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Lanny Davis / The Huffington Post:
The Top Ten List of Undisputed Facts Showing Barack Obama's Weakness in the General Election Against John McCain — Let's forget about the spin on all sides and not use any adjectives to modify the following 10 Facts that should not be in dispute: — 1. Hillary Clinton won by 10% …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 50%, Clinton 42% Nationally — Clinton and Obama both run within one point of McCain in fall ballot — PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in national Democratic preferences for the nomination, 50% to 42%, in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from April 20-22.
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The Fact Hub:
More People Have Voted For Hillary Than Any Other Candidate — After last night's decisive victory in Pennsylvania, more people have voted for Hillary than any other candidate, including Sen. Obama. — Estimates vary slightly, but according to Real Clear Politics, Hillary has received 15,095,663 votes …
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Michael Scherer / Swampland:
The McCain Campaign Likes to Watch — Candidate John McCain officially has no view of whether an extended Democratic primary battle is good or bad for his chances in November. At a press conference Tuesday in Ohio, he would not touch the hot potato. “I have stayed absolutely neutral,” he said.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Assessing Strength of Contenders in Swing States
Assessing Strength of Contenders in Swing States
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
McCain opposes equal pay bill in Senate — NEW ORLEANS - Republican Sen. John McCain, campaigning through poverty-stricken cities and towns, said Wednesday he opposes a Senate bill that seeks equal pay for women because it would lead to more lawsuits. — The Senate had scheduled …
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media.www.browndailyherald.com:
Times columnist pied in face by activist — Male accomplice threw political pamphlets — A female audience member ran on stage last night and threw a green pie at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who had just begun a lecture on environmentalism in Salomon 101.
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The Huffington Post:
Thomas Friedman Gets A Pie In The Face During Speech At Brown — New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman was attacked with pies in the face by environmental activists during a speech about energy at Brown University yesterday. — The Providence Journal reports that Friedman's message …
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Michelle Malkin and the warbloggers get everything wrong — again — Poor Michelle Malkin. — When I wrote last year that warbloggers like her would have to find a new Iraq-based media conspiracy to chase in light of how spectacularly their then-beloved controversy surrounding …
AMERICAN DIGEST:
Food Alarmism Underscores American Reality: “There will never be a shortage of bulls**t.” — It seems like only yesterday that a New York Sun reporter noticed that purchases of huge bags of rice were being limited at Costco. — Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World | The New York Sun
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Marcus Kabel / Associated Press:
Sam's Club, Costco limit rice purchases as prices rise
Sam's Club, Costco limit rice purchases as prices rise
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Michelle Malkin:
The GOP ad John McCain doesn't want you to see — What is the big freaking' deal? The RNC and John McCain are spanking the North Carolina GOP for running an ad against the state's Democrat gubernatorial candidates titled “Extreme.” It points out Barack Obama's longtime association …
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Bill Mears / CNN:
Supreme Court broadens police searches — CNN Supreme Court Producer — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Supreme Court offered unanimous support for police Wednesday by allowing drug evidence gathered after an arrest that violated state law to be used at trial, an important search-and-seizure case turning …
Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
Edwards Backers Team Up With Obama — No, John Edwards has not yet endorsed a candidate. — But nearly 50 of his most prominent backers lined up behind Senator Barack Obama today, in a gesture designed to give Mr. Obama a heavy boost of support less than two weeks before the North Carolina primary on May 6.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE FRIENDS OF BARACK OBAMA, PART 2 — Last night, in The Friends of Barack Obama, Part 1 I reviewed Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, who helped to kick off Obama's first political campaign and with whom Obama's campaign says he has a “friendly” relationship.
The Corner:
Great News — Some of the best news this country could receive is that President Bush nominated General David Petraeus to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command and Lt. General Ray Odierno to replace Petraeus in Baghdad. General Petraeus and Odierno are two of the most impressive men …
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Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Petraeus Gets Promotion; Odierno Gets Iraq (Updated)
Petraeus Gets Promotion; Odierno Gets Iraq (Updated)
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Matt / Think Progress:
Hagee Says Hurricane Katrina Struck New Orleans Because It Was ‘Planning A Sinful’ ‘Homosexual Rally’ — On September 18, 2006, Pastor John Hagee — whose endorsement Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said this past Sunday he was “glad to have” — told NPR's Terry Gross that “Hurricane Katrina was …
Ben / Think Progress:
Thomas Breaks Press's 14 Day Silence On Bush's Torture Approval, Chides Colleagues: ‘Where Is Everybody?’ — On April 9, ABC News reported that in 2002, President Bush's most senior advisers approved the use of harsh interrogation tactics. Days later, Bush confirmed to ABC he “approved” of the tactics.
Monica Davey / New York Times:
For Indiana Voters, Talk of Change May Fall Flat — KOKOMO, Ind. — With all the talk among the Democratic presidential hopefuls about change, they may wish to consider this as they wander Indiana: People here practically revolted a few years ago when their governor, Mitch Daniels …