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12:25 AM ET, May 20, 2008

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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 …
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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The Politico:
Racial woes: GOP fails to recruit minorities
Discussion: Macsmind
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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.
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
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.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Wonkette
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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.
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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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The NYT's latest Kristol embarrassment
Discussion: PERRspectives Blog and Hoffmania!
 
 
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Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Missed Story  —  How many people showed up for Obama's rally in Kentucky?
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
House Conservatives to Offer Ideas for G.O.P. Message
Discussion: Democracy Project
David Stout / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law
Discussion: Law Blog and JammieWearingFool
Douglas Brown / Denver Post:
Caterers find eco-standards tough to chew
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
France Admits Contacts With Hamas
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Charles Cooper / Coop's Corner:
So now Eric Schmidt is an al-Qaida fellow traveler?
Wayne Slater / Dallas Morning News:
Texas attorney general's two-year effort fails to unravel large …
Matt / Think Progress:
McCain's campaign manager's name still on lobbying firm's letterhead.
 Earlier Items: 
The Trail:
Obama Adopted into Crow Nation
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Mike Lux / Open Left:
The White Working Class
Discussion: TalkLeft
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Leading General Tells Troops to Start Blogging
Discussion: Reason Magazine and Raw Story
Marc Ambinder:
Update From The Barr Campaign
Discussion: The Other McCain
Washington Wire:
Primary Turnout in 2008 Nears — but Doesn't Beat — Record
CNN:
Ferraro suggests she may not vote for Obama
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
Joe Lieberman: Absolutely Brilliant
 

 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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