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6:45 PM ET, May 13, 2008

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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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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.”
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 …
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 …
CNN:
West Virginia vote could raise doubts about Obama  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Almost as many of Hillary Clinton's West Virginia supporters would vote for John McCain as would for Barack Obama, exit polls show.  —  If Obama were the Democratic nominee, 36 percent of Clinton supporters would vote for him in the fall, the polls found.
New York Times:
West Virginia Votes in Primary  —  Heavy early voting could result in a larger than normal turnout in the West Virginia Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, although state elections officials said poll workers reported an average turnout at most voting spots by the afternoon.
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
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 …
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Clinton Adviser: She's Fighting to Last Primary
Discussion: A Blog For All
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 …
The Campaign Spot:
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?”.
Discussion: Redstate and Hot Air
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Doug Forrester / race42008.com:
Barack Obama's Pitch in Kentucky
Discussion: Redstate
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.
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
Rep. Bob Barr and Entitlements  —  Earlier, I noted that Rep. Barr had voted to create a prescription-drug entitlement in Medicare.  Clark Stooksbury points out that Barr had left Congress before the bill passed in 2003.  That's correct.  But Barr was still in Congress in 2002, and he voted for the idea then.
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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
The Evolution of Bob Barr
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Neural Buddhists  —  In 1996, Tom Wolfe wrote a brilliant essay called “Sorry, but Your Soul Just Died,” in which he captured the militant materialism of some modern scientists.  —  To these self-confident researchers, the idea that the spirit might exist apart from the body is just ridiculous.
Associated Press:
Police report 60 killed by bombs in western India  —  NEW DELHI - A series of bombs exploded across the ancient city of Jaipur on Tuesday, killing at least 60 people and transforming busy markets, a jewelry bazaar and a Hindu temple into scenes of carnage.  —  All seven blasts were within …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Terror blasts in India, 60 Dead Updates: Military curfew …
Discussion: MSNBC and A Blog For All
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Obama As A Reflection Of The Current Incarnation Of The Progressive Movement  —  This article synthesizes several extant arguments that have appeared on Open Left into a new hypothesis.  Despite the consternation that I, and others, have shown over Obama altering the progressive movement …
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 …
New York Times:
Missile Is Fired at Copter Over Baghdad, U.S. Says  —  BAGHDAD — A surface-to-air missile was fired on Saturday at an American Apache helicopter flying over the Sadr City section of Baghdad, American military officials said on Monday.  The attack, which had not been disclosed previously …
 
 
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Gary Langer / The Numbers:
Obama and Working-Class Whites
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Kelly Zito / San Francisco Chronicle:
East Bay water users may have to slash usage
Discussion: MoJoBlog and The RBC
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
Obama Advisor: Put Jerusalem on Negotiating Table
Discussion: Hot Air and Commentary
Marvin Kitman / The Huffington Post:
Why Cablevision Bought Newsday
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Dann holds on  —  After a day of trying to negotiate his resignation …
Will Wilkinson / The Fly Bottle:
Haggling  —  I hate it.  I am terrible at it.
Mike Tackett / The Swamp:
Clinton's top union supporter on fence?
Discussion: The Page
Marc Ambinder:
MS-01 Watch  —  The most important election taking place today is not in West Virginia.
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Lis / Associated Press:
U.S. tycoon Sheldon Adelson quizzed as part of Olmert probe
Discussion: MoJoBlog
Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Senate rebukes Bush on energy policy
Marie Cocco / Real Clear Politics:
Clinton Campaign Brought Sexism Out of Hiding
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Gates Wants Weapons to Be Useful in Current Conflicts
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
On West VA, Kentucky and a Joint Ticket
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A Spoiler, by Way of the Dairy Case
Faye Fiore / Los Angeles Times:
Handwriting of Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama may speak volumes
Discussion: Washington Post
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Johnson Switches Sides Again, Endorses Obama