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9:15 AM ET, April 14, 2008

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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” …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama Invokes Annie Oakley  —  Obama on the campaign trail today: … Hillary's campaign responds: … If you get a chance, watch the video of Obama's comments.  —  Update: Obama doesn't seem to know much about Annie Oakely: … Update: Comments now closed, a new and open thread is here.
Discussion: Little Miss Attila
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Obama lashes out at Clinton over her response to ‘bitter’ remarks
Discussion: Fox News and Shakesville
William Kristol / New York Times:
The Mask Slips  —  I haven't read much Karl Marx since the early 1980s, when I taught political philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.  Still, it didn't take me long this weekend to find my copy of “The Marx-Engels Reader,” edited by Robert C. Tucker — a book that was assigned …
Matthew Yglesias:
Foreign Legions  —  At the beginning of this web video, Michael O'Hanlon explains that the current pace of deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan isn't sustainable.  He also notes that the situation in Iraq is “nowhere near an acceptable or sustainable outcome.”
ABCNEWS:
Rev. Wright: Fox's Hannity ‘Stuck on Stupid’  —  The embattled former minister of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama fired back at the news media during a Chicago funeral service.  —  The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's remarks were reported Sunday in the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog:
Obama, Bitterness, Meet the Press, and the Old Politics  —  I was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 61 years ago.  My father sold $1.98 cotton blouses to blue-collar women and women whose husbands worked in factories.  Years later, I was secretary of labor of the United States …
Discussion: Liberty Street and Oliver Willis
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David Mark / The Politico:
The Indiana primary's fretful five  —  In the May 6 Indiana primary, the next critical contest after Pennsylvania votes on April 22, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama can point to impressive rosters of endorsements by prominent state and local politicians.
Discussion: The Caucus and The Page
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama On The Culture War  —  He made the same “bitter” point in 2004:  —  I see less condescension than empathy.  In fact, I see a disdain for elite condescension.  And nothing like the fathomless cynicism of Clinton.  The latter is now front and center: … We'll see.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe  —  DUBLIN — The collapse of the housing bubble in the United States is mutating into a global phenomenon, with real estate prices swooning from the Irish countryside and the Spanish coast to Baltic seaports and even parts of northern India.
New York Times:
Iraq Dismisses 1,300 After Basra Offensive  —  BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government has dismissed 1,300 soldiers and policemen who deserted or refused to fight during last month's Shiite-on-Shiite battles in Basra, it said Sunday.  —  The announcement followed the admission that more than 1,000 members …
Discussion: The Belmont Club and abu muqawama
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Democrats Wrangle Over Words and Beliefs  —  GRANTHAM, Pa. — A candidate forum devoted to issues of faith and justice became another flash point for Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton to spar in their intensifying nominating fight, with the candidates exchanging frosty glances Sunday night …
littlegreenfootballs.com:
Carter: 'I've Been Meeting with Hamas Leaders for Years'  —  Jimmy Carter apparently intends to go ahead with his plan to meet Hamas thugazoid Khaled Meshaal where he's hiding in Syria, despite the State Department's admonition against it.  —  Yes, the State Department disapproved of an idea by Jimmy Carter.
Discussion: Jerusalem Post and Firedoglake
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: Neptunus Lex
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Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Bottoms Up: Just Another Saturday Night For Clinton? …
Faiz / Think Progress:
National Security Adviser Hadley Confuses Tibet And Nepal  —  This morning on ABC's This Week, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley repeatedly confused Tibet and Nepal while discussing President Bush's decision to attend the Olympics.  At least 8 different times, Hadley said “Nepal” …
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