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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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PittsburghLIVE.com:
Clinton: Wright ‘would not have been my pastor’ — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a wide-ranging interview today with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters and editors, said she would have left her church if her pastor made the sort of inflammatory remarks Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor made.
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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.
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 …
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:Poll: Obama Ahead 21 Points In North Carolina Primary
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Charles Babington / Associated Press:Clinton would have left Obama's pastor
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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 …
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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?
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Obama Releases 2000-2006 Tax Returns — Barack Obama today released his 2000-2006 tax returns: — 2006 Return — 2005 Return — 2004 Return — 2003 Return — 2002 Return — 2001 Return — 2000 Return — Here is a summary of the figures:
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Matthew Yglesias:
Ending the War — Chris Bowers sketches out a plausible and appealing scenario in which Barack Obama wraps up the nomination on May 6. Among other things that would be good about such a scenario, it's worth noting that at this point the main obstacle to a satisfactory resolution …
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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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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 …
RushLimbaugh.com:
If Rush Gets Indicted for Operation Chaos, Indict Obama, Clinton, Too — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: On Friday we made Operation Chaos merchandise available at the EIB Store at RushLimbaugh.com. You have two days to be among the first to order either a T-shirt or a cap or bumper sticker …
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John McCain / Real Clear Politics:
John McCain's Remarks on Economic Woes — Thank you for joining me here today. I just returned from a trip overseas that included assessing the state of affairs in Iraq, the Middle East, and Europe. I will have more to say on those important issues in the days and weeks to come.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY....Paul Krugman points out that in the 2008 report of the Social Security Trustees released today the “actuarial balance” of the system is better than it's been since 1993. Interesting! But how much better? — Click here for the answer …
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Anthony Cormier / tbo.com:
1 Of 2 93-Year-Olds Charged In Manatee County Sex Sting — MANATEE COUNTY - Prosecutors are moving ahead with a case against one of two 93-year-old men picked up during undercover prostitution stings. — In the case of Frank Milio, prosecutors have issued subpoenas and plan to take him to trial in April.
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