Governors worry about Iraq’s toll on Guard   Several governors told a top National Guard official Sunday they are concerned about the toll the Iraq war is taking on their state forces.
The governors said they were closely monitoring deployment of their troops, worn-out equipment and how ready they would be for domestic emergencies.
Governors also hoped to [...]

FEC may allow Obama to preserve public funding option   Under a draft proposal released Thursday by the Federal Election Commission, Sen. Barack Obama would be allowed to raise private funds for the 2008 presidential general election while keeping open the option of returning that money should he later decide to accept public funding.
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Clinton Makes a Play To Sell Her Experience as a First Lady   With an aggressive pitch at black voters, Senator Clinton is relying on her experience as first lady to counter the upstart popularity of Senator Obama, telling an energetic crowd here that she was the candidate best suited to “break the barriers” in the [...]

Senate GOP ready to fight for agenda  Senate Republicans have pledged to fight for up-or-down votes on President Bush’s judicial nominees and to make his tax cuts permanent, but they face an uphill battle in pushing their agenda. 
Republican leaders have outlined seven issues they plan to highlight in the shadow of the Democratic majority, which [...]

Giuliani ‘not confident’ war will turn around   Former New York mayor and 2008 presidential contender Rudolph Giuliani said Wednesday he is not sure the tide will turn in the war in Iraq, as President Bush has said.”I’m not confident it’s all going to turn around,” Giuliani told CNN’s “Larry King Live.” “Who knows that? I [...]

Bush: U.S. aims to protect troops, not wage war with Iran  President Bush said Wednesday he did not know if Iranian leaders sent weapons used to kill U.S. troops in Iraq but Iranian-made bombs were having a deadly effect and the United States had to respond.  CNN
Al Franken Enters Minnesota Senate Race   Al Franken announced [...]