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10:10 PM ET, March 21, 2008

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The Politico:
Story behind the story: The Clinton myth  —  One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.  —  Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates.
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Think Progress:
Fox's Chris Wallace Takes Fox And Friends ‘To Task’ For ‘Two Hours Of Obama Bashing’  —  On Fox and Friends this morning, hosts Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, and Gretchen Carlson spent multiple segments sensationalizing a comment Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) made yesterday, in which he referred …
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The Huffington Post:
Mayhem At Fox News: Anchor Walks Off Set, Wallace Rails Network For “Obama-Bashing”  —  Fox News' very own anchors are speaking out — and walking off — over what they perceive to be “Obama-bashing” on their network.  —  This morning on “Fox and Friends,” Brian Kilmeade walked off the set …
Discussion: Think Progress and CANNONFIRE
Sam Graham-Felsen / my.barackobama.com:
Thank You, Chris Wallace
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama campaign praises Wallace, says Fox has been “deeply irresponsible”
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Hot Air
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   AN UNLIKELY MESSENGER  —  Chris Wallace has had enough Faux News:
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Wallace on FOX and Friends: “I heard enough Obama bashing”
Marc Ambinder:
Stage Directions Anyone?  —  The Obama campaign distributed Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement speech...note the stage direction:
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WSJ.com:
Clinton Aide Says Richardson's Endorsement Is Insignificant  —  Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.  —  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson finally made up his mind and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama today, but a senior adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign — which likewise spent months courting …
Dan Balz / The Trail:
Five Ways the Richardson Endorsement Boosts Obama
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Cliff Schecter
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Seeking, then downplaying, Richardson's endorsement
Discussion: The Page
Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:
A Few Unanswered Questions About Bill Richardson's Obama Endorsement
CNN:
Obama wants inquiry into passport files snooping  —  (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama called for an investigation Friday into how the security of the passport files of the three remaining presidential candidates was breached.  —  The State Department admitted Friday that the passport files of Obama …
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New York Times:
Passport Files of 3 Candidates Were Improperly Viewed
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
Reuters:
Clinton, McCain passport records were also viewed
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
Roland S. Martin / CNN:
The full story behind Rev. Jeremiah Wright's 9/11 sermon  —  As this whole sordid episode regarding the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has played out over the last week, I wanted to understand what he ACTUALLY said in this speech.  I've been saying all week on CNN that context is important …
Discussion: MoJoBlog and NewsBusters.org
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CBS News:
CBS Poll: Good Reviews For Obama Speech  —  But Problems For Democratic Candidate Remain As Fewer Think He Could Unite The Country  —  (CBS) Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race this week, in which he discussed his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his controversial longtime minister …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton Now at 47% to Obama's 45%  —  Clinton's recent surge among national Democrats appears to be receding  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton's recent lead over Barack Obama in national Democratic nomination preferences has dwindled to the point that the two are now nearly tied …
Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
READING BETWEEN BILL CLINTON LINES ABOUT OBAMA?  —  CHARLOTTE, NC — At a small VFW hall in Charlotte, NC, today, former president Bill Clinton contemplated a McCain/Clinton general election matchup, saying that it would one between “two people who loved this country” without …
Discussion: The Caucus
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Noted Without Comment
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
From the Fact Check Desk: The Clinton Campaign Misrepresents Clinton NAFTA Meeting  —  I have now talked to three former Clinton Administration officials whom I trust who tell me that then-First Lady Hillary Clinton opposed the idea of introducing NAFTA before health care …
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush's Alternate Reality  —  President Bush on Wednesday said something demonstrably false and inflammatory about Iran — asserting that the Iranian government has “declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people.”  —  The Iranians have never done any such thing …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
STEP 8: ACCEPTANCE?  —  This will probably bring the emails out of the woodwork.  And that's fine; we can take it.  But usually when we publish something that doesn't reflect well on either of the remaining Democratic candidates (was the same when Edwards was still in) we get a flood of really not very happy emails from readers.
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Steve Forbes / Forbes:
Here's How to End the Panic  —  The Bush administration must take two steps immediately to quickly halt the unending, enervating credit crisis: shore up the anemic dollar and, for the time being, suspend “marking to market” those new financial instruments, such as packages of subprime mortgages.
Discussion: Megan McArdle and Angry Bear
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
What I Got Wrong About Iraq  —  Slate asked me to reflect on my own failings of judgment on the fifth year of the war.  Maybe the day we Christans are called to atonement is a good day for publishing it.  It's cross-posted here.  —  I think I committed four cardinal sins.  —  Historical Narcissism.
Discussion: Salon, Balloon Juice and Open Left
 
 
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