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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Harold Ickes Confirms That Wright Is Key Topic In Discussions With Super-Delegates — In an interview with me this morning, senior Hillary adviser Harold Ickes confirmed that Reverend Jeremiah Wright is a key topic in discussions with uncommitted super-delegates over whether Obama is electable in a general election.
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Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton compares herself to ‘Rocky’ — PHILADELPHIA - Perhaps the analogy was inevitable: Hillary Rodham Clinton as Rocky Balboa, the scrappy underdog boxer from Philadelphia memorably depicted in the 1976 Oscar-winning film. Even if Rocky did lose his first big fight.
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WCAU-TV:
Exclusive Poll: Clinton's Lead Shrinks In Pa. — Clinton Leads By 12 Points, Survey Finds — If the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania were held Tuesday, April 1, Hillary Clinton would defeat Barack Obama by 12 percentage points, according to a recent SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, Clinton 45% — McCain has slight edge over both Democrats — PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows a closer Democratic nomination race than has been the case in recent days, with 49% of Democratic voters nationwide saying they are most likely …
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Obama casts race between him, McCain — WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Sen. Barack Obama is talking about the elephant in the room — Republican rival John McCain — and all but ignoring the Democrat who stands between him and his party's presidential nomination. — Even though Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton …
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Clinton backer: Obama will win — (CNN) — A key Hillary Clinton supporter appeared to be a bit off message during a recent interview with a Canadian radio station. — “If I had to make a prediction right now, I'd say Barack Obama is going to be the next president,” Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Cleaver's bluntness — In an unusually frank interview on Canadian public radio, CBC, Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver of Kansas City — a Hillary supporter and superdelegate — gives a sense of how tenuous Clinton's hold on many black superdelegates is. — “If I had to make a prediction right now …
Washington Post:As Rivals Battle, McCain Builds November Machine
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
THE ADMIRAL THAT CAN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT — It doesn't take much to gain a reputation in Washington as a straight-shooter, and it takes a lot to lose it. — Adm. Mike McConnell came in as the Director of National Intelligence with a rep for being professional and non-partisan …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:No Iraq Intelligence Update For You!
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / Wall Street Journal:The Real Bush Intelligence Failure
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Neil Midgley / Telegraph:
Flying penguins found by BBC programme — The BBC will today screen remarkable footage of penguins flying as part of its new natural history series, Miracles of Evolution. — Camera crews discovered a colony of Adélie penguins while filming on King George Island, some 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands.
Wonk Room:
Elizabeth Edwards Responds: Why Are People Like Me Left Out Of Your Health Care Proposal, Sen. McCain? — Our guest blogger is Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Presidential candidate John Edwards. — I freely admit that I am confused about the role of overnight funding in repurchase markets in the collapse of Bear Stearns.
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Ali / Think Progress:
Student calls McCain out for political motivations of school appearance. — Today Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) stopped at his alma mater, Episcopal High School in Virginia, to lecture on the importance of teaching and the honor code. McCain's toughest question came from student Katelyn Halldorson …
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Dani Rodrik / Dani Rodrik's weblog:
American political economics in one picture — Look at the figure below, and then look at it again, and again, and again. It is the most telling picture about the U.S. political economy I have ever seen. — It comes from Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels' new book, soon to be released.
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The Politico:
Pentagon balked on gay partner travel — Prior to the Easter recess, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to intervene with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in order to get Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin's domestic partner on a military flight for a congressional fact-finding trip to Europe.
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Fafnir / Fafblog:
everything depends on the getaway — “Screw this dump!” says Giblets. “This universe is old and fat and smells like smelling and Giblets is busting out!” — “Should we go over the wall or take the tunnel?” says me. I been diggin a tunnel. — “Nuts to the tunnel!” says Giblets.
Michelle Malkin:
Lights out at MichelleMalkin.com Update (noon): Flipped the switch — Update: It's noon and I've flipped the switch back on. Let there be light! — Today I am going dark. — We've turned out the lights at MichelleMalkin.com. Why? To raise awareness of empty awareness-raising gestures …
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Media Matters for America:
Matthews on Obama: “[T]his gets very ethnic, but the fact that he's good at basketball doesn't surprise anybody” — On the March 31 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, discussing Sen. Barack Obama's bowling performance at a March 29 campaign stop at Pleasant Valley Lanes in Altoona, Pennsylvania …
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