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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Big Wins for Clinton 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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The Politico:
Clinton scrambles to freeze defectors — A behind-the-scenes battle broke out late Tuesday over superdelegates who had secretly committed to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), with Clinton campaign officials scrambling to “freeze” them before they announced support for him.
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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 …
New York Times:
McCain Clinches Race as Foe Concedes; Democrats Battle Over 2 Crucial States — Senator John McCain, a one-time insurgent whose campaign was all but dead seven months ago, locked up the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday night after he defeated former Gov. Mike Huckabee in the Texas …
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John McCain 2008:
Remarks By John McCain On Tonight's Primary Victories — ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released the following remarks by John McCain as prepared for delivery tonight in Dallas, Texas: — Thank you. Thank you, Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Hillary Clinton Wins Texas Democratic Primary And “Comeback” Narrative (UPDATED) — New York Senator Hillary Clinton clinched the Texas Democratic 2008 Presidential primary — giving her the two big prizes for the night, Ohio and the Lone Star state, plus Rhode Island.
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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2008Central.net:
Obama General Counsel Crashes Clinton Press Call On Voting Irregularities In Texas; Engages In Heated Exchange With Clinton Staff — This evening, the Clinton Campaign held an urgent press call to discuss reported incidents of voting irregularities and intimidation taking place at primary conventions …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:Clinton cries foul in Texas; Obama lawyer hijacks call
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CNN:
Exit polls: Did Limbaugh influence Democratic race? — (CNN) — There were concerns that Republican voters would participate in large numbers in the Democratic primaries in Ohio and Texas Tuesday and cause mischief, following a call by Rush Limbaugh for listeners to vote for Hillary Clinton.
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Gary Langer / Associated Press:EXIT POLL: ‘Change’ Tops 'Experience"... Again
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CNN:CNN: Clinton wins Ohio, Texas; McCain secures nomination
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David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
The Mini Tuesday Primary Thread: Paul Triumphs, Clinton Endures, Mike Huckabee Splatters Against the Wall — UPDATE 8:36: Ron Paul has been re-elected to Congress in the Fourteenth District of Texas. — No Democrat has filed to run against him, so winning the GOP nomination has assured him re-election.
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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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Matthew Yglesias:
The Crucial Racist Vote — According to MSNBC exit polls, it seems to have put Hillary Clinton over the top. — Relatedly, I don't understand why they're not calling Ohio for Clinton. The exit polls look unambiguous to me — she's won it. Obama made up a lot of ground over the past two weeks …
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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 …
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Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:Hillary's Math Problem
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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 …
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”.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Clintons Win Ohio — It's done. We all have to endure this: … I couldn't watch it. Sorry. Ambers notes, poignantly: … To keep oneself from despair, it does seem to me to be valid (and not just Obama spin) to recall that a short time ago, Clinton was supposed to crush Obama in both Texas and Ohio.
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