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9:40 PM ET, May 7, 2008

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Lawrence O'Donnell / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Will Drop Out by June 15  —  A senior campaign official and Clinton confidante has told me that there will be a Democratic nominee by June 15.  He could not bring himself to say the words “Hillary will drop out by June 15,” but that is clearly what he meant.
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Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Ugly truth why Hillary Clinton won't quit  —  While the case for Hillary Clinton to stay in the race is shakier than ever, one ugly reason for staying in could be found Tuesday amid the ruddy, sun-kissed Hoosiers who cheered her on to victory at the Indianapolis Speedway.
Christopher Hitchens / Mirror.co.uk:
Christopher Hitchens on Barack Obama's latest primary victory  —  Of all the slogans that Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama might have picked to distinguish themselves from one another, “Prolier Than Thou” was probably the least convincing.  —  Yet in the closing days …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue  —  But Barack Obama's support has narrowed dangerously—and he'll need to make critical changes to beat John McCain.  —  The Democratic primary is over.  Hillary Clinton might still run in West Virginia and Kentucky, which she'll win handily …
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Ignoring “The Problem”  —  In the Left blogs today, it is considered a mortal sin to point out that Barack Obama has trouble connecting with white working class voters.  It is a mortal sin to point out that in the South Carolina campaign, the Obama campaign fed the narrative that the Clinton campaign was race baiting.
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Announces 3 Superdelegates  —  From this point forward in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, the fight between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will be boiled down to a day-by-day accounting of superdelegates.  —  Today, in the wake of the North Carolina …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Chief Strategist: North Carolina Loss Represented Progress Because We Won Among White Voters  —  On the Hillary conference call, Hillary chief strategist Geoff Garin made the case for her electability in some of the most explicitly race-based terms I've heard yet.
Rob Christensen / Raleigh News & Observer:
Obama, Clinton each pick up superdelegate
Associated Press:
Obama picks up superdelegate support
Discussion: MyDD and Spin Cycle
Atrios / Eschaton:
Race  —  Let me make it a bit more clear.  There's nothing wrong …
Discussion: First Draft and Night Light
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Feinstein to ask Clinton for her primary game plan  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) most prominent Senate supporters, said Wednesday that she will ask the former first lady to detail her plans for the rest of the Democratic primary.
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Paul Kiel / TPMMuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  Nobody does compromise quite like the Bush administration.  —  If you're a regular reader of TPM, you're familiar with Hans von Spakovsky and in particular, Spakovsky's remarkable track record at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
McConnell warns FEC stalemate will continue
Discussion: Swampland
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Beats McCain Among Jewish Voters  —  Trails Clinton by slim margin among Jewish Democrats for the nomination  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama is faring better than might be expected among Jewish voters, beating John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily general-election matchups …
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Gallup:   Gallup Daily: Obama and Clinton Both Tie McCain
Oliver Willis / The Huffington Post:
McCain's Base Problem
Marc Ambinder:
7 Reasons Why Clinton Should Stay In The Race**  —  **One is perfectly capable of acknowledging that the identity of the nominee is no longer in dispute and still find that, aside from morbid speculation and existential unknowability, there are reasons for her to postpone any plans for a concession.
Discussion: Commentary and FiveThirtyEight.com
James Kirchick / The Politico:
Liberals' new cause: Religious extremism  —  Open the pages of a liberal magazine or peruse the liberal blogosphere, and you're bound to come across denunciations of the religious right, if not religion itself.  The “reality-based community,” as self-satisfied liberal bloggers call themselves …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings, Dean's World and QandO
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Matt / Think Progress:   Kirchick gets his facts wrong on the ‘reality-based community.’
Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Begins To Meet With Superdelegates  —  ...right now... at the headquarters of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Discussion: Salon and Pam's House Blend
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Troubled GOP Rep. Fossella On His Way Out?  —  The consensus on Capitol Hill is: Vito is finito.  —  The clock is ticking on Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) — or “Vino” Fossella, as the New York tabloids have taken to calling him — who is battling not just drunken driving charges …
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NY Daily News:
Vito told cops he was on way to see ‘my sick kid’
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Megan McArdle:
Is the middle class really doomed?  —  I've now seen this video at several liberal blogs, and someone has to stop it.  Apparently, that someone is me, since no one else has stepped up.  Mine is a high and lonely destiny.  —  Warren has an intriguing thesis: that women going into the workforce …
Discussion: Dean's World
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
THE DAY IN DELEGATES, SUPER SWITCH  —  From NBC's Domenico Montanaro  —  Obama won a superdelegate switch, the campaign confirms.  AP first reported that Virginia's Jennifer McClellan had switched her support from Clinton to Obama.  —  The day in delegates: Obama 4, Clinton 1
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama victory call: Obama's strength, and Limbaugh's  —  David Plouffe and a series of big gun endorsers are holding a conference call to stress the scale of last night's victory.  —  “He clearly did more than he had to and she did not achieve what she had to,” said Senator John Kerry.
Discussion: Don Surber, The Page, Trailhead and Hot Air
Spiegel Online:
'I Don't See Anything Good That Has Come from this War'  —  In 2003, Lawrence Kaplan, a leading neoconservative, helped deliver arguments that justified the invasion of Iraq.  Afterwards, he traveled repeatedly to the war zone over the course of two years.  It changed his view …
 
 
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Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Congressional action heats up on FISA
Discussion: Hullabaloo
NOW! Hampshire:
Sununu: Shaheen Lacks Credibility on Key Issues
Discussion: NOW! Hampshire and Power Line
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain to raise over $7 mil tonight in NYC
James Poulos:
Deconstructing Globalization  —  Michael Brendan Dougherty makes …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Superdelegates say, we will decide
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
McCain jokes about reputation for temper in Michigan
Discussion: Hot Air
Noah Pollak / Commentary:
Beirut on the Brink  —  Lebanon is in turmoil again today …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
re: McCain's Challenge
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Dan Friedman / GovExec.com:
FBI seizes Doan, Rice case files in raid of OSC chief's office
Brian Schaffner / CCPSBlog:
Zogby is One of the Night's (Other) Big Winners
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
The Torture Memo and Academic Freedom
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Pundits Declare the Race Over
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
Just Can't Shake That Nazi Party Hangover
Richelieu / Weekly Standard Blog:
Toast  —  She knows it.  You could tell during her speech.
Discussion: The New Republic
Jeffrey Feldman / The Huffington Post:
Did Limbaugh Try To Incite Violence?
 

 
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