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8:30 AM ET, May 20, 2008

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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
As Time Runs Short, Clinton Claims Lead in Popular Vote  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is entering the Kentucky and Oregon primaries on Tuesday with one of the most pugnacious political messages of her campaign: That she is ahead in the national popular vote when all votes are counted …
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Associated Press:
Iowa Democratic Chairman Brennan to endorse Obama  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Democratic Chairman Scott Brennan will announce on Tuesday his endorsement of Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, The Associated Press has learned.  —  The decision adds more momentum …
Discussion: The Page and The Trail
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SteveK / TVNewser:
WH vs. NBC: NBC News' Response  —  NBC News responds to The White House letter: … Meanwhile, CNN has already picked up the story, as Elaine Quijano filed a report outside The White House regarding the letter during The Situation Room at 5:37pmET.  —  Click continued to see the full letter …
Discussion: News Hounds and The Page
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
Obama Freakout Over Michelle Video: The Ticking “Whitey” Time Bomb  —  Today, on ABC's “Good Morning America,” Barack Obama lost his cool, calling names and making unspecified threats.  Why?  Ostensibly, it's because the Tennessee Republican Party issued an Internet video featuring Michelle …
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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Tennessee Senator Takes On His Own Party  —  Talk about internecine upset.  —  The office of Senator Bob Corker, Republican from Tennessee, has weighed in today, siding with Senator Barack Obama's objections to the state's G.O.P. Web campaign against Michelle Obama.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Muslim school officials attack news crew in Twin Cities  —  I've followed the story about the Tarik ibn Zayad Academy and allegations that it abuses its status as a state-funded charter school to teach Islam instead of a public-school curriculum for the last six weeks.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Staten Island Advance:
Exclusive: Fossella will not seek re-election  —  In a bombshell announcement that brings the curtain down on one of the most storied careers in Staten Island political history, fifth-term Republican Rep. Vito Fossella will not seek re-election this fall.  —  Mired in scandal after revelations …
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Missed Story  —  How many people showed up for Obama's rally in Kentucky?  Oh, he didn't campaign there?
David Stout / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a 2003 federal law aimed at child pornography, concluding in a 7-to-2 opinion that a federal appeals court was wrong to find the law unconstitutionally vague.  —  The law in question arose from a sensible …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law
Discussion: Washington Post
Gateway Pundit:
John Bolton: “Bush Hit the Nail on the Head— Now the Nails Are Complaining” (Video)  —  “Bush hit the nail on the head in Jerusalem and the nails are complaining now.” … Former Ambassador to the UN John Bolton slammed Barack Obama and democrats for their policies of appeasement tonight on Hannity and Colmes:
New York Times:
McCain Finds a Thorny Path in Ethics Effort  —  Sorting out the lobbying entanglements of his campaign advisers is proving to be a messy business for Senator John McCain.  —  On Monday, just days after it issued new rules to address conflicts of interest, the McCain campaign …
Discussion: Needlenose, American Street and MSNBC
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Jerusalem Post:
‘Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term’  —  US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran in the upcoming months, before the end of his term, Army Radio quoted a senior official in Jerusalem as saying Tuesday.  —  The official claimed that a senior member of the president's entourage …
The Politico:
Racial woes: GOP fails to recruit minorities  —  Just a few years after the Republican Party launched a highly publicized diversity effort, the GOP is heading into the 2008 election without a single minority candidate with a plausible chance of winning a campaign for the House, the Senate or governor.
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Economic Tide Is Rising for Repo Man  —  HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — So many people have so many things they can no longer afford.  This is an excellent time to be a repo man.  —  When a boat owner defaults on his loan, the bank hires Jeff Henderson to seize its property.
Steve Schifferes / BBC:
Soros warns global boom is over  —  Billionaire investor George Soros has given his gloomiest assessment of the state of the US and world economies.  —  He told BBC business editor Robert Peston that the “acute phase” of the credit crunch may be over but effects on the real economy are yet to be felt.
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