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OBAMA SPEECH IN FULL: A MORE PERFECT UNION  —  “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”  —  Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy.
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Shelby Steele / Wall Street Journal:
The Obama Bargain  —  Geraldine Ferraro may have had sinister motives when she said that Barack Obama would not be “in his position” as a frontrunner but for his race.  Possibly she was acting as Hillary Clinton's surrogate.  Or maybe she was simply befuddled by this new reality …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Testing Of Obama  —  Today will be a crucial day.  It will be a day when we will discover if America's racial environment - and the emotions and feelings and anger and fears that it entails - can allow for a black man - with all that entails - to become president.
The Politico:
Race uproar offers test for Obama  —  Democrats who worry that Barack Obama is untested can put their concerns to rest.  —  The inflammatory rhetoric of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has confronted Obama with the most severe test of his presidential campaign and, quite likely, of his public career.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
The speech  —  He hasn't started speaking yet here in Philly, but Drudge just busted the embargo, so I've posted the text after the jump.  —  It's quite a speech: autobiographical, embracing complexity, and answering questions about Wright — whose most offensive words, he says …
Discussion: Reason Magazine and The Confluence
Ross Douthat:
Obama's Speech  —  Barack Obama's long association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright isn't significant because it suggests that Obama shares Wright's more controversial views; I have no doubt that he does not.  It's significant because it undercuts an important aspect of Obama's promise as a politician …
Discussion: Eunomia
CNN:
Obama speech: Former pastor ‘like family to me’
Karl / protein wisdom:
Andrew Sullivan launches a preemptive attack on Obama's critics
Discussion: Snarky Bastards
Michelle Malkin:
Newsflash: Obama says “God bless America;” …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Spin Cycle
Byron York / The Corner:   All The News That's Fit...
Associated Press:
Obama confronts racial division in US
Discussion: Corrente and FREEDOM EDEN
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Obama to Confront Racial Issues
Discussion: Redstate
NY Daily News:
Gov. Paterson admits to sex with other woman for years  —  The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state's new governor, David Paterson, told the Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs.  —  In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife …
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New York Post:   STATE OF AFFAIRS  —  NEW GOV DAVE & WIFE CHEATED ON EACH OTHER
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Street on Welfare  —  Never do I want to hear again from my conservative friends about how brilliant capitalists are, how much they deserve their seven-figure salaries and how government should keep its hands off the private economy.  —  The Wall Street titans have turned into a bunch of welfare clients.
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Mohamed El-Erian / Financial Times:
Why the Fed must act in unfamiliar ways
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Bill Mears / CNN:
Court decision on gun-control is personal for 2 women  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Shelly Parker wants to know why she cannot keep a handgun in her house.  As a single woman she has been threatened by neighborhood drug dealers in a city where violent crime rates are on the rise.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A False Claim of Valor and a Cry of Free Speech
Discussion: Law Blog
Frank Newport / Gallup:
McCain's 67% Favorable Rating His Highest in Eight Years  —  Obama has a 62% favorable rating, while Clinton's is 53%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain's 67% favorable rating is the highest of any of the three major candidates running for president, and ties for his highest in Gallup polling history.
Washington Post:
A McCain Gaffe in Jordan  —  AMMAN, Jordan — Sen. John McCain, traveling in the Middle East to promote his foreign policy expertise, misidentified in remarks Tuesday which broad category of Iraqi extremists are allegedly receiving support from Iran.  —  He said several times that Iran …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama camp: HRC is taking the low road  —  Is it possible to win the Democratic nomination in such a way as to make winning not worth it?  —  The Barack Obama campaign thinks so.  It thinks Hillary Clinton's campaign is willing to take any road to the White House, including the low road.
Discussion: protein wisdom
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Speech  —  Alas, I cannot give a more considered response right now as I have to get on the road.  But I do want to say that this searing, nuanced, gut-wrenching, loyal, and deeply, deeply Christian speech is the most honest speech on race in America in my adult lifetime.
Discussion: TPMCafe
 
 
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