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8:20 AM ET, March 24, 2008

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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
2 McCain Moments, Rarely Mentioned  —  WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain never fails to call himself a conservative Republican as he campaigns as his party's presumptive presidential nominee.  He often adds that he was a “foot soldier” in the Reagan revolution and that he believes …
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Washington Post:
Both Obama And Clinton Embellish Their Roles  —  After weeks of arduous negotiations, on April 6, 2006, a bipartisan group of senators burst out of the “President's Room,” just off the Senate chamber, with a deal on new immigration policy.  —  As the half-dozen senators — including John McCain …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and The Page
Robin Toner / International Herald Tribune:
Obama's promise of a new majority, and the question it prompts  —  WASHINGTON: At the core of Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign is a promise that he can transcend the starkly red-and-blue politics of the last 15 years, end the partisan and ideological wars, and build a new governing majority.
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
Associated Press:
U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 4,000  —  Grim milestone reached when IED kills 4 U.S. soldiers in Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000.
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Gateway Pundit:
EASTER MASS ATTACK!!  Protesters Scream & Spray Fake Blood at Churchgoers  —  NOT JUST ANTIWAR...  Leftist Protesters Attack Catholic Worshippers at Easter Mass in Chicago  —  The Leftists squirted fake blood around on the Catholics attending Easter Mass this morning.!!
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Chicago Tribune:
Protesters arrested during Easter services at Holy Name's auditorium  —  Anti-war protesters are led out of the auditorium after disrupting Easter services at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago on Sunday, March 23, 2008.  (Tribune photo by Stacey Wescott / March 23, 2008)
Discussion: Redstate
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
JPMorgan in Negotiations to Raise Bear Stearns Bid  —  JPMorgan Chase was in talks on Sunday night for a deal that would quintuple its offer for Bear Stearns, the beleaguered investment bank, in an effort to pacify angry Bear shareholders, according to people involved in the negotiations.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Taming the Beast  —  We're now in the midst of an epic financial crisis, which ought to be at the center of the election debate.  But it isn't.  —  Now, I don't expect presidential campaigns to have all the answers to our current crisis — even financial experts are scrambling to keep up with events.
BBC:
Cigarette display ban considered  —  Displaying cigarettes in shops could be banned in England under government plans being considered to cut smoking and discourage children from starting.  —  Ministers are also considering tougher controls on vending machines in pubs and restaurants.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama: ‘This is not a crackpot church’  —  Carrie Budoff Brown sends over the transcript from Obama's appearance, airing tomorrow, on the Michael Smerconish Show on 1210 AM WPHT in Philadelphia, from audio the show provided.  —  In the interview, Obama says he's talked to Wright in the past about …
William Kristol / New York Times:
Let's Not, and Say We Did  —  I shuddered only once while watching Barack Obama's speech last Tuesday.  —  It wasn't when he posed the rhetorical questions: “Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask?  Why not join another church?”
Discussion: TBogg
MSNBC:
March 23: Maria Bartiromo, Erin Burnett, political roundtable  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again.  But Wall Street and Main Street are still nervous about talk of recession, bankruptcy, bailouts and more.  What now?
Discussion: Roger Ailes and Crooks and Liars
Mark Hornbeck / Detroit News:
State Democratic Party postpones district conventions  —  LANSING — Acknowledging that Michigan's delegate selection mess is unlikely to be resolved in the coming week, the state Democratic Party decided to postpone its congressional district conventions.  —  The 15 district gatherings …
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The Day, New London, CT:   We Don't Know This Sen. Joe
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Connecticut Newspaper Apologizes For Lieberman Endorsement
Discussion: toohotfortnr and DownWithTyranny!
 
 
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L.A. Times Has Hit Piece on McCain …
Associated Press:
Associated Press: U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 4,000
Discussion: ParaPundit
New York Times:
Clinton's Schedules Offer Chance to Test Assertions
Greg Veis / The New Republic:
Clarence Thomas Is Not ‘Mr. Constitution’
Jules Crittenden:
Politics = Torture  —  McCain says the Keating Five ordeal …
Discussion: Herald
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Jonathan Ellis / Argus Leader:
Poll may gauge Obama fallout
Discussion: MyDD
 Earlier Items: 
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Muslim baptized by pope says life in danger
Matthew Yglesias:
So You Say You Want a Revolution?
Discussion: toohotfortnr
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Nothing Special About Today
Discussion: If I Ran the Zoo
CNN:
Richardson: ‘I am very loyal to the Clintons’
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Wright Post 9/11 Sermon
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
FOXNews Sunday: Brit Hume Dismisses McCain's Iran/al Qaeda Confusion …
Doug Kmiec / Convictions:
Endorsing Obama  —  Today I endorse Barack Obama for president of the United States.