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Tony Snow, Former White House Press Secretary and FOX News Anchor, Dies at 53 — Tony Snow, the former White House press secretary and conservative pundit who bedeviled the press corps and charmed millions as a FOX News television and radio host, has died after a long bout with cancer. He was 53.
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Tom Blumer / NewsBusters.org:
Classless AP Takes Cheap Shots at Just-Passed Snow — At long last, has the Associated Press lost all sense of decency? — The AP's story (saved here for future reference in case the wire service is embarrassed into revising it; you might consider saving it too as Exhibit A on how far …
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Michelle Malkin:
Tony Snow, R.I.P. — Heartbreakingly sad news this morning. Tony Snow has died. He was 53. He was a true mensch, multi-talented-and one of the kindest people I had the honor to meet in the news business. — Tears: … Indeed, he was. Here's Tony jamming with his band at the National Press Club:
CNN:
Former Bush spokesman Tony Snow dies — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former White House press secretary Tony Snow — who once told reporters “I'm a very lucky guy” — died at the age of 53 early Saturday after a second battle with cancer. — Snow, who had been undergoing chemotherapy treatments …
Douglass K. Daniel / Associated Press:
Cancer claims ex-Bush press secretary Tony Snow — WASHINGTON - Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush's press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer. He was 53.
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Barack Obama doesn't rule out Hillary Clinton for vice president — In a phone conversation with a Democratic donor, he says Bill's potential role makes the decision ‘complicated.’ — WASHINGTON — Barack Obama told a potential donor to his campaign that Hillary Rodham Clinton is on his list …
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Ashley M. Heher / Associated Press:
Bernie Mac makes off-color joke at Obama event — CHICAGO - Comedian Bernie Mac endured some heckling and a campaign rebuke during a surprise appearance Friday night at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. — Toward the end of a 10-minute standup routine …
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CNN:
Fueling VP speculation, Obama heading to Iraq with Hagel, Reed — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Sen. Barack Obama is heading to Iraq later this month with two Senate colleagues, Republican Chuck Hagel and Democrat Jack Reed, according to two sources familiar with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's plans.
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Open Left
Amity Shlaes / Washington Post:
Phil Gramm Is Right — “In serious consideration for ambassador to Belarus.” That's the role John McCain joked that former senator Phil Gramm might have in a McCain administration. Gramm is McCain's most senior economic adviser, the one best qualified to lead the finance team of a McCain presidency.
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Matthew DeBord / Washington Post:
Hummer, How We Need Thee — When General Motors announced that it would subject its Hummer division to what in the automotive business is known as a “review,” you could hear the tree huggers, the unreconstructed hippies, the postmodern Greens, Al Gore's organic peanut gallery …
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Lawyers, Guns and Money
New York Times:
McCain's Conservative Model? Roosevelt (Theodore, That Is) — HUDSON, Wis. — Senator John McCain in a wide-ranging interview called for a government that is frugal but more active than many conservatives might prefer. He said government should play an important role in areas …
William Yardley / New York Times:
Obama Supporters on Far Left Cry Foul — PORTLAND, Ore. — In the breathless weeks before the Oregon presidential primary in May, Martha Shade did what thousands of other people here did: she registered as a Democrat so she could vote for Senator Barack Obama.
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
A Blind Eye to Guantanamo? — Book Says White House Ignored CIA on Detainees' Innocence — A CIA analyst warned the Bush administration in 2002 that up to a third of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay may have been imprisoned by mistake, but White House officials ignored the finding and insisted …
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Peter Viles / L.A. Land:
Feds cite Schumer in collapse of IndyMac — An important angle in the IndyMac failure that may get lost in ominous headlines tonight and tomorrow: federal regulators pointedly cited U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in explaining the bank's failure. In simple language, federal regulators blamed Schumer for a run on the bank.
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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Voter registrations in Florida show ‘huge swing’ toward Democrats — GOP is way behind in Florida registrations — An escalating number of voters registering as Democrats is providing evidence that the 2008 election could produce a wave of support for Barack Obama …
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Obama Won't Commit to Event at Military Base — A coalition of military groups is planning a nationally televised town-hall-style meeting with the presidential candidates near Fort Hood, Tex., the largest active-duty military installation in the country. But so far, only Senator John McCain of Arizona …
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