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AP - A longtime Clinton benefactor used corporate jets to fly the former president and Hillary Rodham Clinton on business, personal and campaign trips that a lawsuit brands as wasteful company spending.

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AP - Using humor, attitude and the occasional put-down, some presidential candidates are filling the airwaves with ads to stir activists and create an early, positive brand for their campaign.

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AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton wants YouTube viewers to pick her campaign theme song — and the response, so far, has been music to her ears.

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AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton made one thing very clear to Iowa voters Friday: She's serious about campaigning in their state. "I'm going to be in Iowa so often I'm going to be able to caucus for myself," Clinton told attendees at town meetings here.

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AP - Fred Thompson, a potential Republican presidential candidate, suggested that the 1986 immigration law signed by President Reagan is to blame for the country's illegal immigrants and he bemoaned a nation beset by "suicidal maniacs."

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AP - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the only Hispanic in the Democratic presidential race, has changed his view of immigration legislation, saying Friday he opposes it unless significant changes are made.

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AP - Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama forcefully defended their votes against paying for the Iraq war as the top Republican presidential candidates angrily accused the two of weakness on national security.

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AP - There's an adage in politics: Only underdogs acknowledge their opponents. Joe Biden not only mentions all his rivals, he lists their Internet sites on his own campaign Web page.

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On May 23 Kucinich spoke at length in the House about the hydrocarbon law being pushed on the Iraqi government as a benchmark and about recent documented efforts to privatize Iraq's oil. Read the full text of this floor speech.

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AFP - In a fiery preview of a possible 2008 election match-up, US Senators Barack Obama and John McCain traded political potshots over Iraq Friday, and Hillary Clinton also faced a Republican barrage.

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CQPolitics.com - There was some uncertainty heading into the 2008 Senate campaign cycle about whether Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander would seek a second term: The former two-term governor, University of Tennessee president, Education secretary and two-time aspirant for the Republican presidential nomination was 62 years old when he won his Senate seat in the 2002 contest.

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Reuters - U.S. voters, if they could spend a Memorial Day picnic with any of the leading presidential choices for 2008, would pick Republican Rudolph Giuliani and Democrat Barack Obama, a poll released on Friday said.

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Don't miss hearing Dennis Kucinich on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! this weekend, May 26-27. Check here for local broadcast time in your area. You can also listen online.

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There is no doubt about it, 2008 presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, stands out.

Kucinich is the only candidate who wants to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney over the Iraq War; as he did in the 2004 election, he's proposing a Department of Peace, and has introduced a House bill calling for a universal, single-payer, not-for-profit health care system.

Read the full story on ABC News

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AP - Rudy Giuliani and Barack Obama have won the picnic poll.

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