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10:05 PM ET, March 30, 2008

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Cordesman on what's really going on in Basra  —  Excellent work as usual from a guy who's never shied from telling either side what it doesn't want to hear.  I cringe every time I write about Basra since it's impossible anymore to tell who's allied with whom and why: Maliki, Sadr, the JAM …
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Erica Goode / New York Times:
Sadr Offers Deal for Truce as Fighting Persists in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD — The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Sunday took a step toward ending six days of intense combat between his militia allies and Iraqi and American forces in Basra and Baghdad, saying in a statement that his followers …
Aqeel Hussein / Telegraph:
Iraqi army forces defect to Moqtada al-Sadr  —  With gunfire and explosions echoing round him, Lt Hamid Abbas of the Iraqi Army was letting no car pass unchallenged at his makeshift roadblock on the outskirts of a Basra slum.  —  His closest scrutiny, however, was reserved …
CNN:
Al-Sadr calls off fighting, orders compliance with Iraqi security  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on followers to stop shooting and cooperate with Iraqi security forces Sunday, a move Iraq's government praised as a step toward ending six days of fighting that has left hundreds dead.
Discussion: Danger Room and Donklephant
Anthony H. Cordesman / New York Times:
A Civil War Iraq Can't Win
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
Sholnn Freeman / Washington Post:   Shiite Cleric Sadr Offers Conditions for Cease-Fire
New York Times:
In This Shiite Battle, a Marked Shift From the Past
Discussion: Commentary and The Left Coaster
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Now at 52% to Clinton's 42%  —  McCain still has slight advantage over both Democratic opponents  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama has extended his lead over Hillary Clinton among Democrats nationally to 52% to 42%, the third consecutive Gallup Poll Daily tracking report …
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Newsweek:
How to Win in a Knife Fight  —  The Democratic race could well come down to the first contested convention in years.  Lessons on how to prevail.  —  After the last Democratic primary is held in early June, neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama will have enough votes from delegates elected …
Discussion: Dean's World
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BRAZILE EXPLAINS CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE  —  Donna Brazile was on This Week this morning and explained how the credentials committee works.  If she's right, and I'm sure Brazile knows this stuff like the back of her hand, it's even worse for Clinton than I thought.
Discussion: TalkLeft, Balloon Juice and Donklephant
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Obama To Blame If The Dem Contest Goes To The Convention  —  Obama supporter Josh Marshall: … (Emphasis supplied.)  What did Clinton actually say? … (Emphasis mine.)  Josh's reaction to this? … (Emphasis supplied.)  Excuse me?  Not even Barack Obama says MI and FL is resolved.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Think Progress:
Bush booed loudly while throwing out first pitch in Nationals home opener.  —  President Bush delivered the first pitch tonight at the new Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. to a resounding chorus of boos.  After being announced, Bush was showered by boos as he strode to the mound.
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Cash-strapped Clinton fails to pay bills  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months — freeing up cash for critical media buys but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small-business circles.
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Michael Scherer / Swampland:
Say It Ain't So, Joe  —  It's not news that Sen. Joe Lieberman, the onetime Democratic VP candidate, is backing John McCain for President.  Nor is it news that Lieberman takes a different view of the Iraq War than most Democrats.  But what he said this morning on ABC's “This Week” is certainly news.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Lieberman makes the Zell Miller transition final: ‘...the Democratic Party changed’
Discussion: American Power and Shakesville
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
No, John McCain Can't Just Quit  —  Susan Milligan, writing in the Boston Globe, takes an all-too-rare foray into John McCain's campaign finance hypocrisy.  But this bit, straight out of the McCain's disinformation machine, simply isn't true: … McCain took the money all right …
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Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
McCain's commitment to public financing questioned
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Hold Fast
Cincinnati.com:
Maupin's remains found in Iraq  —  digg us!  del.icio.us!  —  Sgt. Matt Maupin is dead, the parents of the missing Clermont County soldier said today.  —  Maupin's remain were found in Iraq, nearly four years after he was captured by insurgents, his parents said.
Discussion: michellemalkin.com and BLACKFIVE
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Dith Pran, ‘Killing Fields’ Photographer, Dies at 65  —  Dith Pran, a photojournalist for The New York Times whose gruesome ordeal in the killing fields of Cambodia was re-created in a 1984 movie that gave him an eminence he tenaciously used to press for his people's rights, died in New Brunswick, N.J., on Sunday.
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JammieWearingFool:
RIP, Dith Pran
Discussion: Dean's World
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
Public Death, Private Life  —  What should a newspaper print about a person's most private life in a story after his death?  —  The Post ran a story March 22 about the burial at Arlington National Cemetery of Army Maj. Alan G. Rogers, a decorated war hero killed in an explosion in Baghdad.
 
 
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