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8:50 AM ET, March 18, 2008

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NY Daily News:
Gov. Paterson admits to sex with other woman for years  —  The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state's new governor, David Paterson, told the Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs.  —  In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife …
The Politico:
Race uproar offers test for Obama  —  Democrats who worry that Barack Obama is untested can put their concerns to rest.  —  The inflammatory rhetoric of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has confronted Obama with the most severe test of his presidential campaign and, quite likely, of his public career.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Testing Of Obama  —  Today will be a crucial day.  It will be a day when we will discover if America's racial environment - and the emotions and feelings and anger and fears that it entails - can allow for a black man - with all that entails - to become president.
Press Association:
On Defensive, Obama Plans Talk on Race  —  Faced with what his advisers acknowledged was a major test to his candidacy, Senator Barack Obama sought on Monday to contain the damage from incendiary comments made by his pastor and prepared to address the issue of race more directly than at any other moment of his presidential campaign.
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Obama to confront racial issues
Discussion: FREEDOM EDEN
Ross Douthat:
Denominations and Double Standards
Discussion: Eunomia and The Corner
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Florida Democrats Won't Vote Again, Official Says  —  WASHINGTON — The Florida Democratic Party chairwoman on Monday officially buried the possibility of redoing the state's disputed January presidential primary, saying there was no practical or affordable way to conduct a new election.
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Gwen Ifill / The Page:
U.S. SENATOR,  —  Washington, D.C.  —  GWEN IFILL: Senator Obama, welcome.  —  SEN. OBAMA: Thank you.  —  MS. IFILL: The president said today we are in challenging times.  You said yourself that we are teetering on the edge of a potential crisis.  When you watch what the Fed …
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Lee Speigel / Political Radar:
Obama: Discussion Over Wright's ‘Stupid Statements’ Have Been a Distraction
Discussion: Spin Cycle and Cliff Schecter
Vikas Bajaj / New York Times:
Plunge Averted, Markets Look Ahead Uneasily  —  With the Dow Jones industrial average up slightly more than 21 points by the end of trading Monday on the New York Stock Exchange, it may have looked like a calm day on Wall Street.  —  But under the surface, the scene was far from serene.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Bush Supports Fed's Actions, but Critics Quickly Find Fault  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday welcomed the Federal Reserve's sweeping intervention in the nation's financial markets as his administration faced accusations that it had supported the bailout of a prestigious investment bank …
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes and The Caucus
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
How Did I Get Iraq Wrong?  —  I DIDN'T. … An “anniversary” of a “war” is in many ways the least useful occasion on which to take stock of something like the Anglo-American intervention in Iraq, if only because any such formal observance involves the assumption that a) this is, in fact …
New York Times:
Bombing Kills 43 in Shiite Holy City in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD — A bombing on Monday evening killed 43 people near the Imam Hussein shrine in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, penetrating one of the most secure perimeters in Iraq.  Iraqi police officers at the scene and several witnesses …
Discussion: The Reaction, KnoxViews and Redstate
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Ace / minx.cc:
WRIGHT: ISRAEL A “DIRTY WORD;” JOKES THAT BLACKS GET ALL QUIET AT MENTION OF ISRAEL  —  Scared to speak, he says.  —  Why?  Would that be anti-semitism that many left-indoctrinated blacks are reluctant to to express out loud?  —  Well, Obama's 20 year political ally and spiritual mentor encourages …
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
Wright on Israel
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Jan Crawford / Legalities:
Dirty Words  —  Holy @$#%!  Here's a surprise: The Supreme Court is going to hear some bad language.  —  The justices announced today they're going to take up the issue of profanity on network television—and whether it's OK for President Bush to use the “S-word” when he's talking about Hezbollah …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:   Justices Take Up On-Air Vulgarity Again
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama camp: HRC is taking the low road  —  Is it possible to win the Democratic nomination in such a way as to make winning not worth it?  —  The Barack Obama campaign thinks so.  It thinks Hillary Clinton's campaign is willing to take any road to the White House, including the low road.
ABCNEWS:
Clinton Sticking to Iraq Plan, No Matter What  —  In Testy Exchange With Reporter, Clinton's Top Advisers Clarify Her Troop Withdrawal Plan  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is sticking to her plan to withdraw troops from Iraq, no matter what.  —  In a testy exchange with a reporter …
Discussion: Fact Checker and The Strata-Sphere
Forbes:
Memo To The Fed: Stop Those Rate Cuts  —  The markets rallied last Tuesday in response to the Fed's growing assistance to holders of mortgage-backed securities.  Yet many onlookers are convinced that an aggressive cut in the federal funds rate at the upcoming March 18 meeting is still necessary to avoid a painful recession.
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
PA urges Palestinians to ‘return’  —  The Palestinian Authority is planning to mark Israel's 60th anniversary by calling on all Palestinians living abroad to converge on Israel by land, sea and air.  —  The plan, drawn by Ziad Abu Ein, a senior Fatah operative and Deputy Minister …
Discussion: Power Line and Atlas Shrugs
USA Today:
USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Clinton up 5 points on McCain; Obama up 2  —  If the election were held today (and yes, we know it won't be), Democratic contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would get 51% of the vote to Republican candidate Sen. John McCain's 46%, the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll estimates.
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Majority of Democrats prefer Obama
Discussion: MyDD and TPM Election Central
 
 
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Chi-Chu Tschang / Business Week:
China Blacks Out Tibet News
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Jane Macartney / Times of London:
Chinese troops parade handcuffed Tibetan prisoners in trucks
Media Matters for America:
Fox & Friends ' Kilmeade baselessly claimed Newsmax contributor …
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