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Clinton scores big win in Puerto Rico — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton will win Puerto Rico's Democratic primary by a wide margin, CNN projects, giving her the larger share of the territory's 55 delegates. — With about 30 percent of precincts reporting …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Clinton Puts Up Popular Vote Ad — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) took to the airwaves in South Dakota and Montana today with an ad that pushes the idea that she is winning the popular vote in the race against Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) — “Some say there isn't a single reason for Hillary …
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Popular Vote Total After Puerto Rico — The number I care about is the popular vote total after Puerto Rico. If Obama hasn't reached 2,118 pledged delegates when the votes are counted tonight, that number should be as important to superdelegates as the pledged delegate total.
Fox News:
Clinton Emerges Victorious in Puerto Rico, But Win May Not Propel Candidacy — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hillary Clinton won the Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico on Sunday, and is expected to return to the mainland with a purse full of delegates.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton: ‘17 Million’ — Clinton's new ad, airing in Montana, makes her best case: That she's won a lot of votes, more — by the most pro-Clinton count — than Obama, “more than ... any primary candidate in history.” — The problem is the disputed counts — Clinton needs Obama to get zero in Michigan …
Zzaki / Political Radar:
Obama Won't Wait for Clinton Concession
Obama Won't Wait for Clinton Concession
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Todd S. Purdum / Vanity Fair:
The Comeback Id — Old friends and longtime aides are wringing their hands over Bill Clinton's post-White House escapades, from the dubious (and secretive) business associations to the media blowups that have bruised his wife's campaign, to the private-jetting around with a skirt-chasing, scandal-tinged posse.
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Fox News:
Bill Clinton Fights Back Against Brutal Vanity Fair Article — The Office of President Bill Clinton responded with fury Sunday to a Vanity Fair article that attacks the former president and suggests he is out of control personally and consumed by “cavernous narcissism.”
Ross Douthat:
The Dog That Didn't Bark — Todd Purdum on Bill Clinton, in the forthcoming Vanity Fair: … It's interesting that Purdum and VF are coming out with this piece now, with Hillary Clinton's campaign more or less finished, since this sort of gossip has been in circulation for a while …
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Dave Newbart / Chicago Sun Times:
Rev. Pfleger: 'They want to kill me...it's been ugly' — The Rev. Michael Pfleger, who helped reignite Barack Obama's pastor problems by mocking Hillary Clinton, said this evening he's received “thousands of hate threats” since his videotaped pulpit rant. — “They want to kill me,” …
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Tahman Bradley / Political Punch:
Father Pfleger Bashed Clintons...Again — Apparently last Sunday, Father Michael Pfleger — the fiery liberal activist and longtime friend and associate of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois — gave another sermon mentioning the Clintons disparagingly, in addition to the one he gave at Obama's (now former) church.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Coming home? — Hillary's spending Monday night in New York City, a suggestion that she'll be having election night in her home state Tuesday. — That would be her first New York election night since Super Tuesday,when she won big states but, in retrospect, more or less lost the nomination.
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Washington Post:
The Iraqi Upturn — THERE'S BEEN a relative lull in news coverage and debate about Iraq in recent weeks — which is odd, because May could turn out to have been one of the most important months of the war. While Washington's attention has been fixed elsewhere, military analysts have watched …
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Alexandra Zavis / Los Angeles Times:
In Iraq, month ends with lowest U.S. death toll yet
In Iraq, month ends with lowest U.S. death toll yet
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Amanda / Think Progress:
McClellan promises to donate portion of book profits to Iraq veterans. — Yesterday, MoveOn launched a petition calling on former White House press secretary Scott McClellan to donate the proceeds from his new book to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
McClellan Agrees To Donate Some Proceeds Of His Book To Iraq/Afghanistan Vets
McClellan Agrees To Donate Some Proceeds Of His Book To Iraq/Afghanistan Vets
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Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
Entitled to Their Opinions, Yes. But Their Facts? — ON May 12, The Times published an Op-Ed article by Edward N. Luttwak, a military historian, who argued that any hopes that a President Barack Obama might improve relations with the Muslim world were unrealistic because Muslims would be …
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Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
BREAKING NEWS: Michelle's Whitey Problem (Thread #2) — New and dramatic developments. This is a heads up. I'll post the news Monday morning by 0900 hours. Now I know why people who have seen the videotape say it is stunning. Barack's headaches are only starting.
Taylor Marsh:
Dear Rules and Bylaw Committee Power Brokers — @(*D!!! #! — Whew, I needed to get that out before beginning. — Could you be more out of touch? Seriously. Have you not talked to any Hillary Clinton supporters, read their emails in your inbox? — For 4 lousy delegates?
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