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10:30 AM ET, March 19, 2008

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP sees Rev. Wright as pathway to victory  —  For months, Republican party officials have watched with increasing trepidation as Barack Obama has shattered fundraising records, packed arena after arena with shrieking fans and pulled in significant Republican and independent votes.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public  —  (updated below)  —  I haven't written about the Obama speech yet (video here) because I spent much of the day reading the instantaneous reactions of virtually everyone else, and because the issues raised by the speech …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
Throw grandma under the bus  —  When seeking to extricate himself from the tight spot in which he has been placed by his long association with the spiritual leadership of Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama hauled in his (living) maternal grandmother, Madelyn Dunham.
Dan Collins / protein wisdom:
Gleanings  —  Mmmmmmm.  Sockpuppetty goodness: … Yes, Gleen(s), manufactured out of the rhetorical opportunities created by you and likeminded individuals who were eager to demagogue the Hagee issue.  The only double standard in question is the one that causes you to believe …
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
A Speech That Fell Short
Discussion: Rising Hegemon
Marc Ambinder:
Questions About Obama  —  For the first time in two months, Democrats who had concluded that Barack Obama had sewn up the nomination, Democrats who support Barack Obama, Democrats who had concluded, as I had, that the mathematics work against Hillary Clinton, are filling my inbox and voice mail …
Discussion: marbury and Swampland
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ABCNEWS:
Clinton's First Lady Papers to Go Public
Discussion: Hot Air
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Clinton Records From '90s to Be Released on Wednesday
Discussion: MSNBC
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton to Fly to Michigan in Push for Revote
Discussion: TPM Election Central
Tom Searls / Charleston Gazette:
Half of Mountain State's superdelegates uncommitted
Discussion: MSNBC and The New Republic
Mike Faher / The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA:
Murtha backing Hillary Clinton
Washington Post:
McCain Mixes Up Iraqi Groups  —  Senator Misstates Which Extremists Are Aided by Iran  —  Sen. John McCain, in the midst of a trip to the Middle East that he hoped would help burnish his foreign policy expertise, incorrectly asserted Tuesday that Iran is training and supplying al-Qaeda in Iraq …
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Caucus
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Bearing Arms ... Against Bears  —  JUSTICE KENNEDY THINKS D.C. RESIDENTS NEED PROTECTION—FROM GRIZZLIES.  —  With all due respect to those who complain that the justices on the Supreme Court are too secretive, and for those who wish, perhaps, that David Souter was more like David …
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New York Times:
Mr. Obama's Profile in Courage  —  There are moments — increasingly rare in risk-abhorrent modern campaigns — when politicians are called upon to bare their fundamental beliefs.  In the best of these moments, the speaker does not just salve the current political wound, but also illuminates larger …
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Wall Street Journal:
Bear's Run-Up Sets the Stage For Epic Clash  —  Speculators Ignite Rally, Driving Shares Up 23%; Disbelief on Deal Price  —  Investors aren't ready to give up on the Bear just yet.  —  Betting that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. will have to pay up to seal its fire-sale deal to acquire Bear Stearns Cos. …
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Economics Blog:
Volcker: Fed's ‘Extreme’ Intervention ‘Raises Some Real Questions’  —  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said the Fed's decision to lend money to Bear Stearns Cos. to keep it from collapsing is unprecedented and “raises some real questions” about whether that's the appropriate role for the Fed.
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Estimates of Iraq War Cost Were Not Close to Ballpark  —  WASHINGTON — At the outset of the Iraq war, the Bush administration predicted that it would cost $50 billion to $60 billion to oust Saddam Hussein, restore order and install a new government.  —  Five years in, the Pentagon tags …
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CNN:
Five years later, Bush to say Iraq war must go on
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Black, White & Gray  —  In many ways, Barack Obama's speech on race was momentous and edifying.  —  You could tell it was personal, that he had worked hard on it, all weekend and into the wee hours Tuesday.  Overriding aides who objected to putting race center stage, he addressed a painful …
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
PATERSON GAL'S TAPE SHOCKER  —  OLYMPICS BABE BARES RECORDING & JOB ‘HE GOT ME’  —  An attractive Olympic gold-medalist says she had a close personal relationship with Gov. Paterson earlier this year - during which time she recorded a series of secret telephone conversations with him.
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Lame duck reporters are bored  —  When White House press secretary Dana Perino appeared on “The Daily Show” last week, host Jon Stewart asked how she got the day off: “Did they not need press secretarying today?”  —  These days, with President Bush largely relegated to the sidelines rather …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics and Romenesko
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Paul slighted by the ‘neoconservative’ GOP  —  Ron Paul says the legions of newcomers his presidential campaign brought to the Republican Party are getting the cold shoulder from John McCain and from the party.  —  The Texas congressman says neither he nor his supporters have heard …
 
 
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NY Daily News:
Sharpton supporting Barack - silently
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Gingrich lowers the boom on Obama
Lajla Veselica / Agence France Presse:
Serbia's neighbours recognise Kosovo
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Seeing big gains, gleeful Schumer might stay on
Discussion: MyDD and TPM Election Central
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Queenfish: A Cold War Tale
Discussion: First Draft
Janny Scott / MSNBC:
Obama chooses reconciliation
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Los Angeles Times
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John Leicester / Associated Press:
Calls Mount for Olympic Ceremony Boycott
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Right And Obama's Speech
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Obama's Spine
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Geoffrey Dickens / NewsBusters.org:
Chris Matthews Hails Obama Speech As ‘Worthy of Abraham Lincoln’
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Clinton Tries to Keep Plan for Two Revotes Alive
Roger L. Simon / Pajamas Media:
'BARACK, I DIDN'T DO IT FOR THIS': AN HOMAGE TO ANDREW GOODMAN
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