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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 …
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Selim Algar / New York Post:
FROM BAD TO VERSE FOR HILL — AIRPORT'S GIRL POET STUNNED BY SNIPER TALE AS INSULTED FELLOW BOSNIANS RIP ‘LOW BLOW’ LIE — SARAJEVO, Bosnia - The Bosnian girl who famously read a poem to Hillary Rodham Clinton during her 1996 visit to the war-torn country is shocked - and her countrymen infuriated …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Rosy Words for Clinton by '90s Nemesis
Rosy Words for Clinton by '90s Nemesis
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Mark Silva / Baltimore Sun:
Clinton: Health care premiums are in the mail
Clinton: Health care premiums are in the mail
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The Politico:
Dem elite working for June solution — Hoping to avoid a summer-long bloodbath for the Democratic presidential nomination, some party leaders such as Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen have urged a convention of superdelegates in June, after the caucuses and primaries are over.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Dems, Reps Agree: Obama Tougher Opponent for McCain
Dems, Reps Agree: Obama Tougher Opponent for McCain
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The Swamp
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: New Jersey Presidential Election — New Jersey: McCain in Toss-Up with Both Clinton and Obama — John McCain holds statistically insignificant leads over both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in New Jersey. It's McCain 45%, Clinton 42% and McCain 46%, Obama 45%.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Michigan Presidential Election — Michigan: McCain 43% Obama 42%; McCain 45% Clinton 42% — While Democrats are still fighting about whether and how Michigan's delegates will be seated at their party's national convention, early polling suggests that John McCain …
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.
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 …
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 …
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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Iran Brokers Call for Ceasefire; Bush reduced to Irrelevancy in Iraq; Fighting Continues — Iran Brokers Call for Ceasefire; — Bush reduced to Irrelevancy in Iraq; — Fighting Continues — McClatchy provides a lot of important detail about Sunday's surprising developments regarding …
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Defeated Maliki Accepts Cease-Fire
Defeated Maliki Accepts Cease-Fire
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OOPS — Racial healer Lou Dobbs explains how he's sick of “cotton pickin'” black leaders telling him how he can and can't talk about race (he catches himself at the last minute — sorta) ... Special thanks to TPM Reader AR for the catch. — Late Update: Whenever we do posts like this …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Dilbert Strategy — Anyone who has worked in a large organization — or, for that matter, reads the comic strip “Dilbert” — is familiar with the “org chart” strategy. To hide their lack of any actual ideas about what to do, managers sometimes make a big show of rearranging the boxes and lines that say who reports to whom.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Treasury Rolls Out Overhaul of Financial Regulators
Treasury Rolls Out Overhaul of Financial Regulators
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Obama had greater role on liberal survey — During his first run for elected office, Barack Obama played a greater role than his aides now acknowledge in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the death penalty and abortion- positions that appear at odds with the more moderate image he's projected during his presidential campaign.
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William Kristol / New York Times:
Biography Isn't Enough — The McCain campaign's first general election ad, released Friday, includes moving footage of him as a prisoner of war. What was Democratic Chairman Howard Dean's reaction? “While we honor McCain's military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader …
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Ryanteaguebeckwith / newsobserver.com projects:
Butterfield: More endorsements coming — U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield of Wilson says he is the only North Carolina congressman supporting Barack Obama, but he expects further endorsements Tuesday or Wednesday. — “There have been substantial discussions between the Obama campaign and the other six …
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
New Backing for Obama As Party Seeks Unity
New Backing for Obama As Party Seeks Unity
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David Stout / New York Times:
Justices Let Stand Ruling on Illegal F.B.I. Search — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that the F.B.I. went too far in searching the office of Representative William J. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat accused of using his position to promote business deals in Africa.
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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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
STICKIN' — There's been a fierce and now apparently fading argument over the last week over whether Hillary Clinton should drop out of the nomination race or, more pointedly, whether she's under some sort of obligation to do so. Not just in this race but in general I've always taken …