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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama: ‘Premature’ to talk joint ticket — Speaking to reporters on his plane before leaving San Antonio for Chicago, Sen. Barack Obama hinted at taking a tougher line against Clinton in the coming weeks, telling reporters that she must back up her experience argument with details, my colleague Carrie Budoff Brown reports.
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Clinton Hints At Sharing Ticket With Obama — NEW YORK (CBS) ― Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton hinted at the possibility of a Democratic “dream ticket” with Sen. Barack Obama. — Speaking on “The Early Show” on CBS, Clinton said “that may be where this is headed, but of course we have to decide who is on the top of the ticket.”
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Clinton Says Her Campaign Has ‘Turned a Corner’ — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton defeated Senator Barack Obama in the Ohio and Texas primaries on Tuesday, ending a string of defeats and allowing her to soldier on in a Democratic presidential nomination race that now seems unlikely to end any time soon.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Clinton sees ticket with Obama — The morning after reviving her candidacy with two big primary wins, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) hinted Wednesday that she and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) may wind up as ticket mates. — “That may, you know, be where this is headed …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton's lesson: Attacking Obama works — A few weeks ago, though it feels like months, exhausted campaign staffers and reporters amused themselves with gallows humor about the Pennsylvania Scenario — a wildly improbable convergence of circumstances that would extend a race that was supposed …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
When you get hit with a kitchen sink, it hurts
When you get hit with a kitchen sink, it hurts
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Clinton Wins, Obama's Still Ahead; What's Next?
Clinton Wins, Obama's Still Ahead; What's Next?
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Satyam / Think Progress:
Bush: McCain ‘Is Not Going To Change’ My Foreign Policy — At the White House today, President Bush threw his support behind Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). In a press conference after a private lunch, a reporter asked the duo how McCain would “make the case that you're going to provide the change that the voters seem to want.”
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
CHILL OUT....The hot topic of conversation right now is the proposition that a long, drawn-out Democratic primary runs the risk of destroying the party and putting John McCain in the White House. So for the good of the country, Hillary should withdraw. — Now, this might be true.
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David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
It's Rush Wot Won It — In the days running up to these last primaries, Rush Limbaugh told his national audience of conservatives to vote in the Democratic race. … It turned into a pretty hot meme in Texas, and on Monday, while Rush was out, guest host Mark Davis scored an interview with Bill Clinton.
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Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:
Was It Rush? — I've been doing a number of radio interview this morning and the question keeps popping up: did Rush Limbaugh put Hillary over the top in Texas? Some quick, back-of-the-envelope math based on the exits shows: — Republicans represented 9% of the electorate in Texas.
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Chicago Sun Times:
Sen. Obama, time to call us about Rezko: (312) 321-2417 — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of political influence peddler Tony Rezko. This would be the time — before a single witness takes the stand — for Barack Obama to finally share every detail of his relationship with Rezko.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton 48%, Obama 44% — Based on polling conducted March 2-4, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton has moved ahead of Barack Obama in national Democratic nomination preferences, 48% to 44%, in polling conducted Sunday through Tuesday.
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Nasty — Sadly, I agree with Chris that this is going to get nastier. The campaigns and candidates themselves may not get nasty, but I get the sense that supporters of the various candidates are getting angrier at the other camp. Sure a lot of this is just relatively harmless virtual …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
VITRIOL....Atrios: … This has sort of taken me by surprise too.
VITRIOL....Atrios: … This has sort of taken me by surprise too.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
FINAL THOUGHTS — The big headlines tonight are now in focus. Hillary takes three of four primaries, and the two big states. Yet the delegate spread didn't budge. The possibilities seem to range from a high-single digit pick up for Hillary to the possibility of a net pick up for Obama.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Paths To Victory — Josh Marshall on what Obama needs to do now:
Paths To Victory — Josh Marshall on what Obama needs to do now:
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Gateway Pundit:
CAPTURED FARC COMPUTERS NAME BARACK OBAMA (Updated) — Captured FARC documents name Obama — Dead terrorist Raul Reyes had information that FARC was meeting “gringos” about Obama. — The computers captured this past weekend by Colombian soldiers at the campsite of FARC #2 Raul Reyes contained loads …
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Marc Ambinder:
Cirst and Granholm: Seat Our Delegates! — A joint statement from the governors of Florida and Michigan:
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Here's A First Look At Third-Party Group's Ad Against McCain — We've just obtained a copy of the new ad that the 501c4 issue-advocacy group Campaign to Defend America is running against John McCain in Ohio and Pennsylvania. — It says that McCain offers more of the “McSame as Bush,” …
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James Fallows:
More on Clinton, Obama, and the OODA loop — Updated, below: — About two weeks ago I mentioned Chuck Spinney's analysis of the Clinton-Obama race, from the perspective of “Fourth Generation Warfare” and the famous John Boyd “OODA Loop.” (Details on those concepts in the original post.)
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Rep. Ellison: Clinton Trying To Reap Benefit Of Obama-Muslim Smear — The Clinton campaign flatly denies any hand in the Obama-is-a-Muslim smear campaign that has bubbled beneath the media surface, but it is more than willing to take advantage of it, says the lone Muslim member of congress.
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