<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Wesley Clark: News &amp; Videos about Wesley Clark - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Wesley_Clark</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Wesley Clark from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:19:34 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Wesley Clark: News &amp; Videos about Wesley Clark - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/09/02/afghanistan.support/tztop.afghanistan.troops.copter.usmc.jpg</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Wesley_Clark</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Wesley Clark from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>How long before Americans demand change in Afghanistan?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/02/afghanistan.support/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/02/afghanistan.support/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>While support for the war in Afghanistan has been falling, most experts think Americans will give President Obama the benefit of the doubt -- at least for another year.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taliban's video of captured soldier an effort to change image?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/soldier.taliban.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/soldier.taliban.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States military has been relatively mum on the recent capture of Army Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl. So has his family in Idaho.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wesley Clark: Ethanol's field general</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/23/news/economy/wesley_clark_fights_for_ethanol.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/23/news/economy/wesley_clark_fights_for_ethanol.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>If ever there were an industry in need of a general, it's the ethanol industry. Already under siege from food companies blaming biofuels for rising grocery prices, ethanol companies are now seeing their profit margins crushed by falling prices for their product. Compounding the problem, many environmentalists -- who five minutes ago seemed to be in ethanol's corner -- have turned against the corn-based fuel.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Surrogates' sideshows becoming the main event</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/15/borger.surrogates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/15/borger.surrogates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It's hard to know, exactly, when the notion of "campaign surrogates" became so important.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain campaign: Clark's comments 'sad'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/30/clark.mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/30/clark.mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. John McCain's campaign on Monday called retired Gen. Wesley Clark's remarks that McCain lacks command experience "the lowest form of politics."</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama Backs McCain's Army Record</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1819323,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1819323,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Democrat Barack Obama rejected a retired general's suggestion that Republican John McCain's military experience didn't necessarily qualify him to be president</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama responds to attacks on his patriotism</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/30/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/30/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama defended his patriotism Monday, telling a crowd in Independence, Missouri, that his "deep and abiding love for this country" is the reason he is running for president.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark: Getting 'shot down in plane' doesn't make McCain qualified</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/29/clark.mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/29/clark.mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Retired U.S. Gen. Wesley Clark, a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, on Sunday questioned whether Sen. John McCain's military experience qualified him to be commander-in-chief.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The potency of persuasion</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/11/12/100954555/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/11/12/100954555/index.htm</guid><description>You're in a tough negotiation. The guy across the table is unconcerned, backed up by his cronies, prepared to wait you out. There is no legal recourse. You need power, real power. Like this: "Mr. President, may I see you outside, alone, for just a moment." "Certainly," Serb President Slobodan Milosevic replies, with that smug self-assurance characteristic of his dictatorship. "Mr. President," I begin, looking at him eye to eye that day in 1998 and speaking in an even voice, "perhaps you don't understand, but the United Nations has directed that you pull out your excess forces from Kosovo now. And if you don't, NATO is going to tell me to bomb you, and I will bomb you good."</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Milosevic's war crimes trial a 4-year marathon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/milosevic.trial/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/milosevic.trial/index.html</guid><description>Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial in The Hague, Netherlands, had just entered its fifth year when he was found dead Saturday in his cell.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush touts Iraq vote; Democrats want clear U.S. strategy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/15/BushDems.radio/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/15/BushDems.radio/index.html</guid><description>Calling Saturday's constitutional referendum "a critical step forward in Iraq's march toward democracy," President Bush said the vote will "deal a severe blow to the terrorists" striking out at the struggling democratic system.</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>An early eye on 2008 </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/early.2008.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/early.2008.tm/index.html</guid><description>The good news for John Kerry is that he didn't pull an Al Gore.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark: Kerry has moral courage born in battle</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/dems.clark.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/dems.clark.transcript/index.html</guid><description>Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former Democratic presidential candidate, gave a prime time speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. This is a transcript of his remarks.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2004 00:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Academic aid, gas prices, and the meaning of approval ratings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/18/tue.hot/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/18/tue.hot/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2004 12:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scene of the crime</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/13/thu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/13/thu/index.html</guid><description>As you slept, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers landed in Baghdad for a quick meeting with senior military commanders that, while unannounced until shortly before they jumped on the plane, is aimed at quelling the public storm over prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2004 11:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Good cop, bad cops</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/10/mon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/10/mon/index.html</guid><description>John Kerry takes the high road this week with a series of speeches and town hall meetings on rising health care costs, starting today in Pennsylvania. His campaign, meanwhile, is going for the jugular on Iraq.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2004 11:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: Prison scandal will not deter U.S. forces </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/08/radio.addresses.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/08/radio.addresses.ap/index.html</guid><description>The abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American military guards is "a stain on our country's honor and reputation" but will not deter America's mission to bring democracy to Iraq, President Bush pledged Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2004 14:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Labor pains</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/column.shields.opinion.labor/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/column.shields.opinion.labor/index.html</guid><description>Gerald W. McEntee, president of the 1.5 million member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) is the kind of guy who could single-handedly give opportunism a bad name.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark endorses Kerry for president</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/13/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/13/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>The Bush-Cheney campaign ratcheted up its criticism of Sen. John Kerry -- calling him "unprincipled" in one Internet ad -- as the Democratic front-runner picked up the endorsement of former rival Wesley Clark.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dueling military records</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/13/mgrind.hot.friday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/13/mgrind.hot.friday/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry prepares for a two-front race</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/12/mgrind.hot.thu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/12/mgrind.hot.thu/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Source: Clark to endorse Kerry</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/12/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/12/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Sen. John Kerry will pick up the endorsement of former Democratic rival Wesley Clark, a Democratic source told CNN, as Sen. John Edwards and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean tried to convince Wisconsin voters the Democratic presidential race isn't over.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why didn't Clark click?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/elec04.prez.clark.explainer/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/elec04.prez.clark.explainer/index.html</guid><description>Former presidential candidate Wesley Clark: a victorious NATO supreme commander, a self-described Washington outsider, West Point graduate, Rhodes scholar, soldier from Arkansas. So why didn't he catch on with voters in Democratic caucuses and primaries?</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark abandons bid</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/mgrind.hot.wed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/mgrind.hot.wed/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>And then, there were five ... or three ... or two</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/mgrind.day.wed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/mgrind.day.wed/index.html</guid><description>John Kerry has one more thing in common with Michael Dukakis today, but Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie shouldn't get too excited. Kerry yesterday became the only non-Southern Democrat in 36 years, other than Dukakis, to beat a Southern candidate in the South, making it increasingly hard to see how anyone derails his nomination coronation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark bows out after Kerry wins in South</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark dropped out of the Democratic presidential race Wednesday after third-place finishes in two key Southern primaries.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Aide: Clark to end presidential run</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/elec04.prez.clark/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/elec04.prez.clark/index.html</guid><description>Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark will end his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, aides said late Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks' primary concern</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/10/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/10/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</guid><description>On another Democratic primary Tuesday, the presidential election could be among the factors weighing on U.S. stock markets amid signs that a Bush-Kerry race may be closer at hand.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis of Virginia, Tennessee results</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/elec04.prez.analysts/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/elec04.prez.analysts/index.html</guid><description>CNN political analysts and contributors examine the potential impact of Sen. John Kerry's projected victories in Tennessee and Virginia, and what they might mean to the other presidential hopefuls.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats battle for Tennessee, Virginia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/09/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/09/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Retired Gen. Wesley Clark and Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards slugged it out Monday in a final day of campaigning before primaries in Tennessee and Virginia, critical states in the Democratic presidential showdown.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2004 09:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wes Clark Wins! (On Wall Street)</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/09/360101/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/09/360101/index.htm</guid><description>John Kerry may have won Iowa, but Wesley Clark cleaned up on Wall Street. On Jan. 20, just a day after the caucuses, bankers tell FORTUNE, Clark made about $1.2 million in paper profit on his inves...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry wins Maine caucuses</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/08/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/08/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Sen. John Kerry was projected to win Maine's Democratic caucuses Sunday evening, the third straight weekend victory for the front-runner in the race for the party's presidential nomination.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2004 12:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry sweeps caucuses</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/07/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/07/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Democratic front-runner Sen. John Kerry swept Saturday's caucuses with victories in Michigan and in Washington state.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2004 11:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll finds Kerry with big lead among Democrats</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/07/elec04.prez.poll/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/07/elec04.prez.poll/index.html</guid><description>Sen. John Kerry holds a dominant edge over his Democratic presidential rivals in a nationwide CNN/Time poll released Saturday night, but all the leading Democrats trail President Bush in hypothetical one-on-one matchups -- though results pitting Bush against Kerry or Sen. John Edwards fell within the poll's margin of error.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The race for the cash</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/06/news/election_candidates/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/06/news/election_candidates/index.htm</guid><description>Critical to the race for the presidency is cash -- and so far, President Bush is winning that race easily, with his most likely Democratic opponent, Senator John Kerry, running a distant second.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2004 21:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats campaign for weekend caucuses</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/06/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/06/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>A day ahead of Democratic caucuses in the union stronghold of Michigan, Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. John Kerry received the endorsement Friday of former rival Rep. Dick Gephardt, who was a favorite of organized labor before dropping out of the race last month.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2004 12:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Early lesson: 'Mo' trumps 'O'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/mgrind.hot.thu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/mgrind.hot.thu/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2004 13:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark lashes out at Kerry, Edwards</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/elec04.prez.clark.remarks/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/elec04.prez.clark.remarks/index.html</guid><description>His hopes buoyed by apparent victory in Oklahoma, retired Gen. Wesley Clark unleashed his most heated attacks yet against Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards, suggesting his chief rivals are "conventional" politicians who "say one thing and then do another."</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2004 12:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Democratic race now built around challenging Kerry</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>With more caucuses on the horizon, Sen. John Kerry came under increasing fire Thursday from Democratic rivals and the Republican Party, even as he picked up more endorsements in his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2004 07:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Edwards: 'I'm running a national campaign'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/04/elec04.prez.edwards/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/04/elec04.prez.edwards/index.html</guid><description>Savoring his victory in Tuesday's South Carolina primary, Sen. John Edwards said Wednesday that his support extends beyond the South and that he is the Democrat who can defeat President Bush in November.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2004 16:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lieberman leaves</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/04/mgrind.hot.wed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/04/mgrind.hot.wed/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2004 13:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A new landscape in the early light of dawn</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/04/mgrind.day.wed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/04/mgrind.day.wed/index.html</guid><description>For the first time since Iowa, Howard Dean is not the post-election story.  And after the results of yesterday's seven-state contest, he's not even the sidebar.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2004 10:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Campaigns move forward, Kerry out front</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/04/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/04/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>John Kerry and John Edwards, the two Democrats who gained the most from Tuesday's presidential sweepstakes, came under fire Wednesday from their Democratic rivals -- a reflection of their status as the leaders in the race for their party's nomination.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2004 05:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark claims victory in Oklahoma</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/elec04.prez.clark/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/elec04.prez.clark/index.html</guid><description>Wesley Clark claimed his first election victory Tuesday in Oklahoma's Democratic primary.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2004 22:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A family affair</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/elec04.prez.candidates.families/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/elec04.prez.candidates.families/index.html</guid><description>A presidential candidate makes few moves the world does not see. Cameras catch virtually every speech, every gesture, every triumph and every misstep, and hold them up under the bright light of public scrutiny.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2004 19:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Where do we go from here?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/mgrind.day.tue/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/mgrind.day.tue/index.html</guid><description>Let's suppose John Edwards wins South Carolina today, as polls suggest he well might. Does the native-son-of-a-mill-worker draw any sort of bounce from this? More importantly, what does he do for an encore?</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2004 09:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysts examine Tuesday's results</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/elec04.prez.analysts/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/elec04.prez.analysts/index.html</guid><description>CNN analysts and contributors considered the impact of Sen. John Kerry's five victories Tuesday, Sen. John Edwards' win in South Carolina, retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark's showing in Oklahoma, and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's future in the race.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2004 00:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Spitzer backs Kerry</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/02/news/economy/spitzer_kerry/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/02/news/economy/spitzer_kerry/index.htm</guid><description>Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry picked up the endorsement of the New York attorney general famous for tackling Wall Street wrongdoing Monday even as rivals attacked his campaign contributions from Washington lobbyists.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2004 21:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Candidates showcase compassion, reach out to nation's poor</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/30/elec04.prez.forum/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/30/elec04.prez.forum/index.html</guid><description>Four days before South Carolina voters join electors in seven states to choose a presidential nominee, six of the Democratic candidates took to the Columbia's Township Auditorium stage one at a time to showcase their compassion.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Candidates campaign ahead of Tuesday's primaries</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/30/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/30/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Democratic presidential candidates crisscrossed the country Friday, pushing into the final weekend of campaigning before seven states hold nominating contests Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dean shuffles campaign staff</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/29/mgrind.hot.thu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/29/mgrind.hot.thu/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry takes New Hampshire</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/28/mgrind.hot.wed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/28/mgrind.hot.wed/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Back to Burlington, again</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/28/mgrind.day.wed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/28/mgrind.day.wed/index.html</guid><description>Howard Dean was supposed to be bouncing high by now.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lieberman vows to keep running</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/elec04.prez.lieberman/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/elec04.prez.lieberman/index.html</guid><description>Despite not getting enough votes Tuesday to break into double digits in the New Hampshire primary, Sen. Joe Lieberman claimed to share third place and vowed to move on to the next Democratic battlegrounds.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond the pulpit</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/timep.blacks.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/timep.blacks.tm/index.html</guid><description>As the candidates eye the South Carolina primary, they are reinventing the way they court the African-American vote</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Hampshire residents speak out on primary</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/elec04.prez.nh.quotes/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/elec04.prez.nh.quotes/index.html</guid><description>Residents of Hanover, New Hampshire, are closely watching the primary process, whether or not they plan to vote. Most of the Democratic primary candidates have visited the college town -- home of Dartmouth College -- one or more times during the campaign. CNN.com's Liza Kaufman Hogan spoke with the residents in advance of the New Hampshire primary.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark wins Dixville Notch</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/mgrind.hot.primary/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/mgrind.hot.primary/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark stakes claim as top-tier candidate</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/elec04.prez.clark/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/elec04.prez.clark/index.html</guid><description>Vowing to send President Bush "right back to that ranch in Texas," retired Gen. Wesley Clark told enthusiastic supporters Tuesday that he "ain't slowing down until the final buzzer sounds."</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>It's the last dance</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/26/mgrind.hot.monday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/26/mgrind.hot.monday/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'We're number three!'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/26/mgrind.day.mon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/26/mgrind.day.mon/index.html</guid><description>Election nights should be a blast, like Christmas morning. Full of suspense, intrigue and, if we're lucky, an occasional throaty growl.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Showing Their Primary Colors As the Democrats scramble toward New Hampshire, their economic plans come into focus. Protectionism</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/01/26/358836/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/01/26/358836/index.htm</guid><description>Howard Dean is thundering that he's going to abolish Bush's "irresponsible" tax cuts. Dick Gephardt is itching to start a trade war with somebody. Joe Lieberman sounds more like a Republican every ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats attack administration over Kay's comments</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/25/elec04.prez.kay/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/25/elec04.prez.kay/index.html</guid><description>Former U.S. weapons inspector David Kay's comments that his team could find no evidence Iraq had stockpiled unconventional weapons before the March invasion drew mixed reactions from three Democratic presidential candidates Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lieberman says he's got the 'Joementum'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/25/elec04.prez.lieberman/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/25/elec04.prez.lieberman/index.html</guid><description>Buoyed by a rise in the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll two days before the New Hampshire primary, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday his campaign is gaining support, especially from independents, that will propel him to victory nationwide.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry rejects 'front-runner' label</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/25/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/25/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>As New Hampshire voters prepare to cast ballots Tuesday in the nation's first presidential primary, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts is rejecting the label of Democratic Party front-runner, despite polls showing him with a strong lead in the Granite State.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Candidates reach out across New Hampshire</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/24/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/24/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Making use of their final weekend before Tuesday's primary, Democratic presidential campaigns blanketed New Hampshire on Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: Iowa bounce fuels Kerry's ascent</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/23/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/23/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>With Democratic hopefuls campaigning in the final weekend before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, a tracking poll released Friday shows Sen. John Kerry pulling away from former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in the Granite State.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>South Carolina beckons</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/23/mgrind.day.fri/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/23/mgrind.day.fri/index.html</guid><description>Our apologies to the Granite State, its friendly faces and frigid climes. But we're already looking ahead to the relatively balmy breezes of South Carolina.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Edwards campaign book details attacks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/21/elec04.prez.edwards/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/21/elec04.prez.edwards/index.html</guid><description>Despite being credited with breathing life into his presidential bid by pushing positive themes, Sen. John Edwards' campaign circulated a confidential briefing book earlier this month that instructed supporters on how to attack his Democratic rivals during the Iowa caucuses.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems gear up in New Hampshire</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/21/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/21/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts lead in the latest tracking polls in New Hampshire, but both are calling themselves underdogs as they retool their campaigns in a changed political landscape.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark making push in New Hampshire</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/21/elec04.prez.clark.manchester/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/21/elec04.prez.clark.manchester/index.html</guid><description>Having skipped the Iowa caucuses, Wesley Clark is urging supporters to intensify their efforts to win the New Hampshire primary, the first contest in which the retired general will compete.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'It ain't a down day now'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/21/mgrind.day.wed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/21/mgrind.day.wed/index.html</guid><description>Today was supposed to be Howard Dean's down day, his long-awaited chance to chill out and watch his son Paul's hockey game after a hard-fought victory in Iowa. But that was before his third-place finish Monday night. And then, of course, his third-rate speech.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Momentum trumps organization in Iowa?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/mgrind.day.caucus/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/mgrind.day.caucus/index.html</guid><description>Well, so much for "organization," the so-called mother's milk of caucus politics. Something called "momentum" had its say last night, powering the Johns (Sens. Kerry and Edwards) into New Hampshire.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Scoping out the volunteers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/timep.volunteers.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/timep.volunteers.tm/index.html</guid><description>Sure, you could decide whom to vote for by listening to the candidates speak and reading their position papers, but wouldn't it be easier if there were armies of political-science majors who did all the sorting and thinking for you?</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>McGovern endorses Clark</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/18/elec04.prez.clark.mcgovern/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/18/elec04.prez.clark.mcgovern/index.html</guid><description>Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination picked up an endorsement Sunday from former Sen. George McGovern, the Democratic nominee in 1972.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gearing up for Iowa</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/01/16/wbr.iowa.newhampshire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/01/16/wbr.iowa.newhampshire/index.html</guid><description>From the Wolf Blitzer Reports staff in Atlanta:</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dead heat</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/mgrind.hot.friday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/mgrind.hot.friday/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Targeting Clark</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/mgrind.day.fri/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/mgrind.day.fri/index.html</guid><description>Wesley Clark should get plenty of rest this weekend. And maybe take a good, long swim. Because starting Tuesday he'll need plenty of energy to outrun the multi-pronged army of critics pressing down on him as his crowds swell and his poll numbers rise in New Hampshire.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dean's next big endorsement</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/mgrind.hot.thursday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/mgrind.hot.thursday/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Braun bolts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/mgrind.day.thu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/mgrind.day.thu/index.html</guid><description>Â Much like the campaign she has run for almost a year, Carol Moseley Braun's decision to quit and back Howard Dean today in Iowa will have little impact on the Democratic nomination battle. Her moves have, however, done wonders for a political career that seemed destined for dishonor when she lost her Senate seat in 1998.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Braun backs Dean in tight Iowa race</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Four days  before the Iowa caucuses, the first Democratic presidential contest appeared to tighten Thursday and the field of candidates shrank to eight.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2004 05:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Michael Moore: 'We're going to have the best chance with Clark'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/cnna.moore/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/cnna.moore/index.html</guid><description>Filmmaker and author Michael Moore, one of America's most outspoken liberals, has announced his choice for the Democratic presidential nomination: retired Gen. Wesley Clark.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dean: Clark really a Republican</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/elec04.prez.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/elec04.prez.main/index.html</guid><description>Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean trained his rhetorical guns on New Hampshire primary rival Wesley Clark Wednesday, questioning Clark's credentials as a Democrat.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>D.C. win</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/mgrind.hot.wednesday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/mgrind.hot.wednesday/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Spelling democracy without D.C.</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/13/mgrind.day.tue/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/13/mgrind.day.tue/index.html</guid><description>This city just can't catch a break. Howard Dean, it seems, would rather cool his heels in Burlington today than show his face in Washington as local Democrats (a handful of them, at least) cast "votes" in their first-in-the-nation-non-binding-beauty-contest.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dean, Clark top Democratic choices, poll says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/12/elec04.poll.prez/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/12/elec04.poll.prez/index.html</guid><description>Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean still leads retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a recent national poll, and two-thirds of Democrats say either man would be good for the party as the nominee.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What the general owes the doctor</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/12/timep.clark.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/12/timep.clark.tm/index.html</guid><description>Why Wes Clark is on the rise</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iowa newspaper endorses Edwards</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/11/elec04.prez.edwards/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/11/elec04.prez.edwards/index.html</guid><description>Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina was endorsed Sunday by Iowa's largest newspaper, the Des Moines Register.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry praises Iowa caucuses, swipes at Dean</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/10/elec04.prez.kerry/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/10/elec04.prez.kerry/index.html</guid><description>Sen. John Kerry took a shot at rival Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean on Saturday during a stop at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark: Pound pound pounding on Dean's door</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/09/mgrind.hot.Friday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/09/mgrind.hot.Friday/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2004 13:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Update from the campaign trail</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/01/08/wbr.campaign.update/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/01/08/wbr.campaign.update/index.html</guid><description>From the Wolf Blitzer Reports staff in Atlanta:</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Katherine, George W., Madonna ... and Ellyn Bogdanoff</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/mgrind.day.thu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/mgrind.day.thu/index.html</guid><description>Terry McAuliffe couldn't have written today's lede better himself: President Bush visits Palm Beach for the first time since '00 today, while Katherine Harris ponders an '04 Senate bid and Broward County grapples with yet another election debacle featuring hanging chads.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 09:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush raises record funds at year's end</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/07/elec04.prez.fundraising/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/07/elec04.prez.fundraising/index.html</guid><description>President Bush and his re-election team raised more than $130 million last year to finance his drive for a second term and starts the new year armed with a $99 million war chest, campaign manager Ken Mehlman said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2004 22:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mapping out the future</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/07/mgrind.hot.Wednesday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/07/mgrind.hot.Wednesday/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2004 13:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll shows Democratic race tightening</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/elec04.prez.poll/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/elec04.prez.poll/index.html</guid><description>Less than two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean remains on top of the Democratic heap, with retired Gen. Wesley Clark picking up ground, according to a recent national poll.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 23:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Howard Dean, 'ho hum' front-runner?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/mgrind.day.tuesday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/mgrind.day.tuesday/index.html</guid><description>Political insiders greeted the news that Bill Bradley would endorse Howard Dean today with a collective "whatever." And that may be very good news for Dean.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 10:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark unveils tax plan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/05/elec04.prez.clark.taxes/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/05/elec04.prez.clark.taxes/index.html</guid><description>Democratic presidential contender Wesley Clark on Monday unveiled a sweeping tax plan that he said would benefit 31 million families without increasing the federal budget deficit.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2004 16:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Debate recap</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/05/mgrind.hot.monday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/05/mgrind.hot.monday/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Game on! (Iowa, Iowa, Iowa)</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/05/mgrind.day.monday/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/05/mgrind.day.monday/index.html</guid><description>We took a much-needed break over the past two weeks. But as anyone with an e-mail inbox knows, the '04 Democrats did not.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2004 10:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark says he won't be vice presidential nominee</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/04/elec04.prez.clark/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/04/elec04.prez.clark/index.html</guid><description>Presidential hopeful Wesley Clark said Sunday he absolutely would not accept a nomination to run as vice president on the 2004 Democratic presidential ticket.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2004 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>And The Race Is On! But can Clark and Dean compete on the business front?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/13/350884/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/13/350884/index.htm</guid><description>In early September the Republican leadership in Congress met with President Bush in the West Wing's stately Cabinet Room. They delivered bad news: Voters who once supported him overwhelmingly were ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>