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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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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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Kathy / Comments from Left Field:
The Right's Neurotic Addiction to War  —  Just to add on to Kyle's piece about the Addicted to War crowd, their understanding of history is to laugh at.  Take Jennifer Rubin's rehash of the Great Cold War Myth: … Neither, actually.  Ronald Reagan did not “win” the Cold War.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
So We Lose an American City or Two, So What?
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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
Obama to reach delegate milestone Tuesday
Paul J. Nyden / Charleston Gazette:
Byrd endorses Obama for president
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.
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 …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Muslim school officials attack news crew in Twin Cities
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Missed Story  —  How many people showed up for Obama's rally in Kentucky?  Oh, he didn't campaign there?
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 …
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 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 …
Discussion: Law Blog and JammieWearingFool
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
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 and MSNBC
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