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12:30 PM ET, March 27, 2008

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New York Post:
IT'S THE BLOOMY-'BAMA SHOW  —  Mayor Bloomberg made a surprise announcement last night that he will introduce Barack Obama when the Illinois senator makes a campaign speech today at Cooper Union.  —  The mayor's office took the highly unusual step of releasing information about the event late last night.
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Marc Ambinder:
Obama: Bloomberg Is “Extraordinary”  —  Here's the first paragraph from Barack Obama's speech this a.m. in New York: … The First Read gang is all a-buzz at the Obama-Needs-A-Jew-On-The-Ticket- Angle, but I think the best way to look at an Obama-Bloomberg ticket is by noticing their complimentary traits.
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Obama offers plan for economic woes
Discussion: Donklephant
WCBS-TV:
Bloomberg, Obama Meeting Fuels Endorsement Rumors
Discussion: Political Machine
Patrick Cockburn / The Independent:
Iraq implodes as Shia fights Shia  —  Another tragedy as the Shia majority turn on each other  —  A new civil war is threatening to explode in Iraq as American-backed Iraqi government forces fight Shia militiamen for control of Basra and parts of Baghdad.  —  Heavy fighting engulfed Iraq's …
Discussion: Donklephant and The Sundries Shack
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Al Pessin / Voice of America:
Pentagon Calls Iraq Fighting Good Sign, Analysts Not Convinced
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
NBC-WSJ POLL: NEW CLINTON LOWS  —  From NBC's Chuck Todd  —  As expected, one of the two major Democratic candidates saw a downturn in the latest NBC/WSJ poll, but it's not the candidate that you think.  Hillary Clinton is sporting the lowest personal ratings of the campaign.
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Pastor Flap Hasn't Hurt Obama
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: MYTH BUSTER
Discussion: Spin Cycle and marbury
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Clinton backers warn Pelosi on superdelegate rift  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of prominent Hillary Clinton donors sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday asking her to retract her comments on superdelegates and stay out of the Democratic fight over their role in the presidential race.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Clinton Donors Warn on Superdelegate Fight
Discussion: Commentary and The Page
Marcia Gelbart / Philly.com:
Phila. Democrats might not endorse Clinton or Obama
Discussion: MSNBC
C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Supplier Under Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans  —  Since 2006, when the insurgency in Afghanistan sharply intensified, the Afghan government has been dependent on American logistics and military support in the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.  —  But to arm the Afghan forces …
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Obama Warms to Wrapping Up Contest  —  ABOARD THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN PLANE - Senator Barack Obama this evening called Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposal of resolving the Democratic nomination contest in June “a good one” - although Mr. Obama seemed to be endorsing a June wrap …
Discussion: TPM Election Central
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Early Dazzle, Then Tough Path for a Governor
Discussion: Wonkette and American Spectator
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Obama, Clinton — and Echoes of Nader?
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Obsidian Wings
New York Post:
AND THERE HE HO'S AGAIN  —  ‘WICKED’ SPITZER LINKED TO BUSTY BUSTED MADAM'S BIZ  —  Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been identified as a long-standing client of a second high-priced call-girl ring, The Post has learned.  —  The ex-governor regularly patronized Wicked Models …
John Shiffman / Philly.com:
PR governor, four Philadelphians charged  —  Puerto Rico's governor and four Philadelphians, including prominent fund-raiser Robert M. Feldman, were charged this morning in San Juan with federal campaign-finance related crimes.  —  The investigation of Gov. Anibal Acevedo-Vila …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Finding Political News Online, the Young Pass It On  —  Senator Barack Obama's videotaped response to President Bush's final State of the Union address — almost five minutes of Mr. Obama talking directly to the camera — elicited little attention from newspaper and television reporters in January.
Salt Lake Tribune:
McCain makes stop in SLC today  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain will make an invitation-only fundraising stop in Salt Lake City at the Grand America Hotel today.  —  Former presidential contender Mitt Romney will accompany McCain to the $1,000-a-person event …
Discussion: The Page and Hotline On Call
Vikas Bajaj / New York Times:
Equity Loans as Next Round in Credit Crisis  —  Little by little, millions of Americans surrendered equity in their homes in recent years.  Lulled by good times, they borrowed — sometimes heavily — against the roofs over their heads.  —  Now the bill is coming due.
Joe Klein / Time:
Silly Season  —  Unlike Barack Obama, Bill Clinton does not believe in “the fierce urgency of now.”  The former President has an exquisitely languid sense of how political time unfurls.  He understands that those moments the political community, especially the media, considers urgent usually aren't.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Public Believes Americans Have Right to Own Guns  —  Nearly three in four say Second Amendment guarantees this right  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A solid majority of the U.S. public, 73%, believes the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the rights of Americans to own guns.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Bob Barr thinking ‘very serious’ thoughts about a presidential race, Iraq, and torture  —  On an Internet site called Anti-War Radio, former Georgia congressman Bob Barr confirmed on Wednesday that he's “very seriously” looking at joining the race for the White House as a Libertarian …
Discussion: The Trail and Reason Magazine
Hugh Bronstein / Reuters:
Colombia seizes uranium from leftist guerrillas  —  Colombia said it seized at least 66 pounds (30 kg) of uranium from the country's biggest left-wing rebel group on Wednesday, the first time radioactive material has been linked to the four-decade-old guerrilla war.
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
 
 
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John McCormick / The Swamp:
Obama on economy: McCain is ‘third Bush term’
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
A Case of the Blues  —  The Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole …
Discussion: HorsesAss.Org
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
L.A. Times Apologizes for Rapper Story
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
U.S. Says Hussein Spy Agency and Iraqi-American Arranged '02 Trip by Lawmakers
Michael Barone / US News:
Polls Show Obama Damaged by Reverend Wright
Larry Rohter / New York Times:
McCain, in Foreign Policy Talk, Turns His Back on Unilateralism
James Shea / BlueRidgeNow.com:
Shuler: McCain blocked immigration bill
ABCNEWS:
Candidates' Economic Plans Don't Add Up
Discussion: Think Progress
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Come west, young man
Discussion: New York Times
Tom Baldwin / Times of London:
President Bush: Iraq violence is a ‘positive moment’
Washington Post:
U.S. Steps Up Unilateral Strikes in Pakistan
This Is London:
MARRIAGE HITS LOWEST RATE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN ALMOST 150 YEARS AGO
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Pennsylvania's Superdelegates Measure Clinton, Obama
Discussion: Hot Air
Washington Post:
Further Debunking the ‘War Zone’ Myth
Duncan Currie / Weekly Standard:
Family Ties  —  Any serious discussion of race must address out-of-wedlock births.
Discussion: RIGHTWINGSPARKLE