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7:25 PM ET, March 13, 2008

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ABCNEWS:
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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The Campaign Spot:
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.”
Roger L. Simon:
Barack has some explaining to do
Discussion: The Opinionator and URGENT AGENDA
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Obama's Spiritual Guide: ‘God Damn America’
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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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.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Penn: Obama “really can't win the general”
Discussion: MyDD and TPM Election Central
The Hill:
Hoyer agrees to closed FISA session  —  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has agreed to a GOP request for a secret House session Thursday to discuss the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA).  —  House Republicans had been seeking the closed session to delay a vote …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Daniel W. Reilly / The Politico:
House to hold rare closed session on FISA  —  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 …
Discussion: The Swamp
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.
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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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   Could She Ever Win The Popular Vote?
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
NRCC Treasurer Accused of Campaign Fraud  —  Ward Transferred Funds to Personal Accounts, Officials Say  —  The former treasurer for the National Republican Congressional Committee transferred as much as $1 million in committee funds into his personal and business accounts, officials announced today …
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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 …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Good News for Obama: Hillary's Killing Him in Pennsylvania.  (Seriously.)  —  I'd love to see the crosstabs for this Pennsylvania poll, but, just looking at the top-line numbers, it strikes me as pretty good news for Obama.  It's not so much that he's down three points in a hypothetical match …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and MyDD
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 …
Discussion: Dealbreaker and Publius Pundit
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Clinton, Obama agree to Philly debate on April 16  —  Get ready for the next debates.  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign said today that she has accepted ABC News' invitation for a prime-time televised debate in Philadelphia in advance of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Debate Alert!  Hillary And Obama Campaigns Accept Invite To ABC Debate In Philly
Discussion: Donklephant
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.
Lynn Sweet:
Sweet scoop: Obama, after initial refusal, releases all earmark requests.  Read them here.  UPDATES  —  WASHINGTON—After refusing since June to make public earmark requests from 2005 and 2006, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is releasing Thursday all the earmark requests he has made since he entered the Senate in 2005.
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%) …
Discussion: MoJoBlog and marbury
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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Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Race and the Democrats  —  I recently listened to, and read from …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Sudhir Venkatesh / Slate:
Skinflint  —  DID ELIOT SPITZER GET CAUGHT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SPEND ENOUGH ON PROSTITUTES?
Discussion: MoJoBlog
Satyam / Think Progress:
Rove: Bush taught me how to be ‘honest.’
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Pelosi says there won't be a Democratic ‘dream ticket’
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters.org:
Study: Networks Always Label GOPers With Sex Scandals
Marc Ambinder:
Romney To Form A PAC
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Mickey Kaus on Ferraro v. Obama
New York Magazine:
David Paterson: ‘The Only Whores I Know Are Lobbyists’
 Earlier Items: 
Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Pentagon cancels release of controversial Iraq report
Associated Press:
Boyfriend: Phobia caused woman's 2-year bathroom stay
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
GOP amendment aimed at mocking Obama
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Do as He Said  —  The last time I saw Eliot Spitzer …
Peter Robinson / The Corner:
Why Europeans Refuse to Reproduce
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Obama: McCain changed views on tax cuts
Borys Krawczeniuk / The Times-Tribune:
Poll: Hillary's negative rating rivals Santorum's
Discussion: Trailhead
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
It's not him  —  The Spitzer shocker . . .  Just who is Client No. 10?
Discussion: The Swamp
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

 
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