Top Items:
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.
Discussion:
MoJoBlog, CNN, michellemalkin.com, Don Surber, Marc Ambinder, The Politico, The New Republic, Spin Cycle, Taylor Marsh, Political Machine, Gothamist, Hot Air, D-Day, ConnecticutBLOG, Macsmind, The Bilerico Project, TPM Election Central, Shakesville, Slog, Oliver Willis, Open Left, The XX Factor, The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
RELATED:
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:
Hillary Clinton / CNN:Obama adviser says Clinton must ‘repudiate’ backer's comments
Discussion:
New York Times, The Politico, Top of the Ticket, The Swamp, Taylor Marsh, Political Punch, Daily Kos, Tennessee Guerilla Women and MSNBC
New York Post:
SPITZER HAS USED HOOKERS FOR 10 YEARS: SOURCES — By By FRED DICKER in Albany and JEANE MACINTOSH and CHUCK BENNETT — Disgraced Gov. Spitzer dropped up to $80,000 on sex with prostitutes, sources revealed tonight. — Spitzer, a millionaire, was hopping into bed with harlots for as long …
Discussion:
Spin Cycle, BizzyBlog, Liberal Values, New York Times, Hot Air, A Blog For All, TownHall Blog and Wall Street Journal
RELATED:
ABCNEWS:
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 …
iowahawk:
Amid Charges of Spitzer Tryst, Embattled Prostitute “Kristen” Expected to Resign — New York - At a hastily scheduled morning press conference at the headquarters of New York's exclusive Emperors Club prostitution ring, high priced call girl “Kristen” announced that she would temporarily step aside …
Discussion:
AMERICAN DIGEST
Jacob Gershman / New York Sun:
Sources: Spitzer To Step Down Today — Tense Drama as Lawyers Negotiate — ALBANY — After agonizing over the decision, Governor Spitzer will capitulate to the growing clamor for his resignation over his alleged link to a high-end prostitution ring and turn over the reins of power …
Richard Esposito / ABCNEWS:State Police Internal Investigation: How Did Gov. Spitzer Slip Security Leash?
New York Times:
Top U.S. Commander in Mideast to Retire Early — WASHINGTON — Adm. William J. Fallon, the top American commander in the Middle East whose views on Iran and other issues have seemed to put him at odds with the Bush administration, is retiring early, the Pentagon said Tuesday afternoon.
Discussion:
Firedoglake, The Washington Note, MoJoBlog, On Deadline, Washington Monthly, URGENT AGENDA, QandO, The Swamp, L.A. Times and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
RELATED:
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Since U Been Gone, I Can Bomb For The First Time — Admiral William Fallon, the bulwark between Bush and a war with Iran, is resigning as head of U.S. Central Command. According to the tidbit I just saw on CNN, apparently Secretary Bob Gates said that Fallon quit for the most postmodern of reasons …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Matthew Yglesias, Brilliant at Breakfast, NO QUARTER, Firedoglake, Hullabaloo and The Newshoggers
Jim Miklaszewski / MSNBC:A PENTAGON PROBLEM - LOOSE LIPS
Discussion:
Think Progress, Talking Points Memo, BLACKFIVE, The Agonist, Crooks and Liars, Big Brass Blog, Hot Air, Cato-at-liberty, Daily Kos and On Deadline
Fox News:
Obama Wins Mississippi Democratic Primary — Barack Obama won the Mississippi Democratic primary Tuesday, FOX News projects, giving him an expected but vital victory as he tries to fracture the momentum Hillary Clinton picked up with her wins one week earlier.
RELATED:
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama wins Mississippi primary — The results of Mississippi's primary today show a sharp divide along racial lines, with overwhelming African-American support for Barack Obama, and a solid, though less sweeping, white majority for Hillary Clinton. — Though it may be tempting to link …
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Sinbad Unloads on Hillary Clinton — Finally, the Barack Obama campaign has found a big gun to help shoot down Hillary Rodham Clinton's self-proclaimed foreign policy experience. And he may be the wackiest gun of all: Sinbad, the actor, who has come out from under a rock to defend Obama in the war over foreign policy credentials.
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Democrats in Florida Are Near Plan for New Vote — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Democratic Party officials here are close to completing a draft plan for a new mail-in primary that would take place by early June, a proposal that seeks to give Florida delegates a role in the party's presidential contest …
Discussion:
TalkLeft
RELATED:
Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:Fla. Dems settle on new plan for vote-by-mail primary
Discussion:
TalkLeft
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE HILLARY FEEDING FRENZY....The online feeding frenzy against Hillary Clinton is driving me crazy. And that's despite the fact that I support Obama and, all things considered, think Hillary should probably withdraw from the race. — More on that later — maybe — but for now I just want …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney says he'd take Veep job — Mitt Romney said in his first interview since departing the GOP race that he would accept the number two position on the ticket and that there is no lingering bitterness between him and John McCain. — “I think any Republican leader in this country …
Bob Warner / Philly.com:
Vince Fumo to retire, source says — State senator Vincent Fumo, one of the leading powerbrokers in Pennsylvania politics for the last generation, plans to give up his reelection bid and retire from the legislature at the end of the year. — Fumo, 64, still recovering from a heart attack 10 days ago …
The Politico:
Obama backer revives Clinton sex scandals — Another sign of the anger in Obamaland at the Clinton campaign: an email from a member of Obama's LGBT leadership council, Maxim Thorne, to a couple of listservs: — “We cannot tolerate her lies and stolen election,” Thorne wrote of Clinton, revisiting familiar themes:
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
