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The release of Elizabeth Edwards’ memoir next month has begun another round of “what ifs” from former advisors to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

At his press conference Monday morning, Obama made clear that he’ll be the one setting the parameters of the national-security debate in his administration. Reiterating his agenda, he emphasized his goal of pulling combat troops out of Iraq in 16 months, refocusing on the fight against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, strengthening international institutions and recalibrating the balance between civilian and military components of the national-security apparatus.

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, has tapped Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin to be a part of a task force to develop a Senate Democratic proposal to expand health insurance coverage, according to the Los Angeles Times.

A new robocall in Iowa and several battleground states from the campaign of Republican presidential nominee John McCain uses a quote from Democrat Barack Obama’s former rival for his party’s nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton.
In the recording, Clinton praises McCain and criticizes Obama on the subject of experience. The former first lady was quoted when she [...]

The first part of a lengthy study comparing coverage of presidential hopefuls in two newspapers — one in Iowa and one in New Hampshire — is complete, and the statistics it unearthed should give female journalists pause.

The second night of the GOP National Convention featuring vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin drew a larger audience of women than Hillary Clinton’s night at the DNC last week. What’s more, the VP night in St. Paul trailed only Barack Obama’s historic night last week in terms of total viewers, the Nielsen Company reports:

From Denver, The Sioux City Journal reports on supporters of Hillary Clinton moving over to the Barack Obama camp:
“I’m getting on board with Barack Obama. I think he’ll be an excellent president,” said Kathleen Krehbiel, of Solon., who came here as a Clinton delegate. She said she no longer wanted to carry out the “pretense” [...]

The Iowa video blogger covering the Democratic National Convention for YouTube says Hillary Clinton’s Tuesday prime-time speech served as a perfect follow-up to the one delivered by Michelle Obama the night before.

A YouTube video blogger from Iowa covering the Democratic National Convention said prospective First Lady Michelle Obama connected with women during her keynote speech Monday night.

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin says he’s an unabashed supporter of U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., as Barack Obama’s running mate. Meanwhile, Harkin, who ran for the presidency himself in 1992, says “realism” holds that Hillary Clinton has little chance of making the cut for vice presidential candidate as “latent” sexism and racism would give such a ticket perhaps too steep a cultural hill to climb.