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12:25 AM ET, March 22, 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 …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Wallace on FOX and Friends: “I heard enough Obama bashing”
Discussion: Left in the West
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:
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 …
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Marc Ambinder:
Stage Directions Anyone?  —  The Obama campaign distributed Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement speech...note the stage direction:
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Seeking, then downplaying, Richardson's endorsement  —  So Mark Penn said earlier today that Bill Richardson's endorsement was no longer “significant.”  —  “The time that he could have been effective has long since passed,” he said.  —  Long since?  Actually, it must have passed awfully fast.
Discussion: The Swamp and The Page
Dan Balz / The Trail:
Five Ways the Richardson Endorsement Boosts Obama
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Cliff Schecter
Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:
A Few Unanswered Questions About Bill Richardson's Obama Endorsement
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 and The Fact Hub
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Another Bill Clinton Moment On The Campaign Trail
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:   Obama aide: Bill Clinton like McCarthy
Atrios / Eschaton:
Noted Without Comment
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama supporter Gen. McPeak calls Bill Clinton another Joe McCarthy
Discussion: Redstate and Gateway Pundit
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 …
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Confederate Yankee:
Is [Anderson Cooper] Roland S. Martin Simply Making Things Up?  —  On Anderson Cooper's CNN blog this morning, Roland S. Martin claims that Barack Obama's radical minister Jeremiah Wright got his “chickens coming home to roost” commentary from a former Ronald Reagan official.
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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MSNBC:
Passport scandal leads to Virginia contractor  —  Two of the government contractors who allegedly took a peek at Sen. Barack Obama's passport records worked for a Virginia-based firm called Stanley, Inc., according to U.S. government officials with knowledge of the State Department passport controversy.
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CNN:
Obama wants inquiry into passport files snooping
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.
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
My Iraq War Retrospective
Discussion: American Power
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 and Corrente
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 …
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Edwards unlikely to endorse  —  John Edwards is unlikely to endorse either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton before the nomination is decided, according to interviews with several members of the former candidate's inner circle.  —  At least three individuals who have recently spoken …
Discussion: Hot Air
wftv.com:
Spring Breakers Arrested After Dynamite Explodes On Hotel Sundeck  —  DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. — Three spring breakers were arrested after an explosion rocked two hotel guests from their bed and shattered the windows of their Daytona Beach Shores hotel room around 2:30am Friday.
Discussion: protein wisdom and Wizbang
 
 
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Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Donations Keep Pouring in, but for at Least One Candidate, There's a Catch
Little Green Footballs:
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Matt / Think Progress:
Rove: A ‘Win’ After More Years In Iraq ‘Will Rally The Muslim World To Us’
Discussion: Firedoglake
Steve Forbes / Forbes:
Here's How to End the Panic
Discussion: Megan McArdle and Angry Bear
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