RECORDS RELEASE: Thousands of pages of Hillary Clinton’s schedules as first lady are being released to the public after months of pressure and criticism that Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, were delaying the disclosure. The National Archives, which operates Bill Clinton’s presidential library, announced Tuesday it would release 11,046 pages of her daily schedules at the Little Rock, Ark., facility and online Wednesday morning. The documents to be released include schedules for 2,888 days and are the files from Patti Solis Doyle, who was the former first lady’s scheduling director. Doyle served as manager of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign but stepped down in February.
MICHIGAN DO-OVER? Democrats in Michigan appear likely to join Florida Democrats in opting not to stage a “do-over” presidential primary to make up for their original efforts that violated national party rules. The leader of the Republican majority in the Michigan Senate told the Detroit Free Press on Tuesday that Republicans would not schedule legislative action to hold a second presidential primary on June 3 unless both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama agreed. Clinton, who won Michigan’s Jan. 15 presidential primary with 55 percent of the vote, favors a new contest to resolve a stalemate over seating the state’s 156 delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August. Obama doesn’t want a new primary.
PENNSYLVANIA EDGE: Hillary Clinton has regained ground she had lost in Pennsylvania ahead of its April 22 primary, a new poll shows. Clinton holds a 12-point lead over rival Barack Obama, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. She has 53 percent compared with Obama’s 41 percent. On Feb. 27, the same survey showed her leading Obama 49 percent to 43 percent in Pennsylvania.
ENDORSEMENT: On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton was endorsed by Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), a decorated Vietnam War veteran and opponent of the Iraq war. Clinton also took questions from young veterans in Lancaster, Pa., in a session to be broadcast by MTV to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion.
