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10:50 AM ET, May 6, 2008

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Zogby:
Zogby Poll: Obama Expands Lead in NC; Dems Still Biting Nails in Indiana!  —  Obama enjoys a strong final day of polling before the elections  —  UTICA, New York—On the strength of good polling numbers on the final day before the primary elections in Indiana and North Carolina …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Eight Questions About Today's Primaries  —  Has Obama put the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy behind him?  —  1. Barack Obama dealt forcefully with the issue last Tuesday, breaking with his former pastor and denouncing his words in strong language.  Many Democrats think he's done the best …
Drudge Report:
DANGER DAY: HILLARY FACES ‘15-POINT DEFEAT’ IN NC; SEES INDIANA WIN  —  Hillary Clinton's inner circle now fears a stinging defeat is likely in North Carolina.  —  “Look, we worked hard and gave it our best shot, but the demographics, well, they are what they are,” a top campaign source explained …
ABCNEWS:
Obama Heats Up Indiana, North Carolina Primaries
Discussion: RADAMISTO
ipsos-na.com:
Clinton (47%) Overtakes Obama (40%) Nationally On Eve of Indiana …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Obama vs. Clinton 2.0
Discussion: protein wisdom and Hot Air
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
... and in North Carolina  —  If Barack Obama's late decision …
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
MICHELLE OBAMA'S GOSPEL OF BITTERNESS  —  This past Friday Michelle Obama gave essentially the same stump speech in Charlotte, North Carolina that she had given the week earlier in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Based on the stump speech, Yuval Levin calls Mrs. Obama “The unhappiest millionaire.”
Discussion: National Review
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Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
McCain on Obama: “Too lofty” on judges  —  While we await results in Indiana and North Carolina today, Sen. John McCain appears to already expect that Sen. Barack Obama will win the Democratic nomination for president.  —  During a speech today on his judicial philosophy at Wake Forest University …
Marc Ambinder:
What McCain's Speech Isn't About  —  Journalists who pressed …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Attack and Counterattack  —  Senator Barack Obama of Illinois …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and The Caucus
David Brooks / New York Times:
Combat and Composure  —  Life is short, but campaigns are long.  And during the course of them, each candidate will have impressive and pathetic moments.  But underlying the highs and lows, there are the fundamentals.  The fundamentals of the Obama-Clinton race were on display Sunday morning.
George Frost / Salon:
Obama is wrong about the gas tax  —  Think Clinton's plan to suspend the gas tax temporarily is a bad idea?  A similar measure in Illinois — which Obama backed — seems to have helped consumers.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has repeatedly accused rival Hillary Clinton of …
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David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:
$5 gas near, 78% of Americans say
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Things that don't exist in Harry Reid's world  —  (updated below)  —  Harry Reid was on The Daily Show last night (to promote his book, ironically entitled The Good Fight) and said that Joe Lieberman “supports us on virtually everything except the war.”  This is exactly what Reid …
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Clinton campaign retools delegate math  —  DURHAM, N.C. — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign yesterday tried to redefine the delegate math for securing the Democratic presidential nomination, signaling its willingness to wage a divisive battle with front-runner Sen. Barack Obama through the summer.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Daily Mail:
You hippy-crites!  When it comes to saving the planet do celebrities practise what they preach?  —  Is the hot air emitted by celebrities when they spout ecological platitudes a greenhouse gas?  —  If so, then the melting of the polar ice caps just moved a step closer, following calls by Trudie Styler …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Mildred Loving, Who Fought Marriage Ban, Dies  —  Mildred Loving, a black woman whose anger over being banished from Virginia for marrying a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning state miscegenation laws, died on May 2 at her home in Central Point, Va. She was 68.
Discussion: Discourse.net and Althouse
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Garance Franke-Ruta / Washington Post:
Paul Campaign Never Ended, Spokesman Says  —  As the Democratic presidential candidates held pre-primary rallies yesterday in Indiana and North Carolina, and presumptive Republican nominee John McCain spoke to the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, another major-party presidential candidate continued …
Discussion: Reason Magazine and PoliPundit.com
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
What John McCain Told Me, and What it Says About How Far He's Fallen  —  At a dinner party in Los Angeles not long after the 2000 election, I was talking to a man and his wife, both prominent Republicans.  The conversation soon turned to the new president.  “I didn't vote for George Bush” the man confessed.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
It's About Nothing  —  Dispatches from the twilight of a presidency:  —  7:13 a.m.: The South Lawn.  President Bush, determined to dispel doubts about his relevance, grants an early-morning interview to Robin Roberts of ABC News's “Good Morning America.”  Joined by the first lady …
Discussion: The Corner
Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton disclosures didn't list $24 million of Bill's income  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Clinton excluded nearly $24 million of her husband's earnings from Senate financial statements from 2004 through 2006, capitalizing on rules that permit senators to limit disclosures of some of their spouses' income.
Discussion: American Street
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
John & Elizabeth Edwards: What We Like (and Dislike) About Clinton & Obama  —  Elizabeth Edwards likes Hillary Clinton's plan for universal health insurance.  Husband John Edwards doesn't much care for Clinton's “old politics.”  —  So goes the his-and-her debate in the Edwards household …
 
 
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