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Wednesday, April 9,
2008
GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES with excerpts
McCain, Obama, Clinton to appear on 'Idol'
tonight
For the first time in any of their respective campaigns, presidential
hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain are all uniting
for one cause: "American Idol." The three wanna-be Commander-in-Chiefs
will each make an appearance on tomorrow night's "Idol Gives Back"
special that aims to raise funds to benefit various U.S. and
international charities.
... the guest list for "Idol Gives Back" (airing Wednesday, April 9
7:30-10:00 PM ET/PT on FOX) reads like a who's who of Hollywood.
Rove does his best 'Bubba' on O'Reilly show
... But the real gem was at the end of the interview, as Rove got to
show off his very own Bill Clinton impression. He may
be "Bush's Brain," but his "Bubba" is dead-on.
VIDEO
Obama dominates Clinton among college graduates
Former President
Jimmy Carter is reportedly preparing an unprecedented meeting with the
leader of Hamas, an organization that the U.S. government considers
one of the leading terrorist threats in the world.
THE CANDIDATES:
John McCain... today's headlines
with excerpts
DEAN: "We're going to beat Senator McCain.
McCain manager looks ahead to November
Beyond planning for states to target in November, Davis is beginning
to consider how to frame the contrast with Barack Obama, and how to
beat back attacks from national Democrats. McCain can make the claim
that he is the more experienced candidate, Davis said, because his is
an experience of bringing change, offering the best of both worlds.
"We're not going to concede change to a guy who's not changed anything
in his career...."
Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a Barack Obama supporter, apologized
to John McCain Tuesday for suggesting to a West Virginia newspaper
that the Arizona senator does not care about “the lives of people”
caught in the wars he champions, dating back to his Navy service in
Vietnam.
Radio host sticks to his 'warmonger' barb
... this morning, Schultz showed he's not going to apologize or tone
down his words.
"Labeling a candidate is not being disrespectful," Schultz told CNN
host John Roberts. McCain's policies, Schultz said, "fit the
description, there's no question about that. ... John McCain has no
end game in Iraq. ... (He) is saber rattling with Iran. ... The man is
a warmonger."
Hillary Clinton... today's
headlines with excerpts
Hillary reiterates opposition to
Colombia trade pact
Her camp acknowledged reports that Clinton's husband, former President
Bill Clinton, supports the deal with Colombia. The New York senator's
campaign also was hit by another call for the outright ouster of
longtime aide Mark Penn...
Elizabeth Edwards backs Clinton health care plan
"You need that universality in order to get the cost savings. … I just
have more confidence in Sen. Clinton's policy than Sen. Obama's on
this particular issue," she said.
Roger Simon: Where did the tables turn?
Where did the Hillary Clinton campaign first go wrong? How did she go
from inevitable to in trouble?
I think it all began with the very first contest: Iowa.
Iowa is where Clinton needed to strangle the Barack Obama campaign in
its crib...
Rove: Hillary's run 'horrific' campaign
"She has run a horrific campaign," said Rove. "It has been
astonishingly bad. ... [Obama] has strategically always run a better
campaign than she has tactically."
Howell Raines: Bill Clinton is race-baiting
As editorial page editor of the New York Times in the 90s, Raines
frequently penned scathing attacks on the former president.
Paglia: Hillary's slick willies
... the male staff who Hillary attracts are slick, geeky weasels or
rancid, asexual cream puffs... All
those seething beta males are versions of her sad-sack brothers, who
got the short end of the Rodham DNA stick.
Barack Obama... today's headlines with excerpts
Obama hints at abandoning public financing
Obama advance team: 'Get me more white people'
Even with polls tightening, Obama's camp still
sees 'deficits'
“We’d love to be ahead but the fact of the matter is that we have
substantial deficits in the state and we are working to close it,”
Hildebrand said.
Does international enthusiasm for Barack Obama hurt him?
....Is this a cause for celebration? Maybe in the short term. In the
long term, Obama is going to disappoint the world in one of two ways:
He could go the Bill Clinton route—that is, having to choose between
world popularity and tough realities. Or he could do things the Kerry
way and lose to the candidate less favorable in the eyes of the world,
prompting, once again,
headlines like the one that appeared in Britain's Daily Mirror
the day after the 2004 election: "How can 59,054,087 people be so
DUMB?"
Ralph Nader... today's headlines with excerpts
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