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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
HILLARY RAISES ASSASSINATION ISSUE — DEFENDS LONG-RUNNING CAMPAIGN — Hillary Clinton today brought up the assassination of Sen. Robert Kennedy while defending her decision to stay in the race against Barack Obama. — “My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won …
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Karen Tumulty / Swampland:
Hillary's Bizarre RFK Comment — Though she has now apologized for that very strange and tasteless comment to the Argus-Leader, this was not the first time she's said it. This from her interview with TIME Managing Editor Richard Stengel, published March 6:
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Clinton regrets RFK assassination remark — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in defending her decision to keep running for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds.
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Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Clinton Sorry For Remark About RFK Assassination — Comment Was Made in Reference to Primaries — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday invoked the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in explaining her decision to remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination …
Rasmussen Reports:
Fewer Democrats Want Hillary to Drop Out — As Barack Obama inches closer to formally wrapping up the Democratic Presidential Nomination, the number of Democrats who want Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race has declined. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Are We Overreacting To the RFK Statement? — It turns out that Hillary Clinton said something similar regarding RFK and the 1968 race in a Time Magazine interview in March 2008, but there was not an uproar then. Here is what she said in March: … More . . .
Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
Clinton, you invoked a political nightmare — Olbermann: Referencing RFK's assassination as a reason for staying in the race is unforgiveable — SPECIAL COMMENT — Asked if her continuing fight for the nomination against Senator Obama hurts the Democratic party, Sen. Hillary Clinton replied, “I don't.
Marc Ambinder:
Get Ready, Get Set.... Parse! — Hillary Clinton, speaking to the editorial board of the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, rejected calls for her to exit the presiedential race, citing her husband's example (Jerry Brown was on fumes, really) and RFK's assassination in June as reasons why a premature withdrawal would be ahistorical.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hillary: I'm sticking around in case Obama gets shot; Update: I had Teddy on my mind, says Hillary; Update: Hillary said same thing in March; Update: No thrill up Matthews' leg; Update: RFK Jr. defends — Reserve judgment on this one for the time being. Drudge is blaring it but he's knee-deep in the tank for Obama.
Hillary Clinton / CNN:Sources: Clinton, Obama supporters discussing exit strategies
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:Hillary cites RFK assassination in explaining why she's still in race
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Clinton Apologizes After Invoking RFK Assassination To Stay In Race (UPDATED)
The Huffington Post:Clinton Kennedy Assassination Reference: Raises Bobby's Death …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:Clinton, Discussing Nomination Battle, Invokes R.F.K. Assassination
Jonathan Darman / Newsweek:
A new NEWSWEEK Poll underscores Obama's racial challenge. — Even as he closes in on the Democratic nomination for the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama is facing lingering problems winning the support of white voters—including some in his own party. In a new NEWSWEEK Poll of registered voters …
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Jesse Ventura Schools Pat Buchanan on Gay Marriage — On “Verdict” last night, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura made the perfect case as to why same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue and that the federal government has no right to tell you “who you can fall in love with.”
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Al Giordano / The Field:
“The Cardoza 40″: Exodus of Clinton Delegates Begins — The endorsement by US Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-California) of Obama today sends an extremely firm message to the Clinton campaign, and not only because he was, until today, a Clinton superdelegate.
Rebecca Walker / Daily Mail:
How my mother's fanatical views tore us apart — She's revered as a trail-blazing feminist and author Alice Walker touched the lives of a generation of women. A champion of women's rights, she has always argued that motherhood is a form of servitude. But one woman didn't buy in to Alice's beliefs - her daughter, Rebecca, 38.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
270 Illegal Immigrants Sent to Prison in Federal Push — WATERLOO, Iowa — In temporary courtrooms at a fairgrounds here, 270 illegal immigrants were sentenced this week to five months in prison for working at a meatpacking plant with false documents. — The prosecutions, which ended Friday …
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Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Clinton Campaign in Talks With Obama About VP Slot, CNN Says — U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is in formal talks with Senator Barack Obama's campaign about becoming his vice presidential running mate, CNN reported, without citing anyone specific.
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