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10:00 AM ET, May 14, 2008

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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Childers victory gives Dems a third straight takeover  —  Democrat Travis Childers won Tuesday's Mississippi special election runoff for Sen. Roger Wicker's (R) House seat, handing Democrats the biggest of their three special election takeovers this cycle and sending a listless GOP further into a state of disarray.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Democrat Wins Mississippi Special Election  —  House Democrats won a conservative northern Mississippi House seat in a special election tonight, a victory certain to send shock waves through the ranks of congressional GOPers.  —  The Associated Press called the race for Prentiss County …
Reid Wilson / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Stunned By Loss in Mississippi
Mike Allen / Associated Press:   Hillary's ‘almost heaven’ - Signs of a coming GOP cataclysm
Deacon / Power Line:   THE REPUBLICAN LOSING STREAK CONTINUES
dccc.org:
MS-01: DEMOCRAT TRAVIS CHILDERS WINS
Discussion: MyDD and The New Republic
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Beats Obama Handily in West Virginia  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided victory on Tuesday over Senator Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary, where racial considerations emerged as an unusually salient factor.  Mrs. Clinton drew strong support from white …
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Matthew Yglesias:
Clinton Wins WV  —  Her campaign is rescued from the dead.  As the Clinton campaign sagely points out “no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916” and therefore Obama's primary loss shows that despite his large lead in the polls over John McCain, he can't possible win the election.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
This Is an Ex-Candidate  —  C ustomer: “Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.”  —  Pet-shop owner: “No, no he's not dead, he's — he's resting!  Remarkable bird, the Norwegian blue, isn't it, aye?  Beautiful plumage!”
New York Times:
Profile of the Voters … Mr. Huckabee won West Virginia's …
Discussion: Anglachel's Journal
Fox News:
Many Demographic Distinctions Missing in West Virginia Race, Exit Polls Show
Discussion: News Hounds and Blogs of War
Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Rumsfeld On 2006 Election: “The Correction For That...Is An Attack”  —  An ongoing exploration of the documents related to the Pentagon's “message force multipliers” program has unearthed a clip of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggesting that America, having voted the Democrats …
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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 …
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 …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Arrives for Middle Eastern Tour
Barry Rubin / gloriacenter.org:
Lebanon to West: Wake Up Fast!  —  While America's secretary of state devotes her time to doomed Israel-Palestinian talks and America goes ga-ga over a candidate whose main foreign policy strategy is to talk to dictators, still another crisis strengthens radical Islamists and endangers Western friends and interests.
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Quinnipiac University:
Obama, Clinton Both Top McCain In November Face-Off, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Most Democrats Back Obama-Clinton ‘dream Ticket’  —  Either one of the two Democratic contenders, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama or New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, leads the likely Republican presidential nominee …
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Go away you horrible human being
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Maintains Democratic Lead, 50%-44%
Discussion: American Street and Donklephant
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Obama Gaffes on Iraq and Afghanistan  —  ABC News' David Wright and Sunlen Miller Report: Sporting a shiny new American flag pin at an appearance in Rush Limbaugh's hometown, Sen. Barack Obama came up with some novel reasons why the U.S. may be struggling in the war in Afghanistan.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
NEVER DIE!!  —  Even with Hillary's blow-out win in West Virginia and the amazing Democratic victory in Mississippi, for me tonight's going to be about Terry McAuliffe's tour de force moment when he turned projectile nonsense into something approaching the sublime ...
Discussion: MyDD
Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Receive Endorsement Of 3 Former SEC Chairmen  —  Three former chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission will publicly endorse Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's bid for the presidency Wednesday, including one who served under President Bush.  —  William Donaldson …
Discussion: The Page
Washington Post:
Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation  —  Immigrants Sedated Without Medical Reason  —  The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back to their home country …
Discussion: The Raw Story
 
 
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San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. parking meters retooled to aid homeless
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Wall Street Journal:
Maliki's Victory  —  When Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered …
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Washington Post:
Obama, McCain Aim to Curb ‘527s’
NewsMax.com:
Inside Cover  —  Source: Huckabee Tops McCain VP List
Michael Kimmelman / New York Times:
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, AMERICAN ARTIST, DIES AT 82
James L. / Swing State Project:
MS-01: Results Thread #2
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
It's Finals Time For Student Superdelegates
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Remarks to the Heritage Foundation (Colorado Springs, CO)
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Ariel David / Associated Press:
Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens
Discussion: Hot Air
Debbie Schlussel:
OUTRAGE!:  Hezbollah Spy Prouty Gets $750 Fine, NO JAIL TIME …
Discussion: Israpundit, GINA COBB and Hot Air
David Hendee / Omaha World-Herald:
Scott Kleeb wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
There is No Nominee: On To The Five Remaining Primaries
Discussion: NO QUARTER
The Campaign Spot:
Palestinians in Gaza Are Phonebanking for Barack Obama
Right of Mississippi:
DCCC Tries To Launch An All Out Race War In MS-01
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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