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"So turn off the TV set, put the video game away. Buy a little desk or put that child by the kitchen table. Watch them do their homework. If they don't know how to do it, give them help. If you don't know how to do it, call the teacher. Make them go to bed at a reasonable time. Keep them off the streets. Give ' em some breakfast. Come on. ... You know I am right."
Key quote: "The Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby survey shows Obama with a 48 percent to 42 percent edge in Texas. Another survey in Ohio gives Clinton a 44 percent to 41.5 percent lead, but that edge is within the margin of error. Both surveys were conducted Tuesday through Thursday and have a sampling error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points."
Key quote: "Media is giving heavy play to the news that Sen. Barack Obama raised $50 million in February, while Sen. Hillary Clinton brought in about $35 million. A major theme of the media coverage is that Clinton's total shows her campaign remains vibrant despite recent setbacks."
Key quote: "Despite repeated requests, Barack Obama's campaign is still neither verifying nor denying a CTV report that a senior member of the team made contact with the Canadian government -- via the Chicago consulate general -- regarding comments Obama made about NAFTA."
Key quote: "Campaign veterans say much of the rhetoric can be discounted as classic primary season politicking that will be diluted when it comes to the general election. But sympathetic economists have expressed concern about proposals Mr Obama has unveiled in the past two weeks since campaigning began in earnest to woo the workers of Ohio."
Key quote: "This may, of course, just be campaign rhetoric, as both candidates have been supportive of NAFTA in the past. Clinton praised business at the Davos summit in 1998 for mounting a "very effective" effort on behalf of NAFTA. And in 2004, Obama urged more NAFTA-type deals. Both are now pandering shamelessly to anti-NAFTA voters in Ohio as they compete in that state's primary next Tuesday. And both are targeting Canada, even though NAFTA's American critics worry more about jobs fleeing to Mexico than here."
Key quote: "Obama suggests some tinkering around the edges of existing deals, and only when forced to do so under repeated and aggressive questioning allows as how he might pressure Canada and Mexico if they refuse to address the most dramatic flaws in the North American Free Trade Agreement."
Key quote: "The TV advert - being run before Tuesday's elections across four states including must win contests for Mrs Clinton in Texas and Ohio - is her boldest attempt yet to raise doubts about Mr Obama's limited national security expertise."
Key quote: "Obama has been creeping up on Clinton in opinion polls. A new CNN survey found that Obama leads Clinton in Texas 48 percent to 45 percent, but that margin is statistically insignificant. In Ohio, a University of Cincinnati poll found Obama ahead 48-47, another virtual tie. If Clinton wins both states—a tall order—or if there is a split decision, the Democratic presidential race probably will go on, with Obama likely to have a slight lead in delegates. If Obama wins Ohio and Texas, it's likely that Clinton can't win the nomination and pressure will grow very intense for her to drop out."
5Key quote: "Rezko, a real estate developer and fundraiser for several politicians, including Obama, Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the late Cook County Board President John Stroger, goes on trial Monday on charges he used his connections to allegedly further a scheme that involved kickbacks in exchange for contracts that were pocketed or paid to others to make contributions to politicians, including Obama."
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