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1:35 PM ET, March 25, 2008

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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Long Defeat  —  Hillary Clinton may not realize it yet, but she's just endured one of the worst weeks of her campaign.  —  First, Barack Obama weathered the Rev. Jeremiah Wright affair without serious damage to his nomination prospects.  Obama still holds a tiny lead among Democrats nationally …
Allie Shah / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Forest Lake event canceled; too political  —  Forest Lake High's principal said the decision was spurred by concerns that the presentation was more political than educational.  —  A national tour featuring decorated veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan won't be stopping …
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Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
THE LEFT HAS NO HEROES  —  Apparently the left doesn't have any heroes, they believe that anyone in or out of uniform who is not protesting or telling tales of atrocities reminiscent of Jenjis Khan, is simply a tool of the vast right-wing conspiracy.  In the La La land inhabited by the liberals …
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
No Room for the Vets@School  —  The patriots at Vets for Freedom …
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Washington Wire:
Rev. Wright to Deliver Sermon at Florida Church  —  Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.  —  Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. , the controversial former pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, is scheduled to speak for three nights starting this evening at a Tampa, Fla., church.
Discussion: The Page
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Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
When The Post Was Late to Church
New York Post:   REV. WRIGHT'S SUNNY EASTER
USA Today:
Worried Dems wish for ‘dream team’  —  WASHINGTON — What are the odds Democrats will field a “dream team ticket” with Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton combining forces?  —  London bookmaker Ladbrokes is taking bets at 8-1, but leading Democratic insiders aren't ready to put down their money — yet.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: THE TIPPING POINT
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Is ‘success’ of U.S. surge in Iraq about to unravel?  —  BAGHDAD — A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad and issuing demands of the central government.
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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Dems to hammer McCain for ‘100 years’  —  John McCain is scheduled to deliver a major foreign policy speech Wednesday in Los Angeles, one with a heavy Iraq focus, but chances are Democrats won't be listening.  They've already distilled his views into an easy to remember formulation: 100 years of war.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   Dems plan ‘100 Years of War’ campaign? Just ask McPeak
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Obama's Test: Can a Liberal Be a Unifier?  —  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.
Michael Evans / Times of London:
Britain is world's 7th most stable and prosperous nation  —  The United Kingdom has been ranked as one of the most stable and prosperous countries in the world, beating the United States, France and even Switzerland in a global assessment of every nation's achievements and standards.
Mark Tomasik / TCPalm.com:
Don't discount Gore-led ticket  —  U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, whose district includes much of Martin and St. Lucie counties, is hoping he won't have to attend the Democratic Party national convention in Denver in August.  —  If he does go, that will mean the Democrats still haven't decided a nominee for the presidential election.
Wall Street Journal:
A FARC Fan's Notes  —  A hard drive recovered from the computer of a killed Colombian guerrilla has offered more insights into the opposition of House Democrats to the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.  —  A military strike three weeks ago killed Raúl Reyes, No. 2 in command of the FARC …
NPR:
A Centerpiece of Obama's ‘Judgment’ Argument  —  On the campaign trail, Obama promotes his 2002 speech in steady and relentless fashion.  —  “On the most important national security question since the Cold War, I am the only candidate who opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning,” he said.
Discussion: The Swamp and The Huffington Post
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
46-45 PLUS OR MINUS 3  —  In case you missed our update, the most recent Gallup Daily result on the Democratic race shows a near dead-heat, with Barack Obama ahead of Hillary Clinton by a single percentage point margin not nearly large enough to attain statistical significance (47% to 46%).
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:
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Clinton camp tags Obama for ‘the audacity of nope’  —  The Clinton campaign will not let go of the discounted Democratic primary votes in Michigan, where Sen. Hillary Clinton “won” as the only major candidate on the ballot, and in Florida, which Clinton “won” in an uncontested election.
Avi Zenilman / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Wisdom of the oracle  —  When asked why she'd appoint Alan Greenspan to a working group of financial leaders to design a response to the housing crisis, Clinton told the Philadelphia Daily News:
 
 
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Olympic Fallacies  —  “We believe the Olympic Games are not the place …
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Clinton camp in lockdown mode over Bosnia flap
Hillary Clinton Headlines... / 2008Central.net:
Clinton Press Conference Call: To Discuss The State Of The Race
Karl / protein wisdom:
Dems 2008: The Obama Doctrine of “dignity promotion”
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McCain Expands Campaign Media Team
Discussion: The Page
Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
The Audacity of Rhetoric  —  It is painful to watch defenders …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Conservatives' Hate-Based Campaign Against Obama
CNN:
Sources: Air marshals missing from almost all flights
 Earlier Items: 
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Senator Obama, Unplugged
Jonathan Petre / Telegraph:
Muslims ‘to outnumber traditional churchgoers’
Discussion: The Debatable Land
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The ongoing exclusion of war opponents from the Iraq debate
Matthew Yglesias:
The Hand-Wringing Gap
Philly.com:
Rush to register at Pa. deadline
E. J. Dionne / Real Clear Politics:
Righting the Right  —  WASHINGTON — What's the matter with conservatism?
Michael Tanji / Weekly Standard:
Intelligently Misleading
Discussion: ThreatsWatch
Associated Press:
NY gov says he tried drugs in his youth