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6:40 PM ET, March 14, 2008

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Barack Obama / The Huffington Post:
On My Faith and My Church  —  The pastor of my church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who recently preached his last sermon and is in the process of retiring, has touched off a firestorm over the last few days.  He's drawn attention as the result of some inflammatory and appalling remarks he made about our country …
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Ronald Kessler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Minister  —  In a sermon delivered at Howard University, Barack Obama's longtime minister, friend and adviser blamed America for starting the AIDS virus, training professional killers, importing drugs and creating a racist society that would never elect a black candidate president.
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
IS WRIGHT A “DEATH BLOW” TO OBAMA?  —  Like a number of emailers, TPM Reader JB is wringing his hands over Obama's Rev. Wright: … Late Update: TPM Reader KR defends JB: … TPM Reader MS foresees this line of attack:
Discussion: MyDD
Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:
Study: Broadcast Networks Fell Down on Covering Jeremiah Wright  —  As Jeremiah Wright's screaming sermons have gone from ABC across the media in the last 24 hours, many are asking: where were the networks on this story?  It sounds like Obama's minister is less versed in the audacity of hope than in the audacity of hate.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Wright Stuff  —  It's nutty, offensive and paranoid stuff.
Discussion: The Opinionator and Ross Douthat
Deacon / Power Line:
THE AUDACITY OF HATE, PART FOUR
Discussion: Doug Ross
David Brown / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Obama addresses Pa.'s importance, pastor's remarks
Fox News:
Obama's Pastor's Sermon: ‘God Damn America’
Discussion: The Campaign Spot and Channel '08
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
NO PLANS FOR WRIGHT TO STEP DOWN
Discussion: Riehl World View
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:   A Wright media tour
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
House Passes FISA Amendments Act  —  The House has just passed the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes, by a vote of 213-197-1.
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Jim Oliphant / The Swamp:
FISA bill passes House; time for Spring Break '08!
Mark Schmitt / American Prospect:
WHY CLINTON DOESN'T WANT A RE-VOTE.  —  <p>p.s.  Commenter <a href="http://www.nycweboy.com/ “>weboy </a>complained that I should have sought out more pro-Clinton blogs, and recommends a few, so I will link to Tom Watson's recent post, <a href="http://tomwatson.typepad.com/ tom_watson/2008/03 …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
McCain says al Qaeda might try to tip U.S. election  —  SPRINGFIELD, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he fears that al Qaeda or another extremist group might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him.
Bloomberg:
Obama Cuts Into Clinton's Delegate Lead Among Elected Officials  —  Barack Obama has pulled almost even with Hillary Clinton in endorsements from top elected officials and has cut into her lead among the other superdelegates she's relying on to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Huffington Post:
Bush “Envious” Of Soldiers Serving “Romantic” Mission In Afghanistan  —  President Bush let his inner adventurer out while discussing the state of the war in Afghanistan with military and civilian personnel.  While those in Afghanistan detailed the logistical and diplomatic problems via teleconference …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Leads Clinton 50% to 44%  —  McCain presents stiff competition for Obama and Clinton  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in national Democratic nomination preferences by a statistically significant 6-percentage point margin, 50% to 44% …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Americans nab high-value Osama lieutenant  —  The US captured an al-Qaeda terrorist who played an instrumental role in helping Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan after 9/11.  Mohammed Rahim now sits in a Guantanamo Bay cell after his capture, arriving there this week …
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Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
High-Level al-Qaida Figure Is Captured
Janny Scott / New York Times:
A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama's Path  —  In the capsule version of the Barack Obama story, his mother is simply the white woman from Kansas.  The phrase comes coupled alliteratively to its counterpart, the black father from Kenya.  On the campaign trail, he has called her his “single mom.”
Mona Charen / The Corner:
Obama's True Beliefs  —  Derb: I am coming to believe that Barack Obama is one of the greatest con artists we've seen.  His entire campaign has been about “coming together,” a post-racial consensus, etc.  Any mention of his middle name was immediately condemned as ignorant fear-mongering.
Discussion: Salon
CNBC.com:
US Faces Severe Recession, Feldstein Says  —  The United States has entered a recession that could be “substantially more severe” than recent ones, former National Bureau of Economic Research President Martin Feldstein said Friday.  —  “The situation is very bad, the situation is getting worse …
Discussion: Marc Ambinder
James Carville / Financial Times:
Halt the political hara-kiri  —  In this, the most fascinating and longest-running Democratic primary process of our time, we were presented with a silly moment that unfortunately is all too reflective of modern American culture.  Consider the case of one Samantha Power.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
NationalJournal.com:
Transcript: Greg Craig On Hillary Clinton's Foreign Policy Experience  —  National Journal's Linda Douglass sat down with Greg Craig for the March 14 edition of “National Journal On Air.”  This is a transcript of their conversation.  —  Q: I want to welcome Greg Craig.
Discussion: The Swamp
Elizabeth Warren / TPMCafe:
Don't Let Consumers Speak  —  What if you held a hearing, but the people who were most directly affected by the proposals were barred from speaking?  That's what happened yesterday.  —  The Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the House Committee on Financial Services held hearings on credit cards.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
 
 
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