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11:35 PM ET, March 24, 2008

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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Clinton ‘Misspoke’ About Bosnia Trip, Campaign Says  —  The Clinton campaign says Senator Hillary Clinton may have “misspoke” recently when she said she had to evade sniper fire when she was visiting Bosnia in 1996 as first lady.  —  She has been using the episode as an example of her foreign policy bona fides.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:   IT LACKED THE ADDED VIRTUE OF BEING TRUE
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:   Not The Safest Trip, But No Sniper Fire
Michael Dobbs / Fact Checker:
MORE INCOMING FIRE FOR CLINTON
Ann Sanner / Associated Press:
Clinton ‘misspoke’ about '96 Bosnia trip
Discussion: PrezVid
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Carville Stands By ‘Judas’ Remark  —  BLUE BELL, Pa. - James Carville, a political adviser to the Clintons, said this afternoon that he stood by his comment last Friday - Good Friday, to Christians - comparing Gov. Bill Richardson to Judas, even though a Clinton campaign aide said today that …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Clinton Backer Points to Electoral College Votes as New Measure  —  Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, who backs Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, proposed another metric Sunday by which superdelegates might judge whether to support Mrs. Clinton or Senator Barack Obama.
Associated Press:
No Carville apology for Judas remark
Discussion: Political Machine and Boston Globe
Spencer Ackerman / American Prospect:
The Obama Doctrine  —  Barack Obama is offering the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique we've heard from a serious presidential contender in decades.  But will voters buy it?  —  When Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama met in California for the Jan. 31 debate …
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Matthew Yglesias:   The Obama Doctrine  —  Everybody knows that Barack Obama …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
This is unacceptable.  Shame on you Debbie  —  What the heck happened to Debbie Wasserman Schultz?  I usually like her, but in an unprecedented move, Debbie will not support Democratic candidates over Republicans because they might get elected—Huh? … It's an election, Debbie.
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel, The Seminal and Daily Kos
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ABCNEWS:
Cheney on Iraq: 'It's Important to Win'  —  Vice President Discusses Grim Milestone of 4,000 U.S. Dead in Five-Year Iraq War  —  In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Vice President Dick Cheney was asked what effect the grim milestone of at least 4,000 U.S. deaths in the five-year Iraq war might have on the nation.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Cheney on 4000 American Dead: “They Volunteered.”  —  How's that for “supporting the troops”?  —  Download |  Play Download |  Play  —  This part absolutely kills me.  Who bears the burden of this war?  The soldiers and their families who lose sleep every night praying their loved ones don't get blown up?
Discussion: Discourse.net
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Blind Faith  —  THE STATEMENTS OF CLERGYMEN LIKE JEREMIAH WRIGHT AREN'T CONTROVERSIAL AND INCENDIARY; THEY'RE WICKED AND STUPID.  —  It's been more than a month since I began warning Sen. Barack Obama that he would become answerable for his revolting choice of a family priest.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama and Clinton Back to a Tie  —  McCain continues to hold slight edge in preferences for the fall  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The Democratic nomination battle — having undergone significant shifts last week during the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy — is now back to a virtual …
Anatol Lieven / Financial Times:
Why we should fear a McCain presidency  —  It may seem incredible to say this, given past experience, but a few years from now Europe and the world could be looking back at the Bush administration with nostalgia.  This possibility will arise if the US elects Senator John McCain as president in November.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
One Bruising Scenario for Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — To listen to some of the discussion about the Democratic presidential contest these days, one would think that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton should have spent Easter weekend in Chappaqua, writing her withdrawal speech and preparing for her return to the Senate.
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Barney Frank To File Bill Legalizing Marijuana … I am totally for legalization of marijuana, but I have to differ with Frank on this: to think that at this time with this administration that you could get away with a bill legalizing pot actually is what sounds silly.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Is ‘success’ of U.S. surge in Iraq about to unravel?  —  BAGHDAD — A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad and issuing demands of the central government.
Alastair Crooke / Guardian:
The naive armchair warriors are fighting a delusional war  —  Calls for the west to use force to restore its values in the face of radical Islam reveal a profound detachment from reality  —  The French philosopher Michel Foucault notes that in all societies discourse is controlled …
 
 
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New York Times:
Bush Given Iraq War Plan With a Steady Troop Level
Elizabeth Benjamin / The Daily Politics:
Paterson: I Did Coke  —  In an interview with NY1's Dominic Carter …
Megan McArdle:
More parents forgoing vaccinations
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Conservapedia Attacks! The Democratic Candidates
Discussion: protein wisdom
CNN:
Obama hits St. Thomas, meets with governor ‘unofficially’
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Miseducation by the creationists  —  Watch this appalling video …
Megan McArdle:
The art of explanation  —  Slate's What I got Wrong series …
CNN:
Clinton stresses party unity in Pennsylvania
Discussion: NO QUARTER
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Satyam / Think Progress:
O'Hanlon: Surge architects are the ‘Vince Lombardis’ of Iraq war.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
A McCain Moment: Do You Want Four More Years of This?
Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog and Salon
Atrios / Eschaton:
Secret Obama Supporter
Discussion: Open Left, TalkLeft and Corrente
Jed Babbin / Human Events:
Too Big, Too Heavy  —  The mission of the US Air Force is to fly and to fight.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard Blog:
Still More Journalistic Sanity on Iraq and al Qaeda
Debbie Schlussel:
“D-Day” in Detroit: Thuggish, Pan-Islamist Mayor Kwame “The Kingpin” …
NBC4:
Crackdown On Guns Under Way In D.C.
Discussion: Stop The ACLU and Cold Fury
M Peretz / The New Republic:
Thoughts on Wright  —  I've just read Dayo Olopade's fascinating …
Discussion: Hot Air and Atlas Shrugs