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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
STEP 8: ACCEPTANCE? — This will probably bring the emails out of the woodwork. And that's fine; we can take it. But usually when we publish something that doesn't reflect well on either of the remaining Democratic candidates (was the same when Edwards was still in) we get a flood of really not very happy emails from readers.
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 …
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The Huffington Post:
Mayhem At Fox News: Anchor Walks Off Set, Wallace Rails Network For “Obama-Bashing” — Fox News' very own anchors are speaking out — and walking off — over what they perceive to be “Obama-bashing” on their network. — This morning on “Fox and Friends,” Brian Kilmeade walked off the set …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama campaign praises Wallace, says Fox has been “deeply irresponsible”
Obama campaign praises Wallace, says Fox has been “deeply irresponsible”
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
AN UNLIKELY MESSENGER — Chris Wallace has had enough Faux News:
AN UNLIKELY MESSENGER — Chris Wallace has had enough Faux News:
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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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New York Times:
First a Tense Talk With Clinton, Then Richardson Backs Obama — PORTLAND, Ore. — “I talked to Senator Clinton last night,” Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico said on Friday, describing the tense telephone call in which he informed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton that, despite two months …
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Marc Ambinder:
Stage Directions Anyone? — The Obama campaign distributed Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement speech...note the stage direction:
Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
READING BETWEEN BILL CLINTON LINES ABOUT OBAMA? — CHARLOTTE, NC — At a small VFW hall in Charlotte, NC, today, former president Bill Clinton contemplated a McCain/Clinton general election matchup, saying that it would one between “two people who loved this country” without …
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Roland S. Martin / CNN:
The full story behind Rev. Jeremiah Wright's 9/11 sermon — As this whole sordid episode regarding the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has played out over the last week, I wanted to understand what he ACTUALLY said in this speech. I've been saying all week on CNN that context is important …
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Confederate Yankee:
Is [Anderson Cooper] Roland S. Martin Simply Making Things Up? — On Anderson Cooper's CNN blog this morning, Roland S. Martin claims that Barack Obama's radical minister Jeremiah Wright got his “chickens coming home to roost” commentary from a former Ronald Reagan official.
CBS News:
CBS Poll: Good Reviews For Obama Speech — But Problems For Democratic Candidate Remain As Fewer Think He Could Unite The Country — (CBS) Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race this week, in which he discussed his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his controversial longtime minister …
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MSNBC:
Passport scandal leads to Virginia contractor — Two of the government contractors who allegedly took a peek at Sen. Barack Obama's passport records worked for a Virginia-based firm called Stanley, Inc., according to U.S. government officials with knowledge of the State Department passport controversy.
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CNN:
Obama wants inquiry into passport files snooping
Obama wants inquiry into passport files snooping
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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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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Edwards unlikely to endorse — John Edwards is unlikely to endorse either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton before the nomination is decided, according to interviews with several members of the former candidate's inner circle. — At least three individuals who have recently spoken …
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush's Alternate Reality — President Bush on Wednesday said something demonstrably false and inflammatory about Iran — asserting that the Iranian government has “declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people.” — The Iranians have never done any such thing …
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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
From the Fact Check Desk: The Clinton Campaign Misrepresents Clinton NAFTA Meeting — I have now talked to three former Clinton Administration officials whom I trust who tell me that then-First Lady Hillary Clinton opposed the idea of introducing NAFTA before health care …
wftv.com:
Spring Breakers Arrested After Dynamite Explodes On Hotel Sundeck — DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. — Three spring breakers were arrested after an explosion rocked two hotel guests from their bed and shattered the windows of their Daytona Beach Shores hotel room around 2:30am Friday.