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STATE OF PLAY: Clinton’s Daunting Task

By | 04.23.08 | 5:31 pm

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is clearly excited about her 9-point win over Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary. But is it enough to stay in the race? Can she raise the dough needed to be competitive? Regardless, she is going to keep duking it out with Obama for More…

STATE OF PLAY: SCOTUS OKs Lethal Injection

By | 04.16.08 | 5:17 pm

<p>We may not have video cameras inside the Supreme Court, but that doesn’t mean news trickles out slowly. In the same afternoon that the court released its decision to uphold the use of lethal injection in death penalty cases, major sites posted the story.<br />

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STATE OF PLAY: Obama’s ‘Elitist’ Remarks

By | 04.14.08 | 5:47 pm

<p>Sen. John McCain has slapped Sen. Barack Obama with the dreaded liberal label — &quot;elitist&quot; — after his comments about Pennsylvania blue-collar voters at a private fund-raiser in San Francisco. Just to make sure you heard about it, most major media outlets used the &quot;e&quot; word in the headline. It’s More…