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8:15 AM ET, March 26, 2008

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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 …
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 …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Seeks to Soften Impact of Misstatement
Discussion: TalkLeft
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.
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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.”
Paul Krugman:
Look and feel 15 years younger!  —  The latest report of the Social Security Trustees is out.  I think the key message is what has happened to the estimate of actuarial balance — the difference between projected outlays and projected revenues over the next 75 years.
Discussion: Angry Bear
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:   IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY....Paul Krugman points …
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Jarheads  —  In light of Tuzla-gate (catchy, no?), reporters are going over past statements by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, (and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois) to see if others don't stand more rigorous examination.  —  One that may get renewed scrutiny is a story she told “Women in Military Service” …
Discussion: Democracy Project and Boston Globe
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CNN:
Obama releases tax returns, challenges Clinton
Discussion: Donklephant
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Battles wrack Basra, threatening success of U.S. surge  —  BAGHDAD — With Iraq's top leaders directing the battle, Iraq's army and national police pressed a major operation Tuesday to wrest control of the southern port city of Basra from the Shiite Mahdi Army militia.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Sam Dagher / Christian Science Monitor:
ACROSS IRAQ, BATTLES ERUPT WITH MAHDI ARMY
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.
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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.
Discussion: Gawker
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 …
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.
Discussion: The New Republic and Israel Matzav
 
 
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