is too small to pose a new health risk.

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AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is back in New Hampshire and back embracing straight talk. And talk. And talk. And talk.

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AP - As Mitt Romney transitions from one-term governor to presidential candidate, he has been ticking through a presidential checklist, sometimes with perilous results.

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The Christian Science Monitor - John McCain, the darling of the independents and the news media in the 2000 presidential campaign, is struggling in the 2008 race.

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AP - John Edwards says voters shouldn't throw him their support just because his wife has cancer.

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AP - The Iraq war is diminishing America's standing in the world and diverting millions of dollars that should be spent on health care, education and alternative energy research in the United States, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday.

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