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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 …
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The Caucus, Taylor Marsh, American Street, The Swamp, A Chequer-Board of Nights …, Riehl World View, TBogg, marbury and The Page
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CNN:
Obama leads Clinton in Guam caucuses — (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. Hillary Clinton in Guam's Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday, with votes from the largest of the island's 19 villages still to be counted, according to a Guam election official.
CNN:
Obama edges Clinton in island squeaker — (CNN) — Barack Obama has won the Guam Democratic caucuses by a margin of 7 votes. — With all of Guam's precincts reporting, Obama won 2,264 votes (50.1 percent) to 2,257 votes (49.9 percent) for Hillary Clinton, his sole remaining rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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The Swamp
Sarah Wheaton / New York Times:
Narrow Victory for Obama in the Caucuses in Guam — Senator Barack Obama appeared to win the Democratic caucuses in Guam on Saturday, defeating Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by a seven-vote margin amid unprecedented voter participation there. — When hand-counting finished shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday …
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Shakesville
Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Clinton Tells Vocal Obama Supporters: “I"ll Work My Heart Out For Him"
Clinton Tells Vocal Obama Supporters: “I"ll Work My Heart Out For Him"
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The Daily Dish
Michael James / Political Punch:
Stumping for Delegates, Clinton Pledges Voting Rights to Guam
Stumping for Delegates, Clinton Pledges Voting Rights to Guam
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Balloon Juice, Liberty Street, Hot Air, The Carpetbagger Report, The Moderate Voice, Don Surber and Liberal Values
Charles Blow / New York Times:
A Blacklash? — Since January, the Clintons have pummeled Barack Obama with racially tinged comments and questions about his character. — Hillary Clinton has questioned why he didn't walk out on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.; why he “denounced” but didn't “reject” Louis Farrakhan …
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Al Giordano / The Huffington Post:
Operation Anti-Chaos: The Narrative on “White Voters” Is Fiction — I turn on the TV, read the political columnists (and a significant number of analytically-challenged bloggers, too) and all I hear is a bunch of white folk prattling on about their favorite narrative: “Obama's losing white voters!”
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TalkLeft
Sam Wood / Philly.com:
Is this man John McCain's worst nightmare? — Bob Barr, former GOP congressman from Georgia, is an all-but-announced presidential candidate - as a Libertarian. — The possibility of a run by Barr has sent shudders through the mainstream of the Republican party.
CNN:
Paul: Not ready to endorse McCain, likes Obama's foreign policy — (CNN) — Even though Rep. Ron Paul has never officially ended his long shot presidential bid, he's ready to weigh in on the three remaining major candidates for the White House. — In an interview on The Situation Room …
Glenn Greenwald / Firedoglake:
Arianna Huffington's Right is Wrong — Arianna Huffington's latest book — Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe — thoroughly documents the most influential fact in our political life: namely, that the right-wing faction …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Fred Hiatt on the noble glories of occupation — (updated below) — Long-time war cheerleader Fred Hiatt of The Washignton Post has a truly incoherent Editorial this morning in which he cites the problems he says are created by air strikes of the type the U.S. just carried …
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The Impolitic
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Rasmussen Reports:
Oregon Democratic Primary — Oregon: Obama 51% Clinton 39% — The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Oregon Democratic Presidential Primary shows Barack Obama enjoying a twelve-point lead over Hillary Clinton. It's Obama 51%, Clinton 39%. — Clinton has a statistically …
MomLogic:
Hillary's Teen Troubles — Part 4: Hillary can relate when it comes to the drama of teen dating. — The senator running for prez reveals the benefit of the secret service going on daughter Chelsea's dates. — For more from momlogic's Hillary Clinton town hall exclusive, click on one of the videos below.
Bill Ardolino / The Long War Journal:
Iraqis begin to “despise” the Mahdi Army in Baghdad's Rusafa district — 2nd Lieutenant Mike Hebert leads White Platoon of the Blackfoot Troop, 3-89 Cavalry on a presence patrol of a difficult neighborhood in southern Rusafa District, Baghdad. Photo by Bill Ardolino.
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Dean's World
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Wright Postmortem — Why the Obama Pass? — I think we have sort of reached an impasse on Rev. Wright. Most Americans, I think, accept the following realties. Obama, by what he wrote in his memoirs, by what he said when he spoke in his early campaign speeches, by his frequent praise of Wright …