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Mark Naymik / OPENERS:
Clinton leads Obama in Ohio - barely: 47% to 43% — Ohio Democratic voters are nearly split over their choice for president, according to new Plain Dealer poll that shows Hillary Clinton clinging to a 4 percentage point lead over Barack Obama in Ohio, 47 percent to 43 percent.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Spends Heavily to Seek Knockout Blow — COLUMBUS, Ohio —Taking advantage of his huge financial edge, Senator Barack Obama is buying large amounts of advertising and building extensive get-out-the-vote operations in Ohio and Texas in an effort to deal Hillary Rodham Clinton twin defeats …
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle Poll - Democrats Locked in Tight Races: Clinton Closes on Obama in Texas; Pair Deadlocked in Ohio — Republican John McCain retains wide leads in Ohio and Texas in advance of Tuesday's primaries — UTICA, New York - Democrat Hillary Clinton stemmed her losses …
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Mike Tackett / The Swamp:
Clinton belittles Obama as ‘a lot of talk, little action’
Clinton belittles Obama as ‘a lot of talk, little action’
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Peter Allen / Telegraph:
Marion Cotillard's 9/11 conspiracy theory — Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard was facing embarrasment with her new American public last night after it emerged that she doubted the official account of the September 11 attacks. — The 32-year-old French star has swept this year's best actress awards …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Why are the letters ‘NIG’ on the child's pajamas?” — Asks a commenter — “Tom” — on my post about the new Hillary Clinton commercial, the one that shows several children sleeping and then Clinton taking a national security phone call in the middle of the night.
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Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Media Expert Decries Campaign Coverage — DALLAS (AP) - The founder of a prestigious institute on media and politics added his voice Saturday to the chorus of complaint over perceived press bias in favor of Democrat Barack Obama. — Walter Shorenstein, a prominent San Francisco-based real …
Jerusalem Post:
Abbas: IDF action worse than Holocaust — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas labeled Israel's actions to counter the constant firing of rockets into the Gaza Strip “worse than the Holocaust.” — Abbas said that Israel's response to the continuous bombardment of western Negev towns …
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Rebecca Walker / The Huffington Post:
Feminist Infighting — There is a lot of discussion about “feminist in-fighting” of late, spurred by the election. Jessica Valenti of Feministing.com is doing a piece on the subject for The Nation. Here is my response to her query: — 1. The fact is there have always been many …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama Adds Nato and Europe to Campaign Speeches — After last week's debate when Barack Obama acknowledged he hadn't held a single hearing on Nato and Afghanistan during his year as chair of the European Affairs subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee because he was running for President …
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Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
House Democrats may move to split spy bill — Under pressure to end an impasse over espionage legislation, House Democrats are considering a plan to vote on a bill next week that would give the government broad new eavesdropping authorities but strip out a provision that would protect phone companies from lawsuits.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
DISSECTING THE 60 MINUTES SCANDAL — We've written a couple of times about the 60 Minutes story last Sunday that claimed former Alabama governor Don Siegelman was the victim of a Republican conspiracy that sent him to prison for bribery and mail fraud. The story implicitly accused …
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Obama Ad In Texas: Are We Rounding Up Arab-American Families? — Update: Seems official - Out of many, One. — I haven't had time to look into this stuff from John Batchelor implying even more links between Obama and some dubious figures in, or with links to the Middle East.
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Day of Reckoning — A visitor to Clinton HQ sees signs of serious trouble. — The day of reckoning for Hillary Clinton is almost here. The voters in Ohio will either deal a final blow to her campaign or provide a much needed victory that at best will give her a reprieve in the long march to the nomination.
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Ship built with WTC steel christened — AVONDALE, La. - The USS New York, an amphibious assault ship built with scrap steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center, was christened Saturday as a source of strength and inspiration for the nation. — Thousands of people …
The Trail:
Clinton Skips Flight; Campaign Won't Say Why — DALLAS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has disappeared from the campaign trail, and her campaign plane, with no explanation. — Clinton did not show up for this afternoon's flight from Dallas to Columbus, Ohio, and campaign spokesman Doug Hattaway …
Anna Johnson / Associated Press:
Ahmadinejad on historic Iraq trip — BAGHDAD - President Bush's last trip to Iraq was kept secret until he arrived at a U.S. military base. Eight hours later he left, after Iraq's leaders traveled to meet him there. — In sharp contrast, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit …