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11:10 AM ET, March 5, 2008

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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Clinton Wins in Texas and Ohio; McCain Is In as G.O.P. Choice  —  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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Washington Post:
OBAMA: In the Weeks to Come, A Costly Battle on Two Fronts  —  With losses in three out of four primaries yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and his campaign face a scenario that a barrage of advertising, phone calls and door-knocking could not avert — a protracted, two-front war …
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 …
Discussion: Wonkette
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 …
Washington Post:
CLINTON: Energizing Victories, But Difficult Delegate Math  —  As Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton raced from border towns on the Rio Grande to farm communities in the Midwest trying to salvage her troubled presidential campaign in recent days, advisers at her Arlington headquarters were awash …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots and Hot Air
John Dickerson / Slate:
She Lives!  —  CLINTON HAS COME BACK, BUT HAS SHE COME BACK FAR ENOUGH?  —  During Hillary Clinton's 11 straight losses to Barack Obama, her aides and allies started talking about the Clinton roller coaster.  She wasn't in a death plunge, they said; it was just a steep drop before an inevitable upward rise.
Discussion: MSNBC and Washington Wire
WCBS-TV:
Clinton Hints At Sharing Ticket With Obama
The Politico:
Clinton scrambles to freeze defectors
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Hillary Clinton Wins Texas Democratic Primary And “Comeback” Narrative (UPDATED)
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
ON DEADLINE: Democrats Fret Long Battle
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Seeks to Rally Backers After Clinton Victories
Discussion: Gawker
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.
Martin Fletcher / Times of London:
Q&A: Barack Obama and Tony Rezko  —  Who is Tony Rezko?  —  Antoin “Tony” Rezko, 52, a long-time friend and fundraiser for Barack Obama, is a Syrian-born property developer, pizzeria entrepreneur and political fixer in Chicago.  Hillary Clinton has made him a campaign issue by denouncing him as a “slum landlord”.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama says it is ‘premature to talk about a 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 …
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
Sentiment on Iraq Is Changing  —  WASHINGTON — The perception that the U.S. troop surge in Iraq has succeeded is changing some public views of the war, potentially blunting Democrats' political edge on the issue.  —  Americans continue to judge the nearly five-year-old U.S. invasion of Iraq as a mistake …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Andrea Ball / Austin American-Statesman:
Central Texans jam caucuses in ‘record-shattering turnout’  —  Clinton, Obama campaigns accuse each other of rule violations.  —  Confusion, chaos and controversy ruled Central Texas' precinct caucuses Tuesday night.  —  Precincts struggled with a shortage of sign-up sheets.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Vodkapundit
Mark Halperin / Time:
Clinton Wins Big, But Math is Troubling  —  Hillary Clinton's popular vote victories in Texas and Ohio fundamentally change the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in at least one important way: she's still in the race for the nomination.  Clinton's long, arduous campaign might …
Leo Grin / The Cimmerian:
The Dungeonmaster Has Died  —  Gary Gygax, 1938-2008  —  (hat tip: Jonah Goldberg and John J. Miller at NRO and Will Greenwald at Crave)  —  One of the seminal influences in fantasy in the twentieth century has left us for Valhalla.  Gygax was a giant, a man whose enthusiasm and sense …
Associated Press:
Text of McCain's Victory Speech  —  Text of remarks prepared for delivery Tuesday by Sen. John McCain after he won enough delegates to claim the Republican presidential nomination, as provided by McCain's campaign:  —  Thank you.  Thank you, Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island.
Marc Ambinder:
I Sound Like A Broken iPod...  A new Clinton memo is out... the one thing missing is... yep... a plausible delegate scenario.  Read the memo after the jump.  Hello, re-vote in Florida and Michigan?
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Cogitamus
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama lawyer ambushes Clinton conference call  —  Barack Obama's top lawyer, Bob Bauer, made an unexpected appearance on the Clinton campaign's conference call this evening, calling in on a line intended for reporters to challenge Clinton aides' claims of irregularities in several Texas precincts.
 
 
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
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Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
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Jacques Berlinerblau / Washington Post:
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton speaking in Ohio.  Ohio, Ohio, Ohio.  —  You have to give Clinton credit.
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 Earlier Items: 
Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Ohio aftermath
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Back in the Game  —  The morning after the Democratic primary debate …
Discussion: Gawker and Romenesko
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Dems shift gears on Iraq
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Duel of Historical Guilts
Daniel W. Reilly / The Politico:
Congress deadlocked on FISA
CNN:
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