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Campaign 2008

President, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice president involved since 1952. Iraq continues to dominate political debate in the U.S., and now that Democrats are in control of Congress, a key will be how far down the ballot the influence of the Iraq war extends.

Juan Williams is a senior correspondent for National Public Radio. He spent two decades as a columnist and editorial writer at the Washington Post, and he won a Pulitzer Prize for his work there. Williams has also written several books about the civil rights movement. (Photo courtesy of NPR)

Juan Williams on presidential politics

Broadcast: Midday, 05/08/2008, 12:00 p.m.

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After the primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has picked up more support from superdelegates and Hillary Clinton is facing renewed calls to step down. National Public Radio news analyst Juan Williams joins Midday to discuss the latest news on the presidential campaign trail.

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Juan Williams: National Public Radio news analyst and former White House reporter for the Washington Post

China is seeing an unprecedented outpouring for victims of this week's earthquake. It may mark a turning point for the nation, say observers like Adam Minter. (1:12 p.m.)