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1:20 PM ET, May 7, 2008

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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
AP: Clinton loaned herself $6.4m  —  INDIANAPOLIS — The Associated Press has confirmed this morning what many have been wondering in recent days: that Hillary Clinton, short on cash, long on debts, and facing a steep climb to the Democratic nomination, loaned herself another $6.4 million over the past month.
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Marc Ambinder:
Obama Wins; How Does Clinton Lose?  —  Barack Obama is, by almost every measure and by almost every unmeasurable impression, on the precipice of being able to declare victory and have his declaration be accepted by the media and his party.  Hillary Clinton needed to find a way to give superdelegates their …
Rob Christensen / Raleigh News & Observer:
Rep. Shuler to back Clinton  —  U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler is pledging his support to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, according to a spokesman.  —  Shuler, a superdelegate to the National Democratic Convention, had said he would back the candidate who carried his 11th congressional district in Western North Carolina.
Discussion: The Page and MSNBC
New York Times:
It's About the White House  —  Like many Americans, we have been intrigued and often exasperated by the long-running Democratic primary and the ever smaller-bore spats between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.  So we are thankful to Senator John McCain for reminding us Tuesday …
Krooney / The Page:
BUNCHES OF SUPERS  —  George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America”: “More superdelegates will come out today for Barack Obama -they will come three, four, five at a time, and this nomination will be locked up.”
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Clinton's Options Seem to Dwindle  —  In this case, a split was not a draw.  —  Despite narrowly winning Indiana, while losing North Carolina, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton did not fundamentally improve her chances of securing the Democratic presidential nomination.
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: THE GAME CHANGER
Discussion: Spin Cycle
New York Times:
Clinton to Fight On Despite Split Result
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Garin: Clinton won the white vote
Discussion: The Swamp, MoJoBlog and Swampland
Tom Brune / Newsday:
McCain says he'll appoint conservative judges
Dennis Gale / Associated Press:
McGovern, former Clinton backer, endorses Obama
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Hillary and Bill Clinton in defeat and victory: When pictures tell the story  —  Just look at his face!  —  Doesn't William Jefferson Clinton look absolutely delighted with his wife's Democratic presidential primary victory in Indiana?  —  Sure the Clinton campaign (Hillary's) had hoped to do much better in North Carolina.
Discussion: Power Line
Wall Street Journal:
Divided for Obama  —  With his victory in North Carolina on Tuesday, Barack Obama took a giant step toward the Democratic presidential nomination.  The irony is that he is doing this just when Hillary Clinton has finally exposed his potential weaknesses as a general election candidate.
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Preview  —  If you want to know what Hillary's strategist, Harold Ickes, might whisper in the ears of superdelegates if she decides to stay in and fight, here is a good taste.  Nothing quite beats Paul Begala lecturing Donna Brazile that Democrats can't win with a coalition of “eggheads and African Americans.”
Discussion: The Page
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Mark Halperin / The Page:
Transcript from CNN's Election Center
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Alec MacGillis / The Trail:
Gary Mayor Predicts Possible Indiana Shocker  —  As the fate of a nailbiter Indiana primary — and possibly the course of the Democratic race — hung on his city, Gary Mayor Rudy Clay said just now that it might take a while yet to finish counting the vote in Lake County, which includes Gary …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
A Phony ‘War on Science’  —  There are few things in American politics more irrationally ideological, more fanatically faith-based, than the accusation that Republicans are conducting a “war on science.”  —  According to Hillary Clinton, the Bush administration has declared “open season on open inquiry.”
Discussion: Too Sense
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE....Michael Gerson today:
Discussion: The Foundry and Crooked Timber
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Russert: Clinton cancels morning show appearances  —  Tim Russert, a colleague reports, just said that Hillary Clinton canceled her scheduled appearances on the morning shows tomorrow.  —  It's a sign of weakness she can ill afford at a moment when questions about whether she can continue are mounting.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HMMM  —  NBC just reported that Hillary Clinton is holding no public events tomorrow.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Execution Is First Since Ruling  —  Lethal Injection In Georgia Ends 7-Month Pause  —  Georgia executed killer William Earl Lynd last night, ending a more than seven-month nationwide hiatus on capital punishment prompted by the Supreme Court's examination of lethal injection.
Discussion: New York Times and Don Surber
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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:   Executions Resume, as Do Questions of Fairness
Indybay newswire:
Hospital Security Officers Launch Statewide Strike To Protest Unfair Labor Practices … The strike, which runs May 6-8, follows numerous complaints to the National Labor Relations Board in recent weeks about Inter-Con's repeated use of heavy-handed tactics to prevent officers from forming a union.
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: Dean's World
 
 
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Pundits Declare the Race Over
Discussion: BlueOregon
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog:
UPDATED — BREAKING: Wesley Clark reportedly called Hillary tonight …
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
Just Can't Shake That Nazi Party Hangover
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Beats McCain Among Jewish Voters
Richelieu / Weekly Standard Blog:
Toast  —  She knows it.  You could tell during her speech.
Jeffrey Feldman / The Huffington Post:
Did Limbaugh Try To Incite Violence?
Krooney / The Page:
McGovern Switches to Obama, Urges Clinton to Quit
Amanda / Think Progress:
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen: Military Ready To Accept Repeal …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and SLDN
 Earlier Items: 
Michelle Malkin:
Obama's biggest general election liability: His bitter half
Theresa Cook / Political Punch:
Hillary Clinton's To-Do List
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Redstate
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
Fossella arrest could cost GOP seat
Time:
Doubting the Evidence Against Iran
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Butterflies Aren't Free  —  In his memoir, the legendary Elia …
Deacon / Power Line:
“THE BIGGEST FAIRY TALE EVER” IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE
Wall Street Journal:
The Reformers Who Ruined Politics
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Black Voters Did It  —  Here's what now seems obvious …