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3:00 PM ET, May 17, 2008

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John King / CNN:
Ted Kennedy rushed to hospital  —  (CNN) — Sen. Edward Kennedy was rushed to a hospital in Massachusetts Saturday morning, a well-informed, prominent Democratic source in that state told CNN.  —  Kennedy was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after spending less …
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Boston Globe:
Ted Kennedy hospitalized after suffering seizures  —  Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed from his Hyannisport home to Mass General Hospital this morning after an apparent seizure.  One government official said the 76-year-old senator suffered a second seizure aboard a helicopter transport flight from the Cape to Boston.
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 …
Associated Press:
Spokeswoman: Sen. Kennedy hospitalized with seizure  —  BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was airlifted to a hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure at his home, and did not appear to have had a stroke as initially suspected, his spokeswoman said.  —  The 76-year-old Democrat …
Associated Press:
Kennedy hospitalized after apparent seizure  —  76-year-old Democrat airlifted to hospital, undergoing tests  —  BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized in Boston on Saturday after suffering a seizure, according to Stephanie Cutter, his spokeswoman, who said it does not appear the Democrat had a stroke as initially suspected.
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Senator Kennedy Rushed to Hospital
Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
Kennedy rushed to hospital with stroke symptoms
Discussion: The Swamp and Political Radar
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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Ron Claiborne / ABCNEWS:
McCain Runs From Bush — but Not Too Far
Discussion: Think Progress and Fox News
Karl Rove / CNN:
Rove slams Obama over ‘bitter’ comments, flag pin
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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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 …
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” …
Janny Scott / New York Times:
Obama's Story, Written by Obama  —  Barack Obama was a first-time author and rookie politician embarking upon his first run for public office.  Hermene Hartman was the publisher of N'Digo, a magazine in Chicago aimed at upscale black readers.  As Ms. Hartman tells it, she got a call …
Discussion: The Page
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.
Discussion: The Corner and Gateway Pundit
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Alaska Senate  —  Alaska Senate: Begich (D) 47% Stevens (R) 45%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that Republican Senator Ted Stevens is trailing by two percentage points in his bid for re-election.  Stevens attracts 45% of the vote while Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) earns 47%.
 
 
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
‘This Is How We Lost to the White Man’
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Debbie Schlussel:
The Company He Keeps: Obama Hangs With Hezbollah's Iranian Agent Imam
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Iraq detains 1,000 in anti-al-Qaida crackdown
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush says Saudi oil boost doesn't solve US problem
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Hillary Clinton: It's the Map Not the Math
Discussion: TalkLeft and Booman Tribune
Mike Huckabee / Huck PAC:
Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Skirting Appalachia  —  As Hillary Clinton's rout in West …
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Obama's wealth has skyrocketed
Discussion: The Caucus and The Page
John H. Hinderaker / Weekly Standard:
A Conspiracy So Lunatic...
Lynn Bartels / Rocky Mountain News:
Spirited Dems swamp Springs for Day 1 of state convention
Discussion: TalkLeft
Scot Lehigh / Boston Globe:
Clinton's ‘sexism’ dodge
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Obama Response To Bush McCain “Appeasement” Charge Shows Big Changes (UPDATED)
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