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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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David Brown / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Obama addresses Pa.'s importance, pastor's remarks
Obama addresses Pa.'s importance, pastor's remarks
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
Our Uncertain Economy — In recent times, most economists …
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Richard Ford / Times of London:
Schools fear that forced marriages poster campaign will upset parents — Schools in areas feared to have high rates of forced marriage are refusing to display posters on the issue because they are too hard-hitting, according to a government report. — Headteachers are unwilling to put …
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.
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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 …
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) …
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.
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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 …
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
What Will Happen with Florida? — It looks like the Florida re-vote plan is not going to happen. This is from the Miami Herald. … So, if there will be no vote-by-mail, what will there be? My sense is that the most likely result is no action at all. — The question at hand is whether …
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