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Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Obama talks with Clinton, Lieberman — Outside the Capitol this morning, Sen. Barack Obama was asked by reporters if he was disappointed by the tone of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's non-concession speech last night. — His answer: “I thought Sen. Clinton, after a long-fought campaign …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
She's Still Here! — He thought a little thing like winning would stop her? — Oh, Bambi. — Whoever said that after denial comes acceptance hadn't met the Clintons. — If Hillary could not have an acceptance speech, she wasn't going to have acceptance.
Jared Allen / The Hill:
Obama gets hero's welcome in Senate — Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) received a hero's welcome home in the Senate Wednesday as he returned to vote on the budget a day after he clinched the Democratic presidential nomination over his colleague Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.).
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Defeat, Clinton Graciously Pretends to Win — NEW YORK “What does Hillary want?” — Hillary Clinton put the question to her supporters here Tuesday night, moments after her opponent, Barack Obama, clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. — What Hillary did not want to do was to concede defeat.
Michael Powell / New York Times:Barack Obama: Calm in the Swirl of History
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:She Won't Back Down — Hillary plays hardball in her bid for the vice-presidency.
Washington Post:Strategy Was Based On Winning Delegates, Not Battlegrounds
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Jonathan Freedland / Guardian:
Carter tells Obama: don't pick Clinton — Barack Obama should not pick Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential nominee, former president Jimmy Carter has told the Guardian. — “I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made,” said Carter. “That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates.”
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Dan Balz / The Trail:
Clinton's Vice Presidential Campaign — Hillary Clinton is “absolutely ready” to discuss the vice presidency with Barack Obama and has authorized supporters to encourage Obama to pick her if he feels that will help unify the party and help Democrats win the White House, according to Robert Johnson …
Greg Wallace / Political Radar:
Rangel: Clinton should get on with it — ABC News' Kate Snow Reports: One of Hillary Clinton's most loyal backers on Capitol Hill is voicing frustration about the position she has put her supporters in. — In an interview with ABC News, Rep. Charles Rangel said he thinks it is time for Clinton …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:Hillary Ally Says She Authorized Him To Launch Campaign To Make Her Veep
HillBuzz:
What's on the Michelle Obama Rant Tape? — Here's what's known so far: — The Michelle Obama Rant Tape was filmed between June 26th - July 1st 2004 in Chicago, IL at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference at Trinity United Church: specifically the Women's Event.
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Sommer Mathis / DCist:
Police to Seal Off D.C. Neighborhoods — Can you say Police State? The Examiner has the scoop on a controversial new program announced today that would create so-called “Neighborhood Safety Zones” which would serve to partially seal off certain parts of the city.
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Lanier plans to seal off rough 'hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence — D.C. police will seal off entire neighborhoods, set up checkpoints and kick out strangers under a new program that D.C. officials hope will help them rescue the city from its out-of-control violence.
Hilary Rosen / The Huffington Post:
I Am Not a Bargaining Chip, I Am a Democrat — Senator Clinton's speech last night was a justifiably proud recitation of her accomplishments over the course of this campaign, but it did not end right. She didn't do what she should have done. As hard and as painful as it might have been …
Sewell Chan / City Room:
Police Shut Down Artist's ‘Assassination’ Show — This morning, a Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda, tried to set up a provocative art exhibition in a vacant storefront on West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan with the title, “The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination …
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Chris Strohm / National Journal Online:
House Chairman Open To Republican Compromise On FISA — The House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat disclosed late Tuesday that he is ready to accept a Republican-brokered deal to rewrite the nation's electronic surveillance laws, signaling that a long-running congressional impasse ... Wed.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Caroline Kennedy to lead Obama's veep search — The AP reports that Obama has asked a three-person team, including Caroline Kennedy, to help lead the vetting of a prospective vice presidential candidate. — The other two members are Jim Johnson, who does this every four years and had already begun …
Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
What Hillary Did for Women — We don't have to wait to see how Clinton's campaign changed the role of women in politics. From the vice presidential competition to punditry to Netroots activism, we're already seeing positive results. — Hillary Clinton's non-concession speech last night …
Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Supporters Offer To Help McCain — Matt Burns, the spokesman for the GOP convention in St. Paul e-mails to say that the RNC's convention office in St. Paul has received numerous telephone calls in the last few hours from people who identify themselves as Clinton supporters asking how they can help Sen. McCain.
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