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Washington Post: Obama, Clinton In Key Face-Off
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to press on in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination after critical primary tests in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday, even as advisers to Sen. Barack Obama said the latest round of voting would do little to improve her standing in a race in which she has been dealt setback after setback.

Columbus Dispatch: Polls Crowded On Eve Of Primary
People snaked through long lines in election offices across the state yesterday to vote early, with many trying to get their ballots in before the heavy rain and ice predicted for Ohio's presidential primary.

Washington Post: In Texas, McCain Seeks Winning Number
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) was poised Monday to clinch the Republican nomination as his rival, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, barnstormed across Texas refusing to concede that the race is all but over.

NY Times: Democratic Rivals Clash Before Pivotal Primaries
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama battled over national security and trade in a frantic burst of last-minute campaigning on Monday as Mrs. Clinton accused Mr. Obama of deception and new evidence of discord surfaced within her own camp.

WSJ: McCain Blasts Russian Election
Sen. John McCain issued a harsh critique of this week's Russian elections, going well beyond the White House reaction, in a news conference aimed at showcasing his foreign-policy credentials.

LA Times: Surveying Ohio's Democratic landscape
A campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination that has pivoted on race and gender could be decided here today by another divide, the state's urban north versus the rural south - pitting Ohio's popular governor against a cadre of big-city mayors.

NY Times: Candidates Responding Almost as Fast as They Can Attack
This may be the year politics finally moves at the speed of the Internet.

NY Times: Want to Trade? An Obama Will Cost You
While Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton duke it out in Texas and Ohio on Tuesday, Mr. Obama has trounced his Democratic rival in another arena: trading cards.

USA Today: McCain Looks To California
John McCain and his aides are already thinking about which states to target in the fall and one tops the list: California.

NY Times: Memo Gives Canada’s Account of Obama Campaign’s Meeting on Nafta
The denials were sweeping when Senator Barack Obama’s campaign mobilized last week to refute a report that a senior official had given back-channel reassurances to Canada soft-pedaling Mr. Obama’s tough talk on Nafta.

Washington Post: To Women, So Much More Than Just a Candidate
Although women have been the dominant force in the Democratic race, making up nearly six in 10 voters in caucuses and primaries, things have not gone the way feminist supporters of Clinton expected. The same campaign they once celebrated as a sign of tremendous progress, with its promise of the first female president in the nation's history, has instead reinforced their impressions of gender inequity.

WSJ: Yet Another Democratic Wrinkle: Add-Ons
The 4,048 Democrats who will meet in August to nominate a presidential candidate include district-level delegates, state-level delegates, pledged delegates, unpledged delegates, party-leader delegates, distinguished party-leader delegates. Then there are add-on delegates, and in some states, add-on applications are now open.

Washington Times: Clinton Hits Obama Vetting As Just The Start
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday said damaging stories swirling around her rival show that the true vetting of Sen. Barack Obama has just begun, and she predicted that a strong finish today in Ohio and Texas will revive her run for the Democratic presidential nomination.