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1:10 PM ET, March 7, 2008

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Playing by Clinton Rules  —  Barack Obama had a theory.  It was that the voters are tired of the partisan paralysis of the past 20 years.  The theory was that if Obama could inspire a grass-roots movement with a new kind of leadership, he could ride it to the White House and end gridlock in Washington.
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NY Daily News:
A monstrous oops for Obama  —  BY MICHAEL SAUL IN NEW YORK AND KENNETH R. BAZINET IN WASHINGTON  —  A senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama was forced to apologize Thursday night for describing Hillary Clinton as a “monster” during an interview with a Scottish newspaper …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton-backers demand Power's resignation  —  On a conference call with reporters this morning, congressional supporters of Hillary Clinton demanded that Obama force adviser Samantha Power out of his camapign.  —  “We're here today to ask Senator Obama to ask Samantha Power not to be part of his campaign …
Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama adviser regrets calling Clinton a ‘monster’  —  Samantha Power.  Power in Manhattan in January 2003.  (Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times)  —  UPDATE: Samantha Power announced her resignation from the Obama presidential campaign today.  Read about it here.  —  by Rick Pearson
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Campaign Calls On Obama To Fire Adviser Who Called Hillary A “Monster”
Discussion: Spin Cycle, toohotfortnr and Hullabaloo
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Power Resigns Over Hillary-Is-Monster Comment
Discussion: TalkLeft
Gerri Peev / The Scotsman:
Inside US poll battle as fight turns dirty for Democrats
BBC:
Samantha Power  —  In a HARDtalk interview first broadcast …
Discussion: OxBlog
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Florida Democratic Primary
Discussion: TPM Election Central
Rasmussen Reports:   Election 2008: Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Clintons blocking release of pardon papers
bls.gov:
Employment Situation Summary  —  Technical information:  —  Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 08-0294  —  Establishment data:(202) 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release  —  http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Friday, March 7, 2008.
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Associated Press:
Employers slash jobs by most in 5 years  —  February jobs data seen making recession more likely  —  WASHINGTON - Employers slashed 63,000 jobs in February, the most in five years and the starkest sign yet that the country is heading dangerously toward recession or is in one already.
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Job losses: Worst in 5 years
Discussion: Angry Bear and The Page
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Go Already!  —  Hillary Clinton, fratricidal maniac.  —  The morning after Tuesday's primaries, Hillary Clinton's campaign released a memo titled “The Path to the Presidency.”  I eagerly dug into the paper, figuring it would explain how Clinton would obtain the Democratic nomination despite an enormous deficit in delegates.
Katha Pollitt / Washington Post:
Dumb and Dumber: An Essay and Its Editors  —  I've never watched Oprah Winfrey's show, bought a Celine Dion CD, read “Eat, Pray, Love,” or fainted at an Obama rally, although he is my preferred candidate.  According to Charlotte Allen, that makes me an “outlier,” an exception that proves the rule that women …
George McGovern / Wall Street Journal:
Freedom Means Responsibility  —  Nearly 16 years ago in these very pages, I wrote that “'one-size-fits all' rules for business ignore the reality of the market place.”  Today I'm watching some broad rules evolve on individual decisions that are even worse.  —  Under the guise of protecting us …
Larry David / The Huffington Post:
On the Red Phone  —  Here's an idea for an Obama ad: a montage of Clinton's Sybillish personalities that have surfaced during the campaign with a solemn voiceover at the end saying, “Does anyone want this nut answering the phone?”  —  How is it that she became the one who's perceived …
Wall Street Journal:
Housing, Bank Troubles Deepen  —  Foreclosures Reach  —  A New Record;  —  Home Equity Falls  —  Two crucial barometers of the nation's housing market have worsened markedly in recent months, ratcheting up pressure on policy makers in Washington for action to stem the growing housing crisis …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Power on Obama's Iraq plan: “best case scenario”  —  For all the chatter about Obama adviser Samantha Power's calling Clinton a “monster,” another set of remarks made on her book tour in the United Kingdom may be equally threatening to the Obama campaign: Comments in a BBC interview that express …
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Fired U.S. attorney says colleague told him politics was behind his ouster  —  WASHINGTON — A longtime protege of President Bush told former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias that he was fired for political reasons and that he shouldn't fight his ouster, Iglesias says in a new book.
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Over the Top  —  An overview:  —  From the first voting in Iowa on Jan. 3 she had to prove that Clintons Are Magic.  She wound up losing 11 in a row.  Meaning Clintons aren't magic.  He had to take her out in New Hampshire, on Super Tuesday or Junior Tuesday.  He didn't.  Meaning Obama isn't magic.
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Flopping Aces
Washington Post:
Officials Lean Toward Keeping Next Iraq Assessment Secret  —  A new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq is scheduled to be completed this month, according to U.S. intelligence officials.  But leaders of the intelligence community have not decided whether to make its key judgments public …
 
 
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Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
The Keystone State As Clinton's Last Stand
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With tight Texas race, don't count on delegate answer until June
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WHAT JUDGES LOOK FOR IN LAW CLERKS With the recent discussion …
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Robert Farley / American Prospect:
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Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
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Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
The US says it believes Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who once worked for US-funded broadcaster Radio Farda, has been detained for months by Iran

Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
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