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9:20 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 …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Shameless  —  The Clintons know no respect for rules or propriety or restraint in the pursuit of power.  But Clinton's latest speech in Florida should cause even veteran Clinton-hating jaws to drop some more: … How do you respond to a sociopath like this?
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Transcript of Clinton's Remarks in Boca Raton, Florida
Krooney / TIME.com:
Clinton Makes Baldest/Boldest Appeal to Florida and Michigan Voters
Discussion: AMERICAblog and The New Republic
Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Clinton Desperate to Count Votes, Compares Fla. Primary to Zimbabwe
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Balkinization
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Clinton Presses Her Case in Florida
Discussion: TalkLeft and Attempts
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
CLINTON'S FLORIDA-MICHIGAN PUSH
Discussion: The Jed Report and AMERICAblog
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Clinton launches new Fla., Mich. offensives
Discussion: The Daily Dish and AMERICAblog
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
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:   McCain to host possible veeps at Ariz. home
Peter Viles / L.A. Land:
Congresswoman denies foreclosure report  —  Update: California Rep. Laura Richardson today denied a published report that her $535,000 Sacramento home had slipped into foreclosure, saying she had renegotiated her loan to keep the home.  —  The house “... is not in foreclosure and has NOT been seized …
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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
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
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.
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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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
The Autopsy Report  —  Exploring the political reasons for Hillary Clinton's defeat.  —  Tuesday's results replicated much of the Democratic race during the last two months.  Hillary Clinton once more showed her strength and Barack Obama's weakness among white working class voters …
 
 
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Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
US elections: Barack Obama juggernaut ‘will crush John McCain’
Matthew Yglesias:
Why Negotiate?  —  Noah Pollack being dense as usual …
Discussion: The American Scene
John O'Sullivan / The Corner:
#2  —  Now that the two candidates are pretty much known …
Matthew Miller / DSCC:
Smith Gambles And Loses, As New Poll Shows Negative Attacks …
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For Republicans, Judicial Appointments Matter More Than Iraq
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McCain adviser's work as lobbyist comes to light
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