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| 11:00 AM: | Less Driving. Based on traffic conditions yesterday, high gas prices certainly didn't seem to be keeping people off the roads, but that's why we rely on data and the data shows a fairly large decline in driving recently showing that even in a country where public policy massively, massively, massively subsidizes driving and provides for few alternatives that people still do respond to incentives. What we need to do now is start subsidizing driving less (including through implicit subsidies like parking regulations) and start plowing some of the savings into better service on our existing transit routes and the creation of new ones. Yglesias. | | |
| 11:00 AM: | Media hype: How small stories become big news. Clinton's RFK comments provide a vivid example of how modern journalism has become a hyperkinetic child. Politico. | | |
| 10:52 AM: | Mugabe threatens to expel U.S. ambassador. HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Sunday accused U.S. ambassador James McGee of political interference and threatened to expel him from the southern African nation. Reuters. | | |
| 10:49 AM: | Hillary: Why do I continue to run (Hillary Clinton/NY Daily News) Hillary Clinton / NY Daily News : Hillary: Why do I continue to run -- This past Friday, during a meeting with a newspaper editorial board, I was asked about whether I was going to continue in the presidential race. -- I made clear that I was - and that I thought the urgency to end the 2008 primary process was unprecedented. memeorandum Firehose. | | |
| 10:45 AM: | Clinton, Determined to Continue, Explains Delegate Math and RFK Remark. "Some took my comments entirely out of context," the Senator writes in front-page NY Daily News piece. Expresses regret if her comment caused any pain, but adds: "I was deeply dismayed and disturbed that my comment would be construed in a way that flies in the face of everything I stand for - and everything I am [...] Time. | | |
| 10:30 AM: | Nader Appearance Outside White House Draws Publicity. On May 23, Ralph Nader and a group of supporters rallied outside the White House. Nader called for President Bush and Vice-President Cheney to resign, and drew publicity that appeared in news outlets around the world. The Zogby Poll released on May 21 showed Nader at 4% and Bob Barr at 3%, and [...] Ballot Access. | | |
| 10:30 AM: | Nader Appearance Outside White House Draws Publicity. On May 23, Ralph Nader and a group of supporters rallied outside the White House. Nader called for President Bush and Vice-President Cheney to resign, and drew publicity that appeared in news outlets around the world. The Zogby Poll released on May 21 showed Nader at 4% and Bob Barr at 3%, and [...] Ballot Access. | | |
| 10:08 AM: | Pastors pose problems for McCain and Obama. Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, both seeking to use religion to their advantage in the presidential campaign, have learned painful lessons about the risks of getting too close to religious leaders. AP. | | |
| 10:03 AM: | Carter sees superdelegates prompting Clinton to quit. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Sunday he expects Democratic superdelegates to reveal their choice for presidential nominee soon after the final primary in June and that Hillary Clinton will then have to quit the race. Reuters. | | |
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