Friday, December 21, 2007

Dec. 21: Regionals in Today's News

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Lesley Clark reports in the Miami Herald on the presidential candidates trying to play nice for the holidays; Wyoming has an early primary? Thomas Burr in the Salt Lake Tribune reports the absence of media attention to the second contest of 2008.

MORE OMNIBUS: Regionals continue to pore over the $516 billion omnibus, pulling out the local tidbits. Josh Drobnyk in the Allentown Morning Call; Ed Felker for the Small Newspaper Group; Raju Chebium for Gannett; and Trish Choate for Scripps Howard News Service.

ENERGY BILL: Brett Lieberman in the Patriot-News reports on a New York Republican lawmaker's support of the energy bill; and Lisa Mascaro in the Las Vegas Sun reports on a Nevada Republican's opposition.

MISC. BILLS: Sean Reilly reports on legislation making it a federal crime to fraudulently receive disaster aid heading to the president's deks.

WRAP-UP: Democrats claim victories and Republicans slam Democrats as they all leave town, Lisa Friedman reports in the Los Angeles Daily News.

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