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Obama's Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11 — Obama's Pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Has a History of What Even Obama's Campaign Aides Say Is ‘Inflammatory Rhetoric’ — Sen. Barack Obama's pastor says blacks should not sing “God Bless America” but “God damn America.”
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13 Percent of Registered Voters Think Obama Is a Muslim — The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll asked respondents what Barack Obama's religion is. — Among registered voters, 37 percent said Protestant. Two percent said Catholic, two percent said “other,” two percent said “none.”
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Wright's committee — Jeremiah Wright, in the news today because video of a sermon (parts of which had been reported, and disavowed, before) adds some heat to the discussion of his relationship with Obama, has generally been described as connected to Obama only informally …
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Obama's Spiritual Guide: ‘God Damn America’
Obama's Spiritual Guide: ‘God Damn America’
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The Moderate Voice
USA Today:
Clinton strategist says Obama 'can't win the general election' — Though the campaign later argued that he hadn't said it, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief campaign strategist told reporters this morning that Sen. Barack Obama “can't win the general election.”
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Making Obama Unelectable — Mark Penn declared today that Barack Obama “really can't win the general [election].” Of course, it's silly to say that Obama or Clinton “can't” win the general. There's not even good evidence to suggest that Obama is less likely than Clinton to win the general.
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Obama criticizes McCain on taxes
Obama criticizes McCain on taxes
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The Page:
Details of a possible delegate plan under discussion: —Michigan's 156 delegates would be split 50-50 between Clinton and Obama. —Florida's existing delegates would be seated at the Denver convention—but with half a vote each. That would give Clinton a net gain of about 19 elected delegates.
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Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
House to go into rare closed session — The House will go into a rare closed session Thursday night to debate a controversial electronic surveillance measure. — It is the first closed session since 1983 and only the fifth in congressional history. — House Minority Whip Roy Blunt …
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Mark Schmitt / American Prospect:
CLINTON '08=JERRY BROWN '92? — For the record, Senator Obama came out of the Mississippi primary with an advantage of 99,000 votes over Senator Clinton, more than I had predicted based on his edge in Alabama. That puts his margin in the nationwide popular vote — by a measure that includes Florida …
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Washington Post:
Silda Spitzer, Profile of an Accomplished Woman — She is known as the polished one, the poised one — a Harvard-educated lawyer and an amateur painter, a prolific letter writer who gives homemade jam to friends at Christmastime. — Silda Wall Spitzer — whose husband resigned …
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Kenneth Thiesen / Berkeley Daily Planet:
Commentary: Why I Don't Support the Troops — In the recent political battle around the Marine recruiting station in Berkeley there has been much confusion around the concept or slogan of “supporting the troops,” but opposing the unjust wars of the Bush regime.
Ruth Henderson / Pajamas Media:
I'VE SEEN MY SHARE OF SPITZERS: THE VIEW FROM AN ESCORT SERVICE — The disgraced former NY governor is not alone, writes “Ruth Henderson,” a former booking agent for high-priced Manhattan call girls. — Support Pajamas Media; Visit Our Advertisers — So New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned …
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Support for war effort highest since 2006 — American public support for the military effort in Iraq has reached a highpoint unseen since the summer of 2006, a development that promises to reshape the political landscape. — According to late February polling conducted by The Pew Research Center …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: THE GREAT '08 PARADOX — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — *** The great '08 paradox: Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the latest NBC/WSJ poll is the poor shape the GOP finds itself in today: The party's fav/unfav has increased (34%-49%) …
Borys Krawczeniuk / The Times-Tribune:
Poll: Hillary's negative rating rivals Santorum's — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has something in common with former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum. A large percentage of Pennsylvania voters dislike both of them. — In fact, greater percentages of voters here have consistently viewed …
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Trailhead
White House:
President Bush Discusses FISA — THE PRESIDENT: Last month House leaders declared that they needed 21 additional days to pass legislation giving our intelligence professionals the tools they need to protect America. That deadline passed last Saturday without any action from the House.
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
It's not him — The Spitzer shocker . . . Just who is Client No. 10? — Who is the procurer of prostitutes from Chicago who is mentioned anonymously in an unsealed FBI affidavit filed by the feds detailing operations of the Emperors Club, a sex-for-hire shop that allegedly ensnared embattled New York.