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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Clinton Adviser Claims Indiana Slur Video Is Conspiracy — A former aide to President Bill Clinton, and current informal adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, expressed outrage and shock on Friday after a videotape from 1992 surfaced allegedly showing him describing Indianans as “white n—rs.”
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Pennebaker: Clip Doctored — I just spoke to D.A. Pennebaker, the director of “The War Room,” who said his film had been doctored to produce a widely-viewed YouTube clip. — In a clip from his film on the 1992 Clinton campaign, posted to YouTube today, Clinton advisor Mickey Kantor is …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:Video: Clinton operative didn't call Indianans “white n*****s” …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain Moves to 6-Point Lead Over Obama — Clinton 48%, Obama 46% in national Democratic nomination preferences — PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain has moved to a six percentage point, 48% to 42%, lead over Barack Obama in Gallup Poll Daily tracking of the general election …
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Elizabeth Wurtzel / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Other Radical Friends — When I was 15, I read an article in Rolling Stone about the Weather Underground and became fascinated with Bernardine Dohrn. As a leader of the militant arm of Students for a Democratic Society, she was renowned for her beauty and daring, for her revolutionary rhetoric …
CNN:
Former DNC chairs: Hillary would beat McCain today — Obama wouldn't — (CNN) - Seven former Democratic National Committee chairs who support Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, and the family of one who is deceased, released a letter Friday arguing that she is the candidate best-equipped to beat John McCain in November.
Telegraph:
The most influential US political pundits: 10-1 — Telegraph.co.uk unveils the last installment of its list of the 50 most influential political pundits in America. With just over six months before United States citizens choose their 44th president, the 2008 election is already proving …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Loyal to the Bitterness — I am out of step. There is something that is upsetting others whom I care about and whose thoughts are often not unlike my own. And it's not hitting me the same way. — I am referring to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I disagree with and disapprove of the things he says.
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: OBAMA'S BACK TO THE WALL — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — *** Obama's back against the wall: After Pennsylvania, a lot of folks — including us — figured that Obama would win North Carolina by as much, or even more, than Clinton won the Keystone State …
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Andrew Cockburn / CounterPunch:
Secret Bush “Finding” Widens War on Iran — Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, “unprecedented in its scope.” — Bush's secret directive covers actions across …
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Oliver Willis:
John McCain Calls Himself “President McCain” — In his new ad about his Bush-style no care health care “plan”, John McCain identifies himself on screen as “President McCain”. I guess we just decided to call of the election and have George Bush designate his successor just like that?
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Airs Another Indiana Ad Hitting Obama On Gas Tax — I've just obtained a copy of another ad hitting Obama on the gas tax that Hillary just started airing in Indiana. — The last-minute ad, which went up late on the Friday before election day, says Hillary's gas tax holiday would …
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Mark Udall for Colorado:
UDALL ANSWERS CLINTON GAS TAX CHALLENGE, STANDS WITH COLORADANS FOR MEANINGFUL ENERGY RELIEF — Yesterday in Indiana, Hillary Clinton challenged every member of Congress to go on the record with a position regarding her proposal to temporarily suspend the federal gasoline tax, and state whether they were with her or against her.
Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Boris Johnson poised to become London Mayor as Tories seal local election success — Boris Johnson is preparing to be unveiled as the new mayor of London later today following Labour's collapse across Britain in the local elections. — Senior Conservative sources said they would be …
Keith Dinsmore / The Huffington Post:
Questioner Dragged Out Of McCain Town Hall Talks To OffTheBus — OffTheBus member Keith Dinsmore was on the scene at the McCain healthcare town hall in Iowa Wednesday where Marty Parrish posed a question to the candidate the mainstream media weren't asking. Parrish was dragged out by secret service agents.
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Matthew Yglesias:
Diplomacy: What is it Good For — I was on a radio show last night where I wound up in a debate about whether or not diplomacy was likely to be able to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue in a satisfactory manner. It occurred to me that one issue I was having that, in retrospect …
Steven Emerson / Articles by the Investigative Project …:
Investigative Project Releases Gov't Memos Curtailing Speech in War on Terror — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is refusing to identify the “influential Muslim Americans” and “leading U.S.-based scholars and commentators on Islam” who met with Secretary Michael Chertoff in helping shape …
Rasmussen Reports:
58% Say Obama Denounced Wright for Political Convenience, not Outrage — A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 30% of the nation's Likely Voters believe Barack Obama denounced his former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, because he was outraged. Most—58%—say he denounced the Pastor for political convenience.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
John McCain: Chief of own VP search — For those wondering whether an eminence gris such as Warren Christopher or Dick Cheney will soon head Sen. John McCain's vice presidential selection committee, the answer is yes and no, depending upon whether you think of McCain as a wise old Washington hand.
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