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Hillary Was in White House on ‘Stained Blue Dress’ Day — Schedules Reviewed by ABC Show Hillary May Have Been in the White House When the Fateful Act Was Committed — Hillary Clinton spent the night in the White House on the day her husband had oral sex with Monica Lewinsky …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
UNFIT FOR DUTY — Let me follow up on this McCain gaffe in which he got confused and claimed that al Qaeda was getting trained and equipped by Iran before doing mischief in Iraq, before being corrected by his senate colleague Joe Lieberman. — Let's start by stipulating that if Barack Obama …
Daniel Nasaw / Guardian:
Clinton not in White House at key foreign policy times — On the day that dozens of US cruise missiles rained down on Serbia in an attempt to punish Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for the country's onslaught against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo, first lady Hillary Clinton …
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
11,000 Long-Awaited Pages of Clinton's Schedules as First Lady Are Released
11,000 Long-Awaited Pages of Clinton's Schedules as First Lady Are Released
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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Clinton's 1993 NAFTA Meeting
Clinton's 1993 NAFTA Meeting
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Repeats Iran-Al Qaeda Gaffe Yet Again — Sen. John McCain has done it again. — For the third time in two days, the Arizona Republican has pushed the definitively false statement that the terrorist group Al-Qaeda was getting assistance from Iran, even though he was publicly ridiculed for the same false assertion on Tuesday.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
MCCAIN CAMP FIRES BACK AT OBAMA — From NBC's Mark Murray — McCain senior adviser Mark Salter just released this statement regarding the Iraq speech Obama gave earlier in the day. If this biting statement by Salter — often viewed as McCain's alter ego — is any indication …
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
The “Gray Area” of Iran-al Qaeda Connections
The “Gray Area” of Iran-al Qaeda Connections
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Flopping Aces
Sam Graham-Felsen / my.barackobama.com:
Obama Delivers Speech on 5th Anniversary of Iraq War
Obama Delivers Speech on 5th Anniversary of Iraq War
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
Bush's Speech — Key graph: … It's true that the Awakening …
Bush's Speech — Key graph: … It's true that the Awakening …
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Lanny Davis / The Huffington Post:
Two Questions for Senator Obama — I read Senator Obama's recent speech on race and Rev. Wright in Philadelphia several times and very carefully. It was a great, even brilliant, speech. I appreciate Senator Obama's willingness to tackle a difficult subject and to explain his complex reactions to some of Rev. Wright's sermons.
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CNN:
Obama: Wright controversy has ‘shaken me up’ — (CNN) — Barack Obama told CNN Wednesday the recent uproar over his former pastor's sermons has reminded him of the odds he faces in winning the White House. — “In some ways this, this controversy has actually shaken me up a little bit …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton Moves Into Lead Over Obama — McCain has edge over Democrats in general election — PRINCETON, NJ — New Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds Hillary Clinton with a 49% to 42% lead over Barack Obama in national Democratic voters' presidential nomination preference.
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Obama's lead over Clinton narrows: Reuters poll
Obama's lead over Clinton narrows: Reuters poll
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
New Bin Laden Video to be Released UPDATE: We Have Video UPDATE: Muhammad Cartoon Rant — UPDATE: We have a copy of the video. UPDATE: Video can be downloaded here, courtesy of Laura Mansfield. UPDATE: Embedded video below. I had uploaded the video first to LiveLeak, but it got messed up somehow.
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USA Today:
In a gamble, Obama takes aim at America's ‘racial stalemate’ — PHILADELPHIA — Facing the most serious controversy of his political career, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned inflammatory remarks by his pastor but argued they should be understood in a historical context of black anger.
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Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
“The Obama Defense” — I predict Obama has bequeathed to us …
“The Obama Defense” — I predict Obama has bequeathed to us …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Anti-Obama video crafted by talk radio producer — A YouTube video mash-up that attacks Barack Obama on issues relating to his patriotism that has rocketed around the internet in recent days was created in part by a prominent conservative talk radio producer.
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Bush's approval hits new low — CNN Deputy Political Director — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Just 31 percent of Americans approve of how President Bush is handling his job, according to a poll released Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.
Jonn Lilyea / This ain't Hell …:
DC Moonbat Convergence — Another day, another protest. Today is ANSWER's “Day of Action”. Since the Iraq War started five years ago today, all of the organizations that have sprung up to cash in on the war decided to have an eight-ring circus in downtown Washington DC …
Fox News:
Obama Campaign Removes New Black Panther Party Endorsement From Web Site — Barack Obama's campaign has removed an endorsement by the New Black Panther Party from its Web site, one day after the Illinois senator delivered a speech calling for improved race relations in America.
Nick Bunkley / New York Times:
Stalemate in Detroit: City Council Asks Mayor to Resign, but He Refuses to Go — DETROIT — The City Council on Tuesday asked Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick to resign in light of evidence that he had lied under oath and plotted to cover up an extramarital affair with his former chief of staff.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Huck defends Wright — An assist from an unexpected quarter: — “[Y]ou can't hold the candidate responsible for everything that people around him may say or do,” Huckabee says. “It's interesting to me that there are some people on the left who are having to be very uncomfortable with what …
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