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The Politico:
Story behind the story: The Clinton myth — One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning. — Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Can Clinton win popular vote, superdelegates? — The apparent collapse of planned new votes in Florida and Michigan could push victory on a key symbolic measure — the primary season popular vote — beyond Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's grasp. — Clinton's top supporters, including her husband …
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The Swamp, Washington Post, TalkLeft, Power Line, Booman Tribune and Democratic Strategist
CNN:
All three candidates' staffs briefed on passport breaches — (CNN) — The security of the passport files of the three remaining presidential candidates was breached, the State Department admitted Friday. — Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Sen. Barack Obama's files had been viewed three times …
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ABCNEWS:
Passport Security Breach on McCain, Clinton & Obama — State Department Contract Employees Fired, Another Disciplined for Looking at Passport File — An embarrassed State Department admitted today that the passport files of all three presidential candidates — Sens. John McCain …
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Associated Press, TownHall Blog, Fox News, The Swamp, The Jawa Report, Salon, Redstate, Time, Wonkette and Buck Naked Politics
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton Now at 47% to Obama's 45% — Clinton's recent surge among national Democrats appears to be receding — PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton's recent lead over Barack Obama in national Democratic nomination preferences has dwindled to the point that the two are now nearly tied …
Fred Lucas / CNSNews:Poll: Divisive Dem Contest Could Boost McCain
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rubber hose, Commentary, Sadly, No!, And Still I Persist, The Strata-Sphere and Roger L. Simon
Mark Silva / The Swamp:Hillary Clinton's passport files also breached: State
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Don Surber
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Another Angry Black Preacher — Let's ask the hard question about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Is he as far outside the African American mainstream as many of us would like to think? — Because Barack Obama's speech on race in America was so candid about both the legitimacy of black and white grievances …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Thinking Man's Speech — I thought Barack Obama's speech was strong, thoughtful and important. Rather beautifully, it was a speech to think to, not clap to. It was clear that's what he wanted, and this is rare. — It seemed to me as honest a speech as one in his position could give within the limits imposed by politics.
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Gary Reese / Southern Political Report:
New InsiderAdvantage Poll — Obama's speech meets unsympathetic ears with Americans — Barack Obama's speech about race on Tuesday impressed many who witnessed it or read it. But most of America did neither, and many of them — white and black — were less persuaded of the speech's capacity …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
IT ISN'T ONLY JEREMIAH WRIGHT — The Barack Obama campaign has been engulfed in controversy over racist and anti-American sermons given by his minister and friend, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In responding to questions about Rev. Wright, Obama has consistently emphasized that Rev. Wright …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:NOT GONNA SAY IT. — As the Daily Show clip I posted …
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Washington Monthly
Michael Barone / US News:State by State, Obama and Clinton Stack Up Differently Against McCain
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Weekly Standard Blog
WSJ.com:
Clinton Aide Says Richardson's Endorsement Is Insignificant — Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson finally made up his mind and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama today, but a senior adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign — which likewise spent months courting …
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Marc Ambinder:
Stage Directions Anyone? — The Obama campaign distributed Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement speech...note the stage direction:
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Wonkette
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Richardson Endorses Obama — PORTLAND, Ore. — Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico delivered a forceful endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for president on Friday, urging Democrats to unite behind his candidacy to move the nation beyond its racial and partisan divide.
Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:A Few Unanswered Questions About Bill Richardson's Obama Endorsement
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Corrente
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:NM Gov. Bill Richardson endorses Obama
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Firedoglake, TownHall Blog, Buck Naked Politics, Comments from Left Field, CNN, Pandagon and THE LIBERAL JOURNAL
Think Progress:
Fox's Chris Wallace Takes Fox And Friends ‘To Task’ For ‘Two Hours Of Obama Bashing’ — On Fox and Friends this morning, hosts Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, and Gretchen Carlson spent multiple segments sensationalizing a comment Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) made yesterday, in which he referred …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
What I Got Wrong About Iraq — Slate asked me to reflect on my own failings of judgment on the fifth year of the war. Maybe the day we Christans are called to atonement is a good day for publishing it. It's cross-posted here. — I think I committed four cardinal sins. — Historical Narcissism.
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Buck Naked Politics
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:War advocates like Anne-Marie Slaughter demand that you forget the past
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The Huffington Post, American Street, American Power, Politics Blog and The Glittering Eye
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Partying Like It's 1929 — If Ben Bernanke manages to save the financial system from collapse, he will — rightly — be praised for his heroic efforts. — But what we should be asking is: How did we get here? — Why does the financial system need salvation? — Why do mild-mannered economists have to become superheroes?
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