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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Clinton Campaign Manager Calls It Quits — Former First Lady's Chief of Staff to Take Over Running Presidential Race — Patti Solis Doyle announced that she is stepping down as the campaign manager for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hilary Clinton, D-N.Y., ABC News has learned that this afternoon.
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Chris Greenberg / Associated Press:
Clinton replaces campaign manager — Patti Solis Doyle is replaced by longtime aide Maggie Williams — Patti Solis Doyle is shown in a file photo. — Video: In her own words — Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks to the primary themes of her presidential campaign. — Cartoons: Clinton
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Who Is Maggie Williams? — The announcement that Maggie Williams just became Hillary Clinton's new campaign manager sent me back to a column I wrote about her over ten years ago: — Fallen Angels In Clinton's Rogues' Gallery — November 17, 1997 — One of the most distressing features …
Steve / The Washington Note:
Clinton Campaign Shake-Up: Patti Solis Doyle Steps Down — Hillary Clinton Campaign Director Patti Solis Doyle has stepped down. — Maggie Williams will now take her place. Mark Penn stays where he is, for the time being. — Big news. — Steve Clemons
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton campaign manager out — Clinton's campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, left the position today, to be replaced by Clinton's former top White House aide, Maggie Williams. The change formalizes a shift in the campaign's power structure that began to set in after Clinton's win in New Hampshire,
Pat Wellenbach / Associated Press:
Obama wins Maine caucuses — With 70 percent counted, he had 57 percent to Clinton's 42 percent — Barack Obama supporter Pak Lul, who recently became an American citizen and was originally from the Sudan, leaves the caucus in Arrowsic, Maine, on Sunday. — Slide show — Voters cast their ballots
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Matthew Yglesias:
Maine for Obama — Back in October 2007, Clinton was beating Obama in Maine by a hilarious 47 to 10 margin, but it seems he's carried the state today, once again by a large margin. My understanding, though, is that this doesn't really count because it's a small state …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A LITTLE WEIRD — As you know, John McCain lost two of the three contests yesterday. He was losing narrowly in Washington state and then pulled ahead by a narrow margin (less than two points) toward the end. But then with 87% of the returns counted, the Washington state GOP, which runs the caucuses stopped releasing results.
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You Decide 08!:
HUCKABEE CHALLENGES WASHINGTON CAUCUS RESULTS — Mike Huckabee is challenging the results of the Washington state Republican caucuses, his campaign announced Sunday, after accusing the state party chairman of calling the election for John McCain before all the votes were counted.
Dean Goodman / Reuters:
Obama or Clinton? Grammys go for Obama — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fresh from their feud on the campaign trail, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama beat Bill Clinton in a contest almost as closely watched as the primaries being waged across the United States — the music industry's Grammy Awards.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Edwards Aide: John Having Private Endorsement Discussions With Hillary, Obama; “Greater Than 50% Chance” He'll Endorse — An Edwards aide confirms to me that John Edwards met privately with Hillary on Thursday to discuss the possibility of making an endorsement, and will meet with Obama tomorrow, as first reported by Mark Halperin.
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CNN:
Edwards meeting with Clinton, Obama on endorsement — (CNN) — CNN has learned that former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards met with Hillary Clinton Thursday, and is meeting with Barack Obama Monday, to discuss a possible primary endorsement. — The Thursday meeting …
Associated Press:
Clinton has lead with party insiders — WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton retains her lead among suddenly critical Democratic Party insiders even as Barack Obama builds up his delegate margin with primary and caucus victories across the country, according to a survey by The Associated Press.
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Jeff E. Schapiro / inRich.com:
Poll: Obama, McCain lead in Va. — Both enjoy sizable leads over rivals as primary approaches Tuesday — Barack Obama and John McCain may be cruising toward blowout wins in Virginia's presidential primary Tuesday. — Among the Democrats, the poll conducted for the Richmond Times-Dispatch …
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Tim Rutten Lies About Cheney's CPAC Speech — Tim Rutten: … I found it curious that Cheney would say he was “glad the administration had tortured people.” That doesn't sound like something he'd say. And I don't really trust Tim Rutten, since he has lied to me so many times in the past.