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11:25 AM ET, May 20, 2008

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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 …
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
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, talking about the question of misogyny (though her aides have broached it somewhat more freely than Obama's aides have racism).  —  She addressed it in a Washington Post interview today: … This is a complicated story, I think.
Discussion: The Swamp and Balloon Juice
Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
All in the Family: Are Candidates' Spouses Fair Game?  —  Obama Says ‘Lay Off’ Wife but Spouses Playing Political Role in '08 Race  —  In a political season that's seen candidates' spouses play unprecedented roles, Sen. Barack Obama called for a new standard Monday that seeks to redraw …
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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 …
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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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
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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” …
Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Keeps Up Fight As Staff Tensions Rise  —  By MONICA LANGLEY in Bowling Green, Ky., and AMY CHOZICK in Crow Agency, Mont.  —  Heading into twin Democratic primaries Tuesday in Kentucky and Oregon — which the two candidates are expected to split — Sen. Hillary Clinton is vowing …
Discussion: The Page
CNN:
Mom forced to live in car with dogs  —  SANTA BARBARA, California (CNN) — Barbara Harvey climbs into the back of her small Honda sport utility vehicle and snuggles with her two golden retrievers, her head nestled on a pillow propped against the driver's seat.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Talking Versus Doing  —  In 1965, Mancur Olson wrote a classic book called “The Logic of Collective Action,” which pointed out that large, amorphous groups are often less powerful politically than small, organized ones.  He followed it up with “The Rise and Decline of Nations.”
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
 
 
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Some blame Lott for tough GOP defeat in Mississippi
Discussion: The New Republic
Google Public Policy Blog:
Dialogue with Sen. Lieberman on terrorism videos
New York Times:
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Discussion: Reuters and The Peking Duck
Joe Klein / Swampland:
McCain's Savannah Press Conference
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Obama's backers see dream ticket as nightmare
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Major new ad campaign — aimed at Blue Dog Rep. Chris Carney — begins
CNN:
White House denies Bush apology over Quran
Jim Michaels / USA Today:
Military retools detainee releases
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Jews  —  America's Jews account for a mere 2% of the U.S. population.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
John Otis / Houston Chronicle:
Top female rebel leader surrenders in Colombia
Nate / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Oregon Projection: Obama by 13
Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
A Living-Room Crusade via Blogging
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Economic Tide Is Rising for Repo Man
Discussion: Don Surber
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Muslim school officials attack news crew in Twin Cities
New York Times:
McCain Finds a Thorny Path in Ethics Effort