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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
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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.
CNN:
West Virginia exit polls show division among Democrats — 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.
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 …
CBS News:
Clinton Eyes W.Va. Win; Obama Looks Ahead — CBS News Early Exit Polls Say Three In Four Clinton Supporters Would Be Dissatisfied With Obama As Nominee — (CBS/AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton collided with Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary on Tuesday, persisting in the Democratic …
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:Clinton Adviser: She's Fighting to Last Primary
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:On West VA, Kentucky and a Joint Ticket
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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 …
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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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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?”.
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Doug Forrester / race42008.com:
Barack Obama's Pitch in Kentucky — Supposedly Barack Obama's not playing for Kentucky. You could have fooled me. He's got 16 offices in the state next to Hillary's 5. Hillary has no office west of Louisville. Barack Obama's offices go from the West Virginia border to the Mississippi River.
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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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.
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 …
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