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Reuters:
Consumer advocate Nader starts presidential bid — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said on Sunday that he is launching another long shot independent campaign for president of the United States. — Nader, who will turn 74 this week, announced his presidential bid on NBC's …
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Nader announces new run for president — WASHINGTON - Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will “shift the power from the few to the many.”
CNN:
Ralph Nader enters presidential race — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Ralph Nader is entering the presidential race as an independent, he announced Sunday. — In an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press,” the consumer advocate said great changes in U.S. history have come “through little parties that never won any national election.”
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Balkinization
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Dispatch from Maryland — Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, spoke at St. Mary's college in Maryland last week and offered a very frank assessment of the state of the Clinton campaign. A Political Wire reader emails a summary:
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Saturday Night Live Pulls One Out for Hillary — Do not miss the You Tube of Tina Fey's commentary on Saturday Night Live last night when it comes out. It was incredible. My DD has a rough transcript of the last part. … More... At Fey's first sentence, mentioning that Hillary …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN EMBRACES OBAMA HOAX EMAIL — Overtime, and pretty quickly now, it'll make sense to keep a list of stuff like this. On Friday night's Bill Maher show, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) claimed that Barack Obama refuses to say the pledge of allegiance to the American flag.
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The Newshoggers
The Politico:
Why the right reluctantly defended McCain — Conservative leaders often portray their political mission in moralistic terms: right vs. wrong. But their reaction to a news report that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) might have had an inappropriate relationship with a female lobbyist shows …
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Kenneth R. Bazinet / NY Daily News:New York Times editor blames readers for dustup over John McCain article
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Obama: I'd get different treatment if I lost as much as Clinton — (CNN) — Hillary Clinton's campaign says it remains upbeat about the New York senator's White House chances, but rival Barack Obama said Saturday he would likely be treated differently if his campaign had suffered a similar string of losses as her's.
Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Audacity of Hopelessness — WHEN people one day look back at the remarkable implosion of the Hillary Clinton campaign, they may notice that it both began and ended in the long dark shadow of Iraq. — It's not just that her candidacy's central premise — the priceless value of …
William Kern / The Moderate Voice:
Obama Assassination ‘Would Leave Road Paved for McCain’ ... One of the most disturbing questions that Barack Obama's candidacy raises is this: What if he were murdered? If Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination and was gunned down before November, what effect would this have on the presidential race?
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PoliGazette
Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
Obama's Red-State Prospects Unclear — For Democrats desperate to reclaim the White House, the numbers have been tantalizing. — In winning Tuesday's primary in the key swing state of Wisconsin, Sen. Barack Obama drew support from tens of thousands of Republicans and independents.
Massoud Ansari / Telegraph:
Pervez Musharraf ‘will exit in days, not months’ — Pervez Musharraf is considering stepping down as president of Pakistan rather than waiting to be forced out by his victorious opponents, aides have told The Sunday Telegraph. — One close confidante said that the president believed …
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Captain's Quarters, Jules Crittenden, Secular Blasphemy, Gateway Pundit and The Belmont Club
Telegraph:
Artist hanged herself after aborting her twins — An artist killed herself after aborting her twins when she was eight weeks pregnant, leaving a note saying: “I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good mum.” — Emma Beck was found hanging at her home in Helston, Cornwall, on Feb 1 2007.
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