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Stephen Braun / Los Angeles Times:
West Virginia could spell trouble for Obama — Scant support among white working-class Democrats, especially men, could dog him into November. — MOOREFIELD, W.VA. — In Hardy County, Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 2 to 1. But there is little enthusiasm for Barack …
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Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Deal with defeat — I'd humbly suggest, to all the Obama supporters that join us here on this blog, that if you can't stand the heat of the West Virginia primary, you stay out of the kitchen. While I'm at it, I also suggest that you refrain from accusations against West Virginians as being racist …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Quote For The Day — “They're convinced [Obama] is a Muslim, a terrorist, a guy who's coming to take away their guns. It's just sad,” - an Obama supporter in West Virginia. — The paranoia and delusions of some parts of white America are no less irrational than the paranoia and delusions of some parts of black America.
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Obama unstained by Chicago Way — Will Barack Obama's presidential candidacy serve his state and city by finally drawing national attention to the sleazy and corrupt politics of Illinois and Chicago? — It is all about context. The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate's politics were born in Chicago.
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New York Times:
Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side — LESSONS LEARNED Barack Obama campaigning for the Illinois State Senate in 1996, a race he easily won. A look at Mr. Obama's tough test in the primaries. Week in Review. — In August 1999, Barack Obama strolled amid the floats and bands making …
Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
Michelle Vetoes Hillary — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama. — The Democratic front-runner's wife …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
History re-written: Obama never said he would meet personally with Iran without precondition, says advisor; Update: Website excerpt added — LGF nails them to the wall, but the Times's complicity in this whitewash is actually even worse than Charles suggests. From today's story:
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Romesh Ratnesar / Time:
Is It Time to Invade Burma? — The disaster in Burma presents the world with perhaps its most serious humanitarian crisis since the 2004 Asian tsunami. By most reliable estimates, close to 100,000 people are dead. Delays in delivering relief to the victims, the inaccessibility …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Oregon Senate — Oregon Senate: Smith Still Below 50% in Re-election Bid — Gordon Smith, United States Senator from Oregon, remains below the 50% level of support for the third straight month in Rasmussen Reports polling. Any incumbent who polls below 50% …
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Stanley Kurtz / Weekly Standard:
Jeremiah Wright's ‘Trumpet’ — The content of the magazine produced by Barack Obama's pastor reveals the content of his character. — To the question of the moment—What did Barack Obama know and when did he know it? —I answer, Obama knew everything, and he's known it for ages.
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Seeds of Destruction — The Clintons have never understood how to exit the stage gracefully. — Their repertoire has always been deficient in grace and class. So there was Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asserting to USA Today that she was the candidate favored by “hard-working Americans …
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Cernig / Newshoggers.com:
Sadr Surrenders? Nope — An article from McLatchy today reports a “big concession” from the Sadrist movement which it says is “a surprising capitulation that seemed likely to be hailed as a major victory for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki” … Rightwing pro-occupation bloggers …
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A Convention Quandary — John McCain's choice to manage the GOP convention this summer is lobbyist Doug Goodyear, whose firm once represented Burma's repressive regime. — Rick Gershon / Getty Images — Questions of Perception: Some McCain allies worry about his convention manager choice
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.
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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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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words — (updated below) — On the question of whether the Pentagon maintained an illegal covert domestic propaganda program — and on the broader question of whether the American media's political coverage …
Zzaki / Political Radar:
Clinton's Advice: Turn Off the Television — ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: An adoring group of more than 1,000 people greeted Sen. Hillary Clinton and her daughter today at a fundraiser in New York City. She thanked them for their support and later told the group that she is going to finish the nominating process.
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