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links for 2008-03-02

• Stop Hating on NAFTA - Carlos M. Gutierrez, Washington Post

  Recently, NAFTA has become something of a four-letter word, blamed for every economic ill.

  (tags: trade obama hillary_clinton 2008)

• Obama $70M? - Patrick Ruffini

  Remember this graphic? The one we used to power the crowdsourced spreadsheet?

  (tags: obama 2008)

• Inside Delegate Math: The Numbers - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic

  Using delegate projection software created by Matt Vogel, I ran a scenario yesterday showing how tough it will be for Hillary Clinton to catch up to Barack Obama’s earned delegate lead.

  (tags: obama hillary_clinton 2008)

• Throw Out the Maps in 2008 - Michael Barone, RealClearPolitics

  It’s time to throw out that old map with the red states and blue states. The map that implies that all but a handful of states will definitely vote Republican or Democratic and that the real contest will be decided in Florida or Ohio or whatever.

  (tags: 2008 obama mccain hillary_clinton)

• Earmark vote could pit McCain against GOP caucus - Manu Raju, The Hill

  Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) may return to Capitol Hill this month to support an amendment imposing a one-year ban on earmarks, a move that could set up a divisive clash within the GOP caucus.

  (tags: 2008 mccain earmarks pork congress mitch_mcconnell)