memeorandum: The Tall Tale of Tuzla (Christopher Hitchens/Slate)

11:30 PM ET, March 31, 2008

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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:

The Tall Tale of Tuzla — HILLARY CLINTON'S BOSNIAN MISADVENTURE SHOULD DISQUALIFY HER FROM THE PRESIDENCY, BUT THE AIRPORT LANDING IS THE LEAST OF IT. — The punishment visited on Sen. Hillary Clinton for her flagrant, hysterical, repetitive, pathological lying about her visit to Bosnia …

Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog, the talking dog, Dean's World and A Tiny Revolution

Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:

Clinton didn't pay health insurance bills — Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Clinton's struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out. — Clinton, who is being pressured to end her campaign against Barack Obama …

Selim Algar / New York Post:
FROM BAD TO VERSE FOR HILL

Discussion: CounterPunch, The Smirking Chimp, Gawker, Real Clear Politics, The Seminal, Hot Air, Election Geek Blog …, Booman Tribune, Don Surber, Spin Cycle, Gateway Pundit, The Page, JammieWearingFool, MSNBC and Weasel Zippers

Gallup:

Gallup Daily: Obama Holds Lead Over Clinton, 51% to 43% — Longest stretch as front-runner for either candidate since late February — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted March 28-30 finds Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton in national Democratic preferences for the nomination, 51% to 43%.

Discussion: Rasmussen Reports, The Daily Dish, MyDD, Wonkette and Comments from Left Field

Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:

DAY-OF-WEEK EFFECT IN GALLUP DAILY? — I received some interesting charts this afternoon from Harrison Hickman and Ben Margolis, both of the Democratic firm Global Strategy Group that polled for John Edwards until he withdrew from the race (full disclosure: Hickman was my employer longer ago than either of us wants to admit).

Discussion: TPM Election Central, Hotline On Call and Comments from Left Field

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Dems, Reps Agree: Obama Tougher Opponent for McCain

Discussion: Spin Cycle, The Swamp and Boston Globe

Media Matters for America:

Scarborough on Obama's “dainty” bowling performance: “Americans want their president, if it's a man, to be a real man” — During the March 31 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist repeatedly mocked Sen. Barack Obama's bowling performance — which Scarborough called …

Discussion: The New Republic, Baltimore Sun, Gateway Pundit, The Liberal Avenger and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:

Do They Hate Clinton More Than They Care About The Dem Party? — Apparently, Josh Marshall got a lot of “feedback” for his post that I discussed here. His reply to that feedback seems equally nonsensical to me: … (Emphasis supplied.) This makes no sense to me.

Discussion: Anglachel's Journal, Balloon Juice, Taylor Marsh and Talking Points Memo

Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Michigan delegate compromise offered

Discussion: MyDD and TalkLeft

The Politico:
Dem elite working for June solution

Discussion: Middle Earth Journal, The Trail, Hot Air, Stumper and URGENT AGENDA

CBN.com:

Obama Says He Doesn't Want His Daughters Punished with a Baby — A lot has been made (by both sides) in this Democratic primary race that “words matter”. Well, The Brody File brings you this: — At a town hall meeting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon …

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, The Moderate Voice, Liberty Street, Feministe, Confederate Yankee and TPM Election Central

Jonathan Richards / Times of London:

CIA enlists Google's help for spy work — US intelligence agencies are using Google's technology to help its agents share information about their suspects — Google has been recruited by US intelligence agencies to help them better process and share information they gather about suspects.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Wayne Barrett / The Huffington Post:

Could the Republicans Pick the Democratic Nominee? — The Untold Story of How the GOP Rigged Florida and Michigan — Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean came out of hiding last week to announce that there is no reason to rush to resolve the fate of Florida and Michigan.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Tom Watson, TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh, Corrente and Political Machine

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

LAST REFUGE ... PA Gov. Ed Rendell on Fox News coverage of the Democratic primary campaign ... Late Update: Here's the video: — Hat tip to the Politico.

Discussion: TalkLeft and Liberal Values

Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Gov. Rendell: Fox is ‘most objective’ cable network

Discussion: Attytood, The Carpetbagger Report, Taylor Marsh, Ben Smith's Blogs and The Democratic Daily

David Usborne / The Independent:

USA 2008: The Great Depression — Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive - a sure sign the world's richest country faces economic crisis — Disadvantaged Americans queue for aid in New York

Discussion: Truthdig and Done With Mirrors

John Hawkins / Right Wing News:

Interviewing Six Conservative Female Bloggers On Dating — One of the great things about my other blog, Conservative Grapevine, is that I get to link a wide variety of articles and see which links draw the most clicks. While doing that, one of the things that I've found is that any article about dating tends to do really well.

Discussion: Sister Toldjah, Dr. Melissa Clouthier, Shakesville, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, The American Mind, michellemalkin.com, Wizbang, Comments from Left Field, Althouse, The Other McCain, StephenBainbridge.com, CWA-NJ Conservatives …, TBogg, Independent Liberal, Vox Popoli and Don Surber

Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:

Military Report: Secretly ‘Recruit or Hire Bloggers’ — A study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, suggested “clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers.” — Since the start of the Iraq war, there's been a raucous debate in military circles over how to handle blogs …

Discussion: Think Progress, Shakesville and Left in the West

Eli Lake / New York Sun:

Some Republicans Emerge To Endorse Obama — WASHINGTON — With an eye to the general election and the Pennsylvania primary, some Republicans who oppose President Bush's war policy are endorsing Senator Obama. — Senator Obama speaks at a rally on the Old Main Lawn at Penn State University yesterday …

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings, Flopping Aces, Donklephant, American Street, The New Nixon Blog and RADAMISTO

Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:

Barack Obama calls for Cesar Chavez holiday — Cesar Chavez Day. — That's what Barack Obama is endorsing: A national holiday in honor of the late, legendary activist for farmworker rights (pictured below). — Today is Chavez's birthday — and Hillary Clinton's campaign …

Discussion: American Street and The Unapologetic Mexican