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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.
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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.
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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CNN:
Bill Clinton: A Clinton-Obama ticket would be ‘unstoppable’ — (CNN) — Even as Hillary Clinton's campaign attacked her rival, Barack Obama, for failing to “deliver on his promises,” her husband, former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that a joint ticket pairing the two would be “almost unstoppable.”
Tony Dokoupil / Newsweek:
The Stalemate Continues — Hillary Clinton has battled …
The Stalemate Continues — Hillary Clinton has battled …
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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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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 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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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Mehlman, Rove boost McCain campaign — John McCain is getting much more than President Bush's endorsement and fundraising help for his campaign. He's getting Bush's staff. — It's no secret that Steve Schmidt, Bush's attack dog in the 2004 election, and Mark McKinnon …
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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.
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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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.
Andrew Drummond / Telegraph:
John Denver karaoke sparks Thai killing spree — A gunman in Thailand shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, after tiring of their karaoke versions of popular songs, including John Denver's Country Roads. — Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head …
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Pledged Delegates The Will Of The People? Not Hardly — So we are celebrating “democracy” in Wyoming today. The “will of the people?” Not hardly. Another travesty of the Democratic Party. — Do you know that if 8,000 voters come out in Wyoming today to select their 13 delegates …