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9:15 AM ET, March 6, 2008

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Marc Ambinder:
DNC Lays Out Choice For Florida And Michigan: Rules, Re-Vote  —  Howard Dean will not bend the party rules to grandfather in the disputed delegates from Michigan and Florida, the Democratic party chairman said in a statement today.  —  Instead, he put the state parties on notice …
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Bloomberg:
Clinton's Primary Wins Halt Movement of Superdelegates to Obama  —  Hillary Clinton scored more than just three presidential primary victories this week.  She also helped freeze a movement of top Democrats set to call on her to concede to rival Barack Obama.
New York Times:
Clinton Success Alters Delegate Race's Dynamic  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's victories in the primaries on Tuesday barely dented Senator Barack Obama's lead in delegates, but they seemed to slow the Democratic Party establishment's move in his direction while giving her campaign time to try to turn the race in her favor.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Charles Hurt / New York Post:
ONLY GORE CAN STOP A MELTDOWN
Discussion: The Corner and Don Surber
Sewell Chan / City Room:
Blast Damages Times Square Recruiting Station  —  The New York City police issued a statement at 7:33 a.m. describing the source of the explosion as an “improvised explosive device” and putting the time of the blast at 3:43 a.m. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was scheduled to give a briefing at the scene at 8:45 a.m., but is running late.
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Washington Post:
Even in Victory, Clinton Team Is Battling Itself  —  For the bruised and bitter staff around Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tuesday's death-defying victories in the Democratic presidential primaries in Ohio and Texas proved sweet indeed.  They savored their wins yesterday, plotted their next steps and indulged in a moment of optimism.
Alexander Panetta / Canadian Press:
‘NAFTAgate’ began with remark from Harper's chief of staff  —  OTTAWA — If the Prime Minister is seeking the first link in the chain of events that has rocked the U.S. presidential race, he need look no further than his chief of staff, Ian Brodie, The Canadian Press has learned.
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Campbell Clark / Globe and Mail:
PM's top aide set off storm with Obama NAFTA leak  —  Source of initial tip revealed after Harper vows to investigate ‘unacceptable’ act  —  OTTAWA — The leak of a confidential diplomatic discussion that rocked the U.S. presidential campaign began with an offhand remark to journalists …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TANGLED FRIGGIN' WEB
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Washington Post:
Both Obama And Clinton Hold Edge Over McCain  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) kicks off his general-election campaign trailing both potential Democratic nominees in hypothetical matchups, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Charlotte Allen / Washington Post:
Charlotte Allen on Outlook Article, Reaction  —  Author, “We Scream, We Swoon.  How Dumb Can We Get?”  —  On Sunday, The Washington Post's Outlook section published a piece by Charlotte Allen under the headline “ We Scream, We Swoon.  How Dumb Can We Get?”
Times of London:
They must go for Hillary Clinton  —  Forget all the razzmatazz over Obama.  The Democrats have only one option for president  —  Anatole Kaletsky  —  After Tuesday's Ohio and Texas primaries, Barack Obama remains the firm favourite to win the Democratic nomination.
Discussion: Washington Wire
Thomas P.M. Barnett / Esquire:
The Man Between War and Peace  —  As head of U. S. Central Command, Admiral William “Fox” Fallon is in charge of American military strategy for the most troubled parts of the world.  Now, as the White House has been escalating the war of words with Iran, and seeming ever more determined …
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Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
An exercise in discrimination at Harvard … What can a 19-year-old guy in jogging shorts do at Harvard that a rich Saudi sheik who sponsors terrorism can't?  —  Get banned from the building.  —  Six times a week, Harvard kicks all the guys out of the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center …
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Alive!  —  Tuesday's exciting presidential primaries were about momentum, delegates and second looks.  —  In the Republican contest, these factors gave victory to the Lazarus candidate.  John McCain's campaign nearly collapsed eight months ago in a mass of debt and missteps.
Discussion: TigerHawk
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Moving Forward: Obama Needs To Win Pennsylvania
Discussion: THE LIBERAL JOURNAL
Jerusalem Post:
Ashkelon man builds homemade missile  —  Ashkelon resident Moshe Nissimpor decided that the best way to halt rocket fire from Gaza - in light of what he terms the government's failure to do so - is some vigilante justice.  —  Nissimpor developed a homemade 200-millimeter ballistic missile …
Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
America's First anti-Jihadist Comic Book Hero  —  Frontpage Interview's guest today is Darius LaMonica, the co-author of the Matamoros — the first comic book focusing on the U.S. military's fight against radical Islamists.  —  FP: Darius LaMonica, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
Discussion: Fausta's blog and LIBERTAS
Washington Post:
As Ohio Goes, So Goes The Nation.  Sometimes.  —  It has become part of political mythology that a candidate cannot win the presidency without carrying Ohio.  (John F. Kennedy pulled off this feat in 1960, winning the general election even though he lost Ohio by 273,000 votes.)
Discussion: Below The Beltway
 
 
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Ullrich Fichtner / Spiegel Online:
The American GI from Berlin
Discussion: Hot Air and Weekly Standard
Carol Platt Liebau / TownHall Blog:
The Obamas' America  —  This piece in the New Yorker reports …
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The Battle for the Blogosphere  —  Over the past few years …
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Media weenies  —  Echoing buzz that's been flying around town …
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
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Rich Lowry / The Corner:
The Sanjaya Effect? (And a Few Other Stray March 4 Thoughts)
Discussion: alicublog and Commentary
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Arizona Weighs Bill to Allow Guns on Campuses
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Cscs / TPMCafe:
Obama and Clinton Supporters Must Drop Out of the Race
Discussion: I Am TRex
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Michelle Malkin:
Congress to Chertie: We need more incompetents of color!
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HILLARY, ‘MOST SECRETIVE POLITICIAN IN AMERICA’?
Los Angeles Times:
Senate GOP plans to unveil tough new immigration bills
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
LOOKING FOR FRANKEN  —  We noted after the death of the late …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
House Approves Bill on Mental Health Parity
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs
Dan Collins / protein wisdom:
Rubbernecking (or Holy Crap, I Kind of Agree with MoDo for the Second …
ABCNEWS:
Rezko In Debt $50 Million; How Did He Afford Obama Lot?
Media Matters for America:
Olbermann to Matthews: “[E]specially you” …
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US

 
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