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New York Times:
John Edwards Endorses Barack Obama — At a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Wednesday evening, John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama, who was on the stage with him, to be the Democratic nominee for president. — Sounding a theme of a nation divided into parts by walls, Mr. Edwards said …
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Avi Zenilman / Ben Smith's Blogs:
The Edwards delegates — So what, you've been asking, becomes of Edwards' delegates? — Edwards still has 16 pledged delegates who have already been named — eight from South Carolina, four from New Hampshire, and four from Iowa. (He is projected to get an extra two or three more at the June 14 Iowa state convention.)
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Edwards Throws Support to Obama
Edwards Throws Support to Obama
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Matt / 2008 Democratic Convention Watch:
What happens to Edwards' delegates?
What happens to Edwards' delegates?
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New York Times:
Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears — WASHINGTON — The Republican defeat in a special Congressional contest in Mississippi sent waves of apprehension across an already troubled party Wednesday, with some senior Republicans urging Congressional candidates to distance themselves …
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Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Alarm bells for House GOP — They said the first was an outlier. The second, a fluke. But after losing their third seat this year in a special election, House Republicans faced the possibility on Wednesday that if they don't repair their image with voters, they could be in for another rough November.
The Politico:
GOP cancer: Party could lose 20 more seats — For the past 18 months, ever since the 2006 elections, congressional Republicans have been like a hospital patient trying to convince visitors that he is not really all that sick: a bit under the weather; actually feel better than I sound; should be up and about any day; thanks for asking.
Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
Olbermann: Mr. President, the war isn't about you — Olbermann: Bush's claim he gave up game to honor dead GIs is ludicrous — SPECIAL COMMENT — President Bush has resorted anew to the sleaziest fear-mongering and mass manipulation of an administration and public life dedicated to realizing the lowest of our expectations.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown Special Comment to President Bush: “Shut the hell up.” — In an astoundingly ignorant interview with The Politico's Mike Allen Tuesday, President Bush insinuated that electing a Democrat in November would lead to another attack on America, and revealed that he made the ultimate sacrifice …
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush's Idea of Sacrifice
Bush's Idea of Sacrifice
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CNN:
Bush suggests Obama wants ‘appeasement’ of terrorists — JERUSALEM (CNN) - In a particularly sharp blast from halfway around the world, President Bush suggested Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats are in favor of “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II.
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Mike Carney / On Deadline:
Bush equates talking to terrorists with appeasing Nazis
Bush equates talking to terrorists with appeasing Nazis
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WXYZ-TV:
Obama Apologizes to WXYZ Reporter — UPDATE: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has apologized to WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar for calling her “sweetie” during a campaign stop Wednesday in Sterling Heights. — Obama apologized in a voicemail he left on Agar's cell phone at 3:16 p.m:
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Wall Street Journal:
Uribe Calls Pelosi's Bluff — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's main excuse for trying to kill the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement is that Colombian President Álvaro Uribe winks at atrocities by his country's illegal paramilitary groups. The charge has always been false …
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Re: Common sense from Samuelson — Mark, Robert Samuelson's argument is so self-evident no politician can ever state it. A couple of weeks back, Statistics Canada reported that, after adjustment for inflation, Canadian wage-earners are earning less than in 1980.
Karl / protein wisdom:
The Big Picture(s): “The John McCain Doctrines” edition — In “The Big Picture(s)” — an extended analysis of the establishment media's coverage of the conflict in Iraq — one theme which emerged was that the media frequently invoked Vietnam as an analogy, even before the emergence of the Sunni insurgency.
Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:
Keep the Immigrants, Deport the Multiculturalists — So, whatever happened to immigration as a presidential campaign issue? — In the early caucus and primary states - Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina - the media assured us that immigration was foremost on the minds of voters.
Cinque Henderson / The New Republic:
Maybe We Can't — The black case for Obama-skepticism. — Ninety percent of black Democrats support Barack Obama. So that might leave an observer wondering: What the hell is up with that other 10 percent? Are they stupid? Do they hate their own race? Do they not understand the historical import of the moment?