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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Wyoming Democratic Caucus: Obama Wins — Update: Obama wins Sheridan, only Teton left, and that should go to Obama as well. — Update: Last five caucus results now coming in. Hillary wins Weston County. Obama won Big Horn and Johnson. Only Sheridan and Teton are left.
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Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Obama beats Clinton in Wyoming caucuses — CASPER, Wyo. - Sen. Barack Obama captured the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, seizing a bit of momentum in the close, hard-fought race with rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's presidential nomination.
CNN:
Obama takes Wyoming caucus, CNN projects — CHEYENNE, Wyoming (CNN) — Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has won the Wyoming Democratic caucus, CNN projected Saturday. — Obama led rival Sen. Hillary Clinton at 59 percent to 40 percent, with 96 percent of precincts reporting.
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PocketNines / Daily Kos:
Wyoming Watch: How to Scorekeep the Wyoming Caucuses [UPDATING] — It's Saturday, March 8, and the significant state of Wyoming - one of 50 states that matter - is going to the polls. — Consider this both a “how to scorekeep” and live thread, for those in attendance who have returned.
MSNBC:
Obama takes lead in Wyoming — Party strains to accommodate crowds; candidates seek boost for Mississippi — CASPER, Wyo. - Barack Obama was the projected winner in Wyoming's Democratic caucuses on Saturday, clenching a majority of the 12 delegates, NBC News declared.
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Elisa Hahn / KING-TV:
Local girl makes unexpected appearance in Hillary ad — BONNEY LAKE, Wash. - The political ad that sparked nationwide controversy turns out to have a surprising local connection. — One of the actors in the Hillary Clinton ad was shocked to see herself, especially because she's a fierce supporter of Barack Obama.
Dotcomabc / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton Calls A Hillary/Obama Ticket An ‘Almost Unstoppable Force’ — ABC's Sarah Amos reports: While Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are both taking the day off from campaigning, Hillary's number one surrogate and husband, Bill Clinton, is spending the day in Mississippi …
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Bush Vetoes Bill That Would Limit Interrogations — WASHINGTON — Despite Congressional efforts to force a change in course, President Bush further cemented his legacy of establishing strong executive powers Saturday, giving the Central Intelligence Agency broad latitude to use harsh interrogation techniques …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Bush Announces Veto of Waterboarding Ban
Bush Announces Veto of Waterboarding Ban
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Clinton Has Only One Plausible Path to the Nomination — Barack Obama won 11 out of 11 primaries and caucuses from Super Tuesday to Feb. 19. Hillary Clinton won three out of four contests on March 4. — Suddenly, the look and feel of the Democratic presidential race were different.
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
The O'Reilly Factor: Karl Rove Points To McCain's Adopted Daughter As Example Of McCain's Worthiness — It is no longer possible to have your irony meter redline when Karl Rove appears on TV. He is so beyond the pale, so completely entrenched in his alternative reality that the only thing left …
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Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan do-over election hits a new wall — Obama rejects Granholm idea, state party says — The obstacles to a do-over election to pick Michigan's delegates to the Democratic National Convention seemed to grow Friday, after Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign officials told …
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Michael J. Totten / Commentary:
Hillary Isn't the Monster — I was at first relieved to learn that Senator Barack Obama had chosen Samantha Power as a foreign policy advisor. Her book A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide is hardly wishy-washy or leftist, and I concur with Max Boot that it could have been written by a neoconservative.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Rep. Steve King smears Obama's name says: the al-Qaida, and the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11 — By: John Amato @ 11:40 AM - PST — And you thought it would only be the walkie-talkie type Bill Cunningham's …
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Russ Mitchell / Spencer Daily Reporter:
King announced bid for fourth term
King announced bid for fourth term
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Walden Siew / Reuters:
Banks face “systemic margin call,” $325 billion hit: JPM — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street banks are facing a “systemic margin call” that may deplete banks of $325 billion of capital due to deteriorating subprime U.S. mortgages, JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), said in a report late on Friday.
New York Times:
Obama in Senate: Star Power, Minor Role — Senator Barack Obama stood before Washington's elite at the spring dinner of the storied Gridiron Club. In self-parody, he ticked off his accomplishments, little more than a year after arriving in town. — “I've been very blessed,” Mr. Obama told the crowd assembled in March 2006.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Tucker Carlson unintentionally reveals the role of the American press — (updated below - Update II) — The most interesting part of the controversy over Obama advisor Samantha Power's referring to Hillary Clinton as a “monster” — one might say the only interesting part …
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