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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Back Into Lead in Democratic Race — McCain enjoys advantage in general election trial heat — PRINCETON, NJ — Today's Gallup Poll Daily tracking update finds Barack Obama with an eight percentage point advantage over Hillary Clinton (50% to 42%) …
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Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
Todd: Clinton has made the right call — NBC's Chuck Todd says calls for her to drop out are premature — WASHINGTON - It is amazing how loud some of the buzz is for Sen. Hillary Clinton to “do what's best for the party” and get out. — More than any other week, this one seemed …
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Obama: Primary ‘A Good Movie That Lasted About A Half An Hour Too Long’ — ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Calling it a lengthy primary season, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., offered a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania crowd an analogy on the Democratic primary race, saying it is like, “a good movie that lasted about a half an hour too long.”
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Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
Casey snubs Clinton, family feud continues — PITTSBURGH — Senator Bob Casey, a champion of the working-class Catholic voters at the core of Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania coalition, bypassed Clinton to endorse Barack Obama today, the latest swipe between two warring dynasties whose battles …
Thomas Fitzgerald / Philly.com:
Bob Casey to endorse Obama, join bus tour — Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president today in Pittsburgh, sending a message both to the state's primary voters and to undecided superdelegates who might decide the close race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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NationalJournal.com:
Transcript: Mark McKinnon On Why He'll Leave The McCain Campaign If Obama Is The Democratic Nominee — National Journal's Linda Douglass sat down with Mark McKinnon for the March 28 edition of “National Journal On Air.” This is a transcript of their conversation. — Q: I want to introduce Mark McKinnon.
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Redstate:
The President Americans Have Been Waiting For — As Hillary and Obama continue their ever more negative fight to challenge Senator John McCain for the presidency, McCain launched the first TV ad of the fall campaign. — The ad highlights McCain's experience, character and optimistic vision for our future:
Associated Press:
Bush aide resigns — White House cites improper use of grant money — WASHINGTON - An aide to President Bush has resigned because of his alleged misuse of grant money from the U.S. Agency for International Development when he worked for a Cuban democracy organization.
Deacon / Power Line:
DUKE LOWERS THE BAR AGAIN — Many of you probably know that 38 members of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team have filed a civil suit against Duke University, its president Richard Brodhead (yes, he's still Duke's president), the city of Durham, and others associated with the outrageous behavior directed …
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Fox News:
FBI Focusing on ‘About Four’ Suspects in 2001 Anthrax Attacks — WASHINGTON — The FBI has narrowed its focus to “about four” suspects in the 6 1/2-year investigation of the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001, and at least three of those suspects are linked to the Army's bioweapons research facility …
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Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:
NAA Reveals Biggest Ad Revenue Plunge in More Than 50 Years — NEW YORK The newspaper industry has experienced the worst drop in advertising revenue in more than 50 years. — According to new data released by the Newspaper Association of America, total print advertising revenue …
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Mahdi Army Stands Firm in its Basra Neighborhoods; Demonstrations in Baghdad against al-Maliki — Mahdi Army Stands Firm in its Basra Neighborhoods; — Demonstrations in Baghdad against al-Maliki — People are asking me the significance of the fighting going on in Basra and elsewhere.
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Erica Goode / New York Times:
U.S. Planes Attack Militia Strongholds in Basra Fighting
U.S. Planes Attack Militia Strongholds in Basra Fighting
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Media Matters for America:
Wash. Post claimed McCain “most aggressive” of the three major candidates in “identifying ways to reduce spending,” ignoring cost of Iraq policy — A March 28 Washington Post article, headlined “As Candidates Warm to Bush Tax Cuts, Economists Warn of Long-Term Effects,” claimed that “[o] …
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Douglas Murray / CentreRight:
‘Fitna’: by Geert Wilders — Well Geert Wilders' film ‘Fitna’ is finally out, as of last night, and so far there is no need to retire to the bunker. At the time of writing there's been a bit of rioting in Karachi but Holland itself is still standing if - thanks to its government - slightly cowed.
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Diana West / Washington Times:
Pre-emptive rage — Any day now, a short film connecting …
Pre-emptive rage — Any day now, a short film connecting …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
GIULIANI WEIGHING ‘SPECIAL’ RUN FOR GOV — In the latest twist in New York politics, Rudy Giuliani is eyeing a run for governor in a special election this fall should Gov. Paterson be forced to resign, sources say. — A top adviser to the former mayor, who pulled the plug on his presidential bid …
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Freed Alabama Ex-Governor Sees Politics in His Case — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Governor Don Siegelman of Alabama, released from prison today on bond in a bribery case, said he was as convinced as ever that politics played a leading role in his prosecution.
Times of London:
Hillary Clinton; fibber in chief — Her blatant deceit over Bosnia, among other lies, is about the last nail in her coffin — A good memory is needed once we have lied," observed Pierre Corneille, the 17th-century French tragedian. He was right. The complexities involved in keeping …
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The New Republic
Mark Niquette / The Columbus Dispatch:
Limbaugh safe from voter-fraud charges — Radio host encouraged fans to vote Democratic — Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh has been telling his audience for days now that he could be indicted for encouraging Ohio Republicans to take a Democratic ballot in the March 4 primary in what he calls “Operation Chaos.”
The Campaign Spot:
Liveblogging Obama on the View — Just tuned in to Obama. — “Keep in mind, he's preaching three times every Sunday for thirty years. I'm not vetting my party. I didn't have my research team pull every sermon he's given for the past thirty times.” — “The statements that he made were rightly offensive.
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