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11:50 PM ET, March 25, 2008

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PittsburghLIVE.com:
Clinton: Wright ‘would not have been my pastor’  —  TRIBUNE-REVIEW  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a wide-ranging interview today with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters and editors, said she would have left her church if her pastor made the sort of inflammatory remarks Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor made.
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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Democratic Party Official: Clinton Pursuing ‘The Tonya Harding Option’  —  l just spoke with a Democratic Party official, who asked for anonymity so as to speak candidly, who said we in the media are all missing the point of this Democratic fight.  —  The delegate math is difficult for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, the official said.
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Poll: Obama Ahead 21 Points In North Carolina Primary  —  A new Public Policy Polling (D) survey of North Carolina shows that Barack Obama has jumped into an enormous lead over Hillary Clinton, after having been in a dead heat during the worst of the Jeremiah Wright controversy.
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Clinton would have left Obama's pastor
Discussion: Lance Mannion
Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
The Audacity of Rhetoric  —  It is painful to watch defenders …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Suzanne Smalley / Newsweek:
Embellished Memory  —  Had Hillary come to believe her increasingly dramatic tale of facing sniper fire in Bosnia? … Is it possible that Hillary Clinton really thought she risked her life disembarking from a plane and running for cover “under sniper fire” at the heavily fortified U.S. Air Force base at Tuzla?
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Team Obama - Someone Buy 'Em A Subscription To Google  —  Per Ben Smith's blog at The Politico I see that Team Obama is alerting reporters to earlier incidents of Hillarity mis-speaking about her Excellent Adventure in Bosnia.  —  But the Obama crowd has not found her December tale-telling …
Bloomberg:
Clinton Says Account of Sniper Fire Was ‘Mistake’
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Clinton camp in lockdown mode over Bosnia flap
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
Hillary's Delusion Is Mac's Gain
Discussion: If I Ran the Zoo
Dan Kennedy / Guardian Unlimited:
Clinton under fire
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Obama Releases 2000-2006 Tax Returns  —  Barack Obama today released his 2000-2006 tax returns:  — 2006 Return  — 2005 Return  — 2004 Return  — 2003 Return  — 2002 Return  — 2001 Return  — 2000 Return  —  Here is a summary of the figures:
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and TalkLeft
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Byron York / The Corner:
Michelle and Barack: The Tax Returns  —  A lot of emailers have been taking a look at the Obamas' tax returns from 2000 to 2006, just released by the campaign.  Several are pointing out the couple's charitable contributions prior to Barack Obama's big book-related payday — in 2002 …
Discussion: Macsmind and Rachel Lucas
CNN:
Obama releases tax returns, challenges Clinton
Discussion: Donklephant
Associated Press:
Chelsea Clinton Startled by Monica Query  —  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chelsea Clinton had a quick retort Tuesday when asked whether her mother's credibility had been hurt during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.  —  “Wow, you're the first person actually that's ever asked me that question in the …
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Byron York / The Corner:
Hell Has Officially Frozen Over  —  It caught my eye as a flash on Brit Hume a few moments ago, but here is a photo from Hillary Clinton's visit today to the editorial board of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.  In this picture, she is seen talking to none other than Richard Mellon Scaife …
The Nation:
Progressives for Obama  —  All American progressives should unite for Barack Obama.  We descend from the proud tradition of independent social movements that have made America a more just and democratic country.  We believe that the movement today supporting Barack Obama continues …
Ari Melber / The Nation:
LIMBAUGH'S LYING VOTERS UNDER INVESTIGATION...  “Operation Chaos,” Rush Limbaugh's campaign urging Republicans to vote for Hillary Clinton in Democratic primaries, has been very effective.  It doubled Republican turnout in Ohio and Texas, boosting Clinton and prolonging the Democratic race.
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Ending The Nomination Campaign  —  A consensus seems to be forming that Hillary Clinton has only a very slim chance to win the nomination.  Recent articles in The New York Times and The Politico are examples of this.  Further, the consensus is not only that Clinton has a very small chance …
Discussion: The Democratic Daily and MoJoBlog
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Matthew Yglesias:
Ending the War  —  Chris Bowers sketches out a plausible …
Discussion: Corrente and TalkLeft
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THAT'S NOT WRIGHT  —  You can always tell when a scandal story has peaked and is ebbing, almost down to the minute: when your political opponents start to raise it explicitly against you.  That was the minute I knew Bill Clinton was going to weather the Monica story — the moment when Republicans first started hitting him over it.
Anthony Cormier / tbo.com:
1 Of 2 93-Year-Olds Charged In Manatee County Sex Sting  —  MANATEE COUNTY - Prosecutors are moving ahead with a case against one of two 93-year-old men picked up during undercover prostitution stings.  —  In the case of Frank Milio, prosecutors have issued subpoenas and plan to take him to trial in April.
Marc Ambinder:
Obama And The Jews  —  The Clinton campaign is distributing an article in the American Spectator (!) about Obama foreign policy adviser Merrill McPeak and his penchant for.. well, the article accuses him of being an anti-Semite and a drunk.  Principally, the author takes McPeak to task …
Newt Gingrich / Human Events:
A Big Win for Judicial Supremacy, a Big Loss for Government Language Lawyers and Another Example of Real Change  —  Parents “do not have a constitutional right to homeschool their children.”  —  So wrote a California judge in a case that has ominous potential for the estimated …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
 
 
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