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7:30 PM ET, March 7, 2008

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Go Already! — Hillary Clinton, fratricidal maniac. — The morning after Tuesday's primaries, Hillary Clinton's campaign released a memo titled “The Path to the Presidency.” I eagerly dug into the paper, figuring it would explain how Clinton would obtain the Democratic nomination despite an enormous deficit in delegates.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Daily Dish, The Carpetbagger Report, Open Left, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL and Liberal Fascism

USA Today:

Archivists block release of Clinton papers — LITTLE ROCK — Federal archivists at the Clinton Presidential Library are blocking the release of hundreds of pages of White House papers on pardons that the former president approved, including clemency for fugitive commodities trader Marc Rich.

Discussion: Washington Times, Doug Ross, Debbie Schlussel, PrairiePundit, The Politico, Matthew Yglesias, Northman's Fury, TPMMuckraker, Hot Air, A Blog For All, TigerHawk, Sentencing Law and Policy and Sister Toldjah

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

THANK YOU, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER? — Let me stipulate to one thing: if this were two Republicans squabbling, I'd be laughing my head off at the moment. And I can assure you a lot of them are. — The Clinton campaign has gotten so deep inside the Obama campaign's collective head it just ain't funny …

Discussion: TalkLeft, Comments from Left Field and Cogitamus

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Power Resigns Over Hillary-Is-Monster Comment — Here's her statement, just sent out by the campaign: … In an interview with The Scotsman, Power called Hillary a “monster” and said other less-than-flattering things about her. Despite her prompt apology yesterday, the Hillary camp demanded her resignation this morning.

Discussion: Ohio Daily Blog, OxBlog, Megan McArdle, Outside The Beltway and The New Republic

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

The Clinton Rules — The new meme is that politics has returned to normal and that this election will now be run by Clinton rules. Many are relieved by this. You could sense the palpable discomfort among many in Washington that their world might actually shift a little next year.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Moderate Voice and Weekly Standard

David Brooks / New York Times:

Playing by Clinton Rules — Barack Obama had a theory. It was that the voters are tired of the partisan paralysis of the past 20 years. The theory was that if Obama could inspire a grass-roots movement with a new kind of leadership, he could ride it to the White House and end gridlock in Washington.

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, TownHall Blog, BobKrumm.com, BuzzMachine, Buck Naked Politics, The Democratic Daily, Hot Air, Middle Earth Journal, The Swamp, Commentary and Below The Beltway

NY Daily News:
A monstrous oops for Obama

Discussion: The Politico, Associated Press, New York Post, The Democratic Daily, TPM Election Central, New York Sun, Redstate, The Carpetbagger Report, Political Machine, Dick Polman's American Debate, Commentary, Wake up America, michellemalkin.com, Buck Naked Politics and Washington Wire

BBC:
Samantha Power — In a HARDtalk interview first broadcast …

Discussion: CNN, bustardblog, The Trail and Buck Naked Politics

Matthew Yglesias:
Power Outage — So thinking a bit more reflectively …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, TalkLeft, toohotfortnr and Independent Liberal

Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Obama Adviser Brzezinski: Power Shouldn't Have Resigned

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Democracy in America and A Tiny Revolution

Krooney / The Page:
Clinton: Power Remark Raises “Disturbing Questions” About Obama Camp

Discussion: The Trail, The Sleuth, Political Radar, Spin Cycle and The New Republic

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
A FIRING OFFENSE?

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Associated Press, Liberal Values, The Swamp and Sadly, No!

Associated Press:
Obama adviser resigns; called Clinton ‘monster’

Discussion: The Swamp, NO QUARTER and The Moderate Voice

Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Obama vies to push back, stay positive

Discussion: Donklephant and TPM Election Central

Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:

McCain Loses Cool With NY Times Reporter — ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Senator John McCain grew agitated Friday with a New York Times reporter who asked about his 2004 conversation with then-Democratic nominee John Kerry about McCain possibly running as Kerry's vice presidential nominee.

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs, The Swamp, Riehl World View, Salon and No More Mister Nice Blog

Mark Murray / MSNBC:

MCCAIN GETS TESTY WITH THE PRESS — From NBC's Bethany Thomas — What began as a typical chat session with traveling reporters on the plane from Atlanta to New Orleans quickly became a testy exchange with McCain. The senator was questioned on the details of a conversation …

Discussion: MyDD, Talking Points Memo, DownWithTyranny!, The Carpetbagger Report, Althouse, Hullabaloo and American Street

Michael Calderone / The Politico:

McCain clashes with NYT reporter — John McCain became hostile with the N.Y. Times' Elisabeth Bumiller on the campaign's plane today, after the reporter questioned him about a 2004 meeting with John F. Kerry, in which the Massachusetts senator suggested a VP slot. (Click here for audio clip, courtesy of Breitbart.tv)

Discussion: Associated Press, Hot Air, michellemalkin.com, Stop The ACLU and NewsBusters.org

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
John McCain flies off the handle with NY Times Reporter over John Kerry VP question

Discussion: Comments from Left Field

Elisabeth Bumiller / The Caucus:
McCain Asked About Kerry's V.P. Offer

Discussion: Below The Beltway

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Power on Obama's Iraq plan: “best case scenario” — For all the chatter about Obama adviser Samantha Power's calling Clinton a “monster,” another set of remarks made on her book tour in the United Kingdom may be equally threatening to the Obama campaign: Comments in a BBC interview that express …

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Political Radar, The Page, The Caucus, protein wisdom, TPM Election Central, The Campaign Spot, Confederate Yankee, Redstate, NO QUARTER, Gawker, QandO, Taylor Marsh, The Monkey Cage, FP Passport and Commentary

Frank James / The Swamp:
Clinton skewers Obama on Samantha Power

Discussion: The Politico, TPM Election Central and The Trail

The Fact Hub:
Power Says Obama Iraq Plan Is Only A ‘Best Case Scenario’

Discussion: Salon, Spin Cycle and The American Mind

Rasmussen Reports:

42% Want McCain to Answer 3:00 a.m. Phone Call — Before Hillary Clinton was declared the winner in Texas, most American voters had read, seen, or heard about her 3:00 a.m. telephone commercial. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 43% had seen at least part of the commercial …

Discussion: Hot Air, Political Machine, Wake up America, Power Line and American Power

Mike Boyer / FP Passport:
McCain camp: “Please keep running those 3:00 A.M. ads”

Discussion: The Opinionator and Baltimore Sun

Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary

Discussion: MyDD and Political Machine

George McGovern / Wall Street Journal:

Freedom Means Responsibility — Nearly 16 years ago in these very pages, I wrote that “'one-size-fits all' rules for business ignore the reality of the market place.” Today I'm watching some broad rules evolve on individual decisions that are even worse. — Under the guise of protecting us …

Discussion: Commentary, Outside The Beltway, Swords Crossed, The Sundries Shack and Hot Air

Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:

Intel Adviser Breaks with Obama over FISA, Telecoms — Justin Rood Reports: — In a new interview with National Journal magazine, an intelligence adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign broke with his candidate's position opposing retroactive legal protection for telecommunications companies …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, American Street and The Campaign Spot

Gary Hart / The Huffington Post:

Breaking the Final Rule — It will come as a surprise to many people that there are rules in politics. Most of those rules are unwritten and are based on common understandings, acceptable practices, and the best interest of the political party a candidate seeks to lead.

Discussion: The Daily Dish and culturekitchen

Seth Colter Walls / Newsweek:

A plan to raise soft money to pay for a second Florida Democratic primary—this one by mail—seems close to approval, according to Sen. Bill Nelson. … A solution to the growing controversy over Florida's disputed Democratic primary may now be in the works.

Discussion: Donklephant and Cliff Schecter