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6:55 AM ET, March 10, 2008

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Chris / TVNewser:
Tucker Canceled; Other Programming Changes Ahead  —  Insiders tell TVNewser Tucker Carlson's 6pmET show Tucker is getting the axe, but Carlson stays on as a political contributor to all MSNBC shows at least through the 2008 election.  The official announcement, expected tomorrow …
New York Times:
Sniping by Her Aides Hurt Clinton's Image as Manager  —  WASHINGTON — The morning after Senator Barack Obama shook the Clinton campaign by winning five contests in one weekend, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's new campaign manager — Maggie Williams, who had taken over in a shake-up the night before …
pmw.org.il:
Palestinian Authority Daily: Killer of eight young men is Holy Martyr- Shahid  —  Action should cost PA $150 million in US aid  —  Mahmoud Abbas's official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper has honored the killer of the eight high school students gunned down this week with the status of Shahid - Holy Islamic Martyr.
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Randall Stross / New York Times:
They Criticized Vista.  And They Should Know.  —  ONE year after the birth of Windows Vista, why do so many Windows XP users still decline to “upgrade”?  —  Microsoft says high prices have been the deterrent.  Last month, the company trimmed prices on retail packages of Vista, trying to entice consumers to overcome their reluctance.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Seth Grahame-Smith / The Huffington Post:
The Monster: A Loyal Clinton Soldier Turns in His Badge  —  She has no idea.  —  She has no idea how many times I defended her.  How many right-leaning friends and relatives I battled with.  How many times I played down her shady business deals and penchant for scandals …
Discussion: The Corner
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
WAS THERE AN OBAMA-DALEY DEAL ON THE PRESIDENCY?  —  This is another in a series of stories that received some play in Chicago at the time it occurred but never made it past the state line for some reason.  —  It is especially curious that this story never took off nationally because far …
Discussion: Donklephant
The Politico:
House GOP funk worsens  —  For National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.), every week seems to bring a new set of problems.  On Saturday night, things got even worse.  —  With Democrat Bill Foster's victory in the Illinois 14th District special election …
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Wins Proxy War Versus McCain
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 47%, Clinton 45%  —  Based on polling conducted March 6-8, 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are roughly tied in national Democratic preferences — 47% for Obama vs. 45% for Clinton — according to Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted March 6-8.
Suzanne Smalley / Newsweek:
‘A Common Experience’  —  In an interview with NEWSWEEK, the senator explains why, no matter the end result, the race is ‘win-win.’  —  Jonathan Torgovnik / Getty Images for Newsweek  —  ‘Extraordinary Movement’: Clinton bonds with supporters … An upbeat Hillary Clinton …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Revisiting the Four State Pledge on MI/FL Promises  —  Judging from the comments the Obama supporters are leaving on TalkLeft, it appears there's a fundamental misunderstanding on what the candidates promised and didn't promise regarding the outcomes of the Florida and Michigan primaries.
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger, New Studies Say  —  The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and TigerHawk
Mona Charen / The Corner:
Hillary as Veep?  —  I was just on the John Batchelor radio program.  He says that Chuck Todd, NBC News political director, has heard from Hillary's people that she would accept the number two spot on the ticket.
Discussion: American Street and Redstate
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Culture Wars?  How 2004.  —  If you were looking for a presidential election that revolved around religion and “moral values,” you wouldn't start with President Bush's victory in 2004 — nor, indeed, with any recent election.  You'd go back to 1928.  Now there was a culture war.
Jonathan Pitts / Baltimore Sun:
Right at home  —  Michelle Malkin may seem like any mild-mannered blogger in her Baltimore-area home, but she's reviled by liberals like almost no one else online  —  Michelle Malkin has worked for Fox News for eight years and has two popular blogs that get 15.1 million page views per month.
Discussion: TBogg and michellemalkin.com
 
 
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
McCain not always chummy with the press
Discussion: marbury
Nigel Farndale / Telegraph:
I can't always choose who I sleep with
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
A Famous Enigma  —  This is the second in a series: The Rise of the Counterinsurgents
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
AP: Water makes US troops in Iraq sick
Associated Press:
As Dems fight, McCain vies for spotlight
Discussion: MyDD
Paul Rosenberg / Open Left:
Terms of Debate  —  In my diary yesterday, “Candidate Strength …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Cogitamus
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Veepstakes  —  There's an obvious winner.
New York Times:
The State of Iraq: An Update
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Preview?  —  The beginning of a potential fall race:
MSNBC:
March 9: Ed Rendell, Tom Daschle, political roundtable
Matt / Think Progress:
Bozell Ignores Iraq War, Falsely Claims Clinton 'Devastated …
Matt Lewis / TownHall Blog:
Living With Bloggers  —  Very interesting story in the NYT today …
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
PRIMARY COLLARS....UPDATED....A couple of days ago I wondered aloud …
Discussion: Angry Bear and TalkLeft
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Oklahoma State Rep. Goes On Anti-Gay Tirade
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Obama and the Pet Rock
Olivia Ward / Toronto Star:
Ten worst countries for women
 

 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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