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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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Corey Williams / Associated Press:
Detroit mayor charged with perjury — DETROIT - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a one-time rising star and Detroit's youngest elected leader, was charged Monday with perjury and other counts after sexually explicit text messages contradicted his sworn denials of an affair with a top aide.
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Mike Wilkinson / Detroit News Online:
Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick charged with perjury, obstruction, misconduct — DETROIT —Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has filed felony charges against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty, accusing both of perjury, conspiracy to obstruct justice …
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Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Clinton: Protect reputable home lenders — PHILADELPHIA - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed several remedies to the nation's home mortgage problems Monday, including one tool more often associated with Republicans than Democrats. — The New York senator proposed greater protections …
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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — I don't know where it was. It think it may have been a reader blog at TPMCafe. Wherever it was it was a post that ran down something like ten different ways of counting the popular vote, all to the end of showing that Barack's popular vote lead wasn't nearly so great and may not exist at all.
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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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
Why Hillary Must Come Clean About Bill
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Washington Post:
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 …
USA Today:
Telecom lobbyists tied to McCain — WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate John McCain has condemned the influence of “special interest lobbyists,” yet dozens of lobbyists have political and financial ties to his presidential campaign — particularly from telecommunications companies …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
2 McCain Moments, Rarely Mentioned
2 McCain Moments, Rarely Mentioned
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Bruce Bartlett / New York Times:
Stop Those Checks — WITH unusual speed and cooperation last month, George W. Bush and Democrats in Congress agreed to a tax rebate set to be paid out beginning in May. Families will get checks for $300 to $1200 or more, and it is assumed that they will all rush out to spend this money immediately …
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
Chris Kelly / The Huffington Post:
O'Reilly Attends Easter Services At Church Lead by Ex-Nazi — The Huffington Post has learned that Bill O'Reilly — who claims to love America — spent Sunday at a “church” run by a former Hitler Youth named Joseph Alois Ratzinger. Ratzinger has gone to elaborate ends to hide this connection …
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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 …
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 …