Top Items:
USA Today:
Clinton makes case for wide appeal — Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters — including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests.
Discussion:
The New Republic, Spin Cycle, Ben Smith's Blogs, The Daily Dish, Jules Crittenden, AMERICAblog, Oliver Willis, Too Sense, The Caucus, MSNBC, The Carpetbagger Report, PoliBlog (TM), Pam's House Blend, QandO, No More Mister Nice Blog, American Street, Donklephant, MyDD, PoliGazette, The Jed Report, The Moderate Voice, Don Surber, Comments from Left Field, The Page, The Nation, Truthdig, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Blog of the Moderate Left, The Reaction, The RBC and TPM Election Central
RELATED:
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Ed Koch: Obama Is A Sure Loser, Clinton Should Fight On — As Democrats coalesce around Sen. Barack Obama, one of Hillary Clinton's must outspoken supporters is not mincing words: the party is walking needlessly and unaware into a general election buzzsaw. — “I believe Obama probably will win …
Washington Post:
Did Rush Limbaugh Tilt Result In Indiana? — Even as Barack Obama's campaign celebrated Tuesday's primary results, aides charged yesterday that they would have had an even stronger showing were it not for meddling by an unlikely booster of Hillary Rodham Clinton: the popular conservative radio host …
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The Too-Long Goodbye — After the Tuesday primaries, Hillary Rodham Clinton now has maybe a 2 percent chance of winning the Democratic nomination. But if she pursues her losing battle, she has perhaps a 20 percent chance of costing the Democrats the presidency in the fall.
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Reproductive Health, Real Clear Politics, NewsBusters.org and Prairie Weather
New York Times:
Support for Clinton Wanes as Obama Sees Finish Line
Support for Clinton Wanes as Obama Sees Finish Line
Discussion:
New York Times, The Swamp, The Page, BizzyBlog, BuzzMachine, Commentary, MSNBC, FiveThirtyEight.com, NewsBusters.org and AMERICAblog
Karen Tumulty / Time:
The Five Mistakes Clinton Made — For all her talk about “full speed on to the White House,” there was an unmistakably elegiac tone to Hillary Clinton's primary-night speech in Indianapolis. And if one needed further confirmation that the undaunted, never-say-die Clintons realize their bid might …
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
It's Obama, Warts and All — Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each took a state Tuesday. But the result was a damaging loss for the woman who was once the overwhelming front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Here are some observations on the race: — Mr. Obama is now the prohibitive favorite.
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Obama plans to declare victory May 20 — Not long after the polls close in the May 20 Kentucky and Oregon primaries, Barack Obama plans to declare victory in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. — And, until at least May 31 and perhaps longer, Hillary Clinton's campaign plans to dispute it.
RELATED:
Kathy Barks Hoffman / Detroit Free Press:
Mich. Dems settle on how to split delegates — LANSING — Michigan Democratic leaders settled today on a plan to give presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton 69 delegates and Barack Obama 59 as a way to get the delegates seated at the national convention
ABCNEWS:
George's Bottom Line on Clinton for Veep — Clinton Might Be Negotiating Spot on '08 Ticket, George Says — Is Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., staying in the race to get the vice presidential slot? — George thinks so. — Clinton vowed to fight on today, despite a growing chorus …
Bryan Caplan / New York Times:
The 18-Cent Solution — BOTH Hillary Clinton and John McCain say that we should suspend the 18-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax this summer. After her beating at the polls Tuesday, there may not be much reason left to worry about what Senator Clinton thinks, but the McCain proposal is alive and well.
Don Campbell / USA Today:
Wright story: What took so long? — The controversial reverend's 20-year relationship with Obama was left to simmer for a year. In our 24/7 media age, how could this have happened? — Barring some really strange math or a lot of second thoughts, the Democrats seem poised to nominate …
Discussion:
Right Wing News, Sister Toldjah, NewsBusters.org, Betsy's Page, The Sundries Shack and PrestoPundit
Oliver Willis:
Barack Obama's Big Mistake: He's Getting Too Many Votes — Following in the footsteps of other bloggers like Jeralyn Merritt and Armando, I must urge the superdelegates, the media and other creative class left blogs to be aware of something before it is too late.
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Veto and Drill! — Nancy Pelosi chanted “Veto and Drill”, “Veto and Drill” in caricaturing the threatened presidential veto of windfall oil company taxes and desire to drill in ANWR and elsewhere. But all that might sound, in fact, good to most Americans.
Ross Douthat:
The Party of Sam's Club — Now this is telling: … There are two important points to be made about these numbers, and the deeper reality they reflect. The first, which you hear around these parts a lot, is that the GOP is now a working-class party (with class defined by education …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
FBI Backs Off From Secret Order for Data After Lawsuit — The FBI has withdrawn a secret administrative order seeking the name, address and online activity of a patron of the Internet Archive after the San Francisco-based digital library filed suit to block the action.
Discussion:
TPMMuckraker
RELATED: