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1:25 PM ET, March 14, 2008

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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.
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David Brown / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Obama addresses Pa.'s importance, pastor's remarks  —  TRIBUNE-REVIEW  —  The following are excerpts of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's telephone interview Thursday with Tribune-Review reporter David.  M. Brown.  —  Q: Gov. (Ed) Rendell and (Philadelphia) Mayor (Michael) …
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.”
Edmund S. Phelps / Wall Street Journal:
Our Uncertain Economy  —  In recent times, most economists have pretended that the economy is essentially predictable and understandable.  Economic decision- and policy-making in the private and public sectors, the thinking goes, can be reduced to a science.
Discussion: Economist's View
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Reuters:
Bear Stearns gets Fed funding, shares plummet
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Fester / The Newshoggers:
Debt, Austerity and Iraq
Discussion: BartBlog
David Roche / Wall Street Journal:   Recession Is Inevitable
Cameron W. Barr / Washington Post:
Petraeus: Iraqi Leaders Not Making ‘Sufficient Progress’  —  Iraqi leaders have failed to take advantage of a reduction in violence to make adequate progress toward resolving their political differences, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday.
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: Dr. Sanity and Balloon Juice
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Obama Lists Requests for Pet-Project Funding
Discussion: The Blotter
New York Post:
OMG!  I JUST DID THE GOVERNOR!  —  SPITZ HOOKER'S DC DISCOVERY  —  The high-priced hooker at the center of Gov. Spitzer's sex scandal trysted with him several times before he was caught on a wiretap - but it was only during their last encounter that she realized the real identity of her john, sources said yesterday.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Saddam supported at least two al-Qaeda groups: Pentagon Update: What it means  —  Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced that an investigation into over 600,000 documents captured at the end of the invasion of Iraq showed no operational links to al-Qaeda — or at least, that's how the media reported it.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
CONNECTED: Iraq and al Qaeda
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama's Michigan Co-Chair Suggests Agreement On Redo Of Primary Is Likely  —  The Obama campaign's Michigan co-chair says that all the momentum right now in private negotiations between Michigan Dems is behind the option of having a redo primary in the state, suggesting that an agreement on a redo is likely.
Discussion: TalkLeft, Commentary and The Page
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Detroit News:
Dems zero in on June 3 primary
Discussion: TalkLeft, Corrente and tbo.com
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Getting the Politics of the Press Right: Walter Pincus Rips into Newsroom Neutrality  —  “The important thing is to show integrity— not to be a neuter, politically.  Having good facts that hold up is a bigger advantage than claiming to reflect all sides equally well.”
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Secret Is Out: There Was No Big Secret  —  Psst.  Congress has a secret.  —  At 6 p.m. yesterday, the House of Representatives — the People's House, as lawmakers like to call it — turned itself into a private club, determined to shield its deliberations from the prying eyes of the American public.
Discussion: TPMMuckraker and The Gavel
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Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Rare closed session changes few minds on FISA
Discussion: The Swamp
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
President weakens espionage oversight  —  Board created by Ford loses most of its power  —  President Ford with Vice President Dick Cheney (left), then Ford's chief of staff, and Jim Baker.  Cheney said in 2005 that postWatergate reforms went too far.  (New york times/file 1976)
Richard Ford / Times of London:
Schools fear that forced marriages poster campaign will upset parents  —  Schools in areas feared to have high rates of forced marriage are refusing to display posters on the issue because they are too hard-hitting, according to a government report.  —  Headteachers are unwilling to put …
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama works to convert in Pennsylvania  —  FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. — Nearly a month before voters go to the polls, Sen. Barack Obama will get an early clue about his chances against Pennsylvania's prohibitive favorite, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  In the days after the March 24 voter registration deadline …
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Sen. Ensign paints a grim picture for GOP in November  —  The Senate Republican campaign committee's motto from early on in the 2008 cycle has been “Two Seats” — the net gain it needs in November to retake the majority.  —  But a resigned National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) …
Discussion: TPM Election Central and Hot Air
Yeas & Nays:
Ventura: Will he or won't he?  —  To hear Jesse Ventura tell it, he's either out to become president or an expatriate.  —  In the opening to his fourth book, due out April 1, the former wrestler and governor of Minnesota writes: “As I begin to write this book, I'm facing probably …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
 
 
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Legislators plan talks with Clinton, Obama campaigns today
Discussion: Washington Wire
CNBC.com:
US Faces Severe Recession, Feldstein Says
Discussion: Sadly, No!
New York Sun:
$1,000 Gold
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Bare Necessities: A Generation Tries to Imagine Life Without iPods
James P. Lucier / American Spectator:
How McCain Can Win the Base
Discussion: Jay Currie
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
Politicians Spanked by Virgin
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Damage Done  —  A reader writes: … One small moment …
Discussion: marbury
Matthew Yglesias:
The Romance of Empire  —  George W. Bush laments that his advanced age …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Rank-Link Imbalance  —  Every society produces …
Bruno Waterfield / Telegraph:
Dutch to legalise gay sex in public park
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / The Lede:
Bush's Surprise Serenade Hits YouTube
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Roger Runningen / Bloomberg:
Bush to Urge ‘Confidence’ in Economy, Not New Stimulus Package
Eric Adams / Popular Science:
How It Works: The Airborne Laser Cannon
Richard Garner / The Independent:
Iraq: teachers told to rewrite history
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Clinton role in health program disputed
Discussion: Don Surber, Hot Air and Spin Cycle
 

 
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