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Zogby Poll: Obama Holds Big Lead Over Clinton in NC; Pair tied in Indiana — UTICA, New York—Five days before the important Democratic presidential primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, Barack Obama of Illinois enjoys a substantial lead in one state and remains tied with Hillary Clinton …
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New York Times:
Clinton May Be Hopeful, but Obama Rolls On — INDIANAPOLIS — Have Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination improved as Senator Barack Obama has struggled through his toughest month of this campaign? — After weeks in which her candidacy …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Will black voters stay home if Obama loses nomination?
Will black voters stay home if Obama loses nomination?
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Party of Denial — During Barack Obama's Sunday appearance on Fox News, the interviewer asked him for an example of “a hot-button issue where you would be willing to buck the Democratic Party line” and say that Republicans have the better idea. — Mr. Obama's answer was puzzling …
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Christopher Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Scramble for Indiana — In Open Primary,Republican Voters — Could Decide Victor — INDIANAPOLIS — Determining the victor in Tuesday's presidential nominating contest in Indiana could very well be left to that most elusive of Democratic primary voter: the Republican.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Fox trumps Netroots; bloggers rebel — The nation's top Democrats are suddenly rushing to appear on the Fox News Channel, which they once had shunned as enemy territory as the nemesis of liberal bloggers. — The detente with Fox has provoked a backlash from progressive bloggers …
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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
DNC coffers dry amid flood of Dem cash — In an election year marked by jaw-dropping Democratic fundraising, one key political player isn't so flush: The Democratic National Committee. — Despite record hauls by Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the DNC has raised less than half …
Alison Fitzgerald / Bloomberg:
Clinton, McCain Push Gas Tax Break That May Help Oil Companies — Hillary Clinton and John McCain are both pushing a “gas-tax holiday” to give consumers an 18.4- cent-a-gallon price break. Clinton says the plan will take excess profits from oil companies. McCain says it will help families buy school supplies.
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Daniel Whitten / Bloomberg:
Obama May Levy $15 Billion Tax on Oil Company Profit — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's proposal for a windfall profits tax on oil companies could cost $15 billion a year at last year's profit levels, a campaign adviser said. — The plan would target profit …
Indianapolis Star:
Experience makes Clinton better choice in primary — In this extraordinary election year, Indiana's Democratic voters have been presented with an extraordinary opportunity: Choose for their party's presidential nominee between a gifted senator from Illinois who has enthused millions of new voters …
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Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Employers Cut Fewer Jobs Than Expected — The U.S. economy shed jobs in April for the fourth consecutive month, but at a slower than expected pace which helped improve the unemployment rate, the federal government reported today. — At the same time, a jump in factory orders and new action …
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Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Employers cut fewer jobs in April, jobless rate falls
Employers cut fewer jobs in April, jobless rate falls
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Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Are Flocking to Small Cars — DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede. — In what industry analysts are calling a first, about one in five vehicles sold in the United States was a compact …
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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Pablo Guzman / WCBS-TV:
On YOUR Dime: Congressmen Lease Luxury Cars — Little-Known But Exploited Loophole Allows Politicians To Drive, Maintain Expensive Cars, SUVs On Taxpayer Money — Rep. Charles Rangel: ‘My Constituents Appreciate It’ — NEW YORK (CBS) ― You may not realize it …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The ‘Race’ Speech Revisited — Guess it's time to disown Granny, if Obama's famous Philadelphia “race” speech is to be believed. Of course, the speech was not just believed. It was hailed, celebrated, canonized as the greatest pronouncement on race in America since Lincoln at Cooper Union.
Ari B. Bloomekatz / Los Angeles Times:
Teacher fired for refusing to sign loyalty oath — Cal State system ousts another instructor who objects on religious grounds to a pledge adopted by California in 1952 to root out communists. — » Discuss Article When Wendy Gonaver was offered a job teaching American studies …
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