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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Spitzer Resigns, Citing Personal Failings — Gov. Eliot Spitzer, whose rise to political power as a fierce enforcer of ethics in public life was undone by revelations of his own involvement with prostitutes, resigned on Wednesday, becoming the first New York governor to leave office amid scandal in nearly a century.
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Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
SPITZER RESIGNS — New York's randy governor gave a red-faced resignation speech this morning in the wake of revelations that he patronized prostitutes while traveling on official business. — Effective next Monday Gov. Spitzer will cede power to Lt. Gov. David Paterson …
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John Fund / Wall Street Journal: Eliot the ‘Enforcer’ — As the political career of Eliot Spitzer melts …
Washington Post:FBI Watched Spitzer Before February Incident
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:Spitzer's Media Enablers
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:WHAT WERE THE FEDS AFTER? — This morning's Washington Post suggests …
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The Huffington Post:
Keith Olbermann To Do “Special Comment” About Hillary Clinton Tonight — First Time Targeting A Democrat — On last night's “Countdown,” Keith Olbermann announced that tonight he'd be delivering another of his “Special Comments” — his impassioned, angry monologues fueled by outrage …
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ABCNEWS:
Ferraro Defends Comments: Obama Is Where He Is Because He's Black — Clinton Backer, Geraldine Ferraro Defends Her Record of Fighting Racism After Controversial Remarks — Geraldine Ferraro stood by her controversial comments about Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy today.
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:Why Obama Should Ignore Ferraro
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Time on Her Side: Obama Maintains Lead, but Clinton Might Have the Edge — Intense Democratic Primary Voting Takes a Break as Intense Contest Continues — The Clinton campaign plans to use the coming six-week gap in primary voting to aggressively push its case that Sen. Barack Obama …
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Jed / The Jed Report:
The GOP is now gaming our primary for Hillary Clinton. It's time to end it. — Now that John McCain has won the GOP nomination, Republicans are voting in the Democratic primary in increasing numbers, hoping to pick their opponent for the November election, or at least cause more turmoil in our already divisive nomination battle.
David Mamet / Village Voice:
Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’ — John Maynard Keynes was twitted with changing his mind. He replied, “When the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?” — My favorite example of a change of mind was Norman Mailer at The Village Voice.
Nturitz / PageSix.com:
Spitzer's Hooker “Revealed” — PageSix.com can reveal a portfolio description from the Emperors Club web site which could depict the “Kristen” mentioned in the Governor Eliot Spitzer prostitution case. — The 5-foot-5-inch brunette likes dining at fancy restaurants and will show up wearing very high heels.
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ABCNEWS:
Escort: 'I'm Not THAT Kristen' — A Brunette Escort Named Kristen, Who Advertises Her Services Online, Says She Is Not the One Linked to Spitzer — A voluptuous brunette escort named Kristen, who advertises her availability online “for discriminating gentlemen,” says she is not the “Kristen” linked to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
MORE ON FALLON....Was CENTCOM commander Adm. William Fallon unfairly forced to resign? Fred Kaplan suggests it was probably inevitable: … There's a limit to how much public freelancing can be tolerated from a regional commander — or any other military officer.
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ABCNEWS:
THE BURQA GETS A MAKEOVER — The Burqa Gets a Makeover — The burqa is the wardrobe of choice for many Muslim women. It is worn over a woman's daily clothing, usually covering her from head to toe. Today, the burqa has gone designer, popping up on fashion runways in the West …
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Marc Ambinder:
Would Bush's Justice Department Have To OK New Florida, Michigan Mail Primaries? — In order to get them in and have 'em count by June 10, lawyers for Barack Obama say the answer, unequivocally, is yes. — Here's the reasoning: while a federal judge last year upheld the DNC's right …
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Hillary's race against time — Are Clinton's inept attack ads and faux-feminism enough? Can Obama learn to attack? Plus: American eroticism devolves to Barbie boobs and Botox. — Greetings from ground zero — the Philadelphia suburbs where the epic battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton …
Jennifer Parker / Rapid Report:
Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored? — ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention. This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send …
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David Corn / MotherJones.com:
McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam — WASHINGTON DISPATCH: Televangelist Rod Parsley, a key McCain ally in Ohio, has called for eradicating the “false religion.” Will the GOP presidential candidate renounce him? — Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor …
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Ryan J. Davis / The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama, The Musical... When Joe Drymala and I first began working on what would become Street Lights over two years ago, Barack Obama was barely known to us. Like many other Democrats, we'd both flipped out over his 2004 convention speech, but we figured he was probably a nice …
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Inside Higher Ed:
The Shrinking Professoriate — Every other year, data released by the Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics provide a snapshot of the growth of part-time positions in the professoriate. This year — an off-year for that data — the federal statistics provide evidence …
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