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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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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 …
Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
Hillary's Political Purgatory — CLINTON HAS SPENT WEEKS IN A HORRIBLE SITUATION. EVEN IN VICTORY, SHE ISN'T GETTING ANY CLOSER TO WINNING THE NOMINATION. — Sat. — The good news for Hillary Rodham Clinton is that she's winning a lot of battles. The bad news is that the war is pretty much lost.
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Blue Crab Boulevard
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 …
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Is Obama Ready for Prime Time? — After being pummeled 55% to 45% in the Pennsylvania primary, Barack Obama was at a loss for explanations. The best he could do was to compliment his supporters in an email saying, “you helped close the gap to a slimmer margin than most thought possible.”
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Betsy's Page
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
For Democrats, Questions Over Race and Electability — It is the question that has hung over Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and it loomed large on Tuesday night after his loss to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania: Why has he been unable to win over enough working-class …
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 …
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
N. Koreans Taped At Syrian Reactor — A video taken inside a secret Syrian facility last summer convinced the Israeli government and the Bush administration that North Korea was helping to construct a reactor similar to one that produces plutonium for North Korea's nuclear arsenal …
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 …
Nathan / FlowingData:
Showing the Obama-Clinton Divide in Decision Tree Infographic — Amanda Cox, of The New York Times, made another excellent graphic (and I wouldn't expect anything less). We see an entire story between Obama and Clinton - positions taken, counties won, and counties lost. Go ahead and take a look.
Sonia Verma / Times of London:
‘Disneyland’ comes to Baghdad with multi-million pound entertainment park — Llewellyn Werner admits he is facing obstacles most amusement park developers never have to deal with - insurgent attacks and looting. — When you are building an amusement park in downtown Baghdad, those risks come with the territory.
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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Hullabaloo
Ayesha Rascoe / Reuters:
Bakers feeling pinch of short supplies — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Already feeling the pinch from soaring wheat and flour prices, U.S. bakers are now beginning to experience some supply shortages. — Rye flour stocks have been depleted in the United States, and by June or July …
Josiah Lee Auspitz / Washington Monthly:
The Law of Rules — Obscure party regulations explain the constant surprises of this year's primaries. Will Democratic “superdelegates” follow the spirit of those rules? — For almost four decades I have been inflicting on friends, family, airplane seatmates, straphangers on the subway …
Agence France Presse:
US military says not holding Saddam's deputy — BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US military on Wednesday denied reports it is holding Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, the number two under Saddam Hussein. — “We are aware of media reports that Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri has been captured,” the military told AFP in an email.