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4:30 PM ET, April 12, 2008

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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
OBAMA TURNS ALL THOMAS FRANK ON US.  —  I'm not really sure what the big deal over Obama's comments in SF is supposed to be (save that the media and Clinton and McCain are saying they will be a big deal, and thus making them a big deal), but Marc Ambinder has the least hysterical rundown I've seen …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Geoffrey Garin: Obama's Small-Town Comments Would Damage Him In General Election — And Super-Dels Should Consider Them  —  Hillary chief strategist Geoffrey Garin dramatically raised the stakes in the battle over Barack Obama's comments about small-town America, saying in an interview that they would be …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Democratic And Republican Critics Blast Obama's “Small-Town” 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 …
Dotcomabc / Political Radar:
Obama Explains ‘Bitter’ Comments, but Rivals Pile On  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller and Eloise Harper report: Barack Obama, D-Ill., went further than he has before in admitting that he did not express himself as well as he could have in his initial comments at a San Francisco fundraiser this week about …
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
The McGovernization of Obama  —  I still believe that by August, Obama, the half-term rookie Senator, will have become the second George McGovern.  Cf. his latest declaration to the Marin County faithful (coming on the heels of the crazy anti-Semitic rant of Rev. Eric Lee, a prominent LA Obama supporter):
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Hicks nix clique's shticks
Discussion: TigerHawk and Ed Driscoll.com
Shailagh Murray / The Trail:
Obama Expands on ‘Bitter’ Pennsylvanians Comment
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and NO QUARTER
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Slams Critics on Middle-Class Comments
Hindrocket / Power Line:
IS OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN OVER?
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:   Obama Said What? UPDATE: Why Are Steeler Fans So Bitter?
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama explains S.F. comments
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Commentary
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Hillary hits Obama on faith, guns  —  Yesterday, Clinton hit Obama for calling Pennsylvanians “bitter,” ground on which he fairly ably engaged.  —  Today, she's onto the other half of his San Francisco remarks, in which he linked economic frustration to clinging to religion and guns …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Tries to Limit Fallout Over ‘Bitter’ Remark  —  MUNCIE, Ind. — Senator Barack Obama on Saturday rebutted criticism that has enveloped his campaign over a comment he made last Sunday that many working-class voters are angry and bitter over economic conditions in America …
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.
CNN:
Clinton backer: Superdelegates need to consider ‘bitter’ remark  —  INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (CNN) — Sen. Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton's top backer in the May 6 primary state of Indiana, argued Saturday that superdelegates need to evaluate Barack Obama's “bitter” remarks when deciding who to back for the Democratic nomination.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
“A Typical Sort Of Political Flare-Up”  —  As the “Hey Rubes, Back Barack” tour swung through Indiana Obama was in another town meeting defending himself again from his small town disaster [More at the Times and WaPo].  The candidate was insightful - “I didn't say it as well as I should have” …
Discussion: FOX Embeds
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama on tradition  —  In Muncie, he takes another pass …
Discussion: Commentary
John McCormick / The Swamp:   OBAMA: BITTERNESS A REALITY
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Why Gov. Bill Richardson didn't endorse Clinton
Discussion: The Page
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.
Garry Wills / New York Review of Books:
Two Speeches on Race  —  Of the two speeches discussed here, Senator Barack Obama's speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on March 18, 2008, is available at www.barackobama.com and Abraham Lincoln's at the Cooper Union in New York on February 27, 1860, is available at showcase.netins.net.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Matthew Yglesias
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Democrat blames weak economy on Iraq war  —  WASHINGTON - The growing cost to the United States of fighting the war in Iraq “is not only linked to our economic skid, but is a leading cause of it,” a Democratic congressman said Saturday.  —  Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky linked the costly …
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
 
 
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