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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
New NBC-WSJ poll — From NBC's Chuck Todd — As expected, one of the two major Democratic candidates saw a downturn in the latest NBC/WSJ poll, but it's not the candidate that you think. Hillary Clinton is sporting the lowest personal ratings of the campaign.
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Pastor Flap Hasn't Hurt Obama — WASHINGTON — The racially charged debate over Barack Obama's relationship with his longtime pastor hasn't much changed his close contest against Hillary Clinton, or hurt him against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
Fox News:
Clinton Insists Dems Race Is a ‘Long Way’ From Over, Looks Toward Convention — The Democratic race is a “long way from being over,” Hillary Clinton told FOX News on Wednesday, and she has no qualms about taking the primary fight all the way to the convention floor.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
In Letter, Top Clinton Donors Chastise Pelosi For Statements About Super-Delegates — Twenty top Hillary fundraisers and donors have sent a scathing private letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, chastising her for publicly saying that the super-delegates should support the winner …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
CLINTON TACTICS TURN OFF SOME SUPERDELEGATES — From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger — At a time when Sen. Hillary Clinton is increasingly relying on superdelegates to vault her to the Democratic Party's nomination, a handful of undecided and pledged superdelegates are coming forward …
The Trail:
Clinton Donors Warn Pelosi on Superdelegates — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., steps out of her vehicle at the airport in Latrobe, Pa., after campaigning at the University of Pittsburgh in Greensburg, Pa., Tuesday, March 25, 2008. (AP.) — By Dan Balz
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
US: Saddam Paid for Lawmakers' Iraq Trip — Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. — An indictment unsealed in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti …
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Debbie Schlussel:
BREAKING - Feds Indict Former CAIR Michigan Chief/Current Muslim …
BREAKING - Feds Indict Former CAIR Michigan Chief/Current Muslim …
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Michelle Malkin:
We don't call him “Baghdad Jim” for nothing; Plus: Another treacherous CAIR official
We don't call him “Baghdad Jim” for nothing; Plus: Another treacherous CAIR official
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Former worker for Muslim charity in Southfield accused of being Hussein spy
Former worker for Muslim charity in Southfield accused of being Hussein spy
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Agence France Presse:
Pentagon says new Iraq fighting arises from surge's success — WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Pentagon on Wednesday said an eruption of violence in southern Iraq, where US-backed government forces were battling Shiite militias, was a “by-product of the success of the surge.”
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Jules Crittenden:
Blackwater Fever — It's new, it's so bad they named it after the hated American mercenaries, because it kills the innocent just like they do. Slamming Blackwater is always fun and really adds some zing to this story suggesting that an Iraqi malaria epidemic is being kept secret.
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IPS Inter Press Service:
IRAQ: Fever Named After Blackwater — By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* — Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of a new disease they call “Blackwater” that threatens the lives of thousands. The disease is named after Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq.
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Gordon Trowbridge / Detroit News:
Federal judge: Michigan's presidential primary law unconstitutional — DETROIT — A federal judge on Wednesday ruled Michigan's presidential primary law unconstitutional and blocked the state from giving voter lists from the Jan. 15 election to the state's major political parties.
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Jeff Karoub / Associated Press:
Federal judge in Detroit strikes down state primary records law
Federal judge in Detroit strikes down state primary records law
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
BREAKING: Condi Rice Flirts With VP Possibility — Speaks to Grover Norquist's Wednesday Group Meeting — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is speaking this morning to Grover Norquist's weekly powerhouse gathering at Americans for Tax Reform of conservative associations, think tanks, and political operations.
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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 …
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
The Company Obama Keeps — Marc Ambinder wrote today of Obama's troubles with McPeak and Rev. Wright: … Fair enough. But there comes a point when one looks at the people Obama has surrounded himself with and begins to wonder. On Israel, Obama has no real track record …
Vikas Bajaj / New York Times:
Report Assails Auditor for Work at Failed Home Lender — In a sweeping accusation against one of the country's largest accounting firms, an investigator released a report on Wednesday that said “improper and imprudent practices” by a once high-flying mortgage company were condoned and enabled by its auditors.
The Politico:
Welcome to the age of the sound blast — If 1960 was the year that TV displaced radio as the main platform for political persuasion, then the 2008 primary fight between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton may go down in history as the moment when the Internet ended the dominance of television.
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The Huffington Post