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1:40 PM ET, May 6, 2008

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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 …
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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 …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: BEGINNING OF THE END?  —  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** The beginning of the end?  Is today the last day on the campaign trail?  Sure, there are six more contests beyond these two in Indiana and North Carolina.
Discussion: The New Republic and AMERICAblog
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 …
ABCNEWS:
Obama Heats Up Indiana, North Carolina Primaries
Discussion: RADAMISTO
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Obama vs. Clinton 2.0
Discussion: protein wisdom and Hot Air
CNN:
McCain makes pledge on conservative judges  —  (CNN) - Sen. John McCain moved to shore up his support among conservatives by pledging Tuesday to nominate strict-constructionist judges to the federal bench.  —  “It will fall to the next president to nominate hundreds of qualified men and women …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Most Democrats Not Eager for Either Candidate to Drop Out  —  Seven in 10 want superdelegates to commit before the August convention  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Heading into Tuesday's important North Carolina and Indiana presidential primaries, 6 in 10 Democrats say Hillary Clinton and Barack …
Marc Ambinder:
What McCain's Speech Isn't About  —  Journalists who pressed for details about “the abortion speech” or the “gay marriage speech” were told, repeatedly, that the speech was not about those issues at all, really, and would focus exclusively on McCain's longstanding convictions about judicial nominations …
Discussion: Don Surber
John McCain 2008:
Remarks By John McCain on Judicial Philosophy
Discussion: The Swamp and The Caucus
Mary Katharine Ham / TownHall Blog:   McCain Speech is About the Con Constitution, Not the Issues, Confounding Press
Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
McCain on Obama: ‘Too lofty’ on judges
Indianapolis Star:
‘Hardcore’ Republicans voting Democrat  —  10:51 AM — ‘Hardcore’ Republicans voting Democrat  —  The two precincts at Broad Ripple Family Center selected Republican Jon Elrod over Democrat Andre Carson in March's special election for U.S. Congress.  But by 9 a.m., just 21 voters …
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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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Paul Krugman:
Gas tax hysterics
Discussion: Salon and Done With Mirrors
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.
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 …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Gitmo Trials Unlikely Before Bush Leaves Office  —  The Washington Post reports that the Bush Administration says it is unlikely that trials of any of the Guantanamo detainees will take place before Bush leaves office. … All three presidential candidates, Hillary, Obama and McCain have promised to close Guantanamo.
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Justice System For Detainees Is Moving At a Crawl
Confederate Yankee:
Calling It: Obama Wins N.C.  —  I just got off the phone with Mike Ash, Director of the Durham County Board of Elections in Durham, NC.  He doesn't have any numbers as far as percentages of eligible voters making it to the polls at this point, but said several polling locations have already hit record numbers.
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, QandO and PrestoPundit
Human Events:
Two GOP Losses That Validate a National Pattern  —  These two special elections validate a national polling pattern that is bad news for Republicans.  According to a New York Times/CBS Poll, Americans disapprove of the President's job performance by 63 to 28 (and he has been below 40% job …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Pins and Panders  —  Obama Wears His Independence on His Lapel  —  Sometimes I think the best thing about Barack Obama is that little empty space on his lapel.  It is where other politicians wear the American flag pin, a kitschy piece of empty symbolism that tells you nothing …
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
 
 
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Manu Raju / The Hill:
Reid diverges from Pelosi on superdelegate decision
Discussion: Wake up America
Ross Douthat:
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Discussion: Don Surber and QandO
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Swing Low, Sweet Hillary
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Clinton campaign retools delegate math
Discussion: TalkLeft and Donklephant
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
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