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10:50 PM ET, April 10, 2008

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
McCain erases Obama lead  —  WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain has erased Sen. Barack Obama's 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic candidates in an Associated Press-Ipsos national poll released Thursday.
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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Polls: Clinton's lead down to 4 points in Pennsylvania
Discussion: TPM Election Central
New York Post:
IRAN'S BUSTED IRAQ BID  —  BASRA ‘RISING’ WAS TEHRAN'S OP  —  A GAMBLE that proved too costly.  —  That's how analysts in Tehran describe events last month in Basra.  Iran's state-run media have de facto confirmed that this was no spontaneous “uprising.”
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Phillip Carter / Intel Dump:
Bush's Stubborn Strategy
Gateway Pundit:
SHOCKING— New Obama Audio Posted Online!  —  This is just amazing.  —  If Obama really wanted to have a talk about race he could start by explaining his hateful words on this audio.  —  (9 minutes 53 seconds)  —  Bob McCarty also finds it shocking.  —  The Elector of Saxony said it best in an earlier post:
Rasmussen Reports:
29% Favor National Health Insurance Overseen by Federal Government  —  Twenty-nine percent (29%) of American adults favor a national health insurance program overseen by the Federal Government.  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 39% oppose such a government-led initiative while 31% are not sure.
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Election 2008: Alaska Senate
Joe Klein / Time:
Petraeus Meets His Match  —  Senator Joseph Lieberman has become something of an agent provocateur in the semiannual Petraeus-Crocker hearings staged by the U.S. Senate.  This semester he chose to open his remarks by chastising unnamed colleagues for having a “hear no progress …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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The Huffington Post:
Randi Rhodes Quits Air America Rather Than Apologize For Hillary Clinton “F*cking Whore” Remark; “There's Relief And Joy” At The Station  —  Update: The Huffington Post has learned that Randi Rhodes quit Air America after being asked by the network to apologize for her inflammatory remarks against Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro.
CNN:
Obama: I'm not ‘getting fresh or anything’  —  (CNN) - Barack Obama appeared to have a bit of an awkward moment on the campaign trail in South Bend, Indiana.  —  From the pool report:  —  “[Obama] posed for report pictures with the staff when he apparently felt his phone start to vibrate …
Discussion: Shakesville and Cliff Schecter …
Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton Retells Hillary's 1996 Bosnia Story  —  ABC News' Sarah Amos and Eloise Harper Report: After a trip to Puerto Rico and two days entirely off the campaign trail, former President Bill Clinton eagerly discussed myriad topics with the crowd that awaited him in Boonville, Ind. …
myLifetime.com:
As Election Race Shifts, so do Women's Opinions of the Candidates, With Perception of Hillary Clinton Changing the Most  —  New Lifetime Networks' Every Woman Counts poll takes women's political pulse.  —  Sign In or Register to Assign a Topic  —  New York — As part of its Every Woman Counts campaign …
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: Elie Weisel is a piker  —  Someone at the Barack Obama campaign had better start watching the hyperbole meter when Obama gets off script.  When a questioner at a Levittown event asked Obama about his church's fascination with Louis Farrakhan, Obama offered a very strange defense.
Discussion: Political Punch and Commentary
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Carter and Hamas  —  It's an opportunity for Obama to draw a line, and he takes it:
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Hot Air
Jonathan Stein / MoJoBlog:
McCain Gets the Boot From Project Vote Smart  —  Project Vote Smart, the nonpartisan voter-education nonprofit, confirms today that it has kicked John McCain off its board.  Mother Jones reported on Monday that PVS was prepared to make the move due to McCain's nine-month refusal to fill out its Political Courage Test.
Discussion: Majikthise
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Muslim blogger makes his own version of “Fitna” — about Christianity  —  I'm not sure what his point is, ultimately — that the Bible is just as pernicious an influence as the Koran (per the opening text) or that it's silly to link atrocities to passages from scripture (per the closing).
Glenn Beck / CNN:
America needs a 12-step program  —  Editor's note: “Glenn Beck” is on Headline News nightly at 7 and 9 ET.  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — My name is Glenn Beck, and I am a recovering alcoholic.  —  It took me a lot of years and a lot of pain to be able to say those words and really believe them.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Macsmind
Marc Ambinder:
War Crimes!  An Elaboration  —  Thanks to Memeorandum, this short post on an ABC News story has received much attention and much more misinterpretation.  —  It is a fact that many liberal Democrats believe President Bush and other senior administration officials to be guilty of war crimes.
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
PETRAEUS: I WILL ‘NEVER’ RUN FOR OFFICE  —  From NBC's Domenico Montanaro  —  In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams to air tonight on NBC Nightly News, Gen. David Petraeus says he will “never” run for or hold public office.  —  “And I've tried to say that on a number of occasions,” Petraeus said.
 
 
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Have Republicans given up on FISA and telecom amnesty?
Discussion: The Hill and Think Progress
Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
President Is Boss, Clinton Says
Discussion: Political Radar
Iain Murray / The Corner:
Killing in the Name of Safety?
Discussion: Publius Endures
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:
McCain's Housing Muddle
Max Boot / Commentary:
The Secret History of Neoconservatism
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Dems fault Bush on executive privilege
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, remember when I praised McCain's housing stance? …
Matthew Yglesias:
McCain for Boycott  —  John McCain calls (conditionally) …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Paul Kiel / TPMMuckraker:
Mukasey Refuses to Say Yoo Fourth Amendment Memo Withdrawn
Ct Bob / Connecticut Bob:
Did Dick Blumenthal lie to me?
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Jonathan Amos / BBC:
Snakes with legs  —  What was lost tens of millions of years ago is now found.
Sue Shellenbarger / Wall Street Journal:
The Blogger Mom, In Your Face
Discussion: On Deadline
Brad DeLong / Salon:
No, Hillary Clinton shouldn't be winning
Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
Obama Talks All Things LGBT with The Advocate
Ben Smith / The Politico:
David Brock, Dems plan $40M hit on McCain