Commentary by Robert D. Novak

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January 19, 2008Bipartisan Stimulation: An Inside Report by Robert Novak
  
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Republican Leader John Boehner are working behind the scenes to attempt rare bipartisan cooperation on an economic stimulus package. 
January 17, 2008Vetting Obama: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
  
With Barack Obama nipping at her heels in Iowa, Hillary Clinton went on the state's public television Dec. 14 to say: "I've been vetted. ... There are no surprises." That was the first use in presidential campaign politics of an unusual word. 

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                            January 14, 2008Not Straight Talk: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
  
Two days before his decisive victory in New Hampshire, John McCain was asked by Tim Russert on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Do you believe that voting against the Bush tax cuts was a mistake?" Sen. McCain replied quickly, "Of course not." 
January 12, 2008Women vs. Oprah - No Joe for McCain - Poor Huck: Inside Report by Robert Novak
  
The absence of Oprah Winfrey from the frantic four last days of the New Hampshire primary campaign after her heavy schedule in Iowa backing Sen. Barack Obama may be traced to heavy, unaccustomed post-Iowa abuse of the popular entertainment superstar by women. 
January 10, 2008The Clinton Style: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
  
Late on Tuesday afternoon, when exit polls indicated Sen. Barack Obama would defeat Sen. Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary, there was palpable relief from many Democrats.

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                            January 7, 2008Mitt's and Hillary's Problems: An Inside Report By Robert Novak
  
Mitt Romney and Sen. Hillary Clinton wanted to use Saturday night's televised presidential debates to further their respective goals: keep Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama from winning Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.

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                            January 5, 2008Mitt’s Divided Strategy: An Inside Report by Robert Novak
  
Desperate to save Mitt Romney's Republican presidential campaign in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, his advisers all wanted to attack Sen. John McCain but were divided about how to do it. 

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                            January 3, 2008Hillary's Premature Triangulation: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
  
Sen. Hillary Clinton faces tonight's Iowa caucuses not as the inevitable Democratic presidential nominee but seriously challenged by Sen. Barack Obama, thanks in no small part to committing a strategic error: premature triangulation. 
December 31, 2007Bush in Pakistan: Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
  
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto followed urgent pleas to the State Department for the last two months by her representatives for better security protection. 
December 29, 2007Is Huckabee Slipping?--Obama vs. McCain--Earmark Non-Reform: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
  
While public polls show Mike Huckabee leading Mitt Romney in Iowa, a new survey of an oversized sample shows Huckabee slipping and no longer ahead of Romney.
December 27, 2007GOP's Last Man Standing: John McCain: Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
  
Sen. John McCain, given up for dead a few weeks ago as he ran a cash-starved, disorganized campaign, today is viewed by canny Republican professionals as the best bet to win the party's presidential nomination.
December 24, 2007A Rogue CIA - Inside Report by Robert Novak
  
Outrage over the CIA's destruction of interrogation tapes is but one element of the distress about the agency by Republican intelligence watchdogs in Congress.
December 22, 2007Clinton Discord, McCain’s Choice, and Romney’s Conservative: Inside Report by Robert D. Novak
  
    Supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy are privately blaming 
    
aggressive campaigning by Bill Clinton for her recent decline in Iowa's pre-caucus polls.