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Jonathan Freedland / Guardian:
Carter tells Obama: don't pick Clinton — Barack Obama should not pick Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential nominee, former president Jimmy Carter has told the Guardian. — “I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made,” said Carter. “That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates.”
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
She's Still Here! — He thought a little thing like winning would stop her? — Oh, Bambi. — Whoever said that after denial comes acceptance hadn't met the Clintons. — If Hillary could not have an acceptance speech, she wasn't going to have acceptance.
Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Obama talks with Clinton, Lieberman — Outside the Capitol this morning, Sen. Barack Obama was asked by reporters if he was disappointed by the tone of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's non-concession speech last night. — His answer: “I thought Sen. Clinton, after a long-fought campaign …
Dan Balz / The Trail:
Clinton's Vice Presidential Campaign — Hillary Clinton is “absolutely ready” to discuss the vice presidency with Barack Obama and has authorized supporters to encourage Obama to pick her if he feels that will help unify the party and help Democrats win the White House, according to Robert Johnson …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Defeat, Clinton Graciously Pretends to Win — NEW YORK “What does Hillary want?” — Hillary Clinton put the question to her supporters here Tuesday night, moments after her opponent, Barack Obama, clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. — What Hillary did not want to do was to concede defeat.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Congressional Clinton backers mull letter to Obama — Members of Congress who support Clinton are weighing a joint letter to Senator Barack Obama pressing him to put Clinton on the ticket, a congressional aide confirmed. — Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida has suggested the letter …
Michael Powell / New York Times:Barack Obama: Calm in the Swirl of History
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:Hillary Ally Says She Authorized Him To Launch Campaign To Make Her Veep
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:She Won't Back Down — Hillary plays hardball in her bid for the vice-presidency.
HillBuzz:
What's on the Michelle Obama Rant Tape? — Here's what's known so far: — The Michelle Obama Rant Tape was filmed between June 26th - July 1st 2004 in Chicago, IL at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference at Trinity United Church: specifically the Women's Event.
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Sommer Mathis / DCist:
Police to Seal Off D.C. Neighborhoods — Can you say Police State? The Examiner has the scoop on a controversial new program announced today that would create so-called “Neighborhood Safety Zones” which would serve to partially seal off certain parts of the city.
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Examiner:
Lanier plans to seal off rough 'hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence — D.C. police will seal off entire neighborhoods, set up checkpoints and kick out strangers under a new program that D.C. officials hope will help them rescue the city from its out-of-control violence.
Hilary Rosen / The Huffington Post:
I Am Not a Bargaining Chip, I Am a Democrat — Senator Clinton's speech last night was a justifiably proud recitation of her accomplishments over the course of this campaign, but it did not end right. She didn't do what she should have done. As hard and as painful as it might have been …
Sewell Chan / City Room:
Police Shut Down Artist's ‘Assassination’ Show — This morning, a Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda, tried to set up a provocative art exhibition in a vacant storefront on West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan with the title, “The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Caroline Kennedy to lead Obama's veep search — The AP reports that Obama has asked a three-person team, including Caroline Kennedy, to help lead the vetting of a prospective vice presidential candidate. — The other two members are Jim Johnson, who does this every four years and had already begun …
Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
What Hillary Did for Women — We don't have to wait to see how Clinton's campaign changed the role of women in politics. From the vice presidential competition to punditry to Netroots activism, we're already seeing positive results. — Hillary Clinton's non-concession speech last night …
Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Supporters Offer To Help McCain — Matt Burns, the spokesman for the GOP convention in St. Paul e-mails to say that the RNC's convention office in St. Paul has received numerous telephone calls in the last few hours from people who identify themselves as Clinton supporters asking how they can help Sen. McCain.
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Is Obama Al Smith or John F. Kennedy? — America has elected a president from a once-marginalized social group before. But the country has rejected such a candidate, too. — Now that he has clinched the Democratic nomination, pundits will mostly gauge Barack Obama's prospects …
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