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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Stop Yelling at Hillary to Stand Down and Start Yelling at the Superdelegates to Stand Up — The dust refuses to settle on the Democratic race. Hillary Clinton wants to cloud the issue with talk of Zimbabwe, Gore 2000, slavery, the civil rights movement, and fuzzy-math-derived popular vote totals.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TOXIC — For the last week it's seemed that Sens. Clinton and Obama were adhering to their tacit truce, continuing the primary campaign but avoiding the harsh exchanges that make later party unity a dimmer and dimmer prospect. Clinton particularly had deescalated her rhetoric.
Al Giordano / The Field:
The Nightmare Ticket Is Dead — Time magazine's Karen Tumulty reports: … The Field can now confirm, based on multiple sources, something that both campaigns publicly deny: that Senator Clinton has directly told Senator Obama that she wants to be his vice presidential nominee …
Nitya / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: Florida, Michigan Penalty “Appropriate” — ABC News' Rick Klein and Sarah Amos Report: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday flatly rejected a proposal by Sen. Barack Obama to penalize Florida by seating only half of its convention delegates — despite the fact …
Elizabeth Benjamin / The Daily Politics:
Paterson Sees ‘Desperation’ By Clinton, Disagrees On Florida And Michigan — Gov. David Paterson, who is right now being interviewed by WAMC's Alan Chartock and taking calls from listeners on “Vox Pop,” just disagreed sharply with his presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton …
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CNN:
McCain officially rejects Hagee endorsement — From CNN Correspondent Brian Todd, CNN's Dugald McConnell, CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand — (CNN) — In the face of mounting controversy over headline-grabbing statements from Pastor John Hagee, CNN has learned presumptive Republican nominee John McCain …
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
McCain rejects pastor's endorsement — STOCKTON, Calif. - Republican John McCain on Thursday rejected endorsements from two influential but controversial televangelists, saying there is no place for their incendiary criticisms of other faiths. — McCain rejected the months-old endorsement …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Unapologetic Hagee Says Hitler Statement Was “Mischaracterized”
Unapologetic Hagee Says Hitler Statement Was “Mischaracterized”
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
MCCAIN REJECTS AND DENOUNCES HAGEE
MCCAIN REJECTS AND DENOUNCES HAGEE
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New York Times:
Appeals Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy Case — A Texas state court of appeals ruled Thursday afternoon that the state of Texas had no right to seize more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch in Eldorado, in the western part of the state, because there was not sufficient proof that they were in immediate danger.
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Marc Ambinder:
McCain To Obama: Don't Demagogue The GI Bill — I don't usually print entire press statements from campaigns, but they're usually not this acidic. The casus belli is today's vote on Sen. Jim Webb's GI bill; McCain opposes it because he worries about military retention and/but has offered …
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Emily Gould / New York Times:
Exposed — Back in 2006, when I was 24, my life was cozy and safe. I had just been promoted to associate editor at the publishing house where I'd been working since I graduated from college, and I was living with my boyfriend, Henry, and two cats in a grubby but spacious two-bedroom apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Associated Press:
Powerful Iraqi cleric flirting with Shiite militant message — BAGHDAD - Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric has been quietly issuing religious edicts declaring that armed resistance against U.S.-led foreign troops is permissible — a potentially significant shift by a key supporter of the Washington-backed government in Baghdad.
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Editor and Publisher:
TIME Preview: Michelle Obama Actually Connects with Audience — and Howard Dean Calls for End of Electoral College — NEW YORK The coming issue of Time magazine, arriving on Friday, looks at the debate over the pros and cons of Michelle Obama's on-the-stump performance.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Ellen DeGeneres weds: McCain walks me? — Ellen DeGeneres, who hosts a popular daytime television talk show and has announced on-air that she will marry her girlfriend, broached the question of gay marriage today with Republican John McCain, the party's presumptive presidential nominee.
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Ian Bishop / NY Daily News:
I'd like wife to take my seat: Kennedy — Ted Kennedy has made clear to confidants that when his time is up, he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family - with his wife, Vicki. — Multiple sources in Massachusetts with close ties to the liberal lion say his wife of 16 years has long …
Justin Ewers / US News:
New Poll Finds Big Shift Toward Obama — Californians give Obama a significant edge over Clinton and McCain — SAN FRANCISCO—A new poll released today in California finds political momentum shifting dramatically toward Barack Obama—and away from both Hillary Clinton and John McCain—in the nation's most populous state.
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Bob Von Sternberg / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Saints promotion: Not quite a bobblehead — Sunday's giveaway is a miniature bathroom stall with a couple of lower legs and feet - a spoof on the airport episode involving Idaho Sen. Larry Craig at the Twin Cities airport last summer. — The St. Paul Saints, long known for offbeat …
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