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10:45 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 …
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 …
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.”
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
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Hillary Clinton Wins Texas Democratic Primary And “Comeback” Narrative (UPDATED)
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Seeks to Rally Backers After Clinton Victories
Discussion: Gawker
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
ON DEADLINE: Democrats Fret Long Battle
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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Chicago Sun Times:
Sen. Obama, time to call us about Rezko: (312) 321-2417
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.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats Propose Budget
Discussion: Political Machine
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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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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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
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
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 …
Discussion: Gawker and Romenesko
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.
Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Ohio aftermath  —  The rout in Ohio happened.  Obama has a huge electability problem in the state.  He took a total of 5 counties, and lost in 82 counties.  Even though he's able to rack up a large number of urban black voters he did terrible among white voters, winning just 34 percent.
Discussion: The Newshoggers
 
 
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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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