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7:00 PM ET, April 13, 2008

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The Politico:
What Clinton wishes she could say  —  Why, ask many Democrats and media commentators, won't Hillary Rodham Clinton see the long odds against her, put her own ambitions aside, and gracefully embrace Barack Obama as the inevitable Democratic nominee?  —  Here is why: She and Bill Clinton …
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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
‘Not relevant’ last time I went to church, fired gun  —  SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (CNN) - After a weekend spent making direct appeals to gun owners and church goers, Hillary Clinton said Sunday a query about the last time she fired a gun or attended church services “is not a relevant question in this debate” …
Morning Call:
Obama's vision is reason to nominate him  —  Pennsylvania's Democratic voters on April 22 will choose between two candidates in the presidential primary.  Both are qualified to become the nation's chief executive.  They have more similarities than differences.
CNN:
Carl Bernstein's View: A Hillary Clinton presidency  —  What will a Hillary Clinton presidency look like?  —  The answer by now seems obvious: It will look like her presidential campaign, which in turn looks increasingly like the first Clinton presidency.  —  Which is to say, high-minded ideals …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
12 reasons ‘bitter’ is bad for Obama  —  A Clinton comeback was looking far-fetched.  But operatives in both parties were buzzing about that possibility Saturday following the revelation that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) told wealthy San Franciscans that small-town Pennsylvanians and Midwesterners …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
“FREAK SHOW”?  GIMME A BREAK!  —  At The Politico, John Harris and Jim VandeHei describe “What Clinton wishes she could say”: … I think it may well be true, especially after Obama's self-revelatory moment in San Francisco, that Obama will be a relatively weak general election candidate.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Ed Driscoll.com
Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Clinton Says Obama's ‘Bitter’ Remark Could Cost Party General Election  —  ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., took the opportunity to capitalize on her rivals comments that people in small towns are “bitter” for the third day in a row.
Jazz Shaw / The Moderate Voice:
Hillary Clinton's Booze Adviser  —  While I have enjoyed writing columns here at The Moderate Voice in the short time since Joe Gandelman invited me, I feel it only fair to give warning to both the Editor and our readers that I may be moving on to a new position which could stop me from doing this.
Discussion: The Impolitic and Neptunus Lex
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Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Bottoms Up: Just Another Saturday Night For Clinton? …
Discussion: Below The Beltway
Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Carter Will Not Endorse Until The Convention  —  ABC News' Mary Bruce Reports: Former President Jimmy Carter confirmed in an exclusive “This Week” interview with George Stephanopoulos that he will not be endorsing any time soon.  “The only thing I know is that, I have not made an endorsement …
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The Huffington Post:
Bill Clinton Flashback: “All These Economically Insecure White People...Are Scared To Death”  —  As the rumination continues over Barack Obama's comments about economically-depressed small town voters, statements made by Bill Clinton on the same topic — uttered while he was running for president in 1991 — have now surfaced.
Discussion: TalkLeft and AMERICAblog
MSNBC:
James Carville, Bob Shrum, Mary Matalin, Mike Murphy  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: In just nine days, the Pennsylvania primary.  Then, on May 6th, showdowns in Indiana and North Carolina.  Obama and Clinton, another heated exchange.  —  SEN. HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY) …
Discussion: TalkLeft and PoliBlog (TM)
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Big Lizards:
Forget It.  It's Chinatown... Big Lizards Breaking Bombshell News!  —  Correction below: Secondary photographic charge refuted, but the primary charge remains; and even the secondary charge remains, albeit by other evidence, not the bottom photograph.  See below.
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Hillary has hunted ducks  —  For all of Obama's weakness on the gun issue that I detail below, Hillary's attempts to exploit the “bitter” issue may have gone a step too far yesterday in Indiana.  —  As a past advocate for gun control, she's approaching Mitt and varmints territory here.
Discussion: Commentary
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Stephen Braun / Los Angeles Times:
Bill Clinton, China linked via his foundation  —  A firm that has donated to the president's charity is accused of collaborating with the government in its crackdown on Tibetan activists.  Hillary Clinton has spoken out against China's actions.  —  NEW YORK — As Chinese authorities …
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Matthew Forney / New York Times:
China's Loyal Youth
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Maintains Solid Democratic Lead  —  Obama, Clinton hold slim advantages in presidential election preferences  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking for April 10-12 shows Barack Obama continuing to hold a solid lead over Hillary Clinton in national Democratic voters' support …
Discussion: The Swamp and FiveThirtyEight.com
Diane Smith / EfluxMedia:
“Dr. Phil” Staff Bails Out Girl Jailed for YouTube Beating  —  The TV talk show Dr. Phil McGraw confirmed on Saturday the fact that its staff bailed out of Florida jail one of the girls involved in the violent video posted on YouTube.  The video depicted several teen girls beating one of their classmates while filming her.
Radley Balko / The Agitator:
So About That Tree of Liberty...  Tonight, a group of about 20 D.C.-area libertarians headed down to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial for some flash mob fun.  The prank was harmless revelry: To ring in Jefferson's birthday, we would meet on the steps of the memorial at 11:55pm, wearing iPods …
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Kate Harding / Shakesville:
It's Time to Get Obama-Skeptical
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Baucus staffers in lobbyist pipeline
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
IS ‘BITTER’ STICKING IN NORTH CAROLINA?
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Cliff Schecter Pwns John McCain
Discussion: Macsmind
Faiz / Think Progress:
'I don't even know who Petraeus and Crocker are.'
Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
Clinton Portrays Herself as a Pro-Gun Churchgoer
Malcolm Moore / Telegraph:
Pope will pray for terrorists at Ground Zero
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Tavis Smiley Will Cut Ties With Joyner Radio Show
Marie Woolf / Times of London:
Pirates can claim UK asylum
Pajamas Media:
Free Speech in an Age of Jihad
Jenel Stelton-Holtmeier / Denver Post:
Joking students called on the carpet
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Will Clinton Over-Reach?  —  The “bitter” spat is gold …
 

 
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