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3:25 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) …
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.
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama camp: ‘Deplores divisive statements’
Discussion: Top of the Ticket, Hot Air and Attytood
Marc Ambinder:
Hagee, Wright, Parsley, Fallwell, Obama and McCain
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!
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs
Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Rare closed session changes few minds on FISA
Discussion: The Swamp
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.”
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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Tom Baldwin / Times of London:
Obama and Clinton divided over race issue
Discussion: Washington Wire, MSNBC and NO QUARTER
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
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.
Discussion: TPMCafe
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.
Matthew Yglesias:
The Romance of Empire  —  George W. Bush laments that his advanced age doesn't let him participate in his own screw-ups: … Need we note that when Bush had an actual opportunity to put his life on the line in a war, he chose to avoid doing so?  The guy who sent me the link observed …
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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.
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.
Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
JPMorgan and Fed Move to Bail Out Bear Stearns  —  Bear Stearns, facing a grave liquidity crisis, reached out to JPMorgan on Friday for a short-term financial lifeline and now faces the prospect of the end of its 85-year run as an independent investment bank.
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 …
 
 
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / Slate:
Playing the Racist Card
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain to release new Web video highlighting POW experience
Discussion: The Swamp
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Leads Clinton 50% to 44%
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Democratic rivals agree to play nicer
Discussion: MSNBC
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
Ala. building can't shake swastika shape
Fox News:
Weather Channel Founder: Sue Al Gore for Fraud
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Getting the Politics of the Press Right: Walter Pincus Rips into Newsroom Neutrality
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama's Michigan Co-Chair Suggests Agreement On Redo Of Primary Is Likely
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Bruno Waterfield / Telegraph:
Dutch to legalise gay sex in public park
Richard Ford / Times of London:
Schools fear that forced marriages poster campaign will upset parents
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
President weakens espionage oversight
Yeas & Nays:
Ventura: Will he or won't he?  —  To hear Jesse Ventura tell it …
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Sen. Ensign paints a grim picture for GOP in November
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama works to convert in Pennsylvania
 

 
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