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10:05 PM ET, May 12, 2008

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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Dems to Clinton: Don't Say Anything to Hurt Us  —  Clinton Expects to Win W. Va., but Win Will Have Little Impact on Dem Race  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., pressed her campaign ahead of Tuesday's West Virginia primary as Democratic Party leaders warned her not to do or say anything …
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Margaret Talev / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama sporting flag pin as he campaigns in W. Virginia  —  WASHINGTON — Barack Obama, who labeled discussion of whether he wears a flag pin in his lapel a false issue in a debate with Hillary Clinton, was wearing one Monday as he campaigned in West Virginia ahead of Tuesday's primary vote there.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Pulls Ahead of Clinton, 50% to 43%
Jeffrey Goldberg:
Obama on Zionism and Hamas  —  The Hamas leader Ahmed Yousef did Barack Obama no favor recently when he said: “We like Mr. Obama and we hope that he will win the election.”  John McCain jumped on this statement, calling it a “legitimate point of discussion,” and tied it to Obama's putative softness on Iran …
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Marc Ambinder:
Republicans “Sore” At Obama's Metahpor
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama on McCain speech: ‘Breathtaking,’ not in a good way  —  What Obama needs: More arguments on issues with John McCain, fewer interviews with West Virginians.  —  To that end, he responded to McCain's speech on the environment just now, hitting McCain on that long Senate record we're going to learn a lot about this year:
Discussion: Commentary
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John McCain 2008:
Remarks By John McCain on Climate Change Policy
Discussion: Firedoglake and Political Machine
Tom Matzzie / The Huffington Post:
How John McCain Can Rescue the Republican Party  —  The winds of change have brought Democrats a big advantage in the races for the White House, U.S. House and Senate in 2008.  The opportunity for the emergence of a governing Democratic majority is unprecedented.
Discussion: USA Today, Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
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Ben Evans / Associated Press:
Barr announces Libertarian White House bid
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
Bob Barr's Announcement
Discussion: Washington Wire
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
GOP pressures Barr not to run
Brad / Sadly, No!:
Oh my  —  Jonah, are you sure you want to ask this? … (Via.)  —  I highly encourage you all to send Jonah your thoughts on this matter, be they constructive or otherwise.  —  For my part, I think pictures speak more than a trillion-kabillion words, so I'll let them speak for me.
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
The Bush Legacy  —  About a month ago, I called Ramesh in a panic because I'd forgotten that I was slated to do a Close-Up Foundation interview on the Bush legacy and I hadn't thought too much about it.  Fortunately, not only did Ramesh have some great thoughts, but I was wrong about the date …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Obama keeps on repudiating boomers  —  But now with a general election twist.  —  Making a token appearance today in veteran-heavy West Virginia, Obama will say this at a rally: … Not only is Obama underlining his generational distance from the boomers, but he's also reaching …
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama Disses Boomers Who Opposed Vietnam War  —  Barack Obama the unity candidate?  Please.  Via Politico, here's Barack Obama stumping in West Virginia today: … Politico says: … In other words, Obama intends to battle the war-hero McCain by throwing us under the bus.  [More...]
Discussion: American Street and Balloon Juice
Edward N. Luttwak / New York Times:
President Apostate?  —  BARACK OBAMA has emerged as a classic example of charismatic leadership — a figure upon whom others project their own hopes and desires.  The resulting emotional intensity adds greatly to the more conventional strengths of the well-organized Obama campaign …
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Ali Eteraz / The Huffington Post:
Obama Islam Smear Changes Stripes  —  When the Islam smear against Obama first came out, it was based on the idea that he is currently, a Muslim.  —  Then the Pastor Wright controversy put that mess to rest, since Obama's affiliations to an obviously Christian Church became front and center.
Discussion: Israpundit and The Daily Dish
James Pethokoukis / US News:
Source: Huckabee Tops McCain's Veep List  —  Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and defeated contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is currently at the top of John McCain's short list for a running mate.  At least that's the word from a top McCain fundraiser …
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES  —  Coverage of the Democratic Presidential Race; Myanmar Government Bans Western Journalists  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice over): End game.  The media referees declare …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Long Answers To Stupid Questions
Discussion: Salon and FishBowlDC
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Bush Hits New Low as ‘Wrong Track’ Rises  —  Eighty-Two Percent of Americans Say the Country's Seriously Off on the Wrong Track  —  Public disgruntlement neared a record high and President Bush slipped to his career low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Obama's Inability to Hire Good Help Rears Its Head ... Again  —  We started covering Sen. Barack Obama's inability to hire good staffers in June 2007, when he blamed staffers for some opposition research trying to link Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to outsourcing in India …
Alex Koppelman / Salon:
An “October surprise” to help Obama?  —  Writing in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend, Gabriel Schoenfeld, a senior editor at the seminal neoconservative journal Commentary, speculated about the possibility of an “October surprise” engineered by a rogue nation, terrorists or Iraqi insurgents …
Discussion: The Corner, Commentary and Nitpicker
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M. Duss / Wonk Room:
In The War Of Ideas, Bush and McCain Wield A Wet Noodle
The Memphis Daily News:
Southland Development Invests in State Place  —  The unsold units in State Place condominium development have a new owner, and soon it will have new amenities and even a new neighbor.  —  Two vacancies in the western divisions of two state appeals courts have drawn a lot of interest from attorneys and judges in West Tennessee.
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Dave Aeikens / St. Cloud Times:
SCSU student leaves training at Technical High School  —  A St. Cloud State University student in a teacher-training program at Technical High School left the school in late April because he says he feared for the safety of his service dog.  —  The school district calls it a misunderstanding …
Discussion: SCSUScholars and Rachel Lucas
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Dhimmi watch: Muslim chases service animal out of school
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Bush May Be as Harmful to McCain as Wright Is to Obama  —  One-third of likely voters say they are less likely to vote for McCain because of Bush  —  PRINCETON, NJ — George W. Bush may do as much damage to John McCain's chances of being elected as Jeremiah Wright does to Barack Obama's …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Blast from the past: Video: Bill O'Reilly Gone Wild: Drops F-Bombs on the set.  —  This is too much.  Bill O'Reilly used to work for ‘Inside Edition’ before he had his FOX show.  This is a behind-the-scenes look at BillO losing it—yelling at the people working on the set and cursing his head off.
 
 
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Burma, Unchanged  —  A reporter in Rangoon, Burma examines the situation:
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
D'OH!  —  Ahhh, already some comedy gold coming from that DOD document dump.
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Sign of the Times? Clinton At Half Price
Des Moines Register:
ICE describes raid as ‘largest in Iowa history’
Douglas E. Schoen / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Values Question Mark
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
SURVEILLANCE STATE UPDATE....After 9/11, unsurprisingly …
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
No Rush for Clinton to Go, but it's Still Advantage Obama
Discussion: TalkLeft and Boston Globe
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Oregon Dem governor appears at McCain environment event
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Police in Gun Searches Face Disbelief in Court
NY Daily News:
Family values? Fossella shuns his gay sister
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
The candidates and the calendar  —  Here's a budding storyline …
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