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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 …
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 …
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:
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 …
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.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Hillary Clinton Wins Texas Democratic Primary And “Comeback” Narrative (UPDATED)
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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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 …
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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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CNN:CNN: Clinton wins Ohio, Texas; McCain secures nomination
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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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Daniel W. Reilly / The Politico:
Congress deadlocked on FISA — Nearly three weeks after the expiration of controversial electronic surveillance legislation, Congress remains deadlocked on the issue, with a divided Democratic caucus scrambling to find a solution and Republicans once again boycotting talks.
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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 …
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Lore Sjoberg / The Underwire:Gary Gygax, ‘Father of D&D,’ Dies at 69
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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 …
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Back in the Game — The morning after the Democratic primary debate on Feb. 21, while both sides argued over who had come out ahead, there was one clear winner: CNN. The debate, broadcast by CNN and Univision, the Spanish-language network, drew 7.6 million viewers, one of the biggest audiences ever …
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.
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Dems shift gears on Iraq — Congressional Democrats searching for a message that will resonate on the Iraq war are preparing an argument that getting troops out of the conflict is the only way to rebuild a spent military. — It's a less ambitious argument than the “Out-of-Iraq now” …
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