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10:50 AM ET, March 10, 2008

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New York Times:
2 Clinton Backers Offer a Way to Stage New Primaries  —  Two of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's biggest supporters, who are also two of the Democratic Party's most successful fund-raisers, have offered to help raise millions of dollars to stage new primaries in Florida and Michigan.
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Grace Rauh / New York Sun:
Lawsuit Eyed by Sharpton Over Florida  —  Seen as Maneuvering To Aid Obama's Campaign  —  Laying the groundwork for a court battle that could divide the Democratic Party, the Reverend Al Sharpton is threatening to sue the Democratic National Committee if it counts Florida's primary results in the official presidential delegates tally.
Discussion: The Caucus, Betsy's Page and Fox News
Bill Nelson / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Deserves a Revote
Discussion: Don Surber
Seth Grahame-Smith / The Huffington Post:
The Monster: A Loyal Clinton Soldier Turns in His Badge  —  She has no idea.  —  She has no idea how many times I defended her.  How many right-leaning friends and relatives I battled with.  How many times I played down her shady business deals and penchant for scandals …
Discussion: The Newshoggers and The Corner
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger, New Studies Say  —  The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating …
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
MSNBC cancels ‘Tucker’  —  Tucker Carlson's MSNBC show “Tucker” has been canceled, with an announcement from the network coming tomorrow.  —  I spoke with Carlson this evening, and the host confirmed reports on media blogs in the past few days about the show getting canceled.
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New York Times:
Sniping by Her Aides Hurt Clinton's Image as Manager  —  WASHINGTON — The morning after Senator Barack Obama shook the Clinton campaign by winning five contests in one weekend, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's new campaign manager — Maggie Williams, who had taken over in a shake-up the night before …
Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
McCain vs. The Addicts  —  WASHINGTON — The congressional Republican establishment's charade, pretending to crack down on spending earmarks while actually preserving their uncontrolled addiction to pork, faces embarrassment this week when the Democratic-designed budget is brought to the Senate floor.
Discussion: QandO
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
GOP Pork, Imperiled By McCain
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Brad Schiller / Wall Street Journal:
The Inequality Myth  —  Class warfare is once again a campaign theme.  The Democratic candidates are railing against the “tax cuts for the rich,” lamenting the stagnation of middle-class incomes, and decrying the deepening woes of the poor.  In her January response to President Bush's State …
Discussion: Tapscott's Copy Desk and Hot Air
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
One Clinton Hometown Sees Her in Images Befitting a '50s Movie  —  SCRANTON, Pa. — She is about 3 1/2 years old, a prim little blonde in a light dress, road-testing her white anklets and Mary Janes.  Her mother, slim and stylish in a 1940s fitted suit, hat and strapped white heels …
Michael Yon / Online Magazine:
Guitar Heros  —  Guitar Heroes … Men crept in darkness to plant a bomb.  They moved in an area where last year I was helping to collect fallen American soldiers from the battlefield.  —  Terrorists.  The ones who murder children in front of their parents.  The ones who take drugs and rape women and boys.
William Kristol / New York Times:
McCain's Daunting Task  —  Buried inside Sunday's papers was a noteworthy election result.  In a special election to replace former Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, first-time Democratic candidate Bill Foster emerged victorious.  George Bush easily carried the district in 2004 …
Randall Stross / New York Times:
They Criticized Vista.  And They Should Know.  —  ONE year after the birth of Windows Vista, why do so many Windows XP users still decline to “upgrade”?  —  Microsoft says high prices have been the deterrent.  Last month, the company trimmed prices on retail packages of Vista, trying to entice consumers to overcome their reluctance.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Favored Over Clinton in Mississippi  —  Sen. Barack Obama won the unusually robust Wyoming caucuses Saturday and heads to Mississippi today looking to regain some of the momentum he lost last week when Sen. Hillary Clinton claimed victories in the Texas and Ohio primaries.
Discussion: Washington Post and Newsweek
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Journalism in the Hands of the Neighborhood  —  PHILADELPHIA — “We are uncomfortable with the term ‘citizen journalism,’ ” said Todd Wolfson, 35, a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the organizers of the Media Mobilizing Project in Philadelphia.
Discussion: Attytood
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
McCain Sees Pork Where Scientists See Success  —  Candidate Criticizes Ambitious Bear Study  —  WEST GLACIER, Mont. — If you've heard Sen. John McCain's stump speech, you've surely heard him talk about grizzly bears.  The federal government, he declares with horror and astonishment, has spent $3 million to study grizzly bear DNA.
Discussion: The Corner
The Politico:
House GOP funk worsens  —  For National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.), every week seems to bring a new set of problems.  On Saturday night, things got even worse.  —  With Democrat Bill Foster's victory in the Illinois 14th District special election …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Confident After Taking Hastert's Seat
Discussion: American Power and Daily Kos
 
 
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Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Think Progress and The Blotter
Washington Post:
Uneven Match  —  BACK WHEN his presidential campaign was running …
Discussion: Firedoglake and AMERICAblog
New York Times:
McCain Uses Breathing Room to Focus on Coffers
Discussion: Eschaton and New York Post
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Associated Press:
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
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Discussion: TalkLeft
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
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Mona Charen / The Corner:
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