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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
BILL: 'I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY YOUR GAMES' — From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli and NBC's Mark Murray — At the Jewish Community Center in Pittsburgh this morning, Bill Clinton took questions from local press after shaking a lot of hands. NBC/NJ asked him about the WHYY radio interview …
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Fox News:
Bill Clinton Bristles Anew Over Questions About ‘Race Card’ — Former President Bill Clinton had a testy encounter Tuesday with reporters who questioned his remarks in a radio interview in which he accused Barack Obama's campaign of unfairly playing the race card on him.
Dan Pohlig / Y-Decide 2008:
President Bill Clinton says the Obama campaign “played the race card” on him — “I think that they played the race card on me. We now know, from memos from the campaign that they planned to do it along.” - President Bill Clinton. — And that's how President Clinton begins his answer …
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USA Today:
Disapproval of Bush breaks record — WASHINGTON — President Bush has set a record he'd presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll. — In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing; 69% disapprove.
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Gallup Daily: Obama Maintains National Lead — McCain competitive with both Democrats in general election — PRINCETON, NJ — As Democratic voters in Pennsylvania cast their presidential ballots today, the latest nationwide Gallup Poll Daily tracking results show Barack Obama with a 10 percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton.
Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
Heavy Turnout in Pa. — Pennsylvania is on its way to the record turnout that election officials have been predicting for weeks, according to poll workers from across the state. — Election officials were reporting extremely heavy voter activity in many of the state's 67 counties throughout the morning …
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New York Times:
Voter Turnout High at End of Long Battle in Pennsylvania — PHILADELPHIA — For the first time in six weeks, the Democratic presidential nominating contest returned to the ballot box as voters across Pennsylvania turned out in record numbers on Tuesday to cast their judgment on Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
Marc Ambinder:
Why Shouldn't Superdelegates Wait? — Tad Devine and other Dem poo-bahs tell Dan Balz that regardless of the results tonight, superdelegates are likely to swing to Obama fairly soon after voting ends on June 3. — Gallup's national survey today shows that Democrats prefer Barack Obama …
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Saira Anees / Political Punch:
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Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
PENNSYLVANIA WRAP UP — We have been busy here over the last day or two, including links to 8 new polls that interviewed through Sunday night, so I am going to try use this post to wrap things up a bit. All but one of the late surveys shows Clinton leading by margins of 5 to 13 points …
Sonny Bunch / Weekly Standard Blog:
Mugged by Reality... The New York Times featured an intriguing profile of Robert Downey Jr. this Sunday. Star of the upcoming Iron Man, Downey is best known as the most-wasted talent of his generation (both literally and figuratively). His drug problems became so bad that he even spent …
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Reuters:
New York Times is not for sale: Sulzberger Jr — NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Times Co (NYSE:NYT - News) Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr told shareholders on Tuesday the company is not for sale, disputing media reports. — “This company is not for sale,” he said, calling recent media reports suggesting otherwise “ill informed.”
Michael Scherer / Time:
A Willie Horton Hit on Obama? — An old right-wing attack dog has returned with a new target: Barack Obama. — Starting Tuesday, a group of conservative activists led by Floyd Brown, author of the famous Willie Horton ad used so effectively against Michael Dukakis in 1988 …
Lowell / Badlands Blue:
George McGovern takes a “dig” at John McCain — The following is transcribed from Sen. McGovern's speech Saturday night at the McGovern Day dinner in Sioux Falls.
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Obama Campaign Memo on Clinton's Pennsylvania Expectations — RE: The Bar for Clinton in Pennsylvania and Beyond — With all eyes on today's contest, one thing is clear: Pennsylvania is considered a state tailor-made for Hillary Clinton, and by rights she should win big.
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Josh Patashnik / The New Republic:
Mitt Romney Gets Dissed at the Supreme Court — The Court heard oral argument today in Davis v. FEC, the case that asks whether the so-called Millionaires' Amendment of the McCain-Feingold law unconstitutionally burdens the free-speech rights of self-financing candidates for office.