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    Obama and Patti Solis Doyle: A Slap to Clinton, or High Five?A Clinton bundler said that the hire was the “biggest fuck you I have ever seen in politics.”
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    In Obama Endorsement, Al Gore Reaches New Rhetorical HeightsLast night in Detroit, the former vice-president got downright inspirational.
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    Obama’s Tough Talk on African-American Fathers Wins Big Points With PunditsUnless Hallmark is forming a new “Tough Love and Shame” division, his remarks weren’t anything you’d put in a greeting card.
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    Breaking: Tim Russert Dies of a Heart Attack at 58He collapsed while at work at NBC’s Washington news bureau.
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    Media’s Race and Sex Stumbles Getting Really AwkwardWe expected more from coastal, liberal media elites!
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    Are There Any Republicans Left to Vote for McCain?New polls show that the political climate feels balmy for Barack Obama.
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    Obama and the Insiders: Great Band Name, Bad Campaign SloganWill Obama even be able to avoid tainting his platform of transformational reform with the business-as-usual politicians required in, you know, a presidential campaign? Maybe!
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    Love Letters From Great Men Redux: The John McCain–Heidi Montag CorrespondenceWe’ve discovered the secret e-mail correspondence between John McCain and supporter Heidi Montag — and it’s way better than that Barack Obama and Scarlett Johansson junk!
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    Obama’s Veep Vetter Jim Johnson Steps Down After ControversyBut McCain’s camp won’t let Obama off the hook so easily.
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    Civil Servants, They’re Just Like Us!They get their cars towed! And go to the pound. If you get our drift.
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    Barack Obama Didn’t Vet His Vetter, But He Probably Should HaveMaybe a little more vetting and a little less e-mailing with Scarlett Johansson would have been the way to go.
  12. in other news
    Donald Trump Trashes Bush in Scotland, After Pitching in During 2004 RaceWhile battling for his controversial golf course in Aberdeen, The Donald has some choice words for the president.
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    Christine Quinn Thinks Bloomberg Should Stay Mayor for As Long As He LikesOr as long as we like HIM, rather.
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    Obama: It’s the Economy, Stupid — Er, Mr. McCainMcCain would still rather be talking about national security, but the election is shaping up as a battle centered around the economy.
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    Hey, Europe, You Want to Get Barack Obama Elected? Then Shut Up.Because all of this endorsement from your end of things isn’t going to help him win in the red states.
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    Eliot Spitzer Pimps His New Vulture FundOn his 49th birthday, we get reports that Spitzer’s legal future looks grim, but his financial plan is a good one! Oh, yeah, and he doesn’t think the whole hooker thing was that big of a deal.
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    Possible V.P. Jim Webb Speaks on Obama, RednecksThe Virginia senator: “Rednecks don’t bowl, and I am one.”
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    McCain Already Sputtering?Some Republicans are worried that McCain has failed to capitalize on his months-long head start.
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    Veep Speculation Runs Rampant, With or Without Clinton and ObamaLet’s be honest, the veepstakes is the funnest part of any presidential election. It’s like drafting your fantasy baseball team, except you’re not drunk and your Internet didn’t freeze right when you were picking.
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    Secret Clinton-Obama Rendezvous Makes Reporters Go BonkersThe ‘Times,’ finding nothing to report about the secret meeting, talks to reporters to see how they feel about looking for it.
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    All the Right People Criticize Obama Over IranForeign policy is clearly where McCain feels he’s stronger than Obama. Of course, the punditry is divided over whether that’s actually the case.
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    Clinton Says She’ll Drop Out on Saturday, Obama Gets a BumpWhat you need to know from this morning’s political headlines.
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    Commentators Can’t Stop Chuckling About the Crappiness of McCain’s Speech“That was pathetic.” “He looked awful. He was catatonic.” Among other things.
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    Obama Is Receptive to Debating McCain for a Really Long Period of TimeDo we smell the camp’s first (and certainly not last) effort to highlight the Illinois senator’s youth?
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    If It’s Over for Hillary, It’s Over for Her Hamptons CupsAt the Monogram Shop in East Hampton, the plastic cups bearing Hillary’s name are about to be banished to the basement. And that’s not just a metaphor.
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    How Clinton’s Supporters Might Be Obama’s Next Big ProblemIt’s going to be hard for anyone, even Clinton herself, to bring her bloc back into the Democratic fold.
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    Graydon Carter’s Response to Bill Clinton: ‘Meh’In a quick e-mail, the ‘Vanity Fair’ editor dismisses Bill Clinton and his camp’s complaints about the magazine’s new Clinton article.
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    Terry McAuliffe: Barack and Hillary ‘Could Be in the White House for Sixteen Years’After a shot of rum or two today on ‘Morning Joe,’ McAuliffe imagines the next two decades of Democratic politics
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    Hillary Wants Something. Does She Even Know What It Is?Like genius ‘Lost’ mastermind Ben, does Clinton have some kind of crazy scheme up her sleeve (or a time-travel chamber?) to wrest control of the nomination from Obama? Or is it simply that she’s angling for a spot on the ticket?
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    Last Night’s Three Victory SpeechesSnippets from all three candidates’ speeches last night.
  31. in other news
    Mayhill Fowler, Citizen ReporterWho is the woman who brought us Bittergate and Scumbag Mania? And what hath she wrought?
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    The Associated Press Hands Obama the NominationThe news agency, using private tallies, discovers that Obama already has enough delegates to seal the deal.
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    We Would Totally Get Bill Clinton’s Back in a FightThe online media is in a tizzy over Bill Clinton’s tirade against ‘Vanity Fair’ scribe Todd Purdum. But we think it was totally awesome.
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    Latest: Senior Clinton Officials Say Hill Will Cede Delegate Victory to Obama TonightShe won’t be dropping out, but she will concede that he may have it in the bag.
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    Clinton Keeps Us GuessingAs Clinton reaches crunch time, the media loses its head trying to predict what she’ll do.
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    McCain Was Considering a One-Term-Only RunIn his speech announcing his candidacy, McCain originally planned to pledge to stay in office only one term.
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    Bill Clinton: ‘This May Be the Last Day I’m Ever Involved in a Campaign’Bubba hints that maybe the end is nigh.
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    So NOW What Is Clinton Gonna Do?Will she fight the Michigan decision at the convention? Is she angling for 2012? Or will she bow out gracefully in the coming days? The country is looking for answers!
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    Hillary Clinton’s Long WeekendEverything that happened to Hillary over the weekend, in case you took one weekend off from reading the news.
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    Joe Bruno Calls Foul on Paterson for Following His Own LeadBruno and Albany Republicans are protesting Paterson’s command that state agencies recognize out-of-state gay marriages, claiming it circumvents the Legislature. But didn’t Bruno already decline a chance for the State Senate to vote on the issue?
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    Bloomberg: Billionaire Beach Bunny?“Page Six” has discovered Bloomberg’s postelection plans. They involve coconut oil and Sean Connery!
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    Obama’s Iraq Trip: Political Quagmire?John McCain is making hay of Barack Obama not having been to Iraq since 2006, when the Democrat made his only visit. (Can you blame him? It’s last on our list of places to go.)
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    David Paterson Sneaks Gay Marriage in Through the Back DoorSame-sex couples who get married elsewhere will now have their unions recognized in New York.
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    Weiner Finally Opens Up About HumaThe U.S. representative talks (a little) with the ‘Daily News’ about his lady love.
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    Bloomberg’s Secret PainThe mayor was supposed to have a part in the ‘Sex and the City’ movie, but then “something came up.” OR SO THEY SAID.
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    The Highlights of Scott McClellan’s Bush BroadsideEven better than the Katrina and Iraq-war criticisms, there are revelations about President Bush himself.
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    Michigan and Florida: A Solution Is at Hand, But What Is It?The Democrats will finally end the dispute over the renegade states’ delegates when the Rules and Bylaws Committee meets this Saturday.
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    So, One Day, Roger Stone Brings Jeffrey Toobin to a Swinger’s Club…In which Roger Stone overshares, and we learn just what Jeffrey Toobin will do for a story.
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    Obama’s Sidekick Story Offers Insight Into the CandidateThe ‘Times’ today tells us all about 26-year-old Obama aide Reggie Love. But what we really learn about is Obama himself.
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    Picking a Vice-President: Not As Simple As You ThinkThis presidential race is so gripping that even possible V.P. choices have people talking.
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