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10:45 AM ET, May 10, 2008

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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States  —  Ah, Oregon.  The beautiful Northwest.  Rain.  Trees.  Clouds.  Rain.  Friendly territory for Sen. Barack Obama, the leading contender for the Democratic Party's long-disputed presidential nomination.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama: I want to be president of all 57 states  —  Ambinder asks the question you're already asking yourself.  Verdict: Dude's lost his bearings.  —  Blowback
Marc Ambinder:
From The “If McCain Did This” Files  —  Obama, below, is tired, nothing more.
Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Obama Wants to Be President of 57 States
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Doug Ross
Leila Fadel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
In big concession, militia agrees to let Iraqi troops into Sadr City  —  BAGHDAD — Followers of rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed late Friday to allow Iraqi security forces to enter all of Baghdad's Sadr City and to arrest anyone found with heavy weapons in a surprising capitulation …
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Bill / INDCJournal:
Day Trip to Sadr City  —  A wide variety of vehicles enter Sadr City.  —  I finally made it into Sadr City.  Gaining entrance has been difficult, because Army public affairs embedded me with a unit (3-89 Cav) that operates only up to the Shia district's southwestern border.
Discussion: The Long War Journal and QandO
Matthew Yglesias:   Time to Get Mad  —  Eric Martin reviews the latest out of Sadr City and waxes indignant:
From Beirut to the Beltway:
Obama: time to engage in diplomacy  —  Guess what time it is?  It's time for Obama's “diplomatic efforts” to come save the day. … Oh the time we wasted by fighting Hizbullah all those years with rockets, invasions of their homes and shutting down their media outlets.
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Obama'08:
Statement of Senator Barack Obama on the situaton in Lebanon
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Walid Phares / American Thinker:
Hezbollah's Beirut Blitz
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Charles Chuman / Pajamas Media:   Beirut Clashes Trap Citizens
Ellen R. Malcolm / Washington Post:
Quitters Never Win  —  When I was growing up in the 1960s, I wanted to play basketball.  In those days, the rules said girls could dribble only three steps and then had to pass the ball.  To make sure we didn't overexert ourselves, we weren't allowed to cross the half-court line.
John M. Broder / New York Times:
For First Time, More Superdelegates Favor Obama  —  The trump card Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton held in her faltering bid for president — her support among the superdelegates who can control the fate of the Democratic nomination — began slipping from her grasp on Friday as Senator Barack …
Discussion: Eschaton, The Page and Truthdig
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Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Clyburn Sees ‘Tipping Point’ to Obama  —  The “tipping point” has been reached, according to Representative James E. Clyburn, a prominent uncommitted superdelegate.  —  Mr. Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat who is the House Majority whip and the party's highest-ranking African-American leader, remains officially neutral.
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Lanny Davis on CNN primary night: ‘Worst experience I ever had on television’  —  When Clinton supporter Lanny Davis appeared on CNN during primary night, shortly before 10 p.m., there was a peculiar exchange with host Anderson Cooper. … During the Election Night broadcast …
Philip Giraldi / The American Conservative:
War With Iran Might Be Closer Than You Think  —  Friday, May 9th in Foreign policy, War by Philip Giraldi  —  There is considerable speculation and buzz in Washington today suggesting that the National Security Council has agreed in principle to proceed with plans to attack an Iranian al-Qods-run camp …
Discussion: At-Largely and abu muqawama
Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com:
WaPo Manufactures McCain Scandal  —  When is a senator doing constituent work and when is he tied up in an influence-peddling scandal?  The lines seem blurred when it comes to the media's coverage of the land swap deals Republican presidential candidate John McCain has been involved in.
Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit  —  DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.  —  Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only crowds on bus lines where seats were once easy to come by.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Paul Krugman
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Schakowsky, Durbin: Clinton should quit  —  Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) urged Sen. Hillary Clinton to end her Democratic presidential campaign Friday, while U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he'd “counsel” Clinton to do the same.  —  “There really are no options left …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Page
Associated Press:
Another Texas superdelegate backs Clinton  —  DALLAS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton picked up another endorsement from a Texas Democratic superdelegate for the party's presidential primary.  —  Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, announced Friday night that he is endorsing Clinton.
Discussion: 2008 Democratic …
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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Obama Won't Rule Out Easing Clinton Campaign Debt
Discussion: Swampland, Donklephant and The Page
 
 
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Andrew Kohut / Campaign Stops:
The Widening Gap  —  The phrase “generation gap” came into vogue …
Adam Pletts / Telegraph:
‘Iran backs Hizbollah fighters in Lebanon’
Discussion: The Corner and Jihad Watch
Faiz / Think Progress:
New CBO Report Proves McCain Is ‘Full Of It’ In His Opposition To Webb-Hagel GI Bill
Wall Street Journal:
Chávez Aided Colombia Rebels, Captured Computer Files Show
Online NewsHour:
Role of Young Voters in Politics Continues to Grow
Colby Buzzell / San Francisco Chronicle:
Return to Sender - Iraq Veteran Gets the Call Again
BBC:
Ramsay orders seasonal-only menu
HillaryClinton.com:
Swing State Democrats Say Hillary Best For Top Of Ticket
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William Glaberson / New York Times:
Judge Drops General From Trial of Detainee
Discussion: RADAMISTO
Suzanne Sataline / Wall Street Journal:
Pastors May Defy IRS Gag Rule
Wall Street Journal:
‘Captive 220’  —  It's a fair bet that no high-powered American …
Susan Faludi / New York Times:
The Fight Stuff  —  NOTABLE in the Indiana and North Carolina …
Al Meyerhoff / The Huffington Post:
McCain to Me in 1999: Bush “As Dumb as a Stump”
Matt Stearns / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Where did the Web rumors about Obama come from?
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Clinton Supporters Send Last-Ditch Obama Attack Emails To Supers