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March 21, 2008

Good Friday

That, and other news, in today's Political Panorama.

Posting will be a bit lighter as we head into Easter weekend...

Clinton Crassness: When 11,000 pages of Hillary Clinton's White House travel schedules were released, many assumed that most attention would be on her role (or lack of role) in NAFTA, S-CHIP, health care and voyages with Sinbad. Instead, many reports, including those from the AP, zeroed in on where Clinton was during the key dates in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.  Is this relevant to the campaign?

Liberal media watchdog Media Matters for America rounds up the obsessive focus from its anchors and correspondents on Lewinsky, even while Tim Russert asserted on the day that they were released, "Senator Clinton has made her experience such a part of this campaign, particularly her eight years as first lady. So this may be very rich in terms of exactly how did she spend her time, who did she meet with?"

To Endorse or Not To Endorse:
Bill Richardson gives his nod to Barack Obama, while John Edwards offers no clue as to where he is leaning in an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

"I've actually spent time with each of them.  First of all, we went through the entire campaign in very close range, we sat through, you know, unending forums and debates so I've been though a lot with the two of them. And I've spent a lot of time talking to them since then. I think they both bring great strengths but I think the strengths are different.  You know, in the case of Senator Obama he is inspirational, he gets people excited, he gets young people out who otherwise may not be involved in the process.  Senator Clinton has a toughness and a tenacity and experience that has value.  So I think both - either of them I think will be a great candidate and I think either one will be a great President."

The Adams Connection: Steven Waldman writes on Huffington Post that after watching HBO's "John Adams," he concludes that the founding father could very well have agreed with Rev. Wright.

The Ellen Dance: After an odd moment on "The Ellen Show," in which he appeared to have the host in a headlock after some ill-fated dance moves, Chris Matthews (and Ellen DeGeneres) explain what happened.

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