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9:25 AM ET, March 26, 2008

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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 …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
YA THINK?  —  As you know, earlier today Hillary Clinton tried to stoke the Jeremiah Wright controversy by telling an editorial board meeting in Pittsburgh that Jeremiah Wright “would not have been my pastor” and then going on to note that she had denounced Don Imus in contrast to Obama's allegedly …
Brianinmo / BLOGS FOR JOHN McCAIN:
McCain Asks When Hillary Clinton Will Apologize to Gen. Petraeus - Video  —  Here is Sen. John McCain on March 24, 2008 asking when Sen. Hillary Clinton will apologize to Gen. David Petraeus for her remarks last year ridiculing the idea that “The Surge” strategy in Iraq was working.
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Just How Did John McCain Obtain What He Has in the Bank with the Press?  —  “Maybe 'Iran is training Al Qaeda is McCain's way of signaling that he intends to pick up where Bush and Cheney left off in discarding the whole reality-based approach to policy-making and public communication.”
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Neal Gabler / New York Times:
The Maverick and the Media  —  Amagansett, N.Y.  —  IT is certainly no secret that Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is a darling of the news media.  Reporters routinely attach “maverick,” “straight talker” and “patriot” to him like Homeric epithets.
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Achenblog
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
The Buzz on the Bus: Pinched, Press Steps Off  —  As Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama debated in Cleveland on a snowy evening in late February, 650 journalists descended on the city to follow every jab and parry, albeit on enormous televisions in two makeshift filing centers.
Discussion: The Caucus, Gawker and Romenesko
New York Times:
Iraqi Crackdown on Shiite Forces Sets Off Fighting  —  BAGHDAD — Heavy fighting broke out Tuesday in two of Iraq's largest cities, as Iraqi ground forces and helicopters mounted a huge operation to break the grip of the Shiite militias controlling Basra, and Iraqi forces clashed with militias in Baghdad.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Battles wrack Basra, threatening success of U.S. surge
Discussion: Firedoglake
Agence France Presse:
Four killed in clashes in Iraqi city of Basra
Discussion: American Power, Hot Air and BBC
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
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Seeks to Soften Impact of Misstatement
Discussion: TalkLeft
Frank Newport / Gallup:
If McCain vs. Obama, 28% of Clinton Backers Go for McCain  —  If McCain vs. Clinton, 19% of Obama backers go for McCain  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A sizable proportion of Democrats would vote for John McCain next November if he is matched against the candidate they do not support for the Democratic nomination.
Discussion: Don Surber
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama and Clinton Remain Nearly Tied
Discussion: Pollster.com
Paul Krugman:
Look and feel 15 years younger!  —  The latest report of the Social Security Trustees is out.  I think the key message is what has happened to the estimate of actuarial balance — the difference between projected outlays and projected revenues over the next 75 years.
Discussion: Angry Bear
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:   IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY....Paul Krugman points …
Yitzhak Benhorin / Ynetnews:
Obama advisor: US Jews hinder peace  —  More trouble for presidential hopeful: Inquiry by conservative US media outlets reveals that Obama advisor Merrill ‘Tony’ McPeak is a longtime anti-Israel critic who slammed American Jews for acting against US interests
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James Romoser / Winston-Salem Journal# North …:
Route to Victory?  —  N.C. may be pivotal in race, analysts predict  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's dwindling chances to be president may hinge on what happens in North Carolina.  —  As she prepares to make her first campaign trip to the state on Thursday, including a stop in Winston-Salem …
Discussion: The Page
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Hillary or Nobody?  —  While the cool cat's away, the Hillary mice will play.  —  As Barack Obama was floating in the pool with his daughters the last few days in St. Thomas, some Clinton disciples were floating the idea of St. Hillary as his vice president.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Don Surber
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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Democratic Party Official: Clinton Pursuing ‘The Tonya Harding Option’
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Behind in the Ratings, CBS News Hopes for Help From a Debate  —  It is an axiom of political debates that lagging competitors always want them more than front-runners.  CBS News, which lags well behind its competitors in most areas of television news, wants a debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the worst way.
Discussion: Romenesko and Truthdig
Mary Flood / Legal Trade:
Presidential pardons — the raw list  —  From time to time, President Bush has pardoned and commuted sentences.  It's often a wide array of crimes involved.  —  Here's the press release the Justice Department just emailed listing the folks the president let off the hook this week for everything …
Discussion: at-Largely
 
 
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Times of London:
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National Journal:
Catching Fire From All Sides
Denise Lavoie / Associated Press:
Obama related to Pitt, Clinton to Jolie
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Jarheads  —  In light of Tuzla-gate (catchy, no?) …
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
‘Russia set on Mideast parley, whether Israel likes it or not’
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Campaign spending limits don't apply to mavericks
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Mark Halperin / The Page:
Clinton Camp Memo on Obama's “Embellished Words”
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Byron York / The Corner:
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THAT'S NOT WRIGHT  —  You can always tell when a scandal story …
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