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    Obama Agrees to Roll-Call Vote for Clinton. Does That Make Him a Sissy?There’s disagreement over Obama’s decision to accede to Clinton’s wishes.
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    The Real Reason McCain’s Age Might MatterSince Joe Lieberman has taken to calling Barack Obama a “young man,” isn’t it time to finally ask: Is John McCain too old to be president?
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    Obama’s Emergency Campaign-Plane Landing Much Scarier Than We Originally ThoughtWhen the pilot starts telling the control tower how many “souls” there are onboard, you really know there’s a problem.
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    Jerome Corsi’s Anti-Obama Book Makes James Frey Look Like PlutarchBut guess what? It’s a best seller.
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    Guess Which ‘Overboard’ Floozy Is Rielle HunterWe’ve cut together the brief appearances of the girls who might be John Edwards’s mistress in the Goldie Hawn–Kurt Russell flick ‘Overboard.’
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    Cindy McCain Will Put Herself in Harm’s Way to Make You Feel WelcomeIf that’s not a qualification for First Ladyship, we don’t know what is.
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    Al Franken’s ‘New York City Problem’Is having New York City in his past a political handicap for the would-be senator? Or is it something else?
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    This Thing With Rielle Hunter’s Baby Daddy Is Just WeirdHow did married Edwards aide Andrew Young possibly think his story would fly?
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    Like That Creepy Kid From High School, Marty Markowitz Thinks That His 800 Facebook Friends Will Give Him Social DominanceThe ‘Times’ discovers Marty Markowitz’s not-so-secret strategy for victory in the upcoming mayoral campaign.
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    John Edwards Confessed Infidelity in Installments, Says FriendLike a favorite bedtime story or a soap opera!
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    ‘Republicans for Obama’: Three Members and CountingWhether Obama’s crossover group can create a real movement, or if it becomes simply a poor man’s Joe Lieberman, remains to be seen.
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    Songs About Obama Are Music to His EarsThe candidates reveal their favorite songs; and we read too much into it.
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    Rielle Hunter’s Cabal of Crazy: A RosterTo sum up: Everyone involved in this whole Edwards-affair mess is probably crazy, almost certainly lying, and definitely should keep his or her mouth shut. Here are the bit players you need to know.
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    What We Can Learn From the Clinton MemosMuch of the revelations from the memos aren’t exactly new, but some of the details can be fascinating, allowing us to look into the thoughts, nay, the very souls, of Team Clinton.
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    The Bitchiest Moments From the Clinton-Campaign MemosWe collect our favorite lines from the memos revealed by ‘The Atlantic’ yesterday.
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    Paterson Takes Aim at Medicaid in His Proposed $1 Billion Spending CutsPublic-school funding is safe so far, according to Paterson, but big cuts in discretionary funding, local government aid, and health care are on the horizon.
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    Russia, Georgia Helpfully Provide National-Security Test for CandidatesThere may be no winners in war, but who’s coming out on top in this political test?
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    Turns Out John Edwards Isn’t the Only Person With a Crazy Rielle Hunter StoryWriters from ‘Newsweek’ and the Los Angeles ‘Times’ recount their own kooky encounters of Rielle Hunter.
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    The Latest on Edwards: Why Are You Still Smiling, John?The former presidential candidate’s confession on ‘Nightline’ last night was slightly more smug than we would have liked.
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    Edwards Admits to AffairHe’ll go on ‘Nightline’ tonight to explain; denies fathering campaign videographer Rielle Hunter’s child.
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    Team Obama Hopes to End Bubba’s BlubberingBill got himself a nice coveted speaking role right before the vice-presidential nominee. Does this mean the drama is over, or the fireworks have just begun?
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    Paterson’s Gay-Marriage Opponents Look to Be Headed for DefeatA State Supreme Court judge was unimpressed by arguments on behalf of the Alliance Defense Fund, which is suing Governor Paterson for ordering same-sex marriages performed elsewhere to be recognized in New York.
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    Man Arrested in Florida for Threatening to Assassinate Obama, BushRaymone Hunter Geisel is being held after an overheard threat led authorities to his hotel room full of weaponry.
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    Clinton Hopes for ‘Cathartic’ ConventionIt’s clear that things are still less than hunky-dory between the Obama and Clinton nations.
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    Allow Bret Easton Ellis to Introduce You to Alison Poole, A.K.A. Rielle HunterRielle Hunter finally makes her way into the pages of a national newspaper. But we can’t help but reminisce about when she was in the pages of Bret Easton Ellis’s novels.
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    So What DID Happen at Bloomberg’s Fancy Fête for Hillary Clinton?Cindy Adams took her tape recorder to the party and tells all!
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    Paris Hilton Wins Political Ad BattleParis Hilton’s response to John McCain’s “Celeb” ad hits him right where it hurts — the jowls.
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    Denver Politicians Aren’t Taking Any Crap at This Year’s DNC ConventionThe City Council has passed an ordinance banning people from carrying buckets of feces during the convention. Some people have a problem with that.
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    Sky Falling on ObamaUntil the next swing in the polls, here’s why Obama’s candidacy is fundamentally flawed.
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    Is Obama Dyeing His Hair Gray?The candidate has gone significantly more gray in one week. What gives?
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    John McCain Doesn’t Have Space for Other Grizzled, Balding GOP Hawk at the ConventionDick Cheney will not have a speaking role at the Republican National Convention this month, and we suspect we know why.
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    Steve Rattner, the Saddest Little Billionaire on Fifth AvenueSteve Rattner has one of the most fabulous apartments in Manhattan, a growing private-equity fund, and highly placed allies in the Democratic Party. So what more does he want?
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    Obama Thinks Offshore Drilling Might Not Be So Bad After AllThough Obama would surely rather be discussing energy policy than his similarities to vacuous socialites, his new approach to gas prices may not be a political winner.
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    The ‘Journal’ Discovers Something Different About Barack ObamaThe paper attempts to argue that the thing most jarring to voters about Barack Obama’s appearance is his weight. Yeah.
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    The Race Card: An Ace Up McCain’s Sleeve?Or is Obama dealing from the “bottom of the deck”? (Sigh.)
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    McCain Captured on Video Resorting to Gonzo AttacksMcCain has hunkered down with the nastiest of his advisers, convinced himself that any attacks he makes on Obama are justified, and gone batshit negative.
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    Paterson Swats Down Silver’s Tax-Hike HopesThe assembly speaker is once again aiming for a “millionaire’s tax,” which the governor dismisses — arguing that taxes are “addictive.”
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    Widespread Moans As McCain Compares Obama to Spears, HiltonThough it was only January when John McCain promised to “raise the level of political dialogue in America,” that now seems like a very distant memory.
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    Obama: Messianic or Just Misquoted?The Obama campaign is disputing a quotation reported by the Washington ‘Post’ that has set off a firestorm.
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    McCain: ‘I Didn’t Go Negative Until Obama Did!’The McCain campaign today issues talking points to combat recent reports that the GOP’s presumptive nominee has been too much of a meanie.
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    Heilemann: Five Things the Audacity of Hope World Tour Taught Us About ObamaHis campaign has stones. He’s in McCain’s head. But he needs to get McCain in his own head.
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    Paterson’s Speech: The Economic Crisis in New York Is ‘Devastating’As predicted, the governor’s televised address had more warnings than it did solutions.
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    Chris Smith on Today’s Budget Speech: A Fresh Start for Both State and Governor?In an hour the governor of New York will make his television address about the financial crisis facing the state. Will it be enough to change Albany? And will it be enough to change him into a new kind of governor?
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    Republicans Awkwardly Attempt Internet HumorYou will love this bizarre pretend Obama ad that the RNC put out today. But you’ll have no idea why they made it.
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    Lukewarm Reactions to Favored Obama Veep CandidateVeepstakes speculation is hot again, and the name on everybody’s lips is Virginia governor Tim Kaine.
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    Bloomberg Beats Paterson to the Bad-Budget-News PunchNews of massive budget gaps double punches us early this week for both the city and the state.
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    McCain’s Latest Attack on Obama Seems Not at All DesperateThe ad actually shows a photo of Obama playing basketball with American troops … which would seem to undercut the idea that Obama is too busy to meet with the troops.
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    Is a Media Backlash Against Obama Imminent?It happened before … and it can happen again.
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    Israeli Paper Publishes Obama’s Western Wall Note, for RealLightning will strike the ‘Maariv’ offices in three, two….
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    Obama’s Speech, in the Eyes of the BeholdersThe pundits are all over the map, so to speak, on this one.
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