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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Dems to Clinton: Don't Say Anything to Hurt Us — Clinton Expects to Win W. Va., but Win Will Have Little Impact on Dem Race — Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., pressed her campaign ahead of Tuesday's West Virginia primary as Democratic Party leaders warned her not to do or say anything …
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Margaret Talev / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama sporting flag pin as he campaigns in W. Virginia — WASHINGTON — Barack Obama, who labeled discussion of whether he wears a flag pin in his lapel a false issue in a debate with Hillary Clinton, was wearing one Monday as he campaigned in West Virginia ahead of Tuesday's primary vote there.
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Jeffrey Goldberg:
Obama on Zionism and Hamas — The Hamas leader Ahmed Yousef did Barack Obama no favor recently when he said: “We like Mr. Obama and we hope that he will win the election.” John McCain jumped on this statement, calling it a “legitimate point of discussion,” and tied it to Obama's putative softness on Iran …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama on McCain speech: ‘Breathtaking,’ not in a good way — What Obama needs: More arguments on issues with John McCain, fewer interviews with West Virginians. — To that end, he responded to McCain's speech on the environment just now, hitting McCain on that long Senate record we're going to learn a lot about this year:
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Tom Matzzie / The Huffington Post:
How John McCain Can Rescue the Republican Party — The winds of change have brought Democrats a big advantage in the races for the White House, U.S. House and Senate in 2008. The opportunity for the emergence of a governing Democratic majority is unprecedented.
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Obama keeps on repudiating boomers — But now with a general election twist. — Making a token appearance today in veteran-heavy West Virginia, Obama will say this at a rally: … Not only is Obama underlining his generational distance from the boomers, but he's also reaching …
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama Disses Boomers Who Opposed Vietnam War — Barack Obama the unity candidate? Please. Via Politico, here's Barack Obama stumping in West Virginia today: … Politico says: … In other words, Obama intends to battle the war-hero McCain by throwing us under the bus. [More...]
Brad / Sadly, No!:
Oh my — Jonah, are you sure you want to ask this? … (Via.) — I highly encourage you all to send Jonah your thoughts on this matter, be they constructive or otherwise. — For my part, I think pictures speak more than a trillion-kabillion words, so I'll let them speak for me.
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Edward N. Luttwak / New York Times:
President Apostate? — BARACK OBAMA has emerged as a classic example of charismatic leadership — a figure upon whom others project their own hopes and desires. The resulting emotional intensity adds greatly to the more conventional strengths of the well-organized Obama campaign …
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Ali Eteraz / The Huffington Post:
Obama Islam Smear Changes Stripes — When the Islam smear against Obama first came out, it was based on the idea that he is currently, a Muslim. — Then the Pastor Wright controversy put that mess to rest, since Obama's affiliations to an obviously Christian Church became front and center.
James Pethokoukis / US News:
Source: Huckabee Tops McCain's Veep List — Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and defeated contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is currently at the top of John McCain's short list for a running mate. At least that's the word from a top McCain fundraiser …
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — Coverage of the Democratic Presidential Race; Myanmar Government Bans Western Journalists — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice over): End game. The media referees declare …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Bush Hits New Low as ‘Wrong Track’ Rises — Eighty-Two Percent of Americans Say the Country's Seriously Off on the Wrong Track — Public disgruntlement neared a record high and President Bush slipped to his career low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.
The Memphis Daily News:
Southland Development Invests in State Place — The unsold units in State Place condominium development have a new owner, and soon it will have new amenities and even a new neighbor. — Two vacancies in the western divisions of two state appeals courts have drawn a lot of interest from attorneys and judges in West Tennessee.
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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Obama's Inability to Hire Good Help Rears Its Head ... Again — We started covering Sen. Barack Obama's inability to hire good staffers in June 2007, when he blamed staffers for some opposition research trying to link Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to outsourcing in India …
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Alex Koppelman / Salon:
An “October surprise” to help Obama? — Writing in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend, Gabriel Schoenfeld, a senior editor at the seminal neoconservative journal Commentary, speculated about the possibility of an “October surprise” engineered by a rogue nation, terrorists or Iraqi insurgents …
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Dave Aeikens / St. Cloud Times:
SCSU student leaves training at Technical High School — A St. Cloud State University student in a teacher-training program at Technical High School left the school in late April because he says he feared for the safety of his service dog. — The school district calls it a misunderstanding …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Dhimmi watch: Muslim chases service animal out of school
Dhimmi watch: Muslim chases service animal out of school
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Bush May Be as Harmful to McCain as Wright Is to Obama — One-third of likely voters say they are less likely to vote for McCain because of Bush — PRINCETON, NJ — George W. Bush may do as much damage to John McCain's chances of being elected as Jeremiah Wright does to Barack Obama's …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Blast from the past: Video: Bill O'Reilly Gone Wild: Drops F-Bombs on the set. — This is too much. Bill O'Reilly used to work for ‘Inside Edition’ before he had his FOX show. This is a behind-the-scenes look at BillO losing it—yelling at the people working on the set and cursing his head off.
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Sign of the Times? Clinton At Half Price — ABC News' Kate Snow reports: Surely this can't be a good omen for Senator Hillary Clinton. — The pundits can argue all they want, her campaign may protest that she's still in the game, but at the “America!” souvenir shops at Dulles International …