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1:00 AM ET, March 29, 2008

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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Back Into Lead in Democratic Race  —  McCain enjoys advantage in general election trial heat  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Today's Gallup Poll Daily tracking update finds Barack Obama with an eight percentage point advantage over Hillary Clinton (50% to 42%) …
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Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
Todd: Clinton has made the right call  —  NBC's Chuck Todd says calls for her to drop out are premature  —  WASHINGTON - It is amazing how loud some of the buzz is for Sen. Hillary Clinton to “do what's best for the party” and get out.  —  More than any other week, this one seemed …
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Obama: Primary ‘A Good Movie That Lasted About A Half An Hour Too Long’  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Calling it a lengthy primary season, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., offered a Pittsburgh, Pa. crowd an analogy on the Democratic primary race, saying it is like “a good movie that lasted about a half an hour too long.”
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Clinton Says She's in It for the Long Haul
Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
Casey snubs Clinton, family feud continues
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Redstate:
The President Americans Have Been Waiting For  —  As Hillary and Obama continue their ever more negative fight to challenge Senator John McCain for the presidency, McCain launched the first TV ad of the fall campaign.  —  The ad highlights McCain's experience, character and optimistic vision for our future:
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:   Like McCain Needs A Bicycle
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
All the news that's Fitna  —  Geert Wilders' film is a hit - over 1.5 million views in English, over 2.5 million in Dutch last time I checked - but it's nevertheless been yanked by LiveLeak, with the following statement: … Indeed.  The Internet will keep Fitna alive in odd corners hither and yon …
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Analysis: Iraqis' Basra fight not going well  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Iraqi military push into the southern city of Basra is not going as well as American officials had hoped, despite President Bush's high praise for the operation, several U.S. officials said Friday.
Discussion: New York Times and Vodkapundit
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Associated Press:
Bush aide resigns  —  White House cites improper use of grant money  —  WASHINGTON - An aide to President Bush has resigned because of his alleged misuse of grant money from the U.S. Agency for International Development when he worked for a Cuban democracy organization.
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Treasury's Plan Would Give Fed Wide New Power  —  WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department will propose on Monday that Congress give the Federal Reserve broad new authority to oversee financial market stability, in effect allowing it to send SWAT teams into any corner of the industry or any institution …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
“THE WORM I' THE BUD”  —  There has been a lot of discussion about what Barack Obama knew about Jeremiah Wright's anti-American, racist beliefs, and when he knew it.  It turns out, though, that there is no mystery at all: Obama's own autobiography, Dreams of My Father, answers the question.
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
Mother of All Cultural Battles
Fox News:
FBI Focusing on ‘About Four’ Suspects in 2001 Anthrax Attacks  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI has narrowed its focus to “about four” suspects in the 6 1/2-year investigation of the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001, and at least three of those suspects are linked to the Army's bioweapons research facility …
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Michelle Malkin:
The anthrax case, the media, and the innocent
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Matt Browner Hamlin / Hold Fast:
“Yahoo and MSN helping to root out Tibetan rioters”  —  The Observers, a publication of France 24 TV, has documented Yahoo! China and MSN posting banner ads and prominent photos of Tibetans the Chinese government have identified as “most wanted” in connection to recent protests inside Tibet.
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Harold Parmington / The Huffington Post:   Western Activism Won't Help Tibet
Deacon / Power Line:
DUKE LOWERS THE BAR AGAIN  —  Many of you probably know that 38 members of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team have filed a civil suit against Duke University, its president Richard Brodhead (yes, he's still Duke's president), the city of Durham, and others associated with the outrageous behavior directed …
Discussion: Tapscott's Copy Desk
Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:
NAA Reveals Biggest Ad Revenue Plunge in More Than 50 Years  —  NEW YORK The newspaper industry has experienced the worst drop in advertising revenue in more than 50 years.  —  According to new data released by the Newspaper Association of America, total print advertising revenue …
New York Post:
GOP ACHILLES HEEL  —  HOW REPUBLICANS LOST WEST  —  CHEERED as Republicans may be by the Clinton-Obama wars, the fact is that long-term trends still favor the Democrats this fall.  To see the problem, consider the interior West - the eight states between the Midwest and the Pacific Coast …
Discussion: TownHall Blog and RADAMISTO
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
Michael Yon Phones Home  —  Michael Yon called on his satellite phone to talk about what's going on in Iraq.  I recorded it and it's up here for your listening pleasure — nothing fancy, just a quick recording posted less than 20 minutes after it happened.  Click here to listen.
Ralph Nader / Ralph Nader for President 2008:
Don't Listen to Senator Leahy  —  Senator Clinton:  —  Just read where Senator Patrick Leahy is calling on you to drop out of the Presidential race.  —  Believe me.  —  I know something about this.  —  Here's my advice:  —  Don't listen to people when they tell you not to run anymore.
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
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