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10:20 AM ET, March 14, 2008

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Janny Scott / New York Times:
A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama's Path  —  In the capsule version of the Barack Obama story, his mother is simply the white woman from Kansas.  The phrase comes coupled alliteratively to its counterpart, the black father from Kenya.  On the campaign trail, he has called her his “single mom.”
Ronald Kessler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Minister  —  In a sermon delivered at Howard University, Barack Obama's longtime minister, friend and adviser blamed America for starting the AIDS virus, training professional killers, importing drugs and creating a racist society that would never elect a black candidate president.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Saddam supported at least two al-Qaeda groups: Pentagon Update: What it means  —  Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced that an investigation into over 600,000 documents captured at the end of the invasion of Iraq showed no operational links to al-Qaeda — or at least, that's how the media reported it.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard Blog:
The New Report on Iraq and Terror
Detroit News:
Dems zero in on June 3 primary  —  Key Michigan Democrats were negotiating feverishly toward breaking the impasse with the national Democratic Party over the state's 156 national convention delegates.  —  The most promising compromise on the table was a June 3 do-over primary.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Anglachel's Journal
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Peter Brown / Real Clear Politics:
Clinton Scenario Meets Liberal Guilt
Discussion: Soccer Dad and Blue Crab Boulevard
New York Times:
Architect of Florida Mail-In Vote Says Its Chances Are Poor
Discussion: The Caucus and The Hill
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Betting the Bank  —  Four years ago, an academic economist named Ben Bernanke co-authored a technical paper that could have been titled “Things the Federal Reserve Might Try if It's Desperate” — although that may not have been obvious from its actual title, “Monetary Policy Alternatives at the Zero Bound: An Empirical Investigation.”
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Edmund S. Phelps / Wall Street Journal:
Our Uncertain Economy  —  In recent times, most economists have pretended that the economy is essentially predictable and understandable.  Economic decision- and policy-making in the private and public sectors, the thinking goes, can be reduced to a science.
Discussion: Economist's View
Cameron W. Barr / Washington Post:
Petraeus: Iraqi Leaders Not Making ‘Sufficient Progress’  —  Iraqi leaders have failed to take advantage of a reduction in violence to make adequate progress toward resolving their political differences, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday.
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Ozone Rules Weakened at Bush's Behest  —  The Environmental Protection Agency weakened one part of its new limits on smog-forming ozone after an unusual last-minute intervention by President Bush, according to documents released by the EPA.  —  EPA officials initially tried to set …
New York Times:
U.S. Is Examining Spitzer's Funds  —  ALBANY — Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Gov. Eliot Spitzer used campaign funds in connection with his meetings with prostitutes, including payments for hotels or ground transportation, three people with knowledge of the investigation said.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama works to convert in Pennsylvania  —  FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. — Nearly a month before voters go to the polls, Sen. Barack Obama will get an early clue about his chances against Pennsylvania's prohibitive favorite, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  In the days after the March 24 voter registration deadline …
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Sen. Ensign paints a grim picture for GOP in November  —  The Senate Republican campaign committee's motto from early on in the 2008 cycle has been “Two Seats” — the net gain it needs in November to retake the majority.  —  But a resigned National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) …
Discussion: Hot Air and TPM Election Central
Richard Garner / The Independent:
Iraq: teachers told to rewrite history  —  MoD accused of sending propaganda to schools  —  Britain's biggest teachers' union has accused the Ministry of Defence of breaking the law over a lesson plan drawn up to teach pupils about the Iraq war.  The National Union of Teachers claims …
New York Times:
Obama Lists His Earmarks, Asking Clinton for Hers  —  Senator Barack Obama on Thursday released a list of $740 million in earmarked spending requests that he had made over the last three years, and his campaign challenged Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to do the same.
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Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Clinton role in health program disputed  —  Hillary Clinton headed to the Senate floor yesterday as all three major candidates returned to the chamber for key budget votes.  A10.  (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)  —  WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton, who has frequently described herself …
Discussion: Spin Cycle and Don Surber
Mona Charen / The Corner:
Obama's True Beliefs  —  Derb: I am coming to believe that Barack Obama is one of the greatest con artists we've seen.  His entire campaign has been about “coming together,” a post-racial consensus, etc.  Any mention of his middle name was immediately condemned as ignorant fear-mongering.
Yeas & Nays:
Ventura: Will he or won't he?  —  To hear Jesse Ventura tell it, he's either out to become president or an expatriate.  —  In the opening to his fourth book, due out April 1, the former wrestler and governor of Minnesota writes: “As I begin to write this book, I'm facing probably …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
 
 
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Roger Runningen / Bloomberg:
Bush to Urge ‘Confidence’ in Economy, Not New Stimulus Package
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Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:
GOOD NEWS ON IRAQ IS NO NEWS  —  Independent journalists …
Discussion: INSTAPUTZ
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How It Works: The Airborne Laser Cannon
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Found to Misuse Security Letters
Wall Street Journal:
Most Economists in Survey Say Recession Is Here
Los Angeles Times:
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Jay Jochnowitz / Capitol confidential:
Not Exactly A Yes Or No (Updated, With Answer)
Discussion: City Room and Gothamist
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House, Senate Endorse Tax Hikes
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama, Clinton Equally Matched vs. McCain
Megan McArdle:
What's sauce for the goose . . .
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Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Bringing a Date to Your Public Humiliation
Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters:
Bush says if younger, he would work in Afghanistan
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama's 2006 Earmarks  —  Update: The AP says Obama has not responded …
 

 
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