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Frank Newport / Gallup:
If McCain vs. Obama, 28% of Clinton Backers Go for McCain — If McCain vs. Clinton, 19% of Obama backers go for McCain — PRINCETON, NJ — A sizable proportion of Democrats would vote for John McCain next November if he is matched against the candidate they do not support for the Democratic nomination.
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Rasmussen Reports:
22% of Democrats Want Clinton to Drop Out; 22% Say Obama Should Withdraw — Twenty-two percent (22%) of Democratic voters nationwide say that Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. However, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found …
The Politico:
Southern Dem warns party to avert disaster — Democrats are increasingly nervous about their party's protracted nomination fight, and some prominent figures are publicly warning that the party needs to act fast to avoid disaster. — Chief among these voices is Phil Bredesen …
Mark Halperin / Time:
Exclusive: Clinton Vows to Push On — Hillary Clinton is under a lot of pressure these days, but in a Tuesday interview she seemed cheery, confident and unapologetic as she talked about her determination to fight on in the Presidential race. Speaking by phone from Pennsylvania …
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The Smoking Gun:
Big Phat Liar — How a federal inmate duped the Los Angeles Times, fabricated FBI reports, and linked Sean “Diddy” Combs to 1994 ambush of Tupac Shakur — Last week's bombshell Los Angeles Times report claiming that the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur in the lobby of a Manhattan recording studio …
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Times to investigate validity of documents in Tupac report — The Smoking Gun website reports that the records the paper used to uncover new details in the rapper's murder were largely fabricated. An internal investigation will be launched. — Los Angeles Times Editor Russ Stanton …
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Moqtada al-Sadr orders Iraq PM out of Basra — The Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has demanded that the country's prime minister leave Basra where he is overseeing a military operation to purge the southern city of its radical Shi'ite militiamen. — Relations between Sadr and Nouri al-Maliki …
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Penny Starr / CNSNews:
Obama's Pastor Slurs Italians in Latest Magazine — (CNSNews.com) - Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago where Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has been a member for two decades, slurred Italians in a piece published in the most recent issue of Trumpet Newsmagazine.
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
BILL: ‘SADDLE UP’ — From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli — PARKERSBURG, W.V. — Bill Clinton kicked off a day of campaigning here by making a personal appeal to voters, saying Hillary's success depends on “real” people like those who came to see him. And as the rhetoric heats up between the Democratic campaigns …
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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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Hillary or Nobody? — While the cool cat's away, the Hillary mice will play. — As Barack Obama was floating in the pool with his daughters the last few days in St. Thomas, some Clinton disciples were floating the idea of St. Hillary as his vice president.
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James Fallows:
This is disgusting (Clintons, McPeak, American Spectator) — Watching from 12 time zones away, I've tried to stay out of campaign blow-by-blow. — But if, as I assume is true based on Marc Ambinder's report, the Hillary Clinton campaign is circulating a hit job from the American Spectator, this is simply disgusting.
Gateway Pundit:
Oops!... She Did It Again- Michelle Obama Bashes Ignorant America! (Video) — “It's easier to hold on to your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance...That's AMERICA” … Oops!... She did it again! — Michelle Obama bashes America:
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Pastor Of Clinton's Former Church: Don't Use Wright To Polarize — On Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Clinton re-stoked the flames of the controversy surrounding Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, saying she would have long ago distanced herself from Rev. Jeremiah Wright if she had attended his church.
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
The rescue of Bear Stearns marks liberalisation's limit — Remember Friday March 14 2008: it was the day the dream of global free- market capitalism died. For three decades we have moved towards market-driven financial systems. By its decision to rescue Bear Stearns, the Federal Reserve …
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Evan Smith / Poll Dancing:
The McKinnon and Dowd Show — Last night I moderated/facilitated a conversation at the Headliner's Club in Austin between old (and still) friends and (possibly future) collaborators Mark McKinnon and Matthew Dowd, whose work on the '00 and '04 Bush-Cheney campaigns is near-legendary.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Some Obama fabulism as well? — We have had a field day with the Tuzla Dash and the exposure of Hillary Clinton as a fabulist over the last few days, although I have been writing about this since December. In truth, though, finding a Clinton untruth is something akin to shooting fish in a barrel.
Joshua Green / The Current:
Hillary's Minister Problem — Barack Obama isn't the only candidate with ties to a controversial religious group. — Since Hillary Clinton has launched a frontal attack on her opponent's church and pastor, it's worth noting that she has some odd religious ties of her own.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Samantha Power Unapologetic About Iraq Remarks, Hints At Return — Former Obama aide Samantha Power may be repentant for calling Sen. Hillary Clinton a political monster, but on the other issue that marked her resignation, she is not conceding an inch. — Speaking at the Columbia University School …
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