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Bloggers begin the last big Democratic primary day with a pair of exclusives that raise questions about Hillary Clinton's viability in North Carolina and John McCain's Republican loyalties.

It's "Danger Day" for Hillary Clinton, according to Drudge Report, which speaks to a "top campaign official" who worries that Clinton will lose by 15 points to Barack Obama in North Carolina. The flash, however, also notes that the campaign team is working to lower expectations. But Clinton-supporter Jerome Armstrong sees hope for Clinton in both primaries Tuesday, as she's been able to pick up undecided voters in the final days of recent contests.

Obama backers need to remember that the contest isn't over yet, since both candidates need the superdelegates, reminds Armstrong's colleague Todd Beeton. kos counters Clinton's electability argument by noting polls showing Obama would have fewer states to defend and more states he could capture. One of those superdelegates, John Edwards, told People magazine that he and his wife won't endorse during the primary and that they like Clinton's tenacity and Obama's call for change but dislike her "old politics" and his lack of substance.

In the other big exclusive of primary day, Arianna Huffington reports that McCain once told her he didn

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A new national CBS/New York Times poll with good news for Democrats has bloggers buzzing, a day before the next round of Democratic primaries. They also weigh in on Hillary Clinton's turn away from economists, Barack Obama's impact on congressional races and the bills piling up before Congress.

The poll shows both Clinton and Obama leading John McCain by double digits. Just a few days ago, Clinton led McCain by five points and Obama was tied, prompting The Corner's Kathryn Jean Lopez wonders if the economy is hurting Republicans more than expected. The poll also shows that 60 percent of voters approve of Obama's handling of his Rev. Jeremiah Wright's remarks and that should signal it's time to move onto issues, writes DemFromCT on Daily Kos. But the Clinton-backing Jeralyn at TalkLeft points to a USA Today/Gallup poll that has Obama behind Clinton as evidence that Obama's former pastor has "significantly hurt" the Illinois senator.

Clinton takes heat from a former ally and The New Republic for dismissing the "elite opinion" of economists who oppose her plan for a gas tax holiday. Robert Reich, who once dated Clinton and served in her husband's cabinet, writes that Clinton isn't listening to her own advisers, including one who called her proposal "politics as usual." Clinton, however, did embrace economists when she was pushing her health care plan, recalls The Plank's Jonathan Cohn.

While liberals go after Clinton, conservatives focus fire on Obama. A Democratic victory in a special House election in Louisiana Saturday hasn't dissuaded GOP operatives from believing Obama will hurt Democrats in more liberal districts, notes Matt Lewis. And though Obama told Fox News that he would work with Republicans on some issues, he privately told the Teamsters he supports loosening federal regulation of the union, writes Amanda Carpenter.

And with less than three weeks before Congress's Memorial Day recess, lawmakers need to get started on war funding and foreclosure relief bills, notes Carl Hulse at The Caucus. But first comes the farm bill, which Congress is expected to vote on this week, Hulse writes.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Re: The CBS Poll - Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner
CBS/NYT: Voters Approve Obama's Handling - DemFromCT, DKos
USA Today/Gallup: Obama 'Significantly Hurt' - Jeralyn, TalkLeft
Hillary Clinton Doesn't Listen To Economists - Robert Reich's Blog
Clinton Once Thought Experts Mattered - Jonathan Cohn, The Plank
A GOP Problem Or A Jenkins Problem? - Matt Lewis, Townhall.com
Bait And Switch: Obama And Teamsters - A. Carpenter, Townhall
Thumb On The Scales: Superdelegates - J. Marshall, TPM
Obama: 'That's My Patriotism' - Todd Beeton, MyDD
Bill Clinton, Selling Product in Small-Town N.C. - B. York, The Corner
Let's Start Calling Them 'McCainoCrats' - P. Yousefzadeh, RedState
Obama Didn't Pander, Before He Did - Jerome Armstrong, MyDD
Clinton Camp Considering Nuclear Option - T. Edsall, HuffPo
Congress Looks To Advancing Bills - Carl Hulse, The Caucus

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
In Poll, Obama Survives Furor, But Fall Is The Test - New York Times
Dueling Appeals On Taxes From Obama, Clinton - Washington Post
Dem And GOP Healthcare Plans Offer Clear Choices - Los Angeles Times
Obama Is Getting Back To Getting Close To Voters - Wall Street Journal

Democrat Don Cazayoux's victory in this weekend's Louisiana special election for Congress is more cause for Republican concern this November, according to bloggers on Sunday. They also pick apart Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's dueling Sunday talk show appearances and a New York Times story on Democrats' memories of 1988.

Cazayoux's "huge" victory in a district that has favored Republicans by 10 points in past races prompts MyDD's Jonathan Singer to ponder where Republicans can win this year. The result of another special election later this month in Mississippi will help determine whether the atmosphere is really tilting toward Democrats, writes Chris Cillizza, who notes that Cazayoux's GOP opponent was outspent and had a controversial past. With national polls showing voters leaning toward Democrats, John McCain should first look to shore up President Bush's supporters if he wants to be competitive this fall, according to Power Line's John Hinderaker.

Clinton and Obama took shots for comments each made during Sunday interviews. Clinton failed to say she hasn't always supported a gas tax holiday or opposed the North American Free Trade Agreement during an interview with George Stephanopoulos, writes John Aravosis at AMERICAblog. Obama, while appearing on Meet the Press, criticized Clinton's strong language aimed at an Iranian attack on Israel, but he generally agrees with the substance of her remarks, writes TalkLeft's Big Tent Democrat. Perhaps it's time to consider a ticket featuring both rivals, something that worked for John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, suggests Andrew Sullivan.

While the Gray Lady reports that Democrats still fear a reprise of the 1988 race, when Republicans effectively used symbols to weaken Michael Dukakis's candidacy, 2008's general election is likely to be different due to policy differences between the parties, writes Joe Klein. The Times is also wrong when it comes to its editorial raising concerns about McCain's age and health, according to Hot Air's Ed Morrissey, who calls the paper "disingenuous" for failing to raise them in its endorsement of the senator during the GOP primaries.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Initial Thoughts on Cazayoux's Huge Win - Jonathan Singer, MyDD
Cazayoux Victory After Math - Paul Rosenberg, Open Left
Democrat Wins La. Special Election - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
Tsunami, Part 2? - John Hinderaker, Power Line
Funhouse Mirror: Spinning Saturday's Races - Richelieu, Weekly Std.
Watch Stephanopoulos Help Hillary Lie - John Aravosis, AMERICAblog
Obama Agrees W/ Clinton's Iran Policy - Big Tent Dem, TalkLeft
Obama-Clinton, Hate-Filled Dream Ticket - A. Sullivan, Times Online
This Ain't '88 - Joe Klein, Swampland
The Media, The Right And 1988: Endless Deja Vu - Glenn Greenwald
Gray Lady Still Targeting McCain, And Badly - E. Morrissey, Hot Air
Michelle Obama: Barack's Teapot About to Whistle - Gateway Pundit

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
In '88, A Lesson In Using Symbols As Bludgeons - New York Times
Candidates Use News Shows To Woo Superdelegates - Associated Press
Tuesday's Primary Unlikely To End Dem Race - Los Angeles Times

While Congress gets the gas tax right, its members aren't doing so well on the farm bill and on other fronts, according to bloggers on Saturday.

MyDD's Jonathan Singer highlights a story in The Hill that shows congressional Democrats don't agree with John McCain and Hillary Clinton on a summer gas tax holiday. Democratic superdelegates, like Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) who is running for Senate and is an undeclared in the presidential primary, should back his own opposition to the holiday by supporting Obama, according to Joe Sudbay at AMERICAblog.

But blackhedd at RedState finds that all three presidential candidates are exploiting the issue of gas prices, something the government has very little control over but that plays well in populist campaign promises.

On the farm bill, Congress has yet to tackle excessive subsidies for the biggest growers, writes mimikatz at Open Left who calls the program a

The apparently doctored YouTube clip of Mickey Kantor, an advisor to former President Bill Clinton, calling the people of Indiana a less than complimentary term during the 1992 documentary

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