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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.
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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.
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.
NY Daily News:
A monstrous oops for Obama — BY MICHAEL SAUL IN NEW YORK AND KENNETH R. BAZINET IN WASHINGTON — A senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama was forced to apologize Thursday night for describing Hillary Clinton as a “monster” during an interview with a Scottish newspaper …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton-backers demand Power's resignation — On a conference call with reporters this morning, congressional supporters of Hillary Clinton demanded that Obama force adviser Samantha Power out of his camapign. — “We're here today to ask Senator Obama to ask Samantha Power not to be part of his campaign …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
A FIRING OFFENSE? — In a conference call just now, the Clinton campaign called on Barack Obama to fire Samantha Power for calling Hillary a “monster.” — There are advisers and then there are advisers. Power is Barack Obama's Condi Rice. — A Harvard Law grad, former foreign correspondent …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama foreign policy adviser resigns — WASHINGTON - A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton “a monster.” — Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser and Harvard professor, announced her resignation in a statement provided by the Obama campaign in which she expressed “deep regret.”
Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama adviser regrets calling Clinton a ‘monster’ — Samantha Power. Power in Manhattan in January 2003. (Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times) — UPDATE: Samantha Power announced her resignation from the Obama presidential campaign today. Read about it here. — by Rick Pearson
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Campaign Calls On Obama To Fire Adviser Who Called Hillary A “Monster”
Hillary Campaign Calls On Obama To Fire Adviser Who Called Hillary A “Monster”
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Clinton supporter is armed and dangerous
Clinton supporter is armed and dangerous
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bls.gov:
Employment Situation Summary — Technical information: — Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 08-0294 — Establishment data:(202) 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release — http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Friday, March 7, 2008.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Economy Lost 63,000 Jobs in February
Economy Lost 63,000 Jobs in February
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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 …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Florida Democratic Primary — Florida: Clinton 55% Obama 39% — If Florida decides to have a second Presidential Primary this year, Hillary Clinton will begin the race with a sixteen-percentage point lead over Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows …
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
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.
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 …
Katha Pollitt / Washington Post:
Dumb and Dumber: An Essay and Its Editors — I've never watched Oprah Winfrey's show, bought a Celine Dion CD, read “Eat, Pray, Love,” or fainted at an Obama rally, although he is my preferred candidate. According to Charlotte Allen, that makes me an “outlier,” an exception that proves the rule that women …
Larry David / The Huffington Post:
On the Red Phone — Here's an idea for an Obama ad: a montage of Clinton's Sybillish personalities that have surfaced during the campaign with a solemn voiceover at the end saying, “Does anyone want this nut answering the phone?” — How is it that she became the one who's perceived …
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Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Fired U.S. attorney says colleague told him politics was behind his ouster — WASHINGTON — A longtime protege of President Bush told former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias that he was fired for political reasons and that he shouldn't fight his ouster, Iglesias says in a new book.