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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Is She a Trojan Rabbit? — Now Barack Obama faces a true dilemma: how best to punish Hillary Clinton. — After 15 months of fighting her off, as she veered wildly from bully to victim, as she brandished any ice pick at hand, whether racial, sexual, mathematical or marital …
Marc Ambinder:
A Second McCain Aide Resigns — Doug Davenport, the regional campaign manager for the mid-Atlantic states, founded the DCI Group's lobbying practice and oversaw the contract with Myanmar in 2002. — “Doug has tendered his resignation and we have accepted it,” Jill Hazelbaker, McCain's communications director, wrote in a e-mail.
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Second McCain aide quits over DCI ties
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Obama's new Kentucky ad focuses on coal — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama launched a new TV ad this weekend featuring an Illinois miner praising the the him for work on coal issues. — “Washington, D.C., is not listening to us,” said Randy Henry, who is identified as a miner for 31 years.
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New York Times:
Already, Obama and McCain Map Fall Strategies — Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are already drawing up strategies for taking each other on in the general election, focusing on the same groups — including independent voters and Latinos — and about a dozen states where they think the contest …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Limbaugh: ‘My impact will increase’ — Conservatives are despondent, liberals are as enthused about a presidential candidate as they've been in 40 years, and the candidate he has long loathed won the Republican nomination. — But never mind the pervasive sense of GOP malaise …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
As Losses Mount, GOP Begins Looking in the Mirror — Since losing 30 seats and their 12-year stranglehold on power in 2006, House Republicans have kept asking themselves the same question: Can it get any worse? — On Tuesday, they may get another answer they won't like.
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Tom Foreman / CNN:
Religious right leaning toward Democrats? — “Raw Politics” on “Anderson Cooper 360” delivers the latest political news with a wry sense of a humor and without spin. — WASHINGTON (CNN) — For decades, evangelicals have been seen as solid supporters of the Republican Party. That could be changing.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Blunt: McCain ‘Would Be’ A Third Bush Term On Economy, 'And I Think That's A Good Thing' — On CNN's Late Edition today, former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) claimed that the argument that John McCain would, in effect, be a third Bush term “isn't going to stick”:
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Newsweek:
Sit Back, Relax, Get Ready to Rumble — He's taken everything in stride, it seems. How Obama and his team will battle the GOP onslaught. — How do you know if Barack Obama is unhappy with what you're saying— or not saying? At meetings of his closest advisers, he likes to lean back, put his feet on the table and close his eyes.
Charleston Daily Mail:
Secretary of State says mass mailing has caused confusion — The Secretary of State's office is reminding first-time voters that the deadline to register to vote in Tuesday's primary already has passed. — Betty Ireland said she's worried that a mass mailing aimed at getting young women …
MSNBC:
May 11: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Terry McAuliffe, political roundtable — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: After a landslide loss in North Carolina and a razor-thin win in Indiana, Hillary Clinton's campaign goes on. For how long and at what price to Democratic Party unity?
Maddy Sauer / ABCNEWS:
Halliburton Rape Claim Goes to Court — Judge Orders That Woman's Case Should Go to Trial, Not Arbitration — A Houston woman who says she was gang raped by co-workers at a Halliburton/KBR camp in Baghdad won a major court battle late Friday when a Texas judge ordered that she can bring …