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Alegre / Daily Kos:
Writers Strike at DailyKos — This is an open letter to the progressive blogosphere... I've been posting at DailyKos for nearly 4 years now and started writing diaries in support of Hillary Clinton back in June of last year. Over the past few months I've noticed that things …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Daily Kos “Bloggers' Strike” Shows Increasingly Bitter Obama Clinton Democratic Rift — In yet the latest sign of how bitter the divisions in the Democratic party are getting in the epic battle between Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama for their party's presidential nomination …
Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
Blogtalk: Pro-Clinton Bloggers Boycott Kos — On Friday, it got to be too much for Alegre, a diarist on the flagship liberal blog DailyKos, who frequently writes in support of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. — “I've put up with the abuse and anger because I've always believed …
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Gerald Posner / The Huffington Post:
Rev Wright and Barack — I am a Barack Obama supporter. I liked Senator John Edwards, think Hilary Clinton would make a super president, but have been persuaded ever since the start of the campaign that Barack offers the greatest chance for substantive, and greatly over needed, change.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
The story behind the story: Obama's pastor — Politicians know a troublesome story has “broken through” the Eastern media echo chamber when Jay Leno is laughing at them. — In the case of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., retiring pastor and outgoing spiritual adviser to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), it took less than 48 hours.
John McCormick / Baltimore Sun:
Obama invokes RFK in distancing self from pastor — PLAINFIELD, Ind. - Sen. Barack Obama invoked Robert F. Kennedy on Saturday as he continued to try to distance himself from controversial statements made by his former pastor that are now widely circulating on the Internet.
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Call girl laments use of exotic photos — NEW YORK - The lawyer for the call girl linked to the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer lashed out at the media on Friday for thrusting the 22-year-old woman into the “public glare” without her consent and publishing revealing photos.
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New York Post:
SONGS HAVE A CATCHY ‘HOOK’ — SPITZER'S CALL GIRL RAKING IT IN WITH ONLINE TUNES — Ashley Alexandra Dupre has already made an estimated $200,000 - worth nearly four dozen four-hour trysts with the “gov of love” - from online music downloads in the wake of the Gov. Spitzer sex scandal - and she is poised to make millions more.
Chicago Sun Times:
More Rezko dough found — For the first time, Sen. Barack Obama put a figure Friday to the amount of campaign contributions that indicted political fund-raiser Tony Rezko raised for the senator's campaigns, and the number — about $250,000 — was far more than he previously acknowledged.
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Terry Trippany / NewsBusters.org:
The AP Style Guide on Defending Barack Obama — The Associated Press editors tasked in-house “writer” Phillip Elliott to write an article that dispels the “rumors and outright lies” concerning Barack Obama and the perception that Mr. Obama's support of Israel is questionable.
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Andy Borowitz / The Huffington Post:
Obama Converts to Judaism — Buffeted by criticism of his controversial Christian pastor while continuing to quell rumors that he is a Muslim, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) took a bold step today to settle questions about his religious faith once and for all. — “I am converting to Judaism …
New York Times:
A Wall Street Domino Theory — The Federal Reserve's unusual decision to provide emergency assistance to Bear Stearns underscores a long-building concern that one failure could spread across the financial system. — Wall Street firms like Bear Stearns conduct business with many individuals …
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Dean Baker / American Prospect:
Robert Rubin Still Doesn't Know that People Warned About the Bubble — Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin was at a session at the Brookings Institution this morning at which said that “few, if any” people anticipated the sort of meltdown that we are seeing in the credit markets at present.
Gail Collins / New York Times:
George Speaks, Badly — Watching George W. Bush address the New York financial community Friday brought back many memories. Unfortunately, they were about his speech right after Hurricane Katrina, the one when he said: “America will be a stronger place for it.”
James Fallows:
Tibet info-flow update — As of Saturday night, March 15, China time, in Beijing: — The screen goes black on CNN one second after any report about the situation in Lhasa begins; — Similar coverage on BBC World TV has, oddly, come through unmolested — though BBC has often been blacked out in the past.
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Jim Yardley / New York Times:Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police
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