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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama's Lead in Delegates Shifts Focus of Campaign — WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama emerged from Tuesday's primaries leading Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by more than 100 delegates, a small but significant advantage that Democrats said would be difficult for Mrs. Clinton …
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Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Team Seeks to Calm Turmoil — MCALLEN, Texas — With Spanish music blaring, Sen. Hillary Clinton campaigned across South Texas yesterday with a more populist message, as her new campaign manager sought to reshape a campaign that has lost eight straight primaries in a week.
New York Times:
Knocked Off Balance, Clinton Campaign Tries to Regain Its Stride — SAN ANTONIO — The Texas and Ohio presidential primaries, on March 4, have become must-win contests for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, her advisers say. So why is she just opening campaign field offices across those states?
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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Aloha: Chelsea to campaign in Hawaii — (CNN) — As part of the Clinton campaign's declared effort to fight for every delegate in every state, Chelsea Clinton is heading to Hawaii, Barack Obama's home turf, according to a Clinton campaign source. She'll spend three days, including this weekend, campaigning in Oahu and Honolulu.
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Daniel Henninger / Real Clear Politics:
Obama at the Top — Hillary Clinton probably didn't watch the stem-winder speech that Barack Obama delivered Tuesday night after cleaning her clock in the Potomac primaries. If not, she should. — It was tiresome. — The speech was classic Obama. Beautifully written and beautifully delivered …
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Talal Al-Khatib / Political Radar:
McCain Adviser Won't Fight Obama
McCain Adviser Won't Fight Obama
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John McCormick / The Swamp:
R.I.'s Lincoln Chafee endorses Barack Obama
R.I.'s Lincoln Chafee endorses Barack Obama
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
McCain: Against Torture, But — I'm heartbroken. Torture is illegal and immoral whether it is conducted by the military or the CIA. That was McCain's original position. It appears it is no longer. Marty Lederman homes in on the key point: … This is why the focus on waterboarding has been necessary but distracting.
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Satyam / Think Progress:
Maverick Fails The Test: McCain Votes Against Waterboarding Ban — Today, the Senate brought the Intelligence Authorization Bill to the floor, which contained a provision from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) establishing one interrogation standard across the government.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Candidates' Earmarks Worth Millions — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure more than $340 million worth of home-state projects in last year's spending bills, placing her among the top 10 Senate recipients of what are commonly known as earmarks, according to a new study by a nonpartisan budget watchdog group.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Lawmakers Put Out New Call for Earmarks
Lawmakers Put Out New Call for Earmarks
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Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin Democratic Presidential Primary — Wisconsin: Obama 47% Clinton 43% — The Democratic Presidential Primary in Wisconsin may be the most competitive contest between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton since Super Tuesday. — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows Obama …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Hardbrawl — Last fall, as network executives, members of Congress and other hotshots gathered beneath a massive tent at Washington's Decatur House to celebrate the 10th anniversary of “Hardball,” Chris Matthews began to address the crowd.
New York Times:
Making (Some) Progress in Iraq — Good news is rare in Iraq. But after months of bitter feuding, Iraq's Parliament has finally approved a budget, outlined the scope of provincial powers, set an Oct. 1 date for provincial elections and voted a general amnesty for detainees.
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Sara Robinson / Orcinus:
The Cult of Obama — Every political news outlet, from the networks to the blogs, is abuzz today with the question: Is the Obama phenomenon a cult? — People — particularly Hillary partisans — are eagerly putting this idea out there. I want to make it very clear before I get started …
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Eavesdropping Law Is Likely to Lapse — WASHINGTON — Broad spying powers temporarily approved by Congress in August appear likely to lapse this week after a daylong game of chicken on Wednesday between the White House and House Democrats produced no clear resolution.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
FISA: High Noon at Midnight Friday — In today's article, I catalogue some of the problems with the Senate bill which would overhaul FISA — while explaining that the bill absolutely must be passed by the House or our foreign intelligence collection is going to collapse.
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
10 MYTHS ABOUT CANDIAN HEALTH CARE. — Sara Robinson does us all a nice service with an article detonating various myths about Canadian health care. It's a good piece, and fair, too. She doesn't deny that there are some long waits (and she adds an interesting twist to the situation …
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Be My Political Valentine — Are you in love with a staffer on Capitol Hill, someone who works at a think tank, or just a plain, old political wonk? Well, then today's your lucky day because you can show them that you really do understand their weird obsession with monetary policy …