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8:40 AM ET, May 19, 2008

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Larry Rohter / The Caucus:
Obama Draws Record Crowd in Oregon  —  An estimated 75,000 gathered on the banks of the Willamette River in Portland on Sunday to see Barack Obama.  —  “Wow!  Wow!  Wow!” were his first words, as he surveyed the multitude, which included people in kayaks and small pleasure craft on the river.
Discussion: Group News Blog
Agence France Presse:
Obama camp spies endgame in Oregon  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) — Barack Obama set his sights on November's general election Saturday as he campaigned in Oregon, where he hopes to declare victory in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  Obama has said Tuesday's primaries in Oregon …
New York Times:
Obama Draws Huge Crowd in Oregon as Clinton Courts Kentucky  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — Senator Barack Obama drew the largest crowd of his campaign so far on Sunday, addressing an estimated 75,000 people who had gathered here on the banks of the Willamette River.  —  “Wow!  Wow!
Discussion: The Swamp and The Page
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama: No victory declaration Tuesday  —  MILWAUKIE, Ore. - Concerned about appearing presumptuous or antagonistic towards Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama will not declare victory in the Democratic nomination fight Tuesday in the event he wins enough pledged delegates to claim a majority.
Discussion: The Page and Prairie Weather
The Trail:
Record Obama Crowd, the Size of a City
Discussion: Crunchy Con
Charlie Burr / BlueOregon:
Massive Obama waterfront rally: Largest in Oregon history
Discussion: American Street and HorsesAss.Org
William Kristol / New York Times:
McCain Exceptionalism  —  Last Tuesday, Republicans lost another Congressional seat in a special election — their third such defeat in two months.  On Wednesday I received an acerbic e-mail message from a disgusted young G.O.P. loyalist: “I just have to say that Republicans are a dumb party that chooses stupid candidates.
Discussion: TBogg and The Page
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Steve Chapman / Real Clear Politics:
Unwise Haste on Gay Marriage
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
California's Gift to McCain?
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Michael S. Malone / Wall Street Journal:
The Next American Frontier  —  The entire world seems to be heading toward points of inflection.  The developing world is embarking on the digital age.  The developed world is entering the Internet era.  And the United States, once again at the vanguard, is on the verge of becoming the world's first Entrepreneurial Nation.
Discussion: EconLog
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Feud Fuels Bill O'Reilly's Blasts at GE  —  Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News star, is mounting an extraordinary televised assault on the chief executive of General Electric, calling him a “pinhead” and a “despicable human being” who bears responsibility for the deaths of American soldiers in Iraq.
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Gender Issue Lives On as Clinton's Hopes Dim  —  With each passing day, it seems a little less likely that the next president of the United States will wear a skirt — or a cheerful, no-nonsense pantsuit.  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is now in what most agree are the waning days …
William Bradley / The Huffington Post:
Obama And Clinton's California Kumbaya  —  For those on the far right hoping for blood in the streets of Denver, Sunday's meeting of the California delegation to the Democatic National Convention was very bad news.  Because of its size, California is sending even more Hillary Clinton delegates …
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
As Clinton chances wane, old slights come due  —  Some prominent Democrats recall past grievances  —  WASHINGTON - When Democratic superdelegate Jim Cooper, a Tennessee congressman, pondered the choice between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, his thoughts wandered back to 1993.
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Elaine McArdle / Boston Globe:
The freedom to say ‘no’  —  Why aren't there more women in science and engineering?  Controversial new research suggests: They just aren't interested.  —  WHEN IT COMES to the huge and persistent gender gap in science and technology jobs, the finger of blame has pointed in many directions …
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Keeping Secrets: In Presidential Memo, A New Designation for Classifying Information  —  Sometime in the next few years, if a memorandum signed by President Bush this month ever goes into effect, one government official talking to another about information on terrorists will have to begin by saying …
John R. Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
Bring On the Foreign Policy Debate  —  President Bush's speech to Israel's Knesset, where he equated “negotiat[ing] with the terrorists and radicals” to “the false comfort of appeasement,” drew harsh criticism from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders.  They apparently thought the president …
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