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7:55 AM ET, May 26, 2008

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Zachary A. Goldfarb / The Talk:
Clinton Camp Stokes RFK Flap by Blaming Obama  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign accused Sen. Barack Obama's campaign of fanning a controversy over her describing the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy late in the 1968 Democratic primary as one reason she is continuing to run for the presidency.
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Gallup:
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lp.org:
Libertarian Party selects Bob Barr as 2008 presidential nominee  —  Former Congressman plans to take the White House as Libertarian candidate  —  Denver - The Libertarian Party has nominated former Congressman Bob Barr as its candidate for president for the 2008 election.
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Steven K. Paulson / Associated Press:
Libertarian Party picks Barr as presidential candidate
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David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
Live from the LP Convention: Nominating Speeches and the 2008 Candidate
Irwin Stelzer / Times of London:
Jimmy Carter says Israel had 150 nuclear weapons  —  Israel has 150 nuclear weapons in its arsenal, former President Jimmy Carter said yesterday, while arguing that the US should talk directly to Iran to persuade it to drop its nuclear ambitions.  —  His remark, made at the Hay-on-Wye festival …
Jaketapper / Political Punch:
What the FARC Was Obama Talking About?  —  “I have learned that when you are campaigning for as many months as Sen. Clinton and I have been campaigning, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make,” Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, said, “And I think that is what happened here.
William Kristol / New York Times:
Remember to Remember  —  Last Thursday, the soldiers of the Third United States Infantry Regiment (the Old Guard) placed a small American flag in front of each of the 260,000 or so grave markers in Arlington National Cemetery.  The soldiers remained on duty throughout the weekend …
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The New Republic:
The Unraveling  —  The jihadist revolt against bin Laden.  —  Within a few minutes of Noman Benotman's arrival at the Kandahar guest house, Osama bin Laden came to welcome him.  The journey from Kabul had been hard, 17 hours in a Toyota pickup truck bumping along what passed as the main highway to southern Afghanistan.
Washington Post:
A Campaign In Need of A Perot  —  We hear that Ralph Nader is running again, but the third-party candidate we need is Ross Perot.  In 1992, with his squeaky voice and endless charts, Perot focused attention on the rising federal deficit.  His warnings helped keep the major-party candidates from talking budgetary nonsense.
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Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
NASA Spacecraft Lands on Mars  —  PASADENA, Calif. — NASA's Phoenix spacecraft made a safe, flawless landing Sunday on Mars.  —  During the final, tense minutes of the descent, long stretches of quiet in the mission support room were punctuated by cheers and clapping as confirmation …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Divided They Stand  —  It is, in a way, almost appropriate that the final days of the struggle for the Democratic nomination have been marked by yet another fake Clinton scandal — the latest in a long line that goes all the way back to Whitewater.  —  This one, in case you missed it …
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Charles S. Johnson / Missoulian:
Lee Newspapers poll: Obama holds big edge over Clinton in Montana  —  HELENA - Barack Obama has grabbed a big lead over Hillary Clinton in Montana's June 3 Democratic presidential primary, a Lee Newspapers poll shows.  —  Obama leads Clinton by 52 percent to 35 percent among likely Democratic voters …
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Charles S. Johnson / Missoulian:
Lee Newspapers poll: McCain favored over both Democrats in Montana
 
 
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