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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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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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Gateway Pundit:
Military Office Bombed!... NY Times Square Shut Down — Police are investigating an explosion that went off this morning at Times Square in New York City. — 3 or 4 people were seen running away from the blast. — New York's Times Square is closed early Thursday March 6, 2008 …
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 …
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.
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
POLL: Obama and Clinton Lead McCain; Change vs. Experience Is the Roadmap
POLL: Obama and Clinton Lead McCain; Change vs. Experience Is the Roadmap
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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.
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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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Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Commander Rejects Article of Praise
Commander Rejects Article of Praise
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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?”
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 …
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 …
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.
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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.
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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.
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Moving Forward: Obama Needs To Win Pennsylvania
Moving Forward: Obama Needs To Win Pennsylvania
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Ullrich Fichtner / Spiegel Online:
The American GI from Berlin — Berlin-born Jeffrey Jamaleldine wanted to do something about terrorism in the world and so he joined the US Army to fight in Iraq. Now he's back in Bavaria, his face nearly destroyed by a bullet — but he's still convinced that it is his calling to fight for peace.