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9:40 AM ET, May 15, 2008

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New York Times:
John Edwards Endorses Barack Obama  —  At a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Wednesday evening, John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama, who was on the stage with him, to be the Democratic nominee for president.  —  Sounding a theme of a nation divided into parts by walls, Mr. Edwards said …
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Matt / 2008 Democratic Convention Watch:
What happens to Edwards' delegates?  —  With John Edwards' endorsement of Barack Obama this evening, the question everyone is asking is, “What happens to Edwards' pledged delegates?”  —  Well, the first answer, is nothing.  As we were reminded yesterday, pledged delegates can vote for anybody at any time.
Associated Press:
NH Edwards delegate announces he's supporting Obama
Discussion: Daily Kos and TPM Election Central
Avi Zenilman / Ben Smith's Blogs:   The Edwards delegates  —  So what, you've been asking, becomes of Edwards' delegates?
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Edwards To Endorse Obama
Taegan Goddard / Political Insider:   The Case for Edwards as Obama's Running Mate
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Alarm bells for House GOP  —  They said the first was an outlier.  The second, a fluke.  But after losing their third seat this year in a special election, House Republicans faced the possibility on Wednesday that if they don't repair their image with voters, they could be in for another rough November.
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New York Times:
Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican defeat in a special Congressional contest in Mississippi sent waves of apprehension across an already troubled party Wednesday, with some senior Republicans urging Congressional candidates to distance themselves …
The Politico:
GOP cancer: Party could lose 20 more seats  —  For the past 18 months, ever since the 2006 elections, congressional Republicans have been like a hospital patient trying to convince visitors that he is not really all that sick: a bit under the weather; actually feel better than I sound; should be up and about any day; thanks for asking.
Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
Olbermann: Mr. President, the war isn't about you  —  Olbermann: Bush's claim he gave up game to honor dead GIs is ludicrous  —  SPECIAL COMMENT  —  President Bush has resorted anew to the sleaziest fear-mongering and mass manipulation of an administration and public life dedicated to realizing the lowest of our expectations.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown Special Comment to President Bush: “Shut the hell up.”  —  In an astoundingly ignorant interview with The Politico's Mike Allen Tuesday, President Bush insinuated that electing a Democrat in November would lead to another attack on America, and revealed that he made the ultimate sacrifice …
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush's Idea of Sacrifice
Associated Press:
Bush comments on everything from wedding to Iraq
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and Think Progress
WXYZ-TV:
Obama Apologizes to WXYZ Reporter  —  UPDATE: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has apologized to WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar for calling her “sweetie” during a campaign stop Wednesday in Sterling Heights.  —  Obama apologized in a voicemail he left on Agar's cell phone at 3:16 p.m:
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Wall Street Journal:
Uribe Calls Pelosi's Bluff  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's main excuse for trying to kill the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement is that Colombian President Álvaro Uribe winks at atrocities by his country's illegal paramilitary groups.  The charge has always been false …
Karl / protein wisdom:
The Big Picture(s): “The John McCain Doctrines” edition  —  In “The Big Picture(s)” — an extended analysis of the establishment media's coverage of the conflict in Iraq — one theme which emerged was that the media frequently invoked Vietnam as an analogy, even before the emergence of the Sunni insurgency.
Discussion: Hot Air, New York Times and Redstate
Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:
Keep the Immigrants, Deport the Multiculturalists  —  So, whatever happened to immigration as a presidential campaign issue?  —  In the early caucus and primary states - Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina - the media assured us that immigration was foremost on the minds of voters.
Cinque Henderson / The New Republic:
Maybe We Can't  —  The black case for Obama-skepticism.  —  Ninety percent of black Democrats support Barack Obama.  So that might leave an observer wondering: What the hell is up with that other 10 percent?  Are they stupid?  Do they hate their own race?  Do they not understand the historical import of the moment?
Mike Carney / On Deadline:
Bush equates talking to terrorists with appeasing Nazis  —  President Bush just made some interesting remarks about terrorism, going so far as to describe negotiating with terrorist groups as a “foolish delusion” akin to the appeasement that failed to stop Nazi Germany from invading its European neighbors.
Discussion: CNN and Think Progress
Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Sean Penn warns Barack Obama at Cannes Film Festival opening  —  The Cannes Film Festival got off to a lively start with Sean Penn, president of this year's jury, sounding off about US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama and the opening movie almost being upstaged by a bunch of performing pandas.
 
 
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U.S. military cuts ties with Chalabi
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Burma and the Liberal Hawks
Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
California's top court to rule on gay marriage
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Breaking News: McCain sees Iraq combat over, U.S. troops home before 2013
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Congress' Approval Rating Ties Lowest in Gallup Records
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
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Teddy Davis / ABCNEWS:
Is Obama Too Far Left on Taxes?
Discussion: Redstate
New York Times:
Clinton's Remarks in Charleston, W.Va.
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Credit where it's due
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