ARTICLES TO SHARE WITH MEDIA

• REZKO:
  - 03/08/08: Clintons Tied to Rezko

Clinton's national co-chair received donations from RezkoThree of the co-defendants at Rezko trial contributed to Clintons and campaign supporters. Obama didn't receive any donations from Rezko.

• NAFTA:
  - 03/08/08: Clinton told Canada to take NAFTA controversy with grain of salt

Mr. Brodie, apparently seeking to play down the potential impact on Canada, told the reporters the threat was not serious, and that someone from Ms. Clinton's campaign had even contacted Canadian diplomats to tell them not to worry because the NAFTA threats were mostly political posturing.

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The news agency quoted that source as saying that Mr. Brodie said that someone from Ms. Clinton's campaign called and was "telling the embassy to take it with a grain of salt."

[VIDEO: Olbermann reports that It was Clinton who had made the promises & Canadian Government in upset over leak, identifies it as a smear

• DEBUNKING HILLARY'S "OVERWHELMING" MARCH 4TH WIN:
  - 03/08/08: Real Truth on the Delegate Count After March 4th: Virtually Unchanged - Clinton netted only 9 delegates out of a possible 440

Hillary Rodham Clinton won three out of four last night, but the results did not shrink the delegate gap between Clinton and frontrunner Barack Obama . Before Tuesday's election, Obama led with 1,386 delegates, but Clinton was not far behind with 1,276 delegates, according to the Associated Press, which includes surveys on the preferences of unpledged "superdelegates." Obama's new total is 1,562 and Clinton's is 1,461, as of Wednesday at noon according to the AP. So the difference between them is virtually unchanged. A total of 2,025 delegates are necessary to secure the Democratic nomination.

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• For those who'd rather work with POSITIVE news:
  - 03/08/08: Winning in November: Obama's Electoral Math
  

An extensive SurveyUSA poll released today shows Barack Obama defeating John McCain in a hypothetical match-up by a margin of 280 electoral votes to 256. Obama carries 24 states plus the District of Columbia. In Nebraska, which divides its electoral votes based on congressional districts, McCain wins three electoral votes while Obama wins two.

Of the states which McCain is currently predicted to carry, the race is extremely close in Texas (47%-46%), Florida (47%-45%), North Carolina (47%-45%) and South Carolina (48%-45%). And with Barack as the Democratic candidate, nearly every state west of the Mississippi could be in play.

• OBAMA'S ROBUST FUNDRAISING:
  - 03/08/08: Obama Raises $55 Million in February Thanks to Small Donors

The campaign said 727,972 donors contributed to the campaign in February. More than half of them were first-time contributors.

A majority of the money, $45 million, was raised online, the campaign said. More than 90 percent of the donations were under $100, and more than half were under $25.

Less than $1 million of the funds raised in February can only be used if Obama receives his party's nomination, the campaign said. All the rest may go toward campaigning in the primary season.
[cnn.com report]