memeorandum: Will Clinton's experience be a liability? (Anne Gearan/Washington Post)

7:25 AM ET, March 9, 2015

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Emails May Be a Key to Addressing ‘Pay-to-Play’ Whispers at Clinton Foundation — There are not two Clinton controversies. There is one big, hairy deal. — “Follow the money.” That apocryphal phrase, attributed to Watergate whistle-blower “Deep Throat,” explains why the biggest threat …

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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:

Will Clinton's experience be a liability? — Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state was supposed to be a central argument for her forthcoming run for president. Her globe-trotting record as the nation's chief diplomat, her role championing women's empowerment and gay rights …

Discussion: Power Line and The PJ Tatler

John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Mark Halperin Doesn't Believe Hillary Clinton Will Be President Over Emails — Bloomberg News' Mark Halperin has changed his mind over Hillary Clinton's chances of becoming president because of the news that Hillary used a private email while at the State Department and told ABC's This Week, that she's all but done as a candidate.

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton Faces Test of Record as Women's Advocate — MIAMI — It was supposed to be a carefully planned anniversary to mark one of the most important and widely praised moments in Hillary Rodham Clinton's political career — and to remind the country, ahead of a likely 2016 presidential campaign …

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Marisa Schultz / New York Post:

‘Huge gaps’ in Clinton emails: Chairman of House Benghazi Committee — Hillary Clinton testified before the enate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Benghazi in 2013. — WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Benghazi Committee said “there are huge gaps” in the Hillary Clinton emails turned …

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Gail Sheehy / NY Daily News:
Hillary Clinton's only hope: To tame her worst habits, she'll need a real primary challenge …

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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
‘Not There’ Campaign Removes Women From Ads for International Women's Day

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Adam Sneed / Politico:
Trey Gowdy sees months-long gaps in Clinton emails

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Rupert Cornwell / The Independent:
Time is running out for Hillary Clinton. …

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Tristram Korten / Florida Center …:

In Florida, Officials Ban Term ‘Climate Change’ — People try to pass through a flooded street in Miami Beach. Florida is the state most susceptible to the effects of global warming. (Photo: Flickr.) — Florida Center for Investigative Reporting — The state of Florida is the region …

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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:

Prosecutors protect themselves first: Column — When prosecutors lie and falsify evidence, ‘absolute immunity’ protects them from justice. — When you're charged with a crime, you're in a tough spot. As soon as charges are filed, you're faced with the necessity of either (1) …

Discussion: TalkLeft and The Gateway Pundit

Clyde Haberman / New York Times:

Martin Luther King's Call for Voting Rights Inspired Isolated Hamlet — The Ferry: A Civil Rights Story The Ferry: A Civil Rights Story — Weeks before Selma's Bloody Sunday in 1965, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged residents of Gee's Bend, Ala., to vote, and fed a continuing fight …

Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
In Selma, GOP Lawmakers Explain Why They Don't Support John Lewis' Bill To Restore Voting Rights Act

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Rosie Scammell / Guardian:

US tourists caught carving names into Rome's Colosseum — Two California women break away from tour group to scratch their initials into ancient amphitheatre, where defacing walls is strictly forbidden — Tourists are once again getting into trouble in Italy, with two American women caught carving their names into Rome's Colosseum.

Discussion: The Week

Julianna Margulies / CBS News:

Face the Nation Transcripts: March 8, 2015: Netanyahu, McConnell, Gowdy — Shares - … BOB SCHIEFFER, HOST: I'm Bob Schieffer. — And today on FACE THE NATION: President Obama tells our Bill Plante Iran must make more concession on inspections if it wants a nuclear deal.

Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Althouse

Rick Ridder / Denver Post:

IOWA CAUCUSES ARE A POOR PROXY FOR AMERICA — It will take place less than a year from now. It will attract more news coverage than any other news event in 2015 and 2016 except perhaps the Summer Olympics and the final two weeks of the presidential campaign. — Yes, the Iowa caucuses are less than 11 months away.