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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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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 …
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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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Responds To McCain: “Strong” Presidents Aren't Afraid To Meet With Enemies
Obama Responds To McCain: “Strong” Presidents Aren't Afraid To Meet With Enemies
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Not A Serious Threat — This remarkable bit of footage …
Not A Serious Threat — This remarkable bit of footage …
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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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Steve Capus / White House:
Setting the Record Straight: President Bush's Interview With Richard Engel of NBC News — 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:
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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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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.
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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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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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 …
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 …
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Missed Story — How many people showed up for Obama's rally in Kentucky? Oh, he didn't campaign there?
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.
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 …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law
Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law
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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.
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 …
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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 …