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9:45 AM ET, March 5, 2008

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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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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 …
Discussion: Hot Air, NO QUARTER and Taylor Marsh
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.
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: Hot Air and Below The Beltway
WCBS-TV:   Clinton Hints At Sharing Ticket With Obama
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
In 2 Battlegrounds, Voters Say, Not Yet
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:   Obama Seeks to Rally Backers After Clinton Victories
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
Discussion: Pandagon and The Reaction
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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Marc Ambinder:
Caucus Problems In Texas
Discussion: Trailhead, Taylor Marsh and QandO
Marc Ambinder:
Livewire  —  11:42: Obama puts focus on McCain; McCain …
Discussion: Riehl World View
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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CNN:
CNN: Clinton wins Ohio, Texas; McCain secures nomination
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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CNN:   Schneider: Clinton's delegate problem
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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Chicago Sun Times:
Sen. Obama, time to call us about Rezko: (312) 321-2417
Discussion: Hillary Is 44
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
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 …
Discussion: The Page
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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Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
Revolution Revived! Ron Paul Survives Challenge
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 …
New York Times:
John McCain's March 4 Speech  —  The following is the text as prepared for delivery of Senator John McCain's remarks to supporters after the March 4 primaries, as provided by his presidential campaign.  —  Thank you.  Thank you, Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Reason Magazine
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 …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Duel of Historical Guilts  —  Some women in their 30s, 40s and early-50s who favor Barack Obama have a phrase to describe what they don't like about Hillary Clinton: Shoulder-pad feminism.  —  They feel that women have moved past that men-are-pigs, woe-is-me, sisters-must-stick-together …
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
What Has Rush Wrought?  —  If Hillary ekes out close wins, stays alive, gains the nomination and the White House, will Rush hold the Bible at her Inauguration?  —  Bill O'Reilly was just on with Brit Hume giving Rush the credit for the Clinton comeback —which is certainly the least expected bit …
Discussion: Don Surber
 
 
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Dems shift gears on Iraq
John Dickerson / Slate:
She Lives!  —  CLINTON HAS COME BACK, BUT HAS SHE COME BACK FAR ENOUGH?
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Discussion: TownHall Blog
Daniel W. Reilly / The Politico:
Congress deadlocked on FISA
New York Times:
Bush and Fed Step Toward a Mortgage Rescue
Mark Halperin / Time:
Clinton Wins Big, But Math is Troubling
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Marc Ambinder:
Ohio: Note This...  NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd …
Discussion: MyDD and AMERICAblog
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Clintons Win Ohio
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Race and Gender Both Helped Clinton
Dennis Domrzalski / f-brilliant:
KKOB Radio News Anchor Laura MacCallum Quits After Station Pulls …
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Calls McCain
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