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10:55 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 …
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
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
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
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)
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
The New Republic:
Exit Polls Reveal Obama's Weaknesses  —  Barack Obama has rested his campaign partly on the claim that he is the more electable of the Democratic presidential candidates, but the result of the March 4 primaries, as outlined in the initial exit polls, show that he could have as much trouble as Hillary Clinton in the fall.
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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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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
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
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 …
Discussion: Political Machine and Hot Air
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.
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.
Kos / Daily Kos:
Delegates  —  So I was going to go to bed, but I'm sort of wired.  So let's see where the delegate numbers are today.  All these numbers are tentative, as final vote tallies come in:  —  Vermont (15 delegates) … Rhode Island (21 delegates) … Texas  —  Primary (126 delegates, Link)
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
 
 
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Back in the Game  —  The morning after the Democratic primary debate …
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Dems shift gears on Iraq
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
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Mark Halperin / Time:
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