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10:40 AM ET, May 21, 2008

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John McCain / Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Opens Double-digit Lead Over McCain in National Test  —  Third-party candidates Nader and Barr show signs of strength in key demographic groups  —  UTICA, New York - Democrat Barack Obama has sprinted out to a 10-point lead over Republican John McCain in a four …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Sees Many Reasons to Stay In  —  Rebuffing associates who have suggested that she end her candidacy, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has made it clear to her camp in recent days that she will stay in the race until June because she believes she can still be the nominee — and …
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Obama leads McCain in November match: Reuters poll  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened an 8-point national lead on Republican John McCain as the U.S. presidential rivals turn their focus to a general election race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Discussion: The Reaction
New York Times:
Obama Declares Bid Is ‘Within Reach’  —  Senator Barack Obama took a big step toward becoming the Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday, amassing enough additional delegates to claim an all but insurmountable advantage in his race against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
CNN:
Another split decision in Democratic race  —  (CNN) — Despite Hillary Clinton's landslide victory in Kentucky, Barack Obama has won a majority of pledged delegates in the race for the Democratic nomination.  —  Clinton won Kentucky by more than 30 points, but Obama's share of the state's 51 delegates …
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Clinton Fades Even in a Victory
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama Plans General Election Team
Discussion: Associated Press
Roger Simon / The Politico:
What is Clinton's argument now?  —  Hillary Clinton does not lack for victories.
Discussion: TIME.com
Washington Post:
Clinton Wins Her Faithful in Ky., But Obama Gains Whites in Ore.
Discussion: PoliGazette and Hot Air
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Money shocker!  Hillary Clinton's campaign debt soars*  —  (*UPDATE: Due to a mathematical error, Hillary Clinton's loans to herself were added twice in the calculation of this item.  Her total debts are about $20 million, not $31 million.  A corrected item will be published shortly.)
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Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Obama's April Fund-Raising Passes $31 Million
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
More than just financing Bush Wars...  The Chinese are apparently taking a supervisory role in overseeing their investment. … Ms. Manning are you forgetting who the President and Vice-President are?  Sadly, it's par for the course.  —  This occurred during the period …
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Justin Rood / ABCNEWS:
Report: U.S. Soldiers Did ‘Dirty Work’ for Chinese Interrogators  —  Alleges Guantanamo Personnel Softened Up Detainees at Request of Chinese Intelligence  —  U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come …
Discussion: Sadly, No!
Jason Ryan / ABCNEWS:
Former Detainee Describes ‘Water Treatment’
Discussion: Think Progress
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Chuck Hagel Takes On McCain, Repeatedly Praises Obama  —  Chuck Hagel is quickly becoming Barack Obama's answer to Joe Lieberman.  —  The Republican Senator from Nebraska was a political thorn in McCain's side on Tuesday night, repeatedly lavishing praise on the presumptive Democratic candidate …
Joseph Lieberman / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats and Our Enemies  —  How did the Democratic Party get here?  How did the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy drift so far from the foreign policy and national security principles and policies that were at the core of its identity and its purpose?
CNN:
Ted Kennedy to leave hospital  —  BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) — U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, will be released from the hospital Wednesday morning, his doctors said.  —  When doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Tuesday …
Discussion: Dean's World
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James Andrew Miller / Washington Post:
Next Stop, Supreme Court?  —  As the primary season nears a merciful end, the Clinton-Obama conflict is giving way to Obama-Clinton conjecture.  Many in the Democratic Party support a so-called dream ticket of both, with Barack Obama at the top.  They believe Hillary Clinton has earned …
Discussion: Bench Memos and Balkinization
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
AWESOME NEW CLINTONIAN BULLS**T- BREAKING FAST
New York Times:
Operation in Sadr City Is an Iraqi Success, So Far  —  BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces rolled unopposed through the huge Shiite enclave of Sadr City on Tuesday, a dramatic turnaround from the bitter fighting that has plagued the Baghdad neighborhood for two months, and a qualified success for Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.
Gizmodo:
Flying RC Penis Disrupts Garry Kasparov Speech  —  We had to double check that this wasn't a story about Second Life, but rather is an actual event in actual meatspace occurring this past weekend in Moscow.  As former chess champion Garry Kasparov was giving a speech to unite opposition political forces …
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Transcript of Obama's Speech in Des Moines, Iowa  —  You know, there is a spirit that brought us here tonight - a spirit of change, and hope, and possibility.  And there are few people in this country who embody that spirit more than our friend and our champion, Senator Edward Kennedy.
Discussion: Commentary
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE REAL BUSH RECORD  —  The Democrats were never able to beat George Bush when he was on the ballot, but they seem to think that the third time's a charm.  To hear Barack Obama talk, you might think he is running against Bush.  And the conventional wisdom is that Republican candidates …
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IBDeditorials.com:   Bashers Beware  —  The Presidency: It takes little courage …
Michelle Malkin / National Review:
Barack Gaffes  —  All it takes is one gaffe to taint a Republican for life.  The political establishment never let Dan Quayle live down his fateful misspelling of “potatoe.”  The New York Times distorted and misreported the first President Bush's questions about new scanner technology …
Discussion: TownHall Blog, Althouse and Hot Air
 
 
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The Ground Clinton Broke
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
KENTUCKY AND OREGON EXIT POLLS AND RESULTS
Paul Bedard / US News:
Huckabee Apologizes to Obama
Tom Doggett / Reuters:
House passes bill to sue OPEC over oil prices
John McCain / CNN:
McCain adviser steps down to avoid working against Obama
Discussion: Emptywheel and Wizbang
David Blair / Telegraph:
Iran sets off nuclear race in the Middle East
Ginn / DBKP:
UK PC Criminal: 15-Yr-Old Youth Who Called Scientology a Cult
 Earlier Items: 
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Discussion: Whiskey Fire
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For better or worse, a bad ruling
Brian Stelter / TV Decoder:
Is MSNBC a Political Liability to NBC?
Matthew Yglesias:
McCainiacs for Clinton  —  Well, as predicted Obama won Oregon …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Eunomia
Noah Pollak / Commentary:
McCain Is Losing the Iran Debate
Discussion: Political Byline