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11:20 AM ET, March 16, 2008

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Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Clinton campaign wants Texas to postpone party conventions  —  As final results from the Texas Democratic caucus remain unknown, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign wants signatures from the March 4 contest verified before party conventions are held around the state later this month.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama's gains  —  A pretty stunning gain out of Iowa for Obama, where an Iowa Democratic official confirmed to me just now that the county convention results will translate into a 25-14-6 edge for Obama over Clinton and Edwards.  —  That's a gain of nine for the Illinois senator …
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The Politico:
Obama, Clinton brace for three-month deadlock  —  The Democratic race has entered its World War I phase, a bloody fight between two adversaries making only the most incremental of gains.  And there is no reason to think either side will emerge from the trenches anytime soon.
Discussion: Hot Air and Blue Crab Boulevard
New York Times:
The Intelligence Cover-Up  —  For more than two years now, Congress, the news media, current and former national security officials, think tanks and academic institutions have been engaged in a profound debate over how to modernize the law governing electronic spying to keep pace with technology.
New York Times:
For Democrats, Increased Fears of a Long Fight  —  WASHINGTON — Lacking a clear route to the selection of a Democratic presidential nominee, the party's uncommitted superdelegates say they are growing increasingly concerned about the risks of a prolonged fight between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton …
Richard Russo / Washington Post:
A Novel Take on an Ending  —  Back when I was teaching fiction writing, I used to pitch my students, especially the beginners, on complexity.  They seemed to think that readers would be attracted to their characters' virtue and would recognize shared humanity in their strength and courage …
Discussion: Althouse
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Iraq Insurgency Runs on Stolen Oil Profits  —  BAIJI, Iraq — The Baiji refinery, with its distillation towers rising against the Hamrin Mountains, may be the most important industrial site in the Sunni Arab-dominated regions of Iraq.  On a good day, 500 tanker trucks will leave the refinery filled …
Bradley Brooks / Associated Press:
McCain makes unannounced trip to Iraq  —  BAGHDAD - Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president who has linked his political future to U.S. success in Iraq, was in Baghdad on Sunday for meetings with Iraqi and U.S. diplomatic and military officials, a U.S. government official said.
Eriposte / The Left Coaster:
The Clinton Rules and The Obama Rules  —  One of the useful side-effects of the Jeremiah Wright brouhaha is its ample illustration of The Clinton Rules and The Obama Rules for this campaign.  These rules are based on the Brilliant and Thought-Provoking JournalismTM of some of the major …
AMERICAN DIGEST:
Four Five Years In  —  [Republished from last year at this time.]  —  Five years in.  An inch of time.  Five years in and the foolish and credulous among us yearn to get out.  Their feelings require it.  The power of their Holy Gospel of “Imagine” compels them.
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
The Wit & Wisdom of Barack Obama  —  Some of it may sound familiar.  —  There's still room for whimsy at the New Yorker magazine, I don't care what you've heard.  Just the other day two of the New Yorker's bloggers (now there's a phrase to send Harold Ross spinning) were chewing over the widely noted eloquence of Barack Obama.
Discussion: Power Line and Commentary
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Republicans See Storm Clouds Gathering  —  Week of Bad News Highlights Difficult Challenges for GOP in Fall Elections  —  While all eyes were on the presidential campaign and the demise of New York Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer (D) last week, Republicans on Capitol Hill were suffering a run of bad news …
Discussion: American Street
 
 
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Spiegel Online:
Germany's First Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan?
Discussion: The Jawa Report
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Jindal ‘bats a thousand’ at session
Discussion: The Other McCain
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Maintains Slight Edge Over Clinton
Jeffrey Rosen / New York Times:
Supreme Court Inc.
Discussion: Ideoblog
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Obama opens up on Rezko, and it's almost believable
Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
Washington Post Duped Instead of D.U.P.E.S. (UPDATE: WaPo Purposeful Dupe)