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• Pa. Primary Changed the Spin, not the Race

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• Clinton Celebrates Pa. Win

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• Hillary Notches Critical Win in Pennsylvania

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• The Debate Was No Good for Anyone

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  • The first half was “garbage time,” Jonathan Cohn writes in the New Republic, with the moderators creating “a long infomercial about Obama’s electability issues.” Cohn is shocked that ABC’s finest hit so many nonsense issues—the Weathermen, the lapel pin, Bittergate—and Clinton didn’t hold up well either.
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