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Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle Poll: Clinton Rebounds as Closing Campaign Boosts Her Barely Ahead of Obama in Texas - Tied in Ohio! — Republican McCain leads in Texas and Ohio — UTICA, New York - On the strength of some strong campaigning in Ohio and Texas, Democrat Hillary Clinton …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
POLL: Should She Stay or Should She Go? — By a Large Margin, Dems Want Clinton to Remain in Race Even if She Loses Texas or Ohio — Democrats by more than a 2-1 margin say Hillary Clinton should stay in the presidential race even if she loses either the Texas or Ohio primary on Tuesday.
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Clinton plays victim and victimizer — The stage has been set for a Hillary Clinton comeback on Tuesday. — Nobody knows if she has the votes to do it, but the opportunity is ripe. — She not only is vigorously attacking Barack Obama but simultaneously portraying herself as a victim.
This Is London:
CLINTON AIDES NOW INSIST LOSSES IN TEXAS AND OHIO TOMORROW WILL NOT FORCE HER TO QUIT RACE — Desperate Hillary Clinton will stay in the White House race even if she loses tomorrow's pivotal primaries in Texas and Ohio, top aides claimed today. — The former First Lady had staked …
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Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
The Day After — Tonight's results will matter a lot, of course. But only up to a point. It seems quite likely that Hillary will win Ohio and at least come close in Texas, and perhaps win the primary there. Under most of the likely scenarios, it does not sound like she has any intention …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
8 Questions That Today's Primaries Could Answer — Will the Democratic race end with today's results? — 1. The one certain way to end the race is for Barack Obama to win both Texas and Ohio — no small undertaking. That would erase any doubts that may exist about his ability …
Washington Post:
If Clinton Wins in Ohio or Texas, Most Democrats Want Her to Stay in the Race
If Clinton Wins in Ohio or Texas, Most Democrats Want Her to Stay in the Race
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Ask Tough Questions? Yes, They Can! — SAN ANTONIO It took many months and the mockery of “Saturday Night Live” to make it happen, but the lumbering beast that is the press corps finally roused itself from its slumber Monday and greeted Barack Obama with a menacing growl.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
OBAMA TANGLES WITH THE PRESS — From NBC/NJ's Aswini Anburajan — SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Led by the Chicago press corps that has covered Obama for years, the candidate today faced a barrage of questions in what turned out to be a contentious news conference.
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Blogging While Female: 5 Conservative Women Bloggers Talk About Gender Issues And The Blogosphere — Every so often in the blogosphere, on the Left and the Right, hostile debates over gender seem to rise up to the surface like a leviathan from the depths. Some male bloggers tend to think women …
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Hillary today: John McCain has more experience than Obama … From DailyKos: … Labels: hillary clinton, negative campaigning
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Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Irresponsible Primary Moves
Irresponsible Primary Moves
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The Politico:
Lobbyist to run McCain's Hill effort — Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has engaged a leading GOP lobbyist to coordinate his message and travel schedule with congressional Republicans — the most concrete sign yet that the biggest battleground in the 2008 presidential race …
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Gang Memoir, Turning Page, Is Pure Fiction — In “Love and Consequences,” a critically acclaimed memoir published last week, Margaret B. Jones wrote about her life as a half-white, half-Native American girl growing up in South-Central Los Angeles as a foster child among gang-bangers, running drugs for the Bloods.
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Defining Moment — The Democratic presidential primary campaign began around Christmas 2006, and it may end Tuesday night. But of all the days between then and now, the most important was Nov. 10, 2007. — On that day, the Democratic Party of Iowa held its Jefferson-Jackson dinner and invited the candidates to speak.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THE BIG STORY — Zogby has Clinton moving back ahead of Obama in Texas (47%-44%), a six point net move from the day before, and tied in Ohio (44%-44%), a two point move. Bear in mind that Zogby is actually an outlier in having it even close in Ohio and there now seems little doubt that …
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Nancy Nall Derringer / Slate:
Gone in 60 Seconds — HOW MY BLOG STARTED THE AVALANCHE THAT BURIED PRESIDENTIAL AIDE TIM GOEGLEIN. — I spent much of last Friday being congratulated for “brilliant reporting” that consisted of a minute's worth of typing on my laptop. That's how long it took for me to notice what seemed …