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11:45 PM ET, February 12, 2008

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Associated Press:
Early Exit Poll Data in MD, VA  —  Highlights of preliminary exit poll data in the Maryland and Virginia presidential primaries Tuesday:  —  ___  —  CONSERVATIVES AND EVANGELICALS  —  Nearly seven in 10 voters in Virginia's Republican primary called themselves conservatives.
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Chris Cillizza / Live Coverage:
Obama Defeats Clinton in Maryland, Virginia and D.C.  —  Sen. Barack Obama swept to convincing victories over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Democratic presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, extending his winning streak since Feb. 5 to eight.
Jennifer Parker / ABCNEWS:
Obama, McCain Sweep Potomac Primaries  —  Clinton Defeated in VA, MD, DC: McCain Wins MD, DC, and Battles Back Huckabee in VA  —  On a primary winning streak, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has swept the so-called Potomac primaries today, overwhelming defeating Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. …
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Analysis: Facing losses, Clinton recasts  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has found a lot of ways to explain her string of losses to Sen. Barack Obama.  —  Caucus states, the former first lady says, are undemocratic and cater only to party activists.
Discussion: MyDD, Hot Air and Associated Press
MSNBC:
Obama sweeps Maryland, Va., D.C.  —  'Tonight we're on our way,' senator says as he extends lead in delegates  —  Sen. Barack Obama speaks to supporters in Madison, Wis., on Tuesday night after his victories in the primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.  —  Clinton: 'Let's make it happen'
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
ANALYSIS: In Virginia, White Men Boost Obama; Conservatives Drive GOP
CNN:
Virginia polls show wide support for Obama
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OBAMA BEATING CLINTON AND MCCAIN?
Discussion: CNN and Macsmind
Michelle Malkin:
Potomac primary watch: Results time; 8:33pm: Eastern Fox …
Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Obama, McCain lead in Wisconsin poll
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Clinton's Deputy Campaign Manager Steps Aside  —  Mike Henry, deputy campaign manager for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) has resigned, according to a source familiar with the decision.  —  Henry tendered his resignation yesterday morning but worked the last two days on a volunteer basis.
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Inside the Clinton Shake-Up  —  Like so much involving Hillary Clinton, Sunday's departure of her campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, has gotten tons of attention, but its larger significance has been somewhat misunderstood.  I've spent a fair amount of time over the last two years reporting on …
Bill Nichols / The Politico:
Obama sweeps Potomac primary  —  Barack Obama won the Virginia primary Tuesday, and also scored long-anticipated victories in Maryland and the District of Columbia - a triple play that keeps his momentum rolling and throws Hillary Rodham Clinton further on the defensive.
El Diario / La Prensa:
Last in, first out  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign is in trouble …
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Senate Passes Bill to Expand U.S. Spying Powers  —  WASHINGTON — After more than a year of heated political wrangling, the Senate handed the White House a major victory Tuesday by voting to broaden the government's spy powers after giving legal protection to phone companies that cooperated …
City Room:
When Kissinger Met the Bloggers  —  It was a bit like the great-grandson throwing a party for the patriarch.  On Monday night, the 6-year-old conservative blog Power Line gathered a group of the movement's luminaries — including  —  Henry A. Kissinger, William Kristol and Paul D. Wolfowitz …
iowahawk:
Heere Bigynneth the Tale of the Asse-Hatte.  —  1 Whan in Februar, withe hise global warmynge  —  2 Midst unseasonabyl rain and stormynge  —  4 Englande folke to goon pilgrimages.  —  5 Frome everiches farme and shire  —  6 Frome London Towne and Lancanshire  —  7 The pilgryms toward Canterbury wended
CNN:
Clinton: Still no congratulations for Obama  —  EL PASO, Texas (CNN) - For the second election night in a row, Hillary Clinton failed to acknowledge or congratulate Barack Obama after he won the day in dominating fashion.  —  On Tuesday in El Paso, hours after Virginia had been called for Obama …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Michelle Malkin:
William and Mary president resigns in disgrace  —  The head of the College of William and Mary, Gene Nichol, has resigned in disgrace.  Several readers send along his resignation letter.  You'll recall that he roiled the campus with his decision to hide the cross at the famous school chapel to make it “less faith-specific.”
Discussion: snapped shot and protein wisdom
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Think Progress:
Right Wing Succeeds In Campaign To Bring Down Progressive College President
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Campaign Correspondence Suggests Giuliani's Committee Is in a Financial Hole  —  WASHINGTON — Winding down a presidential campaign that sputters — like cleaning up after one of those great Hollywood epics that remain unfinished — can be a complicated, joyless task.
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
An Electoral Mess in MD-04  —  Update from Tim Tagaris: Stoller calls in to tell me that they have two precincts in.  Montgomery County #521 which went 59% to 35% for Wynn last time, went 508 votes to 167 this votes this time around for Edwards.  —  Also, Prince Georges County 13-13 …
 
 
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clinton.senate.gov:
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the FISA Amendments Act of 2007
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Deacon / Power Line:
Huckabee recedes  —  Mike Huckabee was already in John McCain's rear view mirror.
Tom Baldwin / Times of London:
Something must give — or will the fight be stopped?
Leon Wieseltier / The New Republic:
Washington Diarist
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
McCain & Real Conservatives
Byron York / The Corner:
McCain and Huck, By Region
KGTV-TV:
Retired Teacher Reveals He Was Illiterate Until Age 48
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Joseph C. Wilson IV / Baltimore Sun:
Battle-tested  —  Hillary Clinton fought the Republican attack machine …
Discussion: The Trail, TalkLeft and Slog
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News24:
Women ‘falling for Obama’
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Source: Hillary Adviser Harold Ickes Tells Surrogates To Refer …
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
NAACP head wants barred delegates seated
Discussion: PSoTD and Wizbang
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Why the Right is Behind Online
Rob Bluey / Bluey Blog:
Why I Voted for Obama  —  College Park Rally, originally uploaded by Barack Obama.
Amanda / Think Progress:
Scalia Defends Torture: It's ‘Absurd’ …
Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
Obama Unplugged  —  Lost without a Teleprompter.
 

 
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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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