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9:25 AM ET, March 9, 2015

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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Emails May Be a Key to Addressing ‘Pay-to-Play’ Whispers at Clinton Foundation  —  There are not two Clinton controversies.  There is one big, hairy deal.  —  “Follow the money.”  That apocryphal phrase, attributed to Watergate whistle-blower “Deep Throat,” explains why the biggest threat …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Faces Test of Record as Women's Advocate  —  MIAMI — It was supposed to be a carefully planned anniversary to mark one of the most important and widely praised moments in Hillary Rodham Clinton's political career — and to remind the country, ahead of a likely 2016 presidential campaign …
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Graham: 'I don't email'  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that he has never sent an e-mail.  —  “I don't email,” Graham, who's considering a 2016 White House run, said on NBC's “Meet the Press.”  “You can have every email I've ever sent.  I've never sent one.”
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Silence is hurting Clinton, Dem says  —  Hillary Clinton is hurting herself by not publicly addressing the concern about revelations that she used a private email service during her time as secretary of State, said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).  —  “What I would like is for her to come forward …
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Will Clinton's experience be a liability?  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state was supposed to be a central argument for her forthcoming run for president.  Her globe-trotting record as the nation's chief diplomat, her role championing women's empowerment and gay rights …
Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
‘Huge gaps’ in Clinton emails: Chairman of House Benghazi Committee
Discussion: American Spectator and Chicago
Gail Sheehy / NY Daily News:
Hillary Clinton's only hope: To tame her worst habits, she'll need a real primary challenge …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Liberaland
Rupert Cornwell / The Independent:
Time is running out for Hillary Clinton. …
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
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.)  —  Listen to Tristram Korten's radio report on WLRN Miami Herald News:  —  By Tristram Korten
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Republican Senators Write to Iran: Deal With Obama Can Be Revoked  —  A group of nearly 50 Republican senators have written a letter to Iran to explain how the U.S. Constitution works.  The letter is “An Open Letter to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Discussion: Power Line
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Republicans Warn Iran — and Obama — That Deal Won't Last
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Obama and Selma: The Meaning of ‘Bloody Sunday’  —  As our van in the presidential motorcade reached the crest of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., and began the descent toward the thousands of waiting faces and waving arms of those who had come to commemorate the 50th anniversary of …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:   Martin Luther King's Call for Voting Rights Inspired Isolated Hamlet
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
In Selma, GOP Lawmakers Explain Why They Don't Support John Lewis' Bill To Restore Voting Rights Act
Oklahoma Daily:
OU's Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity under investigation after video of racist chant leaks online  —  Editor's Note: This story contains graphic and racially-charged language.  —  OU's Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members have been allegedly implicated in a video showing members participating …
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Samantha Vicent / Tulsa World:
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity closes OU chapter after racist video appears online
Rosie Scammell / Guardian:
US tourists caught carving names into Rome's Colosseum  —  Two California women break away from tour group to scratch their initials into ancient amphitheatre, where defacing walls is strictly forbidden  —  Tourists are once again getting into trouble in Italy, with two American women caught carving their names into Rome's Colosseum.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
McConnell vows to raise debt limit without threatening shutdown or default … Republicans will raise the government's borrowing limit without threatening a default, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell guaranteed Sunday, placating the markets but potentially surrendering the party's leverage …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Right Scoop
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Sam Youngman / Lexington Herald-Leader:
At Rand Paul's request, Republican committee gives green light to caucus
Discussion: Frontloading HQ
Juan Williams / The Hill:
How conservatives capsized school reform  —  Last week President Obama invited a small group of journalists, including me, to talk with him at the White House.  —  The conversation was off-the-record.  But speaking generally about the two-hour talk, I can say the president is intent on what is happening in Congress.
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
2016's top ten most vulnerable senators  —  Senate Democrats are hoping to take advantage of a favorable electoral map in 2016 to swing majority control back their way.  —  This cycle, Republicans are defending 24 seats compared to Democrats' 10, including seven in states President Obama carried twice.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans pick up the pieces after shutdown drama  —  With the Department of Homeland Security standoff in the rearview mirror, Senate Republicans are going on offense with proposals that divide Democrats such as an Iran oversight bill and trade legislation.
Ali Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Republicans, Democrats Split on Brian Williams' Fate, Poll Finds  —  Should he return to the anchor chair?  Partisans disagree.  —  By a small margin, American voters say Brian Williams should be allowed to return to hosting NBC Nightly News, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Discussion: Political Wire and Roll Call
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