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John Edwards asks himself three questions he wishes others would ask the other candidates. This is basically three ways to ask the same question about getting out of Iraq. He takes long rhetorical detours to get there.



By the way, did presidential candidates used to campaign in jeans?

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The Romney campaign posts this video from 2002 of John McCain endorsing Mitt’s bid for Massachusetts governor. Silly, but at least it's better than another clip about the line item veto.

The Edwards campaign used Eventful, a web company, to have towns across the country compete to get him to come visit. Columbus, Kentucky won the chance to hear his stump speech about being a poor kid who reminds us that his daddy had to borrow $50 to get him out of the hospital when he was born.

Sound bite: "I'm not the persident of the red states, I'm not the president of the blue states, I'm the president of the United States."

Senator Obama has a new ad running in New Hampshire. Entitled “Believe,” it’s a distillation of his theme that he’s a different kind of politician. Of course, there’s no evidence to support that, but if you say something often enough, perhaps voters will "believe."

Sound Bite: “I approved this message to ask you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington. I’m asking you to believe in yours.”

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The very tall and lovely Elizabeth Kucinich talks about her husband’s candidacy. The very short and lucky Dennis Kucinich smiles and nods.



Dennis “The World is One” Kucinich talks about peace, justice and compassion at a Lebanese Festival in LA. Ethereal Elizabeth stands by her man.

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Obama posts an invitation to the Harkin Steak Fry in Iowa, beginning with loving video of slabs of meat. Hasn't he heard that cows cause global warming?

Fred Thompson's campaign puts out one of those three-minute bio videos candidates do love:



Sound bite: "...it's where he learned the small-town values he still carries with him today. The son of a used-car salesman...."

Uh, no offense to Pere Thompson intended, but do we really think that used-car lots are where you learn the best values? Better than Washington, perhaps. Or Hollywood, for that matter. But used cars?

Sound bite: "He happened to meet a man named Ronald Reagan. A bond was born."

How long will it be before one of the candidates claims to be Reagan's illegitimate son?

Sound bite: "Fred Thompson isn't a professional politician."

So he didn't get paid in the Senate?

Sound bite: "A role only Fred Thompson can play."

All the world's a stage and all the politicians merely actors.

Michelle and Ron sent some money to Hillary Clinton and wound up spending a day with the candidate. Ron gives Hillary -- and Bill -- a big hug.

For those of us obsessively watching the 2008 presidential race, just keeping up with the day-to-day happenings is a daunting task. And for the busy news consumer, it’s nearly impossible to get more than a sampling of it all.

By the time junkies get through their checklists of newspaper stories, TV talk shows, Web site reports, blogs and books, there’s not time for much else. New this time around is the explosion of Web video that has some calling this the YouTube election. We’ve already seen this new medium impact the campaign (remember that Obama-Clinton 1984 ad)

Campaigns, activists and just about anyone with a computer are rushing in with hundreds, if not thousands of video postings each week – and the volume is only going to increase. What we all need is some way to make sense of it all, to watch the YouTube campaign for us.

Now we have it.

Starting today, CBSNews.com will bring you the best of the best of the YouTube campaign, courtesy of our friends and partners at PrezVid. New media gurus Jeff Jarvis and Peter Hauck and their Exploding Video Productions provide a daily look at campaign through the world of Web video.

Now we – and you – will be able to keep tabs on all what’s happening in this innovative area. You’ll see how campaigns are utilizing the technology to reach out to new voters, promote their candidates and, yes, even attack their opponents. You’ll be the first to see which candidates, Web video and personalities go viral. If 2008 is destined to be the YouTube election, PrezVid is destined to be a vital source for monitoring it so check in here regularly and don’t miss out.

James Kotecki may have graduated from Georgetown, but he’s still on the job. And as Fred Thompson edges closer to jumping into the Republican race, Kotecki decides it time to takes a look at the big Tennessean's YouTube presence.