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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Hillary turns fire on media — PORTLAND, Ore. - Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is increasingly aiming its punches not at her front-running opponent Barack Obama, but at the media. — On the campaign trail, in a new ad and in her meetings with donors and superdelegates …
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Beth Frerking / The Politico:
NARAL reeling from Obama endorsement — With the clock running down on a long-fought primary, NARAL Pro-Choice America leaders sent state affiliates reeling this week by endorsing Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. It was seen as a gratuitous slap in the face to a longtime ally …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
What was NARAL thinking? — Earlier this week, the management of NARAL Pro-Choice America decided to publicly endorse Barack Obama for President, and touched off a firestorm of criticism within its ranks. Many members saw this as a betrayal of Hillary Clinton, who has engaged NARAL for decades …
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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Obama an appeaser? How dare you — “That's enough. That - that's a show of disrespect to me.” — That was Barack Obama, a couple of weeks back, explaining why he was casting the Rev. Jeremiah Wright into outer darkness. It's one thing to wallow in “adolescent grandiosity” …
Cape Cod Times / CapeCodOnline.com:
Sen. Kennedy falls ill; taken to Boston hospital by helicopter … HYANNIS — U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital this morning after falling ill at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport. — Hyannis fire responded to the compound after a call …
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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
Kennedy rushed to hospital with stroke symptoms — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, one of the longest-serving Democrats in the Senate, has been rushed to the hospital with “stroke like symptoms,” according to cable news and wire service reports. — Kennedy, 76, was air lifited to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Obama Response To Bush McCain “Appeasement” Charge Shows Big Changes — When Senator Barack Obama responded to President George Bush and presumptive GOP Presidential nominee Senator John McCain's suggestion that he would indulge in the “appeasement” of terrorists, it underscored several lessons …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:McCain, Bush to appear together in Phoenix for fundraiser
Karl Rove / CNN:
Rove slams Obama over ‘bitter’ comments, flag pin — (CNN) — Karl Rove launched a wide-ranging attack on Barack Obama during a speech at the National Rifle Association Convention Friday, blasting him for his recent comments calling some small town American's “bitter,” and suggesting …
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John H. Hinderaker / Weekly Standard:
A Conspiracy So Lunatic... Only 60 Minutes could fall for it. — Jill Simpson is an unusual woman. A lawyer, she has scratched out an uncertain living in DeKalb County, Alabama. Fellow DeKalb County lawyers describe her as “a very strange person” who “lives in her own world.”
Jane Norman / Des Moines Register:
Harkin: McCain too ‘military’ — Washington, D.C. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military, “and he has a hard time thinking beyond that,” Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., said Friday.
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
A week after his 57-state remark, Obama puts himself in the wrong city — The nightmare comes in different versions. You show up for the first day of class, but it's really the final exam. You're introduced to speak to a large audience and totally forget what you're supposed to say.
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Hillary Clinton: It's the Map Not the Math — Jeralyn Merritt recounts a blogger call with Senator Hillary Clinton: … This is simultaneously ridiculous and sublime. — On the one hand, it's absurd beyond words to count Michigan, in which only she was on the ballot, in any “popular vote” count.
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Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:
U.N. racism investigator to visit U.S. from Monday — GENEVA (Reuters) - A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
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