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Both Obama And Clinton Embellish Their Roles — After weeks of arduous negotiations, on April 6, 2006, a bipartisan group of senators burst out of the “President's Room,” just off the Senate chamber, with a deal on new immigration policy. — As the half-dozen senators — including John McCain …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
2 McCain Moments, Rarely Mentioned — WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain never fails to call himself a conservative Republican as he campaigns as his party's presumptive presidential nominee. He often adds that he was a “foot soldier” in the Reagan revolution and that he believes …
Robin Toner / International Herald Tribune:
Obama's promise of a new majority, and the question it prompts
Obama's promise of a new majority, and the question it prompts
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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.
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Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Campaign Touts Value of Big-State Victories
Clinton Campaign Touts Value of Big-State Victories
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Fester / The Newshoggers:
Clinton, odds and 2012 — My good buddy Kyle at Comments from Left Field is raising and smashing a line of argument about Hillary Clinton's motives for continuing in the Democratic primary despite having a minimal chance of actually achieiving her goals. And this line of speculation …
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Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Why Hillary Must Come Clean About Bill — I'LL BE ON MID STREAM RADIO FROM 1-1:30 P.M. EDT TODAY DISCUSSING THIS POST. DETAILS HERE. — Few things are certain in this season of political upheaval on such a seismic scale, but here is one that is: Should Hillary Clinton win the nomination …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Taming the Beast — We're now in the midst of an epic financial crisis …
Taming the Beast — We're now in the midst of an epic financial crisis …
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Brandon Friedman / VetVoice:
25 Killed in Two Weeks; More Significant Number than 4,000 — American forces have just experienced the most violent two-week period in Iraq since September 2007. Unfortunately, I'm afraid this fact will be lost in the media coverage over the number 4,000 during the next several days.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
JPMorgan in Negotiations to Raise Bear Stearns Bid — JPMorgan Chase was in talks on Sunday night for a deal that would quintuple its offer for Bear Stearns, the beleaguered investment bank, in an effort to pacify angry Bear shareholders, according to people involved in the negotiations.
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William Kristol / New York Times:
Let's Not, and Say We Did — I shuddered only once while watching Barack Obama's speech last Tuesday. — It wasn't when he posed the rhetorical questions: “Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church?”
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Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Clinton calls for panel on housing woes — PHILADELPHIA - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton called on President Bush on Monday to appoint “an emergency working group on foreclosures” to recommend new ways to confront the nation's housing finance troubles. — The New York senator said the panel …
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Democrats' Obama Dilemma — Barack Obama's speech last week, hastily prepared to extinguish the firestorm over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, won critical praise for style and substance but failed politically. By elevating the question of race in America, the front-running Democratic presidential candidate …
Gateway Pundit:
EASTER MASS ATTACK!! Protesters Scream & Spray Fake Blood at Churchgoers — NOT JUST ANTIWAR... Leftist Protesters Attack Catholic Worshippers at Easter Mass in Chicago — The Progressives squirted fake blood around on the Catholics attending Easter Mass this morning!!
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Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
A Mosaic: 4,000 Americans Dead — In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us — and the two men who would continue this great tragedy, despite the cost to our soldiers, our military, and our nation. — Click here to see the... Read Post | Comments
New York Times:
Spitzer Pushed Staff's Effort to Smear Bruno — Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was deeply involved in his administration's efforts last year to discredit the State Senate majority leader, Joseph L. Bruno, holding detailed discussions with senior aides, ordering damaging information about Mr. Bruno released …
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WHAM-TV:
First Kemp...Now Kelly? — He led the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls, and in 2002 was inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame. Could Jim Kelly soon add “Congressman” to his resume? Why not? Political office worked out pretty well for another former Bills quarterback named Jack Kemp.
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Kenneth Lovett / New York Post:
PATERSON'S INN TROUBLE — Despite owning a house less than 20 minutes from the state Capitol, Gov. Paterson, as lieutenant governor, routinely used taxpayer money to stay at nearby hotels, The Post has learned. — Credit-card records obtained from the state Comptroller's Office covering …