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12:30 PM ET, May 8, 2008

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USA Today:
Clinton makes case for wide appeal  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters — including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Ed Koch: Obama Is A Sure Loser, Clinton Should Fight On  —  As Democrats coalesce around Sen. Barack Obama, one of Hillary Clinton's must outspoken supporters is not mincing words: the party is walking needlessly and unaware into a general election buzzsaw.  —  “I believe Obama probably will win …
Washington Post:
Did Rush Limbaugh Tilt Result In Indiana?  —  Even as Barack Obama's campaign celebrated Tuesday's primary results, aides charged yesterday that they would have had an even stronger showing were it not for meddling by an unlikely booster of Hillary Rodham Clinton: the popular conservative radio host …
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The Too-Long Goodbye  —  After the Tuesday primaries, Hillary Rodham Clinton now has maybe a 2 percent chance of winning the Democratic nomination.  But if she pursues her losing battle, she has perhaps a 20 percent chance of costing the Democrats the presidency in the fall.
The Hill:
Backs turn on Clinton
Discussion: The Page
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
Hillary's “White Americans”
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Dick Morris / The Hill:
Hillary won't adopt the Huckabee option
Discussion: The New Republic
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Clinton's Death Star strategy
Discussion: Slate and Prairie Weather
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's got a confident new strategy
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHT: DOES HILLARY PLAY NICE?
Discussion: Spin Cycle
dnA / Jack and Jill Politics:
Clinton's Race-Baiting Continues
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Pressure builds on Clinton to drop out
Karen Tumulty / Time:
The Five Mistakes Clinton Made  —  For all her talk about “full speed on to the White House,” there was an unmistakably elegiac tone to Hillary Clinton's primary-night speech in Indianapolis.  And if one needed further confirmation that the undaunted, never-say-die Clintons realize their bid might …
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
It's Obama, Warts and All  —  Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each took a state Tuesday.  But the result was a damaging loss for the woman who was once the overwhelming front-runner for the Democratic nomination.  Here are some observations on the race:  — Mr. Obama is now the prohibitive favorite.
Kathy Barks Hoffman / Detroit Free Press:
Mich. Dems settle on how to split delegates  —  LANSING — Michigan Democratic leaders settled today on a plan to give presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton 69 delegates and Barack Obama 59 as a way to get the delegates seated at the national convention
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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Obama plans to declare victory May 20
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Caucus
Los Angeles Times:
Hillary Clinton's strategy of last resort
Discussion: Associated Press and The Page
David Corn / MotherJones.com:
McCain's Pastor Problem: The Video  —  WASHINGTON DISPATCH: In a taped sermon, the preacher McCain calls a “spiritual guide” calls on America to see the “false religion” of Islam “destroyed.”  Still, the candidate won't reject Rod Parsley's endorsement.  —  During a 2005 sermon …
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Veto and Drill!  —  Nancy Pelosi chanted “Veto and Drill”, “Veto and Drill” in caricaturing the threatened presidential veto of windfall oil company taxes and desire to drill in ANWR and elsewhere.  But all that might sound, in fact, good to most Americans.
ABCNEWS:
George's Bottom Line on Clinton for Veep  —  Clinton Might Be Negotiating Spot on '08 Ticket, George Says  —  Is Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., staying in the race to get the vice presidential slot?  —  George thinks so.  —  Clinton vowed to fight on today, despite a growing chorus …
Nadim Ladki / Reuters:
Hezbollah says Beirut government declares war  —  Source: Reuters  —  The Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Thursday the U.S.-supported Beirut government had declared war by targeting its communications network.  —  Hezbollah launched a new street campaign on Wednesday …
Discussion: A Blog For All
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Gateway Pundit:
A Gift From Tehran— ARMED HEZBOLLAH THUGS Roam Beirut, Gunfights …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and A Blog For All
Don Campbell / USA Today:
Wright story: What took so long?  —  The controversial reverend's 20-year relationship with Obama was left to simmer for a year.  In our 24/7 media age, how could this have happened?  —  Barring some really strange math or a lot of second thoughts, the Democrats seem poised to nominate …
Benjamin Svetkey / EW.com:
First Look: ‘W,’ Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic  —  Entertainment Weekly goes inside the director's dark, comic, and already controversial movie about George W. Bush's rise to power, starring Josh Brolin  —  “Where is George Bush's bedroom?”  —  Oliver Stone is flinging open French doors inside …
Oliver Willis:
Barack Obama's Big Mistake: He's Getting Too Many Votes  —  Following in the footsteps of other bloggers like Jeralyn Merritt and Armando, I must urge the superdelegates, the media and other creative class left blogs to be aware of something before it is too late.
Bryan Caplan / New York Times:
The 18-Cent Solution  —  BOTH Hillary Clinton and John McCain say that we should suspend the 18-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax this summer.  After her beating at the polls Tuesday, there may not be much reason left to worry about what Senator Clinton thinks, but the McCain proposal is alive and well.
Pat Toomey / Wall Street Journal:
In Defense of RINO Hunting  —  The Club for Growth Political Action Committee has long been attacked for intervening in Republican primaries and targeting the party's most economically liberal incumbents.  —  In 2000, Pennsylvania Rep. Jim Greenwood called the Club “cannibals.”
 
 
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Bob Barr to run as Libertarian
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Alan Beattie / Financial Times:
EU trade chief hits at Democrat hopefuls
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John Timmer / Ars Technica:
Evolution: what's the real controversy?
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Pharyngula
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
In tight Senate votes, McCain not a maverick
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Yankee Fan Go Home
Laura Rozen / MoJoBlog:
Former NSC Aide on Clinton, ‘Dual Containment,’ and HRC's ‘Obliterate’ Iran Remarks
Gregg Zoroya / USA Today:
43,000 deployed unfit for combat
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Ross Douthat:
The Party of Sam's Club
Mark Mooney / Political Punch:
Edwards' Campaign Manager to Endorse Obama
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