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Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton expected to look to Obama for help on debt — WASHINGTON (AP) — In politics, money talks. And money is likely to be an important factor in discussions between Barack Obama's advisers and the debt-saddled Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign. — Clinton will likely seek help …
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David M. Herszenhorn / The Caucus:
More on the Obama-Clinton Meeting — Senator Dianne Feinstein of California got the call from Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday afternoon: Could she, would she let Mrs. Clinton use her home in Northwest Washington for a little sit-down with a certain senator from Illinois …
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Clinton, Obama meet in Washington — They confer after she disavows push to make her vice president — WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton met late Thursday with Barack Obama, a day after saying she would end her quest for the Democratic nomination and endorse the Illinois senator.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Clinton Meets With Obama, and the Rest Is Secret — WASHINGTON — For 17 months, they tracked one another's movements like prey. — But Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton came together here Thursday evening to pull off a secret rendezvous. They ditched their traveling entourages …
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New York Times:
Obama Moves to Next Phase as Clinton Douses Talk of Ticket — BRISTOL, Va. — Senator Barack Obama moved forcefully into the general election on Thursday, placing his stamp on the Democratic Party apparatus and holding a private nighttime meeting with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in an effort to unify Democrats.
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Paul Haven / Associated Press:
Reports: Edwards rules out vice president slot — MADRID, Spain - John Edwards has ruled out being Barack Obama's running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, according to interviews carried by two leading Spanish newspapers on Friday. — “I already had the privilege of running …
CNN:
Obama, Clinton talk about future — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she left Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton alone in her Washington living room Thursday night with nothing other than water and comfortable chairs for what she called a positive meeting. — “They talked.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain bumbles the delivery — NEW ORLEANS - As Democrats buzzed this week about their new de facto nominee, his historic candidacy and the unlikely political demise of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican circles were humming with another topic. — The topic: Is there a way John McCain …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Adviser Says McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps — WASHINGTON — A top adviser to Senator John McCain says Mr. McCain believes that President Bush's program of wiretapping without warrants was lawful, a position that appears to bring him into closer alignment with the sweeping theories …
David Jackson / USA Today:
McCain says he won't run from Bush in campaign — FORT LAUDERDALE — Republican John McCain said he won't try to “separate” himself from a weakened President Bush or his unpopular handling of the war in Iraq to try to win the general election against Barack Obama, who has made opposition to the war a focus of the Democratic campaign.
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Marc Ambinder:
Did Obama Backtrack On Jerusalem? — Barack Obama on Wednesday: … Obama on Thursday, after Mahmoud Abbas complained and his chief negotiator said Obama “has closed all doors to peace”: … The press writes that Obama backtracked; Obama's campaign does not concede the point
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Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:Obama clarifies united J'lem comment
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John Walcott / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials? — WASHINGTON — Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group of Pentagon officials might have “been used as agents of a foreign intelligence service …
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George Will / Real Clear Politics:
For Obama, a Ticket Test — WASHINGTON — An axiom. When voters watch a presumptive presidential nominee considering this or that running mate, they think: What if the president dies? When the presumptive nominee considers this or that running mate, he thinks: What if I live?
Ronald Brownstein / National Journal Online:
The Democratic Gamble — IN A YEAR SO TILTED TOWARD DEMOCRATS, HILLARY CLINTON MIGHT HAVE REPRESENTED A SAFER BET TO ACCUMULATE THE BARE MINIMUM OF 270 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE. — Sat. — It's difficult to overstate Barack Obama's achievement in wresting …
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Neil Degrasse Tyson / New York Times:
Vote by Numbers — IT appears that Hillary Clinton is going to suspend her presidential campaign this weekend, at the urging of Democratic Party leaders and superdelegates. Before that happens, Mrs. Clinton and the superdelegates might want to know this: if the general election were held today …
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
IS THE DC CHECKPOINT PLAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL? The Washington Post has a detailed story on DC's plans for a “military style checkpoint” to stop gun violence. Eugene mentioned it briefly below, but I wanted to blog at some length about the legal issues. It turns out that there's …
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