Compiled by Jonathan Helman
CNN Washington Bureau
Charlotte Observer: Obama Outraises Clinton 3 To 1 In N.C.
Heavy support from the Triangle — and from supporters of John Edwards — helped Democrat Barack Obama outraise Hillary Clinton nearly 3 to 1 among N.C. donors last month, reflecting his huge cash advantage heading into the state's May 6 primary.
Washington Post: McCain Offers Tax Policies He Once Opposed
Now that Sen. John McCain is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, however, McCain is marching straight down the party line. The economic package he has laid out embraces many of the tax policies he once decried: extending Bush's tax cuts he voted against, offering investment tax breaks he once believed would have little economic benefit and granting the long-held wishes of tax lobbyists he has often mocked.
NY Times: Using New Math, Clinton Contends She’s Ahead
Seizing on her Pennsylvania primary victory, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her surrogates are renewing their efforts to have the disputed Michigan and Florida convention delegates seated and pushing the argument that she now leads in the total number of votes cast when the tallies in those two states are included.
Washington Post: Clinton's Hopes May Lie With N.C.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday emphasized her plans to remove combat troops from Iraq and challenged Sen. Barack Obama to a debate in North Carolina, as she turned her attention to a state that could upend her hopes of a comeback.
WSJ: Clinton Refuses to Concede North Carolina, an Obama Stronghold
Sen. Hillary Clinton is widely expected to lose North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary on May 6, but that isn't stopping her campaign from spending millions of dollars on advertising and holding rallies in dozens of communities throughout the state.
Politico: GOP Objects To Bill Allowing Recounts
Voting rights activists who hoped the federal government would help local governments pay for paper trails and audits for electronic voting machines have gone from elation to frustration as they watched Republicans who supported such a proposal in committee vote against bringing it to the House floor.
Boston Globe: Harvard Survey: Young Voters Favor Obama Over Clinton
Barack Obama may have lost Pennsylvania, but Harvard's Institute of Politics gave him some encouraging news yesterday: Young voters overwhelmingly prefer him to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
LA Times: Hillary Clinton And Barack Obama Seek To Piece Together Indiana
Straddling a shifting voting base that defies conventional labels, Indiana's Democratic Party is a mash-up of political cultures that may prove difficult for Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton to harness as they press for a definitive May 6 primary victory.
Washington Times: Clinton's Faith Underestimated
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is more devout than public perception has allowed, her Methodism carried close to her heart alongside her political interests, even if she is almost reluctant to talk about it.
The Hill: Thompson: I Would Turn Down VP Offer
Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) said he would not accept an offer from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to be his running mate.
Indianapolis Star: Illinois Senator Ahead By 3 Points
Sen. Barack Obama holds a narrow lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana, with the outcome of the May 6 primary likely in the hands of a large number of undecided voters, according to a new Indianapolis Star-WTHR poll.
Politico: Barack Obama Has A New Opponent
Barack Obama’s real opponent now is not Hillary Rodham Clinton. It is a pair of punctuation marks. The first is a question. The second is an asterisk. Both threaten to hover over Obama if he wins the Democratic nomination without confronting and defeating the doubts Clinton has raised about his political strength beyond his electoral base of African-Americans and upscale whites.
LA Times: More GOP Ads Target Obama
As they promote their candidates and try to pave the way for GOP victories this year, Republicans have begun making their case to voters in advertisements featuring a new star: Barack Obama.
Politico: Dems' Suspense May Be Unnecessary
The torrent of speculation about the end game of the Democratic nomination contest is creating a false sense of suspense — and wasting a lot of time of the multitudes of people who are anxious to know how this contest is going to turn out.
