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5:55 PM ET, March 5, 2008

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WCBS-TV:
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.”
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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.
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.
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:   Working the SNL Refs
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Clinton Wins, Obama's Still Ahead; What's Next?
Discussion: Donklephant and Scared Monkeys
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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Amanda / Think Progress:
Bush tap dances while waiting for McCain.
Discussion: The Trail and Shakespeare's Sister
Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
A little soft shoe for McCain as Bush cools his heels
Discussion: The Politico, Firedoglake and The Page
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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Matthew Yglesias:
Party Destruction  —  Does the prospect of a long …
Discussion: The New Republic
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Obama camp: What's Clinton hiding'  —  (CNN) - Barack Obama's campaign took fresh aim at Hillary Clinton Wednesday for refusing to release her tax returns, asking in a memo circulated to reporters, “What does Clinton have to hide?”  —  “In the face of her unwillingness to release her tax returns …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Camp, Getting Down To Business, Slams Hillary On Tax Returns
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:   Sparring on disclosure  —  The rancor is starting early …
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.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
VITRIOL....Atrios: … This has sort of taken me by surprise too.  I'm reminded of the old saying that the smaller the stakes, the more vicious the battle.  Obama and Clinton are obviously different in some important ways, but overall there just aren't any huge gaps between them, either in ideology or governing theory.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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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 …
Discussion: Open Left
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.
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 …
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,” …
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.
Discussion: MoJoBlog
 
 
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