With Iowa Democrats joining their Republicans peers yesterday in agreeing to a Jan. 3 caucus date, the primary calendar is beginning to come into focus:

Jan. 3: Iowa Caucuses
Jan. 5: Wyoming GOP Caucus
Jan. 8: New Hampshire Primaries (subject to change)
Jan. 15: Michigan Primaries (Dems have pledged not to campaign in Mich. and all but Clinton and Dodd have taken their names off the ballot).
Jan. 19: Nevada Caucuses; South Carolina Republican Primary
Jan. 26 or 29: South Carolina Democratic Primary
Jan. 29: Florida Primaries
Feb. 1: Maine Republican Primary
Feb. 5: Super Tuesday
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Compassionate conservative or "pro-life, pro-gun liberal"? Mike Huckabee under the microscope. (Ralph Hallow, Washington Times)

Is the fact that the health-care industry is giving more to Democrats this cycle a sign of shifting ideological views, or just a smart investment? (Raymond Hernandez and Robert Pear, New York Times) But it does make John Edwards' recent assault on drug ads a little more interesting. (Kate Davidson, Concord Monitor)

When you don't have much cash, John McCain is learning that planning a comeback is hard to do. Do you put all your chips in New Hampshire or do you divide and play Iowa as well? (Jonathan Martin, The Politico)

Terrorism or Islamic terrorism? That appears to be the divide between the GOP and Democratic rhetoric. (Elizabeth Holmes, Wall Street Journal)

Rudy Giuliani needles Hillary Clinton for her attack on "cowboy diplomacy." (Philip Elliot, Associated Press)

According to a new study, Clinton is the most talked about candidate in the news, as well as the most criticized. (Reuters)

"We're here and we're glad we're here." Donnie McClurkin to a cheering Obama crowd in South Carolina. (Jim Davenport, Associated Press)

Meanwhile, the candidate himself was talking about the need for the U.S. to show restraint in its execution of foreign policy. (Thomas Beaumont, Des Moines Register)

"GOP Candidates Run Hard to the Right." (Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers)

Close encounters: Bill Richardson fields a question on the "secrecy" surrounding Roswell, N.M., and the 1947 "incident." (Wayne Slater, Dallas Morning News)

And for your daily dose of Ron Paul "Revolution" News: Is San Francisco Paul territory? (Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times)

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