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2:55 PM ET, March 5, 2008

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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Clinton Says Her Campaign Has ‘Turned a Corner’  —  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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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.”
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama: ‘Premature’ to talk 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, my colleague Carrie Budoff Brown reports.
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 …
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 …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
When you get hit with a kitchen sink, it hurts  —  Hillary Clinton clearly won some impressive victories in Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island yesterday, but how did she pull it off?  —  I've been thinking the last few days about this piece that ran in the New York Times last Tuesday.
Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
A little soft shoe for McCain as Bush cools his heels
Discussion: Firedoglake and Think Progress
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Bush endorses John McCain for president
Discussion: Donklephant, Wonkette and All Spin Zone
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
CHILL OUT....The hot topic of conversation right now is the proposition that a long, drawn-out Democratic primary runs the risk of destroying the party and putting John McCain in the White House.  So for the good of the country, Hillary should withdraw.  —  Now, this might be true.
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Matthew Yglesias:
Party Destruction  —  Does the prospect of a long, drawn-out contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton spell doom for the eventual nominee?  A lot of people have a sinking feeling that it does.  Kevin Drum makes the case for chilling out by reminding us that the internecine fighting could hardly get worse than it was in 1968:
Discussion: The New Republic
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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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:   Clinton Wins, Obama's Still Ahead; What's Next?
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
It's Rush Wot Won It  —  In the days running up to these last primaries, Rush Limbaugh told his national audience of conservatives to vote in the Democratic race. … It turned into a pretty hot meme in Texas, and on Monday, while Rush was out, guest host Mark Davis scored an interview with Bill Clinton.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Sparring on disclosure  —  The rancor is starting early in this phase of the campaign, with Obama advisor David Axelrod demanding Clinton's tax returns in a conference call, and Clinton aide Howard Wolfson responding with demands for information about Tony Rezko.
Discussion: TPM Election Central
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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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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Paths To Victory  —  Josh Marshall on what Obama needs to do now:
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Here's A First Look At Third-Party Group's Ad Against McCain  —  We've just obtained a copy of the new ad that the 501c4 issue-advocacy group Campaign to Defend America is running against John McCain in Ohio and Pennsylvania.  —  It says that McCain offers more of the “McSame as Bush,” …
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
McCain ‘McSame’ as Bush, Democrats say in ad
Discussion: The Page
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.
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Gateway Pundit:
CAPTURED FARC COMPUTERS NAME BARACK OBAMA (Updated)  —  Captured FARC computers name Obama  —  Dead terrorist Raul Reyes had information that FARC was meeting “gringos” about Obama.  —  The computers captured this past weekend by Colombian soldiers at the campsite of FARC #2 Raul Reyes contained loads …
James Fallows:
More on Clinton, Obama, and the OODA loop  —  Updated, below:  —  About two weeks ago I mentioned Chuck Spinney's analysis of the Clinton-Obama race, from the perspective of “Fourth Generation Warfare” and the famous John Boyd “OODA Loop.”  (Details on those concepts in the original post.)
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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Matthew Yglesias:
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Peter Schworm / Boston Globe:
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Michelle Cottle / The New Republic:
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