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Kevin Merida / Washington Post:
Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause — Danielle Ross was alone in an empty room at the Obama campaign headquarters in Kokomo, Ind., a cellphone in one hand, a voter call list in the other. She was stretched out on the carpeted floor wearing laceless sky-blue Converses, stories from the trail on her mind.
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Associated Press:
Early WV exit poll highlights — By The Associated Press - 1 hour ago — Highlights from preliminary results of exit polls in the West Virginia Democratic primary on Tuesday. The polls were conducted for The Associated Press and television networks: — ___ — THE BILL CLINTON FACTOR
Christian Boone / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cobb bar protested as racist for Obama T-shirts — Mulligan's selling shirts with ‘Curious George’ picture — Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he's peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with “Obama in '08” scrolled underneath, are “cute.”
Steve Law / The Portland Tribune:
Poll: Obama trouncing Clinton in Oregon — Illinois senator leading former first lady 55-35 — A bit more than a week away from Oregon's May 20 primary, Barack Obama has amassed a nearly insurmountable lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to statewide polling conducted by Portland's Davis …
CNN:
Clinton wins W. Va. by wide margin, CNN projects — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton will win West Virginia's Democratic primary by a wide margin, CNN projects. — As polls closed on Tuesday, it was too early to tell exactly how big the margin of victory was.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
‘WHY WEST VIRGINIA MATTERS’ — From NBC's Mark Murray — Hours before the West Virginia polls close, the Clinton campaign just released a memo that tries to raise the stakes of today's contest, which Clinton is expected to win by a considerable margin. “Given the attempts by our opponent …
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
EXIT POLLS: The Race Factor in West Virginia — One-Third of Whites Citing Race in Vote Would Support Obama Over McCain — A confluence of groups customarily inclined toward Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was voting in the West Virginia primary, with less-educated, lower-income Southern whites predominating.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Wins West Virginia, Networks Say — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was poised Tuesday night to win the Democratic presidential primary in West Virginia over Senator Barack Obama, according to projections by the networks and The Associated Press, a victory fueled by strong turnout among the white …
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:Clinton Adviser: She's Fighting to Last Primary
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CBS News:Clinton Eyes W.Va. Win; Obama Looks Ahead
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John O'Connor / The State:
Of yellow dogs and Democrats — THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CARVILLE — GREENVILLE — U.S. Sen. Barack Obama has likely locked up the Democratic presidential nomination, but political consultant and Clinton family adviser James Carville told about 500 people at Furman University that U.S …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Carville: Obama likely to win nomination — (CNN) — James Carville has been one of Hillary Clinton's most energetic defenders, but on Monday he all but declared Barack Obama will become the Democratic nominee for president. — Speaking to students at Furman University in Greenville …
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Agence France Presse:
Bush: I quit golf over Iraq war — WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year. — “I think playing golf during a war …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Bush warns of Iraq disaster — President Bush warned in an interview Tuesday that the Democratic presidential candidates' plans to withdraw abruptly from Iraq could “eventually lead to another attack on the United States” and would “embolden” terrorists. — In a White House interview …
Washington Wire:
McCain Backer John Hagee Apologizes to Catholics — Elizabeth Holmes reports on the presidential race. — John Hagee, the controversial evangelical pastor who endorsed John McCain, will issue a letter of apology to Catholics today for inflammatory remarks he has made …
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The Hill:
Senators say whether they'd agree to be vice president — The Hill asked all 97 senators who are not running for president the same question: “If you were asked, would you accept an offer to be the VP nominee?” — Some senators laughed, but others took the question seriously.
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Dann holds on — After a day of trying to negotiate his resignation, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann said he not quitting today. — “At this point, that's not what I'm going to do,” Dann told a Plain Dealer reporter. — He declined to elaborate. — Sources said Dann, a Democrat …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A Spoiler, by Way of the Dairy Case — In his career in public service, Bob Barr has performed many important roles. — As a Republican candidate for the House in 1994, he rose to national attention when reports alleged that he had licked whipped cream off the breasts of two women at a charity event.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:FIRST THOUGHTS: TAKE ME HOME... From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro
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Reach Out and Touch Faith — Andrew Sullivan is bothered by this illustration accompanying an endorsement of Barack Obama in an Oregon weekly paper. — But that's not really all that unusual, if you've been checking the alternatively hilarious and disturbing blog, “Is Barack Obama The Messiah?”.
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