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Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Ugly truth why Hillary Clinton won't quit — While the case for Hillary Clinton to stay in the race is shakier than ever, one ugly reason for staying in could be found Tuesday amid the ruddy, sun-kissed Hoosiers who cheered her on to victory at the Indianapolis Speedway.
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Rob Christensen / Raleigh News & Observer:
Obama, Clinton each pick up superdelegate — Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton each picked up the support of a superdelegate from North Carolina in the wake of Tuesday's presidential primary. — State Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Meek said he will support Obama, who carried North Carolina in the primary.
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Announces 3 Superdelegates — From this point forward in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, the fight between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will be boiled down to a day-by-day accounting of superdelegates. — Today, in the wake of the North Carolina …
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Feinstein to ask Clinton for her primary game plan — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) most prominent Senate supporters, said Wednesday that she will ask the former first lady to detail her plans for the rest of the Democratic primary.
Dennis Gale / Associated Press:
McGovern, former Clinton backer, endorses Obama — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Former Sen. George McGovern, an early supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, urged her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race and endorsed her rival, Barack Obama. — After watching the returns from the North Carolina …
New York Times:
Clinton to Fight On Despite Split Result — With her hopes for a shift in campaign momentum deflated by Senator Barack Obama's commanding victory in North Carolina on Tuesday, his strong showing in Indiana and signs of mounting financial problems, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton nonetheless vowed to fight on …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Hillary and Bill Clinton in defeat and victory: When pictures tell the story — Just look at his face! — Doesn't William Jefferson Clinton look absolutely delighted with his wife's Democratic presidential primary victory in Indiana? — Sure the Clinton campaign (Hillary's) had hoped to do much better in North Carolina.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Chief Strategist: North Carolina Loss Represented Progress Because We Won Among White Voters — On the Hillary conference call, Hillary chief strategist Geoff Garin made the case for her electability in some of the most explicitly race-based terms I've heard yet.
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue — But Barack Obama's support has narrowed dangerously—and he'll need to make critical changes to beat John McCain. — The Democratic primary is over. Hillary Clinton might still run in West Virginia and Kentucky, which she'll win handily …
Christopher Hitchens / Mirror.co.uk:Christopher Hitchens on Barack Obama's latest primary victory
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Wall Street Journal:Divided for Obama — With his victory in North Carolina on Tuesday …
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New York Times:It's About the White House
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Lawrence O'Donnell / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Will Drop Out by June 15 — A senior campaign official and Clinton confidante has told me that there will be a Democratic nominee by June 15. He could not bring himself to say the words “Hillary will drop out by June 15,” but that is clearly what he meant.
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
GOP leaders warn of election disaster — Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party's message isn't good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC's money. — The double shot of bad news had one veteran Republican …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama victory call: Obama's strength, and Limbaugh's — David Plouffe and a series of big gun endorsers are holding a conference call to stress the scale of last night's victory. — “He clearly did more than he had to and she did not achieve what she had to,” said Senator John Kerry.
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James Kirchick / The Politico:
Liberals' new cause: Religious extremism — Open the pages of a liberal magazine or peruse the liberal blogosphere, and you're bound to come across denunciations of the religious right, if not religion itself. The “reality-based community,” as self-satisfied liberal bloggers call themselves …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Beats McCain Among Jewish Voters — Trails Clinton by slim margin among Jewish Democrats for the nomination — PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama is faring better than might be expected among Jewish voters, beating John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily general-election matchups …
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
Just Can't Shake That Nazi Party Hangover — Tough news last night in the closely watched Republican primary in Indiana's 2nd Congressional District. — Loop favorite Tony Zirkle, who had lost two primaries to former congressman Chris Chocola— albeit with 30 percent of the vote …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Pundits Declare the Race Over — Very early this morning, after many voters had already gone to sleep, the conventional wisdom of the elite political pundit class that resides on television shifted hard, and possibly irretrievably, against Senator Hillary Clinton's continued viability as a presidential candidate.
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