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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 …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: EVERYONE'S A WINNER — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — *** Everyone's a winner: Much like a children's soccer or Tee Ball game, tonight's contests in Kentucky (which Clinton is expected to win big) and Oregon (ditto for Obama) are going to allow everyone to walk out a winner.
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New York Times:
Obama Is Expected to Hit a Milestone in Today's Votes — Senator Barack Obama is poised to reach a milestone in the presidential race on Tuesday by capturing a majority of pledged delegates, but he said he would not declare victory against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton or suggest …
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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Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Clinton Puts Up A New Fight — The Candidate Confronts Sexism On the Trail and Vows to Battle On — Women of all ages and nationalities push against the rope line carrying books and T-shirts, posters and stuffed animals — anything for her to autograph. They tote huge signs that shout …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton on misogyny — Hillary has avoided, for most of the race …
Clinton on misogyny — Hillary has avoided, for most of the race …
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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 …
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The Politico:
Racial woes: GOP fails to recruit minorities
Racial woes: GOP fails to recruit minorities
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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.
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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 …
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Caroline Glick / Real Clear Politics:
Obama's Unique Appeasement Style — Spin doctors were relabeled “strategists” in the early 1990s. And as Mark Steyn wrote last week in National Review, “Increasingly, the Western world has attitudes rather than policies.” — The latest attitude to be flouted as policy is indignation.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
John McCain's Rapid-Fire Responders — Aides Turn the Media Rebuttal Into a Savvy Campaign Tactic — When Newsweek ran a story last week on how John McCain and his allies may attack Barack Obama in the fall, the Arizona senator's top adviser fired off a letter calling the article “offensive” …
Hans A. Von Spakovsky / Wall Street Journal:
Anatomy of a Beltway Smear Campaign — During the past two years, while my nomination to the Federal Election Commission was pending - and before I withdrew last week - friends would call whenever the latest newspaper story or blog post attacking me was planted by political operatives and left-wing advocacy organizations.
Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard Blog:
Barack Obama, Sexist! (?) — Yesterday I posted the news that Geraldine Ferraro may not vote for Barack Obama because of his “terribly sexist” ways. I mocked Ferraro's shrill claim of sexism, but I now realize that perceiving sexist activity is not a strength of mine.
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Weekly Standard:
Obama Will Meet with Leader of Iran (TBD) — Obama advisor Susan Rice serves up the nuance to Wolf Blitzer: … Translation: Ahmadinejad may not be the leader of Iran when Obama is president, in which case Obama isn't going to travel all the way to Tehran just to make a social call on a Holocaust denier.
Kleinheider / Post Politics:
TNGOP's Controversial Obama Video Features Former Strip Club Owner Expressing His Pride In America — Andy Sher, at the end of an obligatory article on the controversy and Senatorial rebukes set off by the Tennessee Republican Party's YouTube missive welcoming Michelle Obama to Nashville …
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.