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Anne E. Kornblut / The Trail:
Clinton Told True Tale of Woe, Says Kin — The aunt of a young pregnant woman who died after a hospital told her she needed to pay $100 up front for care said in an interview on Monday that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been telling the story accurately on the campaign trail …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Storylines — Andrea Mitchell said today that Clinton has a “growing credibility gap” because she repeated a story on the stump about a woman who was denied health care and died. (I believe this is based on a bizarre and very badly written article which appeared over the week-end in the New York Times.)
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Marc Ambinder:
Penn: Never Out, Still In — Demoted Hillary Clinton strategist Mark Penn may no longer have the coveted title of chief strategist, but he remains a key member of the campaign's senior staff. — Mr. Penn took part on the campaign's morning message call this morning, as usual.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mark Penn Speaks (In Private): Will Still Advise Clintons, Calms Nervous Aides — Mark Penn, who resigned over the weekend as the Clinton campaign's chief strategist, went into full damage control mode on Monday, hosting a conference call with Burson Marsteller's managing directors to persuade …
Eamon Javers / The Politico:
HRC Colombia ties don't stop with Penn — Mark Penn isn't the only Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter on the wrong side of the Colombia trade agreement. — The Democratic-leaning advocacy firm the Glover Park Group, former home to Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson …
Media Matters for America:
On Tim Russert , Hitchens said to Sullivan: “Oh, well don't be such a lesbian. Get on with it” — On the April 5 edition of MSNBC's Tim Russert, Andrew Sullivan and Christopher Hitchens debated the significance for Sen. Barack Obama of comments made by his former pastor Jeremiah Wright …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Moves to 9-point Lead Over Clinton — McCain, Obama remain tied in general election trial heat — PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama has gained support in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking report for April 4-6, and now leads Hillary Clinton by a statistically significant margin, 52% to 43%.
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
The non-political elite view of McCain — A GOP fundraiser who hasn't, to put it mildly, been the biggest McCain booster in the world makes a smart point to me in explaining his success so far in raising coin for the GOP nominee from money types outside the Washington crowd.
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Ross Douthat:
The Worst President Ever? — An unscientific survey of 109 professional historians, conducted by the doubtless-unbiased author of Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion In America, reports that sixty-one percent of its sample considers George W. Bush's Presidency the “worst ever.”
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Chicago Tribune:
Representative tries to put the fear of God in atheist — Did you hear about the state legislator who last week blasted a Lutheran minister during a committee hearing for spewing dangerous religious superstitions, and then attempted to order the minister out of the witness chair on the grounds …
Tim Arango / New York Times:
CBS Said to Consider Use of CNN in Reporting — CBS, the home of the most celebrated news division in broadcasting, has been in discussions with Time Warner about a deal to outsource some of its news-gathering operations to CNN, two executives briefed on the matter said Monday.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
2 Suburban Philadelphia Counties Flip to Democratic Party — History is being made in the suburbs of Philadelphia. — The four suburban counties have long been Republican strongholds, with more Republican voters than Democratic ones. The last time there were more Democrats than Republicans seems lost in the mist of time.
Marc Ambinder:
McCain Raises $15M In March — Sen. John McCain's fundraising is picking up, relatively speaking. — In March, officials said he raised about $15M, his best month since early 2007 and well above his $2M-per-month pace in late 2007. The final number is still being tallied.
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Rob Lowe / The Huffington Post:
Household Betrayal — Harassment in the workplace, sexual or otherwise, is something I take very seriously. In my home and on the set, I have been surrounded for years by hardworking women (and men) whom I respect and whose rights are to be protected. But when people make false claims …
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
How the MSM Treats Hillary: One Video Shows It All — Thanks for posting that Jeralyn! (5.00 / 2) (#2) … Must see. (5.00 / 2) (#5)
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