memeorandum: SNOOP DOGG BLASTS OBAMA (San Francisco Chronicle)

Clintons Made $109 Million in Last 8 Years — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton released tax data Friday showing they earned $109 million over the last eight years, an ascent into the uppermost tier of American taxpayers that seemed unimaginable in 2001 …

Discussion: The Swamp, The Caucus, Roger L. Simon, The Carpetbagger Report, The Reaction, Jules Crittenden, TPM Election Central, PoliGazette and The Page

Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:

Looks like last call for Hillary — And it looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night ... “ — That's Crystal Gayle from the opening of her hit song, “Talking In Your Sleep,” No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts in 1978. No, hang on a minute, it's Hillary Rodham Clinton's new campaign theme.

Discussion: Power Line and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

The Big Trunk / Power Line:

THE CLINTONS' FAVORITE CHARITY (CORRECTION APPENDED) — Yesterday the news was full of accounts of the Clintons' 2000-2006 tax returns. At the top of the stories reporting the Clintons' total income of $109 million over the past eight years — as in the “deep background” …

Discussion: MSNBC, Hot Air and Fox News

Thomas B. Edsall / The Huffington Post:

What Did Bill Clinton Do To Get $15M From Ron Burkle? — The campaign press statement accompanying the release on Friday of Hillary Clinton's 2000 - 2007 tax returns includes some useful summary data for the media: Bill and Hillary Clinton's total income over the past 8 years, $109 million …

Discussion: The Swamp, Political Punch and The Caucus

Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Maybe Bill And Hill Will get Another Book Out Of This Campaign

Discussion: HillaryClinton.com, Ben Smith's Blogs, Buck Naked Politics and The American Mind

Deborah Sontag / New York Times:

Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells — Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care …

Discussion: Spin Cycle, Balloon Juice, Swampland and The Page

Gail Collins / New York Times:

White Guys Are Back — It was probably inevitable. The historic contest between a woman and an African-American for the presidential nomination is now all about white men. — Not that the white male voters asked for this. They've been uncommitted, supporting Hillary in one contest and Barack in the next.

Discussion: protein wisdom, Salon, Hot Air and Prairie Weather

Ben Smith / The Politico:

The Democratic veep prospects: A guide — Four years ago today, The New York Times reported that an adviser to John Kerry had completed interviews with four contenders for the vice presidential nomination. — Today, both Democratic campaigns are laughing off the notion of choosing a running mate …

Discussion: GregsOpinion.com and Prairie Weather

San Francisco Chronicle:

SNOOP DOGG BLASTS OBAMA — Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg has launched a scathing attack on U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama, accusing him of gleaning support from the Ku Klux Klan. — The rapper, real name Calvin Broadus Jr., insists the Democratic candidate has received funding from the KKK.

Discussion: Wake up America, Jules Crittenden, Macsmind, QandO and Outside The Beltway

Carol Nader / The Age:

Call to switch onus on racist offences — A STUDY of racial discrimination laws in several Western countries has prompted a call for the Government to toughen Australia's 33-year-old laws. — Race Discrimination Commissioner Tom Calma wants the burden of proof in cases of racial discrimination …

Discussion: Andrew Bolt, The Colossus of Rhodey and Tim Blair

Mark Steyn / The Corner:
The Witchpointer-General

Discussion: Daily Pundit

Washington Times:

Passport official quits amid probes — The State Department official in charge of U.S. passport services stepped down yesterday amid investigations into security breaches in the document records and overcharges for blank passports. — In the latest blow against the agency …

Discussion: A Blog For All

Mike Hall / Topeka Capital-Journal:

Walls close in on Phelpses — Judge orders liens on church building, law office — A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday ordered liens on the Westboro Baptist Church building and the Phelps-Chartered Law office. — If the case presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Blue Girl, Red State

Damian Kulash Jr / New York Times:

Beware the New New Thing — RECENTLY, the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust task force invited me to be the lead witness for its hearing on “net neutrality.” I've collaborated with the Future of Music Coalition, and my band, OK Go, has been among the first to find real success on the Internet …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and HorsesAss.Org

Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:

Ukraine and Genocide — I find this controversy absolutely fascinating (which is why I will probably write a column about it). The Ukrainians want to call the organized murder of Ukrainians “genocide.” The Russians don't. One of the things I find particularly interesting …

Steve Gutterman / Associated Press:
Russia: 1930s Famine Was Not Genocide

Discussion: Dr. Sanity

Margaret Carlson / Bloomberg:

Obama Throws Gutter Ball, Clinton Plays Pals: Margaret Carlson — For his first time running a $200 million corporation, Barack Obama has done a good job. No small vendors left behind in Iowa or New Hampshire with their bills unpaid, no newspaper stories about staff members screaming at one another …