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Susan Page / USA Today:
Democrats say let the contest continue — On the eve of the West Virginia primary, most Democrats nationally say Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton should continue the campaign, but more now say that it's time for Clinton to quit. — In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, 55% of Democrats …
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Faye Fiore / Los Angeles Times:
Handwriting of Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama may speak volumes — Experts see telltale markings of personality in penmanship samples from the presidential candidates. — WASHINGTON — Now that the presidential contest is looking ever more like a two-man race …
CNN:
Clinton supporter on WV vote: 'Just wait 'til we win like 80-20′ — LOGAN, West Virginia (CNN) - Political campaigns usually look to lower expectations - but one of Hillary Clinton's supporters took the opposite tack Monday, setting the bar for a West Virginia primary win …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Five things to watch in W. Va. — LOGAN, W. Va. - Even if Hillary Clinton beats Barack Obama in Tuesday's West Virginia primary by the huge margins predicted by polls, the victory won't go very far towards chipping away at Obama's lead in pledged delegates in their race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Alex Spillius / Telegraph:US elections: Hillary Clinton ‘about to drop out’
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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.
Hillary Clinton / 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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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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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Johnson Switches Sides Again, Endorses Obama — Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, a Democratic convention delegate pledged to support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, said yesterday that he thinks Sen. Barack Obama has “in a real sense” won the Democratic nomination and that he now plans …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Hagee to apologize to Catholics — The Texas megachurch pastor whose past comments about the Catholic Church have caused headaches for John McCain for over two months will issue an apology to Catholics later today, according a top Christian conservative. — John Hagee, pastor …
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McCain Backer John Hagee Apologizes to Catholics — Elizabeth Holmes reports on the presidential race. — John Hagee, the controversilettal Evangelical pastor who endorsed John McCain, will issue a letter of apology to Catholics today for inflammatory remarks he has made …
Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
Republican Slogan Borrowed From Antidepressant — Democrats heard something familiar today in that new theme emerging from House Republicans: “The Change You Deserve.” — Turns out that slogan is also used to market an antidepressant, which Democrats quickly lampooned as reflecting the Republican mood at the moment.
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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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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.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
McCain in the Mud — In 2000, I boarded John McCain's campaign bus, the Straight Talk Express, and, in a metaphorical sense, never got off. Here, truly, was something new under the political sun — a politician who bristled with integrity and seemed to have nothing to hide.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Post-IN/NC, Democrats Still OK With Continuing Campaign — Majority of Democrats favor Obama selecting Clinton as running mate — PRINCETON, NJ — A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows that 55% of Democrats say both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should continue campaigning …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:No Rush for Clinton to Go, but it's Still Advantage Obama
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Obama Rules — EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is available exclusively through King Features Syndicate. For permission to reprint or excerpt this copyrighted material, please contact: kfsreprint@hearstsc.com, or phone 800-708-7311, ext 246). — If Barack Obama gets his way …
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Agence France Presse:
Belief in God ‘childish,’ Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter — Albert Einstein described belief in God as “childish superstition” and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday. — The father of relativity …
Marion Barry / Washington Post:
Choices for D.C. Parents — As a former mayor of the District of Columbia and a current member of the D.C. Council, I've seen the city's schools deteriorate by any measure you can think of. Our system has become one of the nation's worst in terms of educating children.
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