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Countrywide's Many ‘Friends’ — Two U.S. senators, two former Cabinet members, and a former ambassador to the United Nations received loans from Countrywide Financial through a little-known program that waived points, lender fees, and company borrowing rules for prominent people.
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Dareh Gregorian / New York Post:
LOAN SLEAZE SPREADS — 2 SENATORS GOT ‘EXEC PAL’ DEALS — Two influential US senators got “VIP” loans from a leading subprime mortgage lender that saved them tens of thousands of dollars, it was reported last night. — The Democratic pols, Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Kent Conrad of North Dakota …
Michelle Malkin:
More Democrat cronies who received special Countrywide loan deals — Well, well, well. I guess we won't be hearing Barack Obama fuming about these cozy home loan deals, either. Portfolio has the scoop on special Countrywide loan arrangements received by Democrat Sens. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Kent Conrad of North Dakota.
Washington Post:
Town Hall: McCain's Comfort Zone — Campaign Banks On Meetings to Give Best Forum for Republican — Microphone in hand and surrounded on all sides by friendly inquisitors, Republican Sen. John McCain called on a man in the back row of New York's Federal Hall on Thursday night and waited …
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The Huffington Post:
McCain Stacks Fox News ‘Town Hall’ With Supporters — Tonight was the first in a much-hyped series of ‘town hall’ forums scheduled by John McCain's campaign, in which Barack Obama had been challenged to show up to discuss the issues directly with the GOP nominee.
New York Times:
Media Charged With Sexism in Clinton Coverage — Angered by what they consider sexist news coverage of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, many women and erstwhile Clinton supporters are proposing boycotts of the cable networks, putting up videos on a …
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John Scalzi / Whatever:
Fox News Would Like To Take a Moment To Remind You That the Obamas Are As Black As Satan's Festering, Baby-Eating Soul — Back in the day - you know, when presidential candidates were respectably white - news organizations called potential First Ladies “wives.”
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Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Obama Campaign Dispatching Thousands — Moving to harness the grass-roots energy that helped win the Democratic nomination, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign will deploy 3,600 volunteers in 17 states this weekend, each committed to six consecutive weeks of full-time political work.
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Marc Ambinder, Booman Tribune, The Political Carnival, TPM Election Central and TIME.com
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Administration Strategy for Detention Now in Disarray — In the days following the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush and his advisers sought to create an unprecedented parallel system to detain suspected terrorists far from the normal scrutiny of the U.S. judiciary.
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Lesley Clark / Naked Politics:
Dems delegate turns ugly — So much for party unity: As Florida Dems prepare for Saturday's Jefferson-Jackson dinner aimed at bringing the party “together once and for all,” a spat over the Obama campaign's decision to replace some already-designated Florida delegates with Obama backers has intensified.
Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
McCain should know better — Context and decency elude the GOP presidential nominee — SPECIAL COMMENT — Tonight, a Special Comment on Sen. John McCain's conclusion that it's “not too important” when American forces come home from Iraq. — Thoughts, offered more in sorrow, than in anger.
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Teddy Davis / ABCNEWS:
Gun Control Group Braces for Court Loss — 'We've Lost the Battle on What the 2nd Amendment Means,' Brady Campaign Head Says — The nation's leading gun control group filed a “friend of the court” brief back in January defending the gun ban in Washington, D.C. But with the Supreme Court poised …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Obama, Liberalism and the Challenge of Reform — Is Barack Obama really a force for change, or is he just a traditional Democrat with a patina of postpartisan rhetoric? — That question is surprisingly hard to answer. When you listen to his best speeches, you see a person who really could herald a new political era.
Rogers Cadenhead / Workbench:
AP Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Drudge Retort — I'm currently engaged in a legal disagreement with the Associated Press, which claims that Drudge Retort users linking to its stories are violating its copyright and committing “'hot news' misappropriation under New York state law.”
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The Moderate Voice, BuzzMachine, ReadWriteWeb, Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard, City Room and Gawker
The Politico:
Obama moves quickly to reshape DNC — Barack Obama's move to merge key elements of the Democratic National Committee into his own campaign's Chicago headquarters appears aimed at the goal of a centralized and united Democratic Party. — The shift of the DNC's political and field organizing operations …
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