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Byron York / The Corner:
Hell Has Officially Frozen Over — It caught my eye as a flash on Brit Hume a few moments ago, but here is a photo from Hillary Clinton's visit today to the editorial board of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. In this picture, she is seen talking to none other than Richard Mellon Scaife …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
YA THINK? — As you know, earlier today Hillary Clinton tried to stoke the Jeremiah Wright controversy by telling an editorial board meeting in Pittsburgh that Jeremiah Wright “would not have been my pastor” and then going on to note that she had denounced Don Imus in contrast to Obama's allegedly …
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Democratic Party Official: Clinton Pursuing ‘The Tonya Harding Option’ — l just spoke with a Democratic Party official, who asked for anonymity so as to speak candidly, who said we in the media are all missing the point of this Democratic fight. — The delegate math is difficult for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, the official said.
Marc Ambinder:
Obama And The Jews — The Clinton campaign is distributing an article in the American Spectator (!) about Obama foreign policy adviser Merrill McPeak and his penchant for.. well, the article accuses him of being an anti-Semite and a drunk. Principally, the author takes McPeak to task …
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PittsburghLIVE.com:
Clinton: Wright ‘would not have been my pastor’
Clinton: Wright ‘would not have been my pastor’
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Poll: Obama Ahead 21 Points In North Carolina Primary
Poll: Obama Ahead 21 Points In North Carolina Primary
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Suzanne Smalley / Newsweek:
Embellished Memory — Had Hillary come to believe her increasingly dramatic tale of facing sniper fire in Bosnia? … Is it possible that Hillary Clinton really thought she risked her life disembarking from a plane and running for cover “under sniper fire” at the heavily fortified U.S. Air Force base at Tuzla?
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Team Obama - Someone Buy 'Em A Subscription To Google — Per Ben Smith's blog at The Politico I see that Team Obama is alerting reporters to earlier incidents of Hillarity mis-speaking about her Excellent Adventure in Bosnia. — But the Obama crowd has not found her December tale-telling …
Sam Dagher / Christian Science Monitor:
ACROSS IRAQ, BATTLES ERUPT WITH MAHDI ARMY — Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army fought US, Iraqi forces in Baghdad and Basra on Tuesday. … The Mahdi Army's seven-month-long cease-fire appears to have come undone. — Rockets fired from the capital's Shiite district of Sadr City slammed …
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Byron York / The Corner:
Michelle and Barack: The Tax Returns — A lot of emailers have been taking a look at the Obamas' tax returns from 2000 to 2006, just released by the campaign. Several are pointing out the couple's charitable contributions prior to Barack Obama's big book-related payday — in 2002 …
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Brianinmo / BLOGS FOR JOHN McCAIN:
McCain Asks When Hillary Clinton Will Apologize to Gen. Petraeus - Video — Here is Sen. John McCain on March 24, 2008 asking when Sen. Hillary Clinton will apologize to Gen. David Petraeus for her remarks last year ridiculing the idea that “The Surge” strategy in Iraq was working.
Associated Press:
Chelsea Clinton Startled by Monica Query — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chelsea Clinton had a quick retort Tuesday when asked whether her mother's credibility had been hurt during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. — “Wow, you're the first person actually that's ever asked me that question in the …
The Nation:
Progressives for Obama — All American progressives should unite for Barack Obama. We descend from the proud tradition of independent social movements that have made America a more just and democratic country. We believe that the movement today supporting Barack Obama continues …
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
The Buzz on the Bus: Pinched, Press Steps Off — As Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama debated in Cleveland on a snowy evening in late February, 650 journalists descended on the city to follow every jab and parry, albeit on enormous televisions in two makeshift filing centers.
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Mark Halperin / The Page:
Clinton Camp Memo on Obama's “Embellished Words” — Just Embellished Words: Senator Obama's Record of Exaggerations & Misstatements — Once again, the Obama campaign is getting caught saying one thing while doing another. They are personally attacking Hillary even though Sen. Obama …
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Just How Did John McCain Obtain What He Has in the Bank with the Press? — “Maybe ‘Iran is training Al Queda’ is McCain's way of signaling that he intends to pick up where Bush and Cheney left off in discarding the whole reality-based approach to policy-making and public communication.”
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
‘Russia set on Mideast parley, whether Israel likes it or not’ — Russia is determined to go ahead with an international Middle East conference in Moscow in June whether Israel likes it or not, government sources told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, summing up Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit here last week.