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Rasmussen Reports - Among the major candidates seeking the GOP Presidential nomination, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson is viewed as politically conservative by more voters than anybody else. That's true among all voters and also among Republican voters. It's a key factor in why Thompson is currently doing so well in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination.

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CQPolitics.com - A funny thing happens when Democratic presidential contenders debate without ever mentioning Iraq: They relentlessly agree.

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AFP - Democratic presidential hopefuls vowed to fight the scourges of AIDS, poverty and discrimination afflicting African Americans and to get tough with Sudan over Darfur, in their third live televised presidential debate Thursday.

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CQPolitics.com - After six weeks of negotiations, parliamentary maneuvering and White House entreaties, the Senate rejected President Bush’s vision of an immigration overhaul, likely killing the legislation until after the 2008 elections.

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AP - Sen. John McCain disposed of a snag in his personal financial disclosure requirements and a GOP presidential rival, Mitt Romney, has put off his disclosure obligations.

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Transcript of the debate

 WASHINGTON D.C. - In a Presidential forum designed to focus on America's domestic crises – poverty, sub-standard education, job loss, crime, and HIV AIDS – Congressman Dennis Kucinich made a compelling and enthusiastically applauded case that U.S. foreign policy, especially the war in Iraq, is sapping the national resources to solve problems on our own shores.

If the U.S. were not spending more than a trillion dollars on the war in Iraq, Kucinich argued, funds would be available to provide early child care, free pre-kindergarten, and fully funded state-college tuition to help America's disadvantaged youth prepare for jobs and productive lives. "Stop funding war, and start funding education."

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AP - A historically diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates — a woman, a black, an Hispanic and five whites — denounced an hours-old Supreme Court affirmative action ruling Thursday night and said the nation's slow march to racial unity is far from over.

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AP - Hours after a massive immigration bill collapsed in the Senate, lawmakers and lobbyists began seeking ways to pass bits and pieces of the measure important to their constituents.

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AP - Quotes from the Democrats' debate Thursday night:

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AFP - Democratic presidential hopefuls on Thursday vowed to fight the scourges of AIDS, poverty and discrimination afflicting African Americans, and to get tough with Sudan over Darfur in their third live televised presidential debate.

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Reuters - Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the other Democratic presidential contenders battled for black support on Thursday with attacks on the ravages of racism, promises to lift up the poor and pledges to do more for Africa.

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Bloomberg - June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential hopefuls last night called for higher taxes on wealthy Americans and more federal spending on education, health care and programs to alleviate poverty.

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AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has improved on his stunning support in the race for campaign cash, raising his total number of donors to more than 250,000 people in the first six months of the year.

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AP - John McCain dismissed the notion Thursday that he would drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination because he's lagging in fundraising and trailing in polls.

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CQPolitics.com - Here’s how fast the money chase has accelerated in the still-early contest for the 2008 presidential nominations: The amounts raised individually between April and June by each of the two leading aspirants for the Democratic nomination appear likely to match or exceed the totals raised in the parallel period by the top five contenders for the party’s 2004 nod — combined.

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