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2:50 PM ET, April 3, 2008

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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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Bloomberg:
Obama Catches Clinton in Support From Superdelegate Lawmakers  —  Barack Obama has pulled even with Hillary Clinton in endorsements from top elected officials, with a surge in support from congressional freshmen and governors from Republican-dominated states.
Krooney / The Page:
SOURCE: RICHARDSON SAID OBAMA CAN'T WIN
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama breaks $40 million for March  —  Yet another success of lowered expectations, and well-concealed numbers, as Obama announces his fundraising numbers for March.  —  The campaign says he raised more than $40 million from more than 442,000, more than 218,000 of whom were giving for the first time.
Discussion: Daily Kos, TBogg, AMERICAblog and Time
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Obama's $40 Million Haul (And What It Means)  —  Sen. Barack Obama raised better than $40 million for his presidential campaign in the month of March alone, bringing his total raised for the first three months of 2008 to a staggering $134 million.  —  “Today we're seeing the American people's …
Discussion: Wonkette
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
In Speeches, Clinton Often Veers to Dark Side
Discussion: TownHall Blog, Corrente and MyDD
Mike Allen / The Politico:   Obama tops $40 million in March
Charles Hurt / New York Post:
BARACK'S A LOST CAUSE: HILL  —  VAIN BID TO WIN RICHARDSON'S SUPPORT  —  WASHINGTON - While lobbying for his endorsement, Hillary Rodham Clinton flatly told New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that Barack Obama could not win the presidency if he got the Democratic nomination.  —  “He cannot win, Bill.
Discussion: MSNBC, Riehl World View and Vodkapundit
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CNN:
Richardson: I never promised Clintons
Mark Karlin / BuzzFlash.org:   Barack Obama Says Al Gore Could Play a Big Role in His Presidency.
Washington Times:
Barr bid could hurt McCain  —  Can a conservative former congressman who helped impeach President Clinton, is a board member of the National Rifle Association and has done contract work with the ACLU dent Sen. John McCain's presidential bid?  —  That's exactly what Mr. McCain would face if Bob Barr …
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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.
Anita Vogel / Fox News:
Student Sues ‘Anti-Christian’ Teacher Over Remarks in Class  —  A student and his family have filed a federal lawsuit demanding that a popular European history teacher at California's Capistrano Valley High School be fired for what they say were anti-Christian remarks he made in the classroom.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Carter hints at Obama backing  —  The Nigerian paper This Day reports that the former president all but came out for Obama, speaking to reporters in that country: … He was in Abuja, the paper reports, for the Carter Center awards for guinea worm eradication.
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
For McCain, son's duty in Iraq is not a talking point  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) regularly talks about his military experience on the presidential campaign trail, but he draws the line when asked about his sons' service in the armed forces.  —  Jimmy McCain, 19, who returned from Iraq in mid-February …
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
When Did The Pledged Delegate Count Become The Holy Grail?  How The Obama Camp and NBC Made It So  —  It is one of the most interesting phenomenas of this campaign and the Obama camp deserves great credit for this spin achievement - the turning of the pledged delegate count into the Holy Grail of this campaign.
Scott Horton / Harper's:
Yoo Two  —  Yesterday another of the long-withheld torture memoranda was released.  In early 2003, beginning after the Ashcroft Justice Department dispensed advice to the Central Intelligence Agency authorizing the introduction of torture techniques, Rumsfeld's lawyer, William J.
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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 …
Discussion: The Corner
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.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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 …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and TigerHawk
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Tax returns coming  —  Clinton aide Howard Wolfson suggested that Hillary's tax returns will be out today or tomorrow:  —  “She said late last week that they would be out within a week and so you can count on that,” he said.  —  Wolfson also said Clinton's fundraising totals would be out when the filings are due, around April 20.
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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Marc Ambinder:
Donations to DCCC Spike after Clinton Threat To Pelosi
Discussion: MyDD
Jennifer Parker / ABCNEWS:
Surrogate Wars: '08 Faceoff
Discussion: Think Progress
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
AGAINST THE MACHINE....Atrios and Ari Melber remind me today …
New York Times:
Bush Wins NATO Backing on Europe Missile Shield
The Huffington Post:
Gen. Wesley Clark, Jon Soltz and Robert Greenwald: Tell McCain …
Discussion: VetVoice
Mike Celizic / MSNBC:
Mom lets 9-year-old take subway home alone
Discussion: Eschaton, Unfogged and Shakesville
Josh Patashnik / The New Republic:
Did the Dems Muzzle Casey?
Carolyn Jones / San Francisco Chronicle:
Calls renewed to fix Berkeley's citizen boards
Discussion: michellemalkin.com and QandO
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
DELEGATE FIGHT: CORZINE MULLING OPTIONS?
Agence France Presse:
Argentine president lays ‘inalienable’ claim to Falklands
Michael Barone / US News:
In Terms of Geography, Obama Appeals to Academics and Clinton Appeals to Jacksonians
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
DNC convention stance surprises campaigns
Gateway Pundit:
Drink Absolut Vodka— Bring Back Mythical Aztlan
Ann Coulter / Human Events:
Obama's Dimestore ‘Mein Kampf’
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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