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5:30 PM ET, April 4, 2008

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Amanda / Think Progress:
Rep. McHenry calls U.S. soldier in Iraq a ‘two-bit security guard.’  —  During a public appearance on Saturday, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) belittled a U.S. soldier in Iraq who was following orders and wouldn't let McHenry go to the gym without the proper credentials.
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
Think Progress Screws Up Again  —  Last week Think Progress blogger Amanda accused John McCain of plagiarizing a speech from Admiral Timothy Ziemer only to retract the story hours later.  Amanda, last name unknown, had failed to check with McCain's office before running her “exclusive,” …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
In Which I Answer A Question And Ask One  —  The always reliable Steve Benen of The Carpetbagger and Salon posts as follows: … Lots of lefties have joined in but let's just highlight ThinkProgress (Invent Stuff) and Oliver Willis, both of whom share Mr. Benen's confidence that the “two-bit security guard” is a US soldier.
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Let's play, ‘Imagine If A Democrat Had Said This’  —  As a rule, insulting U.S. troops trying to keep you safe in Iraq doesn't seem like an especially good idea.  And yet, there was Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), one of Congress' most right-wing members, reflecting on his recent visit to Baghdad …
Carolina Politics Online:   McHenry Refers to Soldier as “Two Bit Security Guard”
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   “Two-bit security guard”? Update: A contractor, not a soldier
HillaryClinton.com:
Hillary and Bill Clinton Tax Returns  —  Statement of Jay Carson  —  Today Senator Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton are releasing their tax returns for the years 2000 through 2006, and are providing information regarding their 2007 taxes as well.
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Clintons report $20.4M in 2007 income  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Clinton reported $20.4 million in income for 2007 and more than $109 million since 2000 as they gave the public the most detailed look at their finances in eight years.
Think Progress:
McCain Faces ‘A Little Bit Of Heckling’ During MLK Speech  —  Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) spoke to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Memphis to commemorate the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. As ThinkProgress has noted, as a congressman in 1983, McCain voted against legislation creating MLK Day.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The DOJ comments on the Mukasey controversy  —  (updated below)  —  In response to the growing controversy over plainly misleading comments by Attorney General Michael Mukasey last week in San Francisco, and in response to the questions I submitted, the DOJ's Peter Carr …
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Steve Benen / Crooks and Liars:
Mukasey plays fast and loose
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and BuzzFlash.org
jhsph.edu:
Statement Regarding POPLINE Database  —  I was informed this morning that the word “abortion” was blocked as a search term in the POPLINE family planning database administered by the Bloomberg School's Center for Communication Programs.  POPLINE provides evidence-based information …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Clinton Donors Press Dean at Fifth Avenue Bundler Summit  —  Leading donors to the Clinton and Obama campaigns sat down together last night with DNC chairman Howard Dean at a meeting at the Fifth Avenue apartment of super-bundlers Maureen White and Steven Rattner.
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
And the next GOP primary begins  —  A group of social conservatives have launched an effort to keep Mitt Romney off John McCain's ticket.  —  Under the rubric of an obscure PAC called “Government Is Not God,” a coalition of longtime Romney opponents and past supporters of Mike Huckabee …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
No Consensus Favorite Among Republicans for McCain VP
Discussion: Redstate and Donklephant
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
‘AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT’  —  From NBC's John Boxley  —  As mentioned earlier today, the Wall Street Journal reported that Clinton chief strategist Mark Penn — in his role as chief executive of Buston-Marsteller — met with Colombia's ambassador to discuss a free trade deal, which Clinton actually opposes.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, Wonkette and MyDD
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Voodoo Health Economics  —  Elizabeth Edwards has cancer.  John McCain has had cancer in the past.  Last weekend, Mrs. Edwards bluntly pointed out that neither of them would be able to get insurance under Mr. McCain's health care plan.  —  It's about time someone said that and, more generally …
Boston Globe:
McCain returns $3m in checks as he considers public funding  —  In another sign that John McCain is moving toward accepting public financing this fall, the Republican's campaign is returning about $3 million in checks to contributors who have given money for his general election campaign …
Michelle Malkin:
Absolut arrogance and the advertising agency behind the reconquista ad; Absolut's mealy-mouthed response  —  Scroll down for update...Absolut's blog response is here...more photoshops here...  You know what has been heartening the past two days as reaction to the Absolut Reconquista ad continues to pour in?
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
When Liberalism's Moment Ended  —  Forty years ago, American liberalism suffered a blow from which it has still not recovered.  On April 4, 1968, a relatively brief but extraordinary moment of progressive reform ended, and a long period of conservative ascendancy began.
 
 
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The Snitchin' Candidate  —  Everything about this John McCain ad …
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Matthew Yglesias:
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Fox News:
U.N. Forecasters: Global Temperatures to Decrease
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama cuts into Clinton's superdelegate lead
Discussion: The Swamp and The Caucus
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Boehner: ‘We are going to gain seats this year’
Josh Drobnyk / Morning Call:
Second poll shows Clinton's Pennsylvania lead shrinking
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