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12:20 PM ET, March 6, 2008

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Sewell Chan / City Room:
Blast Damages Times Square Recruiting Station  —  The police have attributed the blast to an improvised explosive device, and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said the device had been placed in an ammunition box like the kind that can be bought at a military supply store.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Bombing at Big Apple military recruitment center Update: Kos diarist claims right-wing plot  —  Given the escalating protests over military recruitment, it seems inevitable that people would bomb those who seek to protect the nation and fight our enemies.
MSNBC:
Feds probe Times Square blast
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.
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The Politico:
Superdelegates play hardball  —  Flexing their new power to determine the Democratic presidential nomination, a bloc of Ohio superdelegates is withholding endorsements from Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton until one or the other offers a concrete proposal to protect American jobs, two Ohio Democrats told Politico Wednesday.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton aide compares Obama to Ken Starr  —  Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson, taking the campaign a bit meta on a conference call today, attacked Obama for attacking Clinton, and compared him to a notorious Clinton foe.  —  “When Senator Obama was confronted with questions over whether …
Discussion: The Raw Story and AMERICAblog
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Hillary called it “frankly disturbing” that her Senate opponent wouldn't release his tax returns, now she won't release hers  —  She called it “frankly disturbing” that he refused to release his returns, and now she won't release her own returns when Obama released his a year ago.  —  Hillary's right.
Discussion: The Campaign Spot and Spin Cycle
Charles Hurt / New York Post:
ONLY GORE CAN STOP A MELTDOWN  —  IF AL GORE can pull himself away from saving the planet long enough, he might want to consider rescuing the Demo cratic Party from the clutches of utter self-destruction.  —  Campaigning against an unpopular war in Iraq, a sputtering economy and a disappearing dollar …
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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: The Swamp, MiamiHerald.com and MSNBC
Bloomberg:   Clinton's Primary Wins Halt Movement of Superdelegates to Obama
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 …
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:   Not Swimming but Drowning
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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Paul Kiel / TPMMuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  On February 1st of this year, National Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) abruptly released a statement about recently discovered “irregularities in our financial audit process.”  That was it: no details about whether money might have been stolen …
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Philip Shenon / New York Times:
F.B.I. Investigates Missing G.O.P. Money
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Commander Rejects Article of Praise  —  The top U.S. commander in the Middle East is the subject of a glowing magazine article describing him as the only person who might stop the Bush administration from going to war against Iran.  —  Esquire magazine's forthcoming profile of Adm. William …
Discussion: Thomas P.M. Barnett
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Next Big Primary, Pennsylvania, Plays Up Clinton's Advantages  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton has more good news to follow her election wins in Texas and Ohio: The next big contest comes in a state where she goes in with several advantages.  —  At stake in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary are 158 delegates and 29 superdelegates.
Discussion: MyDD, HillaryClinton.com and Open Left
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USA Today:
It's now a marathon, with Pa. the big prize
Discussion: The Caucus
Newsweek:
Tainted Evidence  —  Canada tosses CIA terror testimony obtained through waterboarding. … The Canadian government is no longer using evidence gained from CIA interrogations of a top Al Qaeda detainee who was waterboarded.  —  According to documents obtained by NEWSWEEK …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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.
Matthew Yglesias:
The Lost Opportunity  —  Ross explains the cost to progressive politics of Hillary Clinton's decision to unleash the kitchen sink in a likely-futile effort to overcome Barack Obama's delegate lead: … That's bad because it increases the chance of losing in November, it decreases the likelihood …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Spin Cycle
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?”
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Firedoglake
 
 
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John L. Micek / Morning Call:
Rendell's clout could help put Clinton over top
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Erie Daily Times-Morning News:
Democrat, Republican will mix it up for Manufacturers
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DHS Strains As Goals, Mandates Go Unmet
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
House Passes Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act
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CNN:
Russian arms dealer arrested in Thailand
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
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Mark Naymik / Plain Dealer:
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
No Need for Lawmakers' Approval of Iraq Pact, U.S. Reasserts
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hot Air
Robert E. Lighthizer / New York Times:
Grand Old Protectionists
Times of London:
They must go for Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Washington Wire