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9:05 AM ET, March 13, 2008

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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Breaking: Ferraro steps down  —  (CNN) - Geraldine Ferraro has stepped down from her role as a member of Hillary Clinton's finance committee.In a letter to Clinton obtained by CNN's Suzanne Malveaux — who spoke with the former vice presidential candidate shortly after she sent it to Clinton …
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Clinton Apologizes to Black Voters … WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton did something Wednesday night that she almost never does.  She apologized.  And once she started, she didn't seem able to stop.  —  The New York senator, who is in a tight race with Illinois Sen. Barack …
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown Special Comment: Sen. Clinton, “This is not a campaign strategy.  This is a suicide pact.”  —  Tonight on Countdown, Keith Olbermann's Special Comment was directed at Senator Hillary Clinton over her failure to immediately fire supporter and former member of her campaign finance committee …
The Huffington Post:
Olbermann Slams Clinton in Special Comment: “You Are Campaigning …
New York Times:
Racial Issue Bubbles Up Again for Democrats
Discussion: protein wisdom
Gateway Pundit:   Ferraro Quits Clinton Campaign— Says Obama Blocking Her Freedom of Speech
New York Times:
For an Aspiring Singer, a Harsher Spotlight  —  She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer.  Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama that is the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York.
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Fox News:
Obama's Controversial Pastor Puts Church in Hot Water  —  CHICAGO - Barack Obama's controversial pastor and the church he's served for 36 years may be in hot water over statements he has made from the pulpit in support of the Illinois senator's run for the White House.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Wright on film  —  Sure does feel like we're plunging into the abyss tonight.  —  Fox just posted a big Jeremiah Wright story, and the video is pretty gripping, and deeply racially confrontational.  He begins by describing the Romans, who crucified Jesus, as Italians, and thus white, and more or less goes from there.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Taylor Marsh
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Support for war effort highest since 2006  —  American public support for the military effort in Iraq has reached a high point unseen since the summer of 2006, a development that promises to reshape the political landscape.  —  According to late February polling conducted by the Pew Research Center …
Bloomberg:
Carlyle Capital Nears Collapse as Rescue Talks Fail  —  Carlyle Group's mortgage-bond fund moved a step closer to collapse, saying creditors plan to seize the fund's assets after it failed to meet more than $400 million of margin calls.  —  Concern about the fate of Carlyle Capital Corp. …
Discussion: Redstate
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Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Carlyle Fund's Assets Seized
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
McCain, GOP May Have Cause for Hope  —  Latest Poll Helps Detail Reasons the Democrats Remain Deadlocked  —  Rarely have the stars aligned so squarely against the party in power in elections for the White House as it has for Republicans, the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll bears out.
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Hot Air
Kenneth Thiesen / Berkeley Daily Planet:
Commentary: Why I Don't Support the Troops  —  In the recent political battle around the Marine recruiting station in Berkeley there has been much confusion around the concept or slogan of “supporting the troops,” but opposing the unjust wars of the Bush regime.
Faiz / Think Progress:
Buchanan flips out, tells guest to ‘shut up!’  —  Tonight on MSNBC's Live with Dan Abrams, guests Pat Buchanan, Rachel Maddow, and Keli Goff discussed the role of race in Barack Obama's presidential campaign.  Buchanan suggested Obama is winning the black vote simply because he is black.
Michelle Malkin:
Hot Air TV: Sen. John Kerry confronted about Winter Soldier II  —  Grab the popcorn.  We've got another joint YAF/Hot Air TV production for you, just in time for the anti-war confab known as “Winter Soldier II” that kicks off in Washington, D.C. tomorrow and runs through Sunday.
New York Times:
Pentagon Cites Tapes Showing Interrogations  —  WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is conducting an extensive review of the videotaping of interrogations at military facilities from Iraq to Guantánamo Bay, and so far it has identified nearly 50 tapes, including one that showed …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Larry McShane / NY Daily News:
Richest man in England may have been Client No. 6  —  The richest man in Great Britain was a customer of the same high-end prostitution service patronized by Gov. Spitzer.  —  The Duke of Westminster, listed as the world's 46th richest person by Forbes magazine, hired four hookers …
Dylan Loewe / The Huffington Post:
No Seats For You!  —  Recently there has been increasing discussion, sparked initially by NBC Political Director Chuck Todd, about the Clinton campaign's real motives behind pushing for a revote in Florida and Michigan.  The likelihood of only modest pledged delegate gains from the two contests suggests …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Bang the Drum
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Clinton and Obama Split Over Florida and Michigan
Discussion: URGENT AGENDA and The New Republic
 
 
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Gun Battle at the White House?
Discussion: BizzyBlog
Don Dahler / WCBS-TV:
Experts: Indictments Loom For Spitzer
MSNBC:
‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ for March 11
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Candidates return for budget votes
Discussion: Truthdig
William Kern / The Moderate Voice:
‘Many Dishes May Brake’ at the Next NATO Summit
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Matthew L. Wald / New York Times:
Meat Packer Admits Slaughter of Sick Cows
Discussion: AMERICAblog and The Agonist
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
The Obama-Clinton-McCain Paradoxes
William March / tbo.com:
Key Democrats To Get Draft Of Revote Plan
 Earlier Items: 
Alison Smale / International Herald Tribune:
‘Magic is over’ for U.S., says French foreign minister
Discussion: Commentary and Roger L. Simon
Queerty:
Sally Kern Scrubs Gay Son?
Paul Kiel / TPMMuckraker:
Pelosi Gets Reform Bill While GOPers and Some Dems Kick and Scream
Phillip Carter / INTEL DUMP:
Spitzer And SARs  —  Follow the money.  That's the age-old guidance …
The Hill:
Coburn plans counterpunch on pet projects
CBS4:
Proposed Law Looks to Wipe Out Problem
Discussion: Don Surber and The D Spot
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
McCain moves to the lead in Michigan, tied in Pennsylvania
Al Giordano / The Field:
Delegate Math Guarantees Clinton a “Big, Big Pennsylvania Victory”
 

 
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