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George Packer / New Yorker:
THE FALL OF CONSERVATISM — Have the Republicans run out of ideas? … The era of American politics that has been dying before our eyes was born in 1966. That January, a twenty-seven-year-old editorial writer for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat named Patrick Buchanan went to work for Richard Nixon …
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Not A Serious Threat — This remarkable bit of footage from Barack Obama's appearance in Oregon last night is now floating around on YouTube. It might be useful as an undergraduate course exam: how many errors can you spot? Obama apparently believes that Iran and other rogues states …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:Obama Responds To McCain: “Strong” Presidents Aren't Afraid To Meet With Enemies
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:McCain Hits Obama's “Inexperience And Reckless Judgment” On Iran
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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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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Saira Anees / Political Punch:
Rove's Latest Electoral Maps Have Clinton Stronger Than Obama Against McCain — Electoral maps put together by the consulting firm helmed by Karl Rove, and obtained by ABC News, show Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to be a stronger general election candidate in a hypothetical general election match …
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FiveThirtyEight.com:
Today's Polls, 5/18 — For the first time since we began tracking our results in early March, both Democrats are now slight favorites in their prospective races against John McCain. — The cheery news for the Democrats is in Minnesota, where a new Star Tribune poll has Barack …
CNN:
Clinton cites Karl Rove as reason to stay in — PRESTONSBURG, Kentucky (CNN) - Hillary Clinton defended her reasoning for staying in the presidential race Monday afternoon by pointing out that Karl Rove's analysis shows her to be the strongest candidate against John McCain in November.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Opens Up 16-Point Lead, Biggest Yet — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds Barack Obama with his largest advantage over Hillary Clinton in Democratic voters' nomination preferences thus far, 55% to 39%. — Obama's previous largest lead was 11 percentage points, in May 15-17 and April 12-14 polling.
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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Tracking Poll: Obama opens up biggest lead ever over Clinton — (CNN)- Amid reports that the Democratic Party's leaders and largest fundraisers are beginning to take steps to try to bring their party together after a long, hard-fought primary campaign, the latest Gallup daily tracking poll …
Steve Capus / Talking Points Memo:
THE WHITE HOUSE — Setting The Record Straight: — The following is a letter from Counselor to the President Ed Gillespie to NBC News President Steve Capus: — 30 Rockefeller Plaza — New York, N.Y. 10112 — Mr. Capus: — This e-mail is to formally request that NBC Nightly News …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Top Hillarylander mulls Obama job — Hillary Rodham Clinton's former campaign manager and confidante, Patti Solis Doyle, and Sen. Barack Obama's top adviser have informally discussed the former Clintonite's going to work for the Obama campaign in the general election.
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The Huffington Post:
Superdelegates Turned Down $1 Million Offer From Clinton Donor — One of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top financial supporters offered $1 million to the Young Democrats of America during a phone conversation in which he also pressed for the organization's two uncommitted superdelegates to endorse …
Agence France Presse:
US billionaire Buffett backs Obama for president — Buffett told a press conference here Monday he had offered support to both Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton but that since it appeared Obama would win the party's nomination, “I will be very happy if he is elected president.
KSTP-TV:
News crew attacked during report at TiZA charter school — The state Education Department on Monday directed a Minnesota charter school to “correct” two areas related to religion at the school on Monday. — Tarik ibn Zayad Academy, which focuses on Middle Eastern culture and shares a mosque …
Matt / Think Progress:
Kristol's Third Strike: Weekly Standard Editor Gets The Facts Wrong In His New York Times Column — In his New York Times column today, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol tried to find reasons for conservatives to be optimistic about 2008 elections, despite the claims of some Republicans that …
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