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Saira Anees / Political Punch:
Obama is Smokin' — Last August, I ran into Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, outside the Senate chamber in the Capitol. — This was before the Obama surge, before he had omnipresent Secret Service agents, back when you might see him strolling solo. — We chatted for a second …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Obama's $40 Million Haul (And What It Means) — UPDATE — 4:15 p.m.: A Clinton campaign source just confirmed to The Fix that the New York Senator collected $20 million in the month of March, roughly half the total amount collected by Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) over the same time frame.
Air America / Air America Radio blogs:
STATEMENT OF AIR AMERICA RADIO, FROM CHAIR CHARLIE KIREKER — New York - Air America has suspended on-air host Randi Rhodes for making inappropriate statements about prominent figures, including Senator Hillary Clinton, at a recent public appearance on behalf of Air America in San Francisco …
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Randi Rhodes Suspended After Calling Hillary ‘Big F***ing Whore’ — WHORE-ABLE INSULTS — Unhinged Rhodes Stand-Up Routine Results In Suspension — *** BREAKING NEWS - MORE NEW DETAILS BELOW *** — An unhinged tirade by Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes has led to an unprecedented suspension …
The Huffington Post:
Air America Host Randi Rhodes Suspended For Calling Hillary A “Big F*cking Whore” — Air America host Randi Rhodes called both Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton “whores” in a recent appearance, seen below. Rhodes, who hosts a weekday radio show on Air America, said to the cheering crowd, “What a whore Geraldine Ferraro is!
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Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Al Qaeda #2: We'll Attack Iran — Recently, Senator John McCain has repeatedly indicated that Iran and al-Qaeda are in cahoots. The terror group's number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, would beg to differ. In a long-promised online Q&A session, Zawahiri says it would be “in the interest” …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: TWO DIFFERENT MAPS — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — *** Two different maps: On TODAY and Morning Joe, NBC's Tim Russert took at a stab at November's electoral map. And this morning, we do the same, to show how different Clinton's and Obama's paths to 270 are.
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Michael Barone / US News:
In Terms of Geography, Obama Appeals to Academics and Clinton Appeals to Jacksonians — In reviewing the maps of the Democratic primary results, in Dave Leip's electoral atlas, I was struck by the narrow geographic base of Barack Obama's candidacy. In state after state …
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Shocker — Republican Pundits Now Prefer Clinton!
Shocker — Republican Pundits Now Prefer Clinton!
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NY Daily News:
GOP under fire from everywhere after 9/11 comments — WASHINGTON - The California congressman who called the Sept. 11 attacks “simply” a plane crash ran for cover Wednesday under a barrage of ridicule from fellow Republicans, first responders and victims' families.
Sinead Carew / Reuters:
John Edwards says would not accept VP nomination — LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said on Thursday he would not accept the nomination for U.S. vice president as he did four years ago. — Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina …
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Conyers, Judiciary Members Demand Answers from Attorney General on 9/11 Surveillance — Today Members of the Judiciary Committee wrote a letter (pdf) to Attorney General Mukasey regarding recent comments on 9/11 surveillance. — From the Judiciary Committee:
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Why doesn't the 9/11 Commission know about Mukasey's 9/11 story?
Why doesn't the 9/11 Commission know about Mukasey's 9/11 story?
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Murtha: Clinton Cannot Win Nomination Without Popular Vote — Hillary Clinton simply cannot be the Democratic nominee if she doesn't win the popular vote, Pennsylvania congressman and Clinton-backer John Murtha said Wednesday. — “Clinton has to win Pennsylvania,” he argued in an interview.
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Mike Morris / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ted Turner: Global warming could lead to cannibalism — Billionaire environmentalist says world has too many people — Failure to address global warming will have us all dead or eating each other by mid-century. — So says Ted Turner, the restaurateur, environmentalist …
Satyam / Think Progress:
Gregory: Bush 'didn't jump to invade Iraq' after 9/11. — Yesterday, on MSNBC's Hardball, David Gregory exonerated President Bush for his misguided invasion of Iraq, saying there's “not a lot of argument” that Bush “had the right response to 9/11.” Gregory commended Bush for not immediately …
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Joe Klein / Time:
The Patriotism Problem — When he was really rolling in February, Barack Obama would close every speech with a peroration about the importance of hope. The setup always seemed a bit defensive to me — an attack on the pundits and party elders who thought he was too idealistic, a “hopemonger” …
Daily Mail:
British Muslims ‘planned to kill thousands by bombing SEVEN transatlantic airliners in one go’ — A British terror gang plotted to use liquid explosives to blow up transatlantic passenger jets in mid-flight, a court heard today. — Eight men planned to smuggle bombs disguised as soft drinks …
Matthew Yglesias:
Heritage — It seems that April is Confederate Heritage month. Why one would want to celebrate a heritage of violent rebellion against a democratically elected government in order to perpetuate a system of chattel slavery is a bit hard for me to say. — When I was growing up in New York City …
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Andrew Walden / Pajamas Media:
Muslims Leaving Islam in Droves — Pope Benedict's choice to publicly baptize the most prominent Muslim in Italy, Egyptian-born Magdi Allam, highlights a quiet worldwide exodus from Islam. In recent years, millions have moved on. With this high-profile action, Pope Benedict demonstratively blesses …