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4:30 PM ET, March 7, 2008

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Playing by Clinton Rules  —  Barack Obama had a theory.  It was that the voters are tired of the partisan paralysis of the past 20 years.  The theory was that if Obama could inspire a grass-roots movement with a new kind of leadership, he could ride it to the White House and end gridlock in Washington.
USA Today:
Archivists block release of Clinton papers  —  LITTLE ROCK — Federal archivists at the Clinton Presidential Library are blocking the release of hundreds of pages of White House papers on pardons that the former president approved, including clemency for fugitive commodities trader Marc Rich.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Power Resigns Over Hillary-Is-Monster Comment  —  Here's her statement, just sent out by the campaign: … In an interview with The Scotsman, Power called Hillary a “monster” and said other less-than-flattering things about her.  Despite her prompt apology yesterday, the Hillary camp demanded her resignation this morning.
Associated Press:
Obama adviser resigns; called Clinton ‘monster’  —  Power told newspaper rival candidate stooping to low tactics  —  LONDON - A Barack Obama adviser resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton “a monster.”  —  Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser and Harvard professor …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton-backers demand Power's resignation  —  On a conference call with reporters this morning, congressional supporters of Hillary Clinton demanded that Obama force adviser Samantha Power out of his camapign.  —  “We're here today to ask Senator Obama to ask Samantha Power not to be part of his campaign …
NY Daily News:
A monstrous oops for Obama  —  BY MICHAEL SAUL IN NEW YORK AND KENNETH R. BAZINET IN WASHINGTON  —  A senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama was forced to apologize Thursday night for describing Hillary Clinton as a “monster” during an interview with a Scottish newspaper …
BBC:
Samantha Power  —  In a HARDtalk interview first broadcast on 6 March 2008, Stephen Sackur talks to Barack Obama's foreign policy adviser, Samantha Power.  —  This week Barack Obama had a chance to take a decisive lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for President, but he couldn't take it.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Clinton Rules  —  The new meme is that politics has returned to normal and that this election will now be run by Clinton rules.  Many are relieved by this.  You could sense the palpable discomfort among many in Washington that their world might actually shift a little next year.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Moderate Voice
David Corn / MoJoBlog:
In “Monster"-Gate, Clintonites Get Away with a Slur, While Respected …
Discussion: The Scotsman and Washington Post
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THANK YOU, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER?
Discussion: TalkLeft and Cogitamus
Frank James / The Swamp:
Clinton skewers Obama on Samantha Power
Discussion: The Trail
Krooney / The Page:
Clinton Campaign Hits Power-Iraq Flap
Discussion: Weekly Standard, Hot Air and Commentary
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
McCain Loses Cool With NY Times Reporter  —  ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Senator John McCain grew agitated Friday with a New York Times reporter who asked about his 2004 conversation with then-Democratic nominee John Kerry about McCain possibly running as Kerry's vice presidential nominee.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
MCCAIN GETS TESTY WITH THE PRESS  —  From NBC's Bethany Thomas  —  What began as a typical chat session with traveling reporters on the plane from Atlanta to New Orleans quickly became a testy exchange with McCain.  The senator was questioned on the details of a conversation …
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
McCain clashes with NYT reporter
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
John McCain flies off the handle with NY Times Reporter over John Kerry VP question
Andante Higgins / CBS News:
McCain Irked by Questions About 2004 Veep Talks
Discussion: Marc Ambinder
Rasmussen Reports:
42% Want McCain to Answer 3:00 a.m. Phone Call  —  Before Hillary Clinton was declared the winner in Texas, most American voters had read, seen, or heard about her 3:00 a.m. telephone commercial.  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 43% had seen at least part of the commercial …
Discussion: Power Line, Wake up America and Hot Air
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Florida Democratic Primary
Discussion: MyDD
Rasmussen Reports:   Election 2008: Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary
George McGovern / Wall Street Journal:
Freedom Means Responsibility  —  Nearly 16 years ago in these very pages, I wrote that “'one-size-fits all' rules for business ignore the reality of the market place.”  Today I'm watching some broad rules evolve on individual decisions that are even worse.  —  Under the guise of protecting us …
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Go Already!  —  Hillary Clinton, fratricidal maniac.  —  The morning after Tuesday's primaries, Hillary Clinton's campaign released a memo titled “The Path to the Presidency.”  I eagerly dug into the paper, figuring it would explain how Clinton would obtain the Democratic nomination despite an enormous deficit in delegates.
Katha Pollitt / Washington Post:
Dumb and Dumber: An Essay and Its Editors  —  I've never watched Oprah Winfrey's show, bought a Celine Dion CD, read “Eat, Pray, Love,” or fainted at an Obama rally, although he is my preferred candidate.  According to Charlotte Allen, that makes me an “outlier,” an exception that proves the rule that women …
Martin Feldstein / Wall Street Journal:
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis  —  The potential collapse of house prices, accompanied by widespread mortgage defaults, is a major threat to the American economy.  A voluntary loan-substitution program could reduce the number of defaults and dampen the decline in house prices …
Discussion: Megan McArdle and EconLog
 
 
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Nick Beaudrot / Cogitamus:
All Victories Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Exclusive capitulation report: House Democratic leadership circulates FISA bill
Discussion: Firedoglake and Open Left
White House:
Fact Sheet: Taking Responsible Action to Keep Our Economy Growing
William Grimes / New York Times:
Heard the One About the Farmer's Ethanol?
Gary Hart / The Huffington Post:
Breaking the Final Rule
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Elissa Gootman / New York Times:
At Charter School, Higher Teacher Pay
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Re: Promise Fulfilled
Marc Ambinder:
Fake Disagreements  —  There are a whole list of fake Clinton …
Discussion: Commentary
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Bill Clinton profits from company tied to felon, China
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Hillary's Scots-Irish advantage
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Fired U.S. attorney says colleague told him politics was behind his ouster
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Over the Top
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