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ABC News

(”The News Shuffle”: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney discusses immigration reform, abortion, U.S. military policy in Iraq and criticisms of his Mormon religion)

(”This Week”: On the trail with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, a freshman senator of Illinois)

Bloomberg

(House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., discusses private-equity buyouts, the impact on workers and the prospect for legislative solutions)

CNN

(”The Race To ‘08″: The influence of former Vice President Al Gore on the Democratic Party and the ongoing presidential race)

C-SPAN

(”The Communicators”: Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt talks about his startup, Frontline Wireless, which has a plan for buying spectrum and jumpstarting wireless, high-speed Internet service in the United States)

(”Newsmakers”: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.)

(”Podcast Of The Week”: A panel discussion about the misuse of scientific data and the influence of the oil and tobacco industries, as part of “Washington Whistleblower Week”)

National Public Radio

(”It’s All Politics”: Early presidential campaign advertisements, including “job interview” by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, plus the abortion views of Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and the Internet success of Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, in his longshot presidential run)

The Washington Post

(The immigration agreement gives President Bush his best chance at a major domestic initiative)

(How many U.S. attorneys really had their careers in jeopardy? More than the Bush administration wants you to think.)

(The clash between Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, plus more from the Republican presidential debate in Columbia, S.C.)

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ABC’s “This Week”

(Two presidential candidates, Democrat John Edwards and Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, are the guests.)

Bloomberg

(Will Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., run for president in 2008 after all?)

C-SPAN

(”Road To The White House”: Coverage of former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and more)

Heading Left

(An interview with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who is a Democratic presidential candidate)

The New York Times

(U.S. politics and the French presidential election)

RK/NLS Virginia Politics

(Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Don Beyer explains his support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.)

The Washington Post

(Moderate Republicans show signs of wavering support for continuing the Iraq war)

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The Iraq war and presidential veto


(CQ Radio)

(National Public Radio)

(The New York Times)

ABC

(”The News Shuffle”: Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards shares his views on U.S. policy in Iraq)

CNN

(”The Race to ‘08″: Do debates help the presidential candidates?)

CQ Radio

(The guests: Robert Bluey, a media expert at the conservative Heritage Foundation, and Jon Ward of The Washington Times)

C-SPAN

(”The Communicators”: Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., tackles the hottest technology issues in his role as a co-chairman of the Congressional Internet Caucus)

(”Podcast of the Week”: oral arguments at the Supreme Court that led to the recent ruling upholding partial-birth abortion)

(”Road to the White House”: Republicans Rudy Giuliani and John McCain in New Hampshire)

Heading Left Radio

(A discussion about the impact of online Democratic activists)

National Public Radio

(”Talk of the Nation”: presidential debates and the Iraq funding debate)

The Washington Post

(The first Republican presidential debate, plus a look at the emergence of online political operatives in the campaigns)

(The Iraq war four years later … and the latest news in politics and technology)

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ABC

(”News Shuffle”: Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, a Democratic presidential candidate, accuses his party of “rolling over” on the push to end the war in Iraq.)

(”This Week”: The guests include Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, along with Sens. Sam Brownback of Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate, and Russell Feingold, D-Wis.)

Bloomberg

(Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., discusses U.S. policy in Iraq.)

CNN (”The Race To ‘08″)

(The question that won’t go away: Will former Democratic Vice President Al Gore run for president?)

(Will the suggestion by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that “this war is lost” in Iraq come back to haunt his party in the 2008 presidential race?)

(The impact of off-the-cuff remarks by presidential candidates, including the “bomb Iran” joke by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.)

C-SPAN

(”Newsmakers”: House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks to reporters about homeland security, school safety and other issues.)

(”Road To The White House”: Democrats Joseph Biden Jr. of Delaware and Barack Obama of Illinois, both Democrats; and Republican Mike Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas)

Analysis of Democratic presidential debate
(The Washington Post)
(Heading Left)
(MyDD)

National Public Radio

(”It’s All Politics”: The official presidential announcement of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and more)

(”Talk Of The Nation”: Topics include McCain’s announcement and the Democratic presidential debate)

The New York Times



(Iraq spending and war progress)

(Democratic muscle-flexing on Capitol Hill)

(The grilling of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales)

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The Senate Judiciary Committee’s grilling of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a federal ban on partial-birth abortion figured prominent in many of this week’s political podcasts.

National Public Radio

(”It’s All Politics”: Gonzales, abortion, and the “bomb Iran” joke of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.)

(”Talk Of The Nation”: More on Gonzales and partial-birth abortion)

The New York Times



(”Washington Report”: Gonzales, abortion and the prospect for sanctions on Sudan over the tragedy in the Darfur region)

The Washington Post


(”P3: Post Politics Podcast”: Gonzales and polling on Congress)

CNN


(”Race To ‘08″: A look ahead at Super-Duper Tuesday and the prospect for presidential campaign advertising on Super Bowl night in 2008, plus the role of personal health issues in presidential politics)

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