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Zogby Poll: Obama Lead in NC Shrinks; He and Clinton Remain Deadlocked in Indiana — UTICA, New York - Democrat Hillary Clinton made gains in North Carolina yesterday, drawing within single digits of rival Barack Obama, while the two remain deadlocked in Indiana with just days …
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New York Times:
Suddenly, North Carolina Is Facing Tighter Race — RALEIGH, N.C. — Just days before the North Carolina primary, the Democratic presidential contest in this state is suddenly alive with a fresh air of competition, as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton seeks to capitalize on a controversy …
Michael Barone / Townhall.com:
Wright Controversy Affects the Polls — Is the bottom falling out for Barack Obama? It's too early to say that, but there are some disturbing signs. On the positive side, superdelegates still are breaking his way. Rep. Baron Hill, whose southern Indiana district almost certainly will vote for Hillary Clinton, came out for Obama.
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Karl / protein wisdom:
GOP 2008: McCain's real slip on Middle Eastern oil — Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain spent Friday clarifying his earlier suggestion that the Iraq War was motivated by US dependence on foreign oil: … Allahpundit suggests that McCain's concerns on this point are hard to take seriously …
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The Huffington Post:
McCain Implies Iraq War Is For Oil: Watch Video — During a town hall event in Colorado today, John McCain “decried the dangers of Americans reliance on foreign oil,” but “also seemed to suggest that this reliance caused the current struggle in Iraq.” — Here's what he said:
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:McCain clarifies remark about oil, Iraq war
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:MCCAIN: IRAQ WAR WAS FOR OIL?
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Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions — HUNTSVILLE, Tex. — Here in the nation's leading death-penalty state, and some of the 35 others with capital punishment, execution dockets are quickly filling up. — Less than three weeks after a United States Supreme Court ruling ended …
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Colorful Tory Beats Laborite to Become Mayor of London — LONDON — Boris Johnson, the floppy-haired media celebrity and Conservative member of Parliament who transformed himself from a shambling, amusing-aphorism-uttering figure of fun into a plausible political force, was elected mayor of London on Friday.
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Benedict Brogan / Daily Mail:
Boris has last laugh after routing Red Ken to complete Gordon Brown's day of misery — Boris Johnson capped a cataclysmic day for Labour last night by seizing power in London. — His victory left Gordon Brown facing a desperate fight for survival. — The Old Etonian celebrity politician …
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Michael James / Political Punch:
Stumping for Delegates, Clinton Pledges Voting Rights to Guam — Guam's four Democratic delegates (not to mention its five superdelegates) are up for grabs in Saturday's primary, and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has told residents of that Pacific territory …
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RushLimbaugh.com:
Rush Interviews Andrew McCarthy — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: Now, as you know, folks, we don't do too many interviews here. We're not on the author circuit. Friends of mine, however, do write books; and I try to have them on, especially in this most recent example.
Larry Rohter / New York Times:
Republicans Crossing Over to Vote in Democratic Contests — INDIANAPOLIS — Until now, Shirley Morgan had always been the kind of voter the Republican Party thought it could count on. She comes from a family of staunch Republicans, has a son in the military and has supported Republican …
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Washington Post:
Strike From Afar — How would ‘over the horizon’ counterterrorism work in Iraq? Look at Somalia. — TOMAHAWK MISSILES fired by a U.S. Navy ship demolished a house in central Somalia on Thursday and killed a vicious militia leader and al-Qaeda operative.
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Michael C. Moynihan / Reason Magazine:
Is Mrs. Conyers Smarter than an Eighth Grader? — A few weeks ago, Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers, wife of Congressman and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), erupted at Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. over some inconsequential, uninteresting slight …
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