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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 …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Now He's A Godless Commie — Bill Kristol, trained in the same politics as Hillary Clinton, now argues that Obama's remarks in a fundraiser q and a are the “real Obama” - and that his voluminous writing and speaking about the sincerity of his own religious faith, and of others, are presumably “masks.”
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Rasmussen Reports:
56% Disagree with Obama's Comments on Small Town America — Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters nationwide disagree with Barack Obama's statement that people in small towns “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly, Fox News's Fast-Rising Anchor — NEW YORK — It's just after 10:30 Monday morning on “America's Newsroom,” and Megyn Kelly has bounced from riots in Paris to storms in the Midwest, from a truck-and-train collision to a strange interview about the 1969 Manson family murders with the sister of slain actress Sharon Tate.
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Pre-teen Sex and the Senator — Last night, during the “Compassion Forum,” Barack Obama, talking about his daughters, said: “if, at the age of 12 or 13, they made what I would consider to be a mistake, in having sex or unprotected sex, and ended up getting pregnant.”
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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
FEC nominee drops out amid continued stalemate — The top Democratic nominee for the Federal Election Commission has withdrawn his name from consideration, deepening the nomination meltdown that has effectively shut down the commission during a critical election year.
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USA Today:
No ‘bitter’ aftertaste? How Obama gaffe plays — JACOBUS, Pa. — Phil Little seems like just the sort of Pennsylvanian voter who might have been offended by Sen. Barack Obama's comments that small-town residents “get bitter” and “cling to guns or religion.”
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Numbers Holding Strong — Maintains a 10-point lead over Clinton for Democratic nomination — PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama, who has come under attack by his presidential rivals for describing small-town voters as “bitter,” seems to be weathering the storm to this point as far as voters are concerned.
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Goes on Offense After Fumble — GRANTHAM, Pa. — Sen. Barack Obama sharply mocked his Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sunday night as he found himself defending his candidacy to white working-class voters for the second time in a month. — Sen. Obama accused Sen. Clinton …
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Melinda Henneberger / Slate:
For Better or for Worse — WHY THE CLINTONS WILL STAY MARRIED, WIN OR LOSE. — When Bill and Hillary Clinton's friends say they are exactly the same in public and private—well, except for the F-bombs—they tend to mean it literally: “I don't think I've ever heard them talk about anything but politics …
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Ken Layne / Wonkette:
Yes We Can: Wonkette Goes Solo — So, anything happening in the media news today? Wait, WHAT? Yes it's true: Wonkette is bravely leaving the Gawker Media nest, along with Gawker's music and travel sites. Why on Earth is a beloved publication such as Wonkette taking this plunge …
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Breaking: Gawker Media selling Wonkette blog; spinning off three sites
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Adam Entous / Reuters:
Israel snubs Carter and declines security help — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's secret service has declined to assist U.S. agents guarding former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned him, U.S. sources close to the matter said on Monday.
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New York Times:
Despite Tough Times, Ultrarich Keep Spending — Who said anything about a recession? Sometime between the government bailout of Bear Stearns and the Bureau of Labor Statistics report that America lost 80,000 jobs in March, Lee Tachman spent roughly $50,000 last month on a four-day jaunt to Miami for himself and three close friends.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
YOU BITTER? — I've gotten asked by a lot of readers what I make of this whole “bitter” controversy. So a few thoughts. — In cases such as this I think it is always crucial to distinguish in our own minds between what we find offensive and what we've been conditioned to believe that others will find offensive.
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Full Text of Obama's Speech to the Alliance for American Manufacturing — Being here in Pennsylvania with the primary coming up, I know that politics is what's on a lot of people's minds. But as I look out at this crowd, I also know that being here isn't just about politics for me. It's personal.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Iraqis aren't stupid — and they're watching us — Last month, Vets for Freedom visited the Twin Cities to talk about their experience in Iraq — and got rewarded by being booted from a local high school. Michael Honeycutt and I, along with hundreds of people from our community …
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.
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