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8:00 PM ET, May 21, 2008

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Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
Clinton may take delegate fight to convention … BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is willing to take her fight to seat Florida and Michigan delegates to the convention if the two states want to go that far.  In an interview with The Associated Press …
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Avi Zenilman / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton compares the Florida and Michigan fight to civil rights movement  —  My colleague Ken Vogel reports: … She said “there's a reason why so many have fought so hard and sacrificed so much.  It's because they knew that to be a citizen of this country is to have the right and responsibility to help shape its future.
Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
Obama faults McCain; Clinton mulls delegate fight  —  TAMPA, Fla. - Barack Obama criticized likely general election rival John McCain on Wednesday where it could hurt most — the Arizona senator's reputation as a champion of ethics.  Hillary Rodham Clinton, meanwhile, raised the possibility …
Krooney / TIME.com:
Clinton Makes Baldest/Boldest Appeal to Florida and Michigan Voters
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
CLINTON'S FLORIDA-MICHIGAN PUSH
Discussion: AMERICAblog and The Jed Report
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Transcript of Clinton's Remarks in Boca Raton, Florida
Peter Viles / L.A. Land:
Report: California Congresswoman walked away from $578K mortgage  —  Capitol Weekly reports that newly elected California Congresswoman Laura Richardson walked away from the mortgage on her $535,000 Sacramento home, letting the house slip into foreclosure and disrepair less than two years after she bought it with no money down.
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Anthony York / Capitol Weekly:
Foreclosure tale shows that nobody is immune from crisis  —  As the real estate market softened in 2007, the new owner of a three-bedroom, 1,600-square-foot house in Sacramento's Curtis Park neighborhood ran into trouble.  The house that was purchased for $535,000 in January had lost equity.
Michelle Malkin:   A Democrat congresswoman bails on her half-million-dollar-plus, second-home mortgage
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
McCain to Meet 3 Possible Running Mates  —  Senator John McCain is planning to meet this weekend with at least three potential Republican running mates at a gathering at his ranch in Arizona, suggesting that he is stepping up his search for a vice president now that the Democratic contest …
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Adam Nagourney / MSNBC:   McCain to meet possible running mates
Marc Ambinder:
Linda Douglass Joins The Obama Campaign  —  Linda Douglass, an award-winning television and print journalist who currently serves as a contributing editor to National Journal, will join Barack Obama's presidential campaign as a senior strategist and as a senior campaign spokesperson on the roadshow, a newly created position.
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Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:
D.C. Journalist Joins Obama Campaign
Matt Kelley / USA Today:
McCain adviser's work as lobbyist comes to light  —  This story is part of USA TODAY's series, “The Price of Power,” which tracks the political and business relationships between public officials and donors.  —  WASHINGTON — John McCain's top foreign policy adviser lobbied the Arizona senator's staff …
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Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Lobbyists: This is our thanks?  —  More than a few Republican lobbyists in Washington are scratching their heads these days, asking: So this is the thanks we get?  —  It was a small band of loyal lobbyists who stood by presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain last August …
M. Duss / Wonk Room:
Chalabi's Lobbyists  —  USA Today reports on the lobbying career …
Discussion: MoJoBlog, Think Progress and The RBC
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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Jesse A. Hamilton / On Background:
Courtney Endorses Obama
Yochi J. Dreazen / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Delays Report on Iran Arms  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. military, in a shift, has postponed the release of a report detailing allegations of Iranian support for Iraqi insurgents, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  The military had initially planned to publicize …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and The Raw Story
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Liza / culturekitchen:
David Gergen and CNN pundits challenge Hillary Clinton to denounce the racist vote [UPDATED 2]  —  [ Editorial Note: Now we have the important part of the transcript. ]  —  This is one of those historic TV moments that people will be talking about for a long time.  And let me tell you, I lost it as it was happening.
Discussion: Bang the Drum
The Moderate Voice:
Another Myth About Obama Is Shattered … Exit polls from Oregon punch a big hole in the theory that Barack Obama's problem with working class whites is generic.  —  As the former president's son alludes to in his quip on MSNBC last night, Obama's real problem appears to be with Appalachian whites …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Oregon Exit Polls: Obama Handily Beat Hillary Among Whites …
Megan McArdle:
Are conservatives out of ideas?  —  Liberals got made when this question was asked about them four years ago.  But I'll admit it—in my opinion, the conservatarian coalition is basically out of ammo.  A basic commitment to free markets was enough to hold the coalition together through communism and into the current decade.
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain incentivizing supporters to comment on blogs  —  John McCain's campaign is using their campaign website to encourage supporters to post supportive comments on political blogs, including the most well-known liberal site in the blogosphere.  And to make things easier …
 
 
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
The Autopsy Report  —  Exploring the political reasons for Hillary Clinton's defeat.
Avi Zenilman / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Former lobbyists are people too
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Matthew Miller / DSCC:
Smith Gambles And Loses, As New Poll Shows Negative Attacks …
Paul D. Ryan / Wall Street Journal:
How to Tackle the Entitlement Crisis
Rasmussen Reports:
For Republicans, Judicial Appointments Matter More Than Iraq
Discussion: American Spectator
Ross Douthat:
Doubting the Barr Factor
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama Faces Uphill Climb vs. McCain Among White Voters
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Michael O'Hanlon's defense of his pro-war record
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
re: Just Curious  —  Obama must not have been paying attention …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
OBAMA'S MOMENT.  —  Matt wonders whether Obama is a new Jimmy Carter …
Amanda / Think Progress:
McCain adviser: Sometimes it's ‘accurate’ to describe a woman as a ‘bitch.’
Paul Bedard / US News:
Clintonista Warns: McCain Isn't Bush III
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
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