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Pregnant Pause — It was, in this reporter's opinion, the most interesting moment in today's Clinton campaign phoner with reporters. Responding to the release of HRC's new TX TV ad, which asserts in no subtle terms that only she has the experience to deal with a major world crisis, and …
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Matthew Yglesias:
Amateur Hour — Slate's John Dickerson asks an obvious question on a conference call with Hillary Clinton's campaign: “What foreign policy moment would you point to in Hillary's career where she's been tested by crisis?” After an uncomfortably long moment during which neither Mark Penn …
Marc Ambinder:
The Daily Five — Goolsbee Gate Continues — 1. To the best I can gather, here is what most likely happened to set off CTV's reporting that the Obama campaign is fudging the truth about its NAFTA intentions. Someone from the Canadian consul general's office in Chicago got to talking …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Aide Resigns After Admitting Plagiarism — WASHINGTON — A longtime aide to President Bush who wrote occasional guest columns for his hometown newspaper resigned on Friday evening after admitting that he had repeatedly plagiarized from other writers. — The White House called his actions unacceptable.
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
AG Refuses Probe of Ex-Bush Aides — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected referring the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey says they committed no crime. — Mukasey said White House Chief …
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
McCain seeks distance from pastor — PHOENIX - John McCain is refusing to renounce the endorsement of a prominent Texas televangelist who Democrats say peddles anti-Catholic and other intolerant speech. — Instead, the Republican presidential candidate issued a statement Friday afternoon saying …
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stephenbainbridge.com:
Dogs and Fleas — Glenn Greenwald has done yeoman work in exposing anti-Catholic bigot Pastor John Hagee's endorsement of John McCain and the latter's refusal to disavow the endorsement. I agree that McCain should reject Hagee's endorsement. You lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Of Ohio, Texas and Onion Dip — It's all up to Texas and Ohio! — Everything — the Democratic nomination, the fate of the presidency, the solution to global warming, the next American Idol — hinges on Tuesday's primaries. Texas and Ohio rule! — O.K., and Rhode Island and Vermont.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
New Clinton Ad Prompts Reply From Obama — FORT WORTH, Tex. — Playing on anxieties about national security, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has produced a “red phone moment” advertisement that suggests she would be better able to respond to a crisis than Senator Barack Obama.
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Marc Ambinder:
Inside Delegate Math: The Numbers — Using delegate projection software created by Matt Vogel, I ran a scenario yesterday showing how tough it will be for Hillary Clinton to catch up to Barack Obama's earned delegate lead. — Some of you have asked for my specific state-by-state projections.
Rick / PoliTex:
Clinton camp tries to change expectations — This photo was taken by our own David Kent. Apparently, someone in the posh Tower condos in downtown Fort Worth is not a fan of Obama. — Continuing on that theme, this memo just came in from the Hillary Clinton campaign: — To: Interested Parties
William Kern / The Moderate Voice:
China's Olympic Deal With al-Qaeda: ‘There Will Not Be Blood’ ... This is just one of the allegations in Roger Faligot's book, The Chinese Secret Services: From Mao to the Olympic Games. This specialist in intelligence retraces the history of the ties between the Middle Kingdom and al-Qaeda.
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MSNBC:
Clinton accepts donations from trouble firm — Sen. Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show.
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