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Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
SPITZER TO RESIGN IN THE HOUR, SOURCES SAY — Gov. Eliot Spitzer has decided to resign and will begin notifying top state officials of his decision just after 9 a.m., The Post has learned. — Word began circulating of his decision in state political circles just minutes ago …
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Spitzer Escort: Governor Was a Nice Guy, Good Tipper — 22-Year-Old Escort Says Spitzer 'Didn't Do Anything That Wasn't Clean' — A 22-year-old escort found on another call-girl Web site told ABC News in a phone interview that Gov. Eliot Spitzer had been one of her customers two years ago …
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Eric Konigsberg / New York Times:
The Public Ordeal of a Private Person — Silda Wall Spitzer gave up a high-powered career as a corporate lawyer to raise three daughters and support her husband as he sought elective office, yet has always had deep reservations about his political career. Time and again, she has found herself …
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New York Times:
Spitzer Wrestles Over Response, Paralyzing Albany — State government remained paralyzed on Tuesday as Gov. Eliot Spitzer, reeling from revelations that he had been a client of a prostitution ring, was engaged in an intense legal and family debate about whether to resign or, as aides said his wife was urging, to stay on.
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Nina Bernstein / New York Times:Foes of Sex Trade Are Stung by the Fall of an Ally
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
A Ferraro flashback — “If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race,” she said. — Really. The cite is an April 15, 1988 Washington Post story (byline: Howard Kurtz), available only on Nexis. — Here's the full context:
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Gene Maddaus / Daily Breeze:
Ferraro defends controversial comments on Barack Obama — Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro today defended a remark she made to the Daily Breeze last week, in which she suggested that Sen. Barack Obama would not be where he is if he were white.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Re-vote picture clouds — For a moment, it looked like party leaders were marching toward a Florida revote. But Obama's campaign signaled today that the mechanics would be an obstacle, and Florida's congressional delegation just took a hard line against a re-vote in a joint statement:
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Marc Ambinder:
House Dems in Florida: No Re-Do — Moments ago, Democrats representing Florida in Congress released this joint statement, effectively putting the kibosh on a mail-in re-do primary: … Even if the candidates agree, there will be no expedited solution unless the courts somehow intervene …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Wins in Mississippi — Senator Barack Obama won Mississippi's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, building his delegate lead over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the final contest before the nominating fight heads to Pennsylvania for a six-week showdown.
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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.
CNN:
Caucus win gives Obama more Texas delegates than Clinton — (CNN) — Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has won the Texas Democratic caucuses and will get more delegates out of the state than his rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, who won the state's primary, according to CNN estimates.
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BBC Fabricates Home Demolition Report — On Friday, March 7, 2008, the BBC's World News with Jonathan Charles (seen in the U.S. on PBS stations as part of BBC America) aired footage purporting to show the demolition and burning of a house that belongs to the family of Ala Abu Dheim …
Andrew G. Biggs / Wall Street Journal:
The Obama Tax Hike — Until recently, Sen. Barack Obama took a responsible position on Social Security, noting the urgency of reform and saying all options should be on the table. — But having cornered himself among Democratic activists whose attitudes toward Social Security reform range …
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