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2:23 AM ET, March 14, 2008

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USA Today:
Clinton strategist says Obama 'can't win the general election'  —  Though the campaign later argued that he hadn't said it, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief campaign strategist told reporters this morning that Sen. Barack Obama “can't win the general election.”
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Making Obama Unelectable  —  Mark Penn declared today that Barack Obama “really can't win the general [election].”  Of course, it's silly to say that Obama or Clinton “can't” win the general.  There's not even good evidence to suggest that Obama is less likely than Clinton to win the general.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama, Clinton Equally Matched vs. McCain  —  Democratic race: Obama 48%, Clinton 46%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Although the November presidential election is still eight months away, the results of Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows that if that election were held today …
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Can't Win The General?
Discussion: MyDD and Real Clear Politics
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Penn: Obama “really can't win the general”
Discussion: TPM Election Central
ABCNEWS:
Obama's Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11  —  Obama's Pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Has a History of What Even Obama's Campaign Aides Say Is ‘Inflammatory Rhetoric’  —  Sen. Barack Obama's pastor says blacks should not sing “God Bless America” but “God damn America.”
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The Campaign Spot:
13 Percent of Registered Voters Think Obama Is a Muslim
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Lynn Sweet:
Sweet scoop: Obama, after initial refusal, releases all earmark requests.  Read them here.  UPDATES  —  WASHINGTON—After refusing since June to make public earmark requests from 2005 and 2006, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is releasing Thursday all the earmark requests he has made since he entered the Senate in 2005.
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama's 2006 Earmarks  —  Update: The AP says Obama has not responded to repeated requests to release his earmark legislation for six of his eightyears in the Illinois Senate.  Yet, he's criticizing Hillary on this score: … Sen. Barack Obama released his list of 2006 legislation with earmarks today.
The Campaign Spot:
One of Obama's Earmarks Went to Hospital That Employs Michelle Obama  —  Dan Riehl notes, via Amanda Carpenter, that in the list of earmarks he requested, $1 Million was requested for the construction of a new hospital pavilion at the University Of Chicago.  The request was put in in 2006.
Discussion: Hot Air, Redstate and Riehl World View
Nitya / Rapid Report:
Report Shows No Link Between Saddam and al Qaeda  —  ABC News has requested and obtained a copy of the Pentagon study which shows Saddam Hussein had no links to Al Qaeda.  —  (READ THE FULL REPORT HERE.)  —  It's government report the White House didn't want you to read …
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John Holusha / The Lede:
Oh, By the Way, There Was No Al Qaeda Link
Discussion: Power Line and Weekly Standard
Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Pentagon cancels release of controversial Iraq report
Discussion: The Republic of T. and Firedoglake
The Page:
Details of a possible delegate plan under discussion:  —Michigan's 156 delegates would be split 50-50 between Clinton and Obama.  —Florida's existing delegates would be seated at the Denver convention—but with half a vote each.  That would give Clinton a net gain of about 19 elected delegates.
The Hill:
Hoyer agrees to closed FISA session  —  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has agreed to a GOP request for a secret House session Thursday to discuss the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA).  —  House Republicans had been seeking the closed session to delay a vote …
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Daniel W. Reilly / The Politico:
House to hold rare closed session on FISA
New York Magazine:
David Paterson: ‘The Only Whores I Know Are Lobbyists’  —  David Paterson just gave his first public address since Eliot Spitzer's resignation yesterday.  He made noises about “getting back to work” and the budget, talked about being black and blind, indicated he wasn't planning any major changes …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Tom Watson
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Jay Jochnowitz / Capitol confidential:
Not Exactly A Yes Or No (Updated, With Answer)
Discussion: City Room and Gothamist
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
NRCC Says Ex-Treasurer Diverted Up to $1 Million  —  The former treasurer for the National Republican Congressional Committee diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars — and possibly as much as $1 million — of the organization's funds into his personal accounts, GOP officials said yesterday …
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters.org:
Study: Networks Always Label GOPers With Sex Scandals  —  My colleague Brent Baker has painstakingly documented how the big three broadcast networks have gone out of their way to avoid labeling scandal-scarred New York Governor Eliot Spitzer as a “Democrat.”
Ruth Henderson / Pajamas Media:
I'VE SEEN MY SHARE OF SPITZERS: THE VIEW FROM AN ESCORT SERVICE  —  The disgraced former NY governor is not alone, writes “Ruth Henderson,” a former booking agent for high-priced Manhattan call girls.  —  Support Pajamas Media; Visit Our Advertisers  —  So New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned …
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
White House Offers Plan to Ward Off Credit Crises  —  WASHINGTON — After months of watching a growing credit crisis made worse by steadily eroding home prices, the Bush administration responded on Thursday with the outlines of a plan that officials emphasized is meant more to prevent future crises than to address the current one.
Discussion: THE CUNNING REALIST
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Betting the Bank  —  Four years ago, an academic economist …
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House, Senate Endorse Tax Hikes
Megan McArdle:
What's sauce for the goose . . .
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Bringing a Date to Your Public Humiliation
Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters:
Bush says if younger, he would work in Afghanistan
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Awareness of Iraq War Fatalities Plummets
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
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Satyam / Think Progress:
Rove: Bush taught me how to be ‘honest.’
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Mickey Kaus on Ferraro v. Obama
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Good News for Obama: Hillary's Killing Him in Pennsylvania.  (Seriously.)
Washington Post:
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Mark Schmitt / American Prospect:
CLINTON '08=JERRY BROWN '92?
Discussion: The Daily Dish
 

 
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