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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Democratic And Republican Critics Say Blast Obama's “Smalltown” Comments Calling It Presidential Disqualifier — If someone wanted to see how early 21st century American politics operates, they need look no further than the current (growing) flap over politically flat-footed comments Senator Barack Obama …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
IS OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN OVER? — It may be. I don't see how anyone known to have uttered these words can be elected President: … Barack Obama's arrogance has been evident for some time, and it's no shock, perhaps, to learn that that he shares this bigoted opinion, common among urban liberals, of people who live in “small towns.”
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Mark Halperin / The Page:
Transcript of Obama's Remarks at San Francisco Fundraiser Sunday — OBAMA: So, it depends on where you are, but I think it's fair to say that the places where we are going to have to do the most work are the places where people are most cynical about government.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Opponents Call Obama Remarks ‘Out of Touch’ — TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — As Senator Barack Obama sought to broaden his appeal to voters in southern Indiana on Friday, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain separately criticized him as being out of touch with the middle class …
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Karl / protein wisdom:
Barack Obama: What's the matter with Pennsylvania? — To briefly recap: Barack Obama made comments to limousine liberals at a San Francisco fundraiser that people in small town Pennsylvania (and in the Midwest, though Obama is wrong to place PA there) are “bitter” and “cling to guns or religion …
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Hicks nix clique's shticks — I'm about done with Obama over this mill-closures-drive-small-town-losers- to-guns-and-God business. If you're running as a glamorous blank slate on which people project their own utopian fantasies, you've got to be very careful not to give the game away …
Associated Press:
Obama concedes remarks were ill chosen — MUNCIE, Ind. - Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday conceded that comments he made about bitter working class voters who “cling to guns or religion” were ill chosen, as he tried to stem a burst of complaints that he is condescending.
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John McCormick / The Swamp:
OBAMA: BITTERNESS A REALITY — by John McCormick, updated with Clinton, McCain comments — MUNCIE, Ind. - Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged today that he should have spoken with greater precision when he recently made remarks at a San Francisco fundraiser that his opponents suggest smack of elitism.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:Obama on tradition — In Muncie, he takes another pass …
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Shailagh Murray / The Trail:Obama Expands on ‘Bitter’ Pennsylvanians Comment
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:The Red-Blue Divide — These remarks by Obama in San Francisco are …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:MORE ON OBAMA'S SMALL-TOWN SCREWUP, from Tom Maguire.
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton's record shows trade support — On the trail, the candidate has made a point of critiquing free trade agreements, saying they cost U.S. jobs. — WASHINGTON — Campaigning across Pennsylvania and other sections of the Rust Belt in recent months, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has stressed …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Iran Top Threat To Iraq, U.S. Says — Last week's violence in Basra and Baghdad has convinced the Bush administration that actions by Iran, and not al-Qaeda, are the primary threat inside Iraq, and has sparked a broad reassessment of policy in the region, according to senior U.S. officials.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in U.S. — Congressional Critics Want More Assurances of Legality — The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation's most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea's legal authority.
Michael Luo / New York Times:
Great Expectations for a Conservative Group Seem All but Dashed — The conservative group Freedom's Watch, headlined by two former senior White House officials, had been expected to be a deep-pocketed juggernaut in this year's presidential election, heralded by supporters on the right …
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Kate / small dead animals:
“People wonder why I quit university teaching” … The bigger picture is slowly beginning to sink in. — The CHRC reach into the realm of our impolite medium treads upon the internet's most sacred ground, something we have taken for granted since the earliest days of Usenet - the right to call each other names.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Legal Immigrants, Until They Applied for Citizenship — SELINSGROVE, Pa. — Dr. Pedro Servano always believed that his journey from his native Philippines to the life of a community doctor in Pennsylvania would lead to American citizenship. — But the doctor, who has tended to patients …
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