Ends and beginnings bring out the best in political writers. Last night produced two pearls. Ron Fournier, the AP’s reigning master, comes through with this obit of the Clinton campaign. And Michael Powell gets his second person reporter voice into a narrative front page Obama profile in the New York Times. Both are worth the read.
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- Obama unveils his re-election year budget today, which will include $4 billion in deficit reduction over 10 years, tax hikes on top income, and new education grants.
- The GOP race turns to Michigan.
- Romney makes his conservative case to National Review.
- Why “severely conservative” was not a good phrase for Romney.
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The clash with the White House over birth control is a reminder of just how much influence the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has lost in the 10 years since the child sex abuse crisis erupted in America.
