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8:40 PM ET, March 8, 2015

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John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Mark Halperin Doesn't Believe Hillary Clinton Will Be President Over Emails  —  Bloomberg News' Mark Halperin has changed his mind over Hillary Clinton's chances of becoming president because of the news that Hillary used a private email while at the State Department and told ABC's This Week, that she's all but done as a candidate.
Discussion: Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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Gail Sheehy / NY Daily News:
Hillary Clinton's only hope: To tame her worst habits, she'll need a real primary challenge — preferably from Elizabeth Warren  —  On the day after Hillary Clinton went on “60 Minutes” to hide the lies of her husband — 21 years ago — I rode knee-to-knee with her in a small plane and listened …
Discussion: Liberaland
Julianna Margulies / CBS News:
Obama weighs in on Hillary Clinton's private emails  —  Shares -  —  President Obama only learned of Hillary Clinton's private email address use for official State Department business after a New York Times report, he told CBS News in an interview.  —  CBS News senior White House correspondent …
Rupert Cornwell / The Independent:
Time is running out for Hillary Clinton. …
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Hillary in Nixon's shadow
Tristram Korten / Florida Center …:
In Florida, Officials Ban Term ‘Climate Change’  —  People try to pass through a flooded street in Miami Beach.  Florida is the state most susceptible to the effects of global warming.  (Photo: Flickr.)  —  Florida Center for Investigative Reporting  —  The state of Florida is the region …
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
In Selma, GOP Lawmakers Explain Why They Don't Support John Lewis' Bill To Restore Voting Rights Act  —  Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) says hasn't read the bill to restore the Voting Rights Act.  —  CREDIT: Alice Ollstein  —  SELMA, ALABAMA — Dozens of members of Congress …
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The White House:
Remarks by the President at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches
Discussion: Power Line and The Atlantic Online
Adam Sneed / Politico:
Trey Gowdy sees months-long gaps in Clinton emails  —  The top House Republican Benghazi investigator says the emails Hillary Clinton has handed over for review have “huge gaps” that challenge her credibility over what happened in the 2012 attacks in Libya.  —  “There are gaps of months …
Los Angeles Times:
Potential redistricting reset could tighten California Democrats' grip  —  A U.S. Supreme Court case that could force California to redraw its congressional districts has stirred up fears of a return to partisan gerrymandering, a divisive process that has been criticized for both cementing and crushing political careers.
Rick Ridder / Denver Post:
IOWA CAUCUSES ARE A POOR PROXY FOR AMERICA  —  It will take place less than a year from now.  It will attract more news coverage than any other news event in 2015 and 2016 except perhaps the Summer Olympics and the final two weeks of the presidential campaign.  —  Yes, the Iowa caucuses are less than 11 months away.
Sam Youngman / Lexington Herald-Leader:
At Rand Paul's request, Republican committee gives green light to caucus  —  BOWLING GREEN — It looks increasingly like Kentucky Republicans will have a presidential caucus next year, when it seems just as likely that a Kentucky Republican will be running for president.
Discussion: Frontloading HQ
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
‘Not There’ Campaign Removes Women From Ads for International Women's Day  —  Women across New York had vanished.  —  Rosie the Riveter disappeared from her iconic poster in a bus shelter.  Serena Williams faded from a giant Beats billboard in Times Square.
Mark Sagliocco / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell  —  Below is the rush transcript for “This Week” on March 8, 2015.  It may contain errors and will be updated.  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: We are going to turn now to the former Secretary of State General Colin Powell.  He joins us now from Washington.
Discussion: Politico
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Huckabee: Clinton evokes ‘The Godfather’  —  Hillary Clinton continued to get hammered on Sunday for her decision to use a personal email service during her time leading the State Department  —  “There's a protocol that she didn't follow,” said former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on “Fox News Sunday.”
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Boko Haram Generates Uncertainty With Pledge of Allegiance to Islamic State  —  With thousands of fighters and some parts of northeastern Nigeria under its control, Boko Haram is believed to be the largest jihadi group to pledge fidelity to the Islamic State.
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Charter School in Miami Fails, but Proves Useful on Jeb Bush's Résumé
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP struggles to get the votes
Daily Mail:
We were wrong to try to ban racism out of existence, says former equality chief
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