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9:40 PM ET, April 12, 2008

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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 …
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Clinton Campaign Further Strengthens the Democratic Party  —  In light of the Clinton campaign's response to Obama's ill-advised comments on small-town inhabitants, it's become obvious that Jon Chait and I were way off base arguing that the extended primary is killing the party.
New York Times:
Obama, on Defensive, Says His Remarks on Voters Weren't Artful  —  Senator Barack Obama fought back Saturday against accusations from his rivals that he had displayed a profound misunderstanding of small-town values, in a flare-up that left him on the defensive as he faces a series of primaries …
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 …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Video from San Francisco  —  Here's a clip taken by somebody at the San Francisco event; it's the passage just before the lines everyone is now focused on, in which he talks about the skepticism he encounters: … There are some pictures from the event on Flickr as well.
CNN:
Obama: If I offended, I deeply regret that  —  CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — Barack Obama said Saturday that if he has offended people with comments he made almost a week ago where he labeled small town Pennsylvanians “bitter” and that they “cling to guns and religion” then he regrets it.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Live Blogging Today's Clinton Campaign Press Call
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama tries again: You know, I probably could have said it better
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
What McCain Said Compared To What Obama Said  —  Oliver Willis compares this McCain statement to the Obama Gaffe: … More . . .  Obama said: … (Emphasis mine.)  From my perspective (the son of Hispanic immigrants), McCain's statement is much worse.  Why?
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Corrente and Don Surber
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Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
The McGovernization of Obama  —  I still believe that by August …
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Hicks nix clique's shticks
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and TigerHawk
Rachel Lucas:
Today I know the meaning of ‘butthurt.’  —  If it were later than 12:16 p.m. and if I had eaten anything yet today, I would take a double shot of whiskey right now.  I might do it anyway because any negative repercussions from that would have to be better than feeling every ounce of pain I'm enduring today.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Obama needs only 33% of SuperDelegates to get nomination  —  The reason every single top blog has had it with Hillary is because she already lost the nomination, she knows she already lost, and now is throwing a Hail Mary pass that threatens to divide our party and jeopardize our chances against John McCain in the fall.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
In Searching for New Job, Gonzales Sees No Takers  —  WASHINGTON — Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job.  Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Rox Populi
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
I Get To Nitpick Gary Wills  —  Gary Wills writes on “Two Speeches”, comparing Lincoln's address at Cooper Union with Barack's Philadelphia speech on race.  And here are two from the “Small Historical World” file - I poked through Lincoln's Cooper Union speech a few years back in response …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Where Obama's ‘bitter’ comments go from here  —  Typically when politicians want to bury bad news, they put it out late on a Friday — which is precisely when this story broke.  —  But for at least five reasons, this story may only gain steam in the days ahead.
Discussion: MyDD
Dan Collins / protein wisdom:
Donk Duet  —  Obama: Unelectable, that's what you are  —  Though the rants of Wright may hinder me  —  That's why I am here, that's why I stay  —  <instrumental interlude: tuba and digeridoo>  —  Obama: Unelectable in every way!  —  Hillary: That's why I'm still here, the crap you say!
Discussion: Primordial Slack
Marc Ambinder:
Bittergate: Going Forward  —  1. As one Democrat who opposes Obama points out, “elitist comments like these are like catnip for the GOP.”  It's not reality that drives these characterizations, it's perceptions.  Without putting too fine a point on it, nothing energizes the conservative political machine …
Discussion: Open Left
Jane Smiley / The Huffington Post:
Here We Go Again  —  You know, I just spent seven and a half years disagreeing with the administration that has given us an unprecedented military and economic mess.  I saw it coming, it came, and in some ways it was worse, and promises to get worse, than I foresaw.
Discussion: protein wisdom
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN.  —  This may sound odd, but man am I disappointed that stuff is happening again in the presidential campaign.  These last few weeks of relative quiet have been terrific.  All the older reporters tell me that this is supposedly the greatest campaign of my lifetime …
Discussion: TalkLeft
 
 
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 Earlier Items: 
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Cafferty's defense  —  The Obama campaign sent out this CNN segment …
Discussion: Hot Air and Redstate
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Will Lester / Associated Press:
Democrat blames weak economy on Iraq war
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama on tradition  —  In Muncie, he takes another pass …
Discussion: Commentary and The Swamp
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Why Gov. Bill Richardson didn't endorse Clinton
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