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Another split decision in Democratic race — (CNN) — Despite Hillary Clinton's landslide victory in Kentucky, Barack Obama has won a majority of pledged delegates in the race for the Democratic nomination. — Clinton won Kentucky by more than 30 points, but Obama's share of the state's 51 delegates …
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New York Times:
Obama Says Nomination ‘Within Reach’ — DES MOINES — Senator Barack Obama took a big step toward becoming the Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday, amassing enough additional delegates to claim an all but insurmountable advantage in his race against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Marc Ambinder:
Why Are Superdelegates Waiting? — Clinton talking point: the superdelegates aren't satisfied yet; they want the race to continue; a large number are waiting. — Discussion: Many of those superdelegates are from districts and states that Clinton won, but they haven't endorsed her …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Sees Many Reasons to Stay In — Rebuffing associates who have suggested that she end her candidacy, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has made it clear to her camp in recent days that she will stay in the race until June because she believes she can still be the nominee — and …
Matthew Yglesias:McCainiacs for Clinton — Well, as predicted Obama won Oregon …
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Marc Ambinder:8 In 10 Clinton Voters in KY Dissatisfied With Obama As The Nominee
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Money shocker! Hillary Clinton's campaign debt soars to $31 million — No wonder Sen. Hillary Clinton was so late filing her required campaign financial reports Tuesday night. Her political team didn't want the shocking news in it to overshadow her lopsided thumping of Sen. Barack Obama in Kentucky.
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Ed OKeefe / Political Punch:
Obama Takes In More Than $31 Million in April — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., hauled in $31.9 million in April (including $600,000 for the general election) to continue his battle for the Democratic nomination against Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, ABC news was first to report tonight.
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
AWESOME NEW CLINTONIAN BULLS**T- BREAKING FAST — Lisa Caputo, one of the Clinton hacks on MSNBC tonight, just claimed (fraudulently) that Hillary had the popular vote but was behind in the delegate math, and that this felt like “Al Gore in 2000 when it had to go to the Supreme Court.”
Sara Just / Political Radar:McCain Has Record Fundraising Month
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Robert Knight / NewsBusters.org:
Free Concert by Popular Band Preceded Obama's Big Rally — From CNN to the New York Times, the media hyped Barack Obama's Portland, Oregon rally on Sunday, some comparing him to a rock star. — Unmentioned in national reporting was the fact that Obama was preceded by a rare …
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
We've Been Had — This was Obama's rally in Oregon over the weekend, which saw 75,000 people gather on the waterfront, on a sunny summer day, to hear the great one speak. Or did they? The headline in the New York Times was “Obama Draws Huge Crowd in Oregon.” So they must have been there to see Obama, right?
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:Obama's Decemberists — Turns out that Obama's opening act …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Chuck Hagel Takes On McCain, Repeatedly Praises Obama — Chuck Hagel is quickly becoming Barack Obama's answer to Joe Lieberman. — The Republican Senator from Nebraska was a political thorn in McCain's side on Tuesday night, repeatedly lavishing praise on the presumptive Democratic candidate …
Gizmodo:
Flying RC Penis Disrupts Garry Kasparov Speech — We had to double check that this wasn't a story about Second Life, but rather is an actual event in actual meatspace occurring this past weekend in Moscow. As former chess champion Garry Kasparov was giving a speech to unite opposition political forces …
Joseph Lieberman / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats and Our Enemies — How did the Democratic Party get here? How did the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy drift so far from the foreign policy and national security principles and policies that were at the core of its identity and its purpose?
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Noah Pollak / Commentary:
McCain Is Losing the Iran Debate — Two thoughts on the Obama-Iran-appeasement controversy: — 1. It seems to me that it's a victory for Obama. The Iran debate is being defined as one of diplomatic engagement versus diplomatic isolation, with Obama presenting himself as the bearer …
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Attaturk / Firedoglake:
More than just financing Bush Wars... The Chinese are apparently taking a supervisory role in overseeing their investment. … Ms. Manning are you forgetting who the President and Vice-President are? Sadly, it's par for the course. — This occurred during the period …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Life's Work — I'm very sorry that Senator Kennedy is facing the challenge of brain cancer and I hope he will have a full recovery. My mother died of the same thing many years ago and it's a tough road. — But may I just point out how distasteful it is that the gasbags are giving a continuous eulogy for someone who's still alive?
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Boston Globe:Sen. Edward Kennedy diagnosed with brain tumor; prognosis seen as uncertain
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Sara Reistad-Long / New York Times:
Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain — When older people can no longer remember names at a cocktail party, they tend to think that their brainpower is declining. But a growing number of studies suggest that this assumption is often wrong. — Instead, the research finds …
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