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4:50 PM ET, April 15, 2008

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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 51%, Clinton 40%  —  Both Democratic candidates have 46% to 44% margins over McCain  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama is maintaining his lead over Hillary Clinton among Democrats nationally in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking, with a 51% to 40% margin in the April 12-14 average.
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WCAU-TV:
Poll: If Primary Held Week Early, Clinton Would Win By Double-Digits  —  If the Pennsylvania primary to select a Democratic nominee for president were held Tuesday, a week before the actual primary, Hillary Rodham Clinton would defeat Barack Obama by double-digit figures, a new SurveyUSA poll found.
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Woe Is He  —  Barack Obama's going to be the bitter one at the end of this.  —  Some liberal commentators have downplayed the effect of Barack Obama's fundraising speech at a San Francisco fundraiser last week.  But that's wishful thinking.  Along with the revelations about Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright …
Reagan Union / Quinnipiac University:
Clinton Stalls Obama, Holds 6-Point Pennsylvania Lead, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Many Clinton Dems Would Back Mccain Over Obama  —  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has stalled Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's drive in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary and holds a 50 …
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:
Upcoming: New L.A. Times/Bloomberg polls for Pennsylvania, N.C. and Indiana  —  Pollsters for the L.A. Times and Bloomberg have been in the field in the three states that will next shape the careening Democratic presidential race, and the results will be welcomed by the recently battered and bruised Barack Obama campaign.
Discussion: Commentary, The Page and MyDD
Matthew Mosk / The Trail:
On Cable, Obama Deluges Pa. with Ads
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and The Page
Ross Douthat:
What Obama Really Got Wrong  —  Timothy Noah, surveying the literature on the white working class and its voting behavior in the wake of Obama's San Francisco fiasco, tiptoes close to an important point about the roots of culture-war politics but doesn't quite get there.
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Some Perspective on ‘Bitter’  —  Maybe Barack Obama felt he couldn't afford to give the correct answer.  —  He was asked at a fund-raiser in San Francisco about his campaign's experiences in the run-up to next week's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania.  One of the main problems, of course …
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Flaws Multiply  —  Barack Obama's San Francisco-Democrat comment last week - about how alienated working-class voters “cling to guns or religion” - is already famous.  But the fact that his aides tell reporters he is privately bewildered that anybody took offense is even more remarkable.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Candidate on a High Horse
The New Republic:   George Will's Not Bitter
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Obama Wrong On Analysis As Well As Politics?
Discussion: protein wisdom and Marc Ambinder
Media Matters for America:
On MSNBC, Brzezinski and Novotny falsely asserted McCain's gas tax plan would eliminate “20 percent of the cost” … On the 9 a.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live, host Mika Brzezinski said that Sen. John McCain “will lay out a new plan to help Americans deal with high gas prices.
Discussion: The New Republic
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Washington Wire:
McCain's Gas-Tax Plan May Be a Clunker
Discussion: The Swamp and MSNBC
Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
MCCAIN: THE SOLUTION TO RECESSION IS POLLUTION!
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Matthew Yglesias
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Return of the pin  —  As a reader noticed, Obama was sporting the much-debated flag pin for his speech to veterans today.  —  UPDATE: The pin was given to Obama by a disabled vet at the event.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama back to wearing an American flag pin
John McCain 2008:
Remarks By John McCain On The Economy  —  ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain will deliver the following remarks as prepared for delivery at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, today at 9:45 a.m. EDT:  —  Thank you.  I appreciate the hospitality of the Allegheny Business Conference …
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CQ Politics:
Clinton Rates Slim Edge Over Obama in PA District Delegate Race  —  Is Barack Obama trailing Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania by double digit percentages?  Or has he closed the gap to single digits, as recent polls suggest?  Could he even win the April 22 primary …
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Michael Alison Chandler / Washington Post:
At McLean School, Playing Tag Turns Into Hot Potato  —  A playground pastime is getting a timeout this spring at a McLean elementary school.  —  Robyn Hooker, principal of Kent Gardens Elementary School, has told students they may no longer play tag during recess after determining that the game of chasing …
Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
McCain, Military Oppose Expanding GI Bill  —  Presidential Hopeful Believes Legislation Would Hurt Military  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that would greatly expand educational benefits …
Agence France Presse:
Basra residents welcome Iraq army crackdown  —  BASRA, Iraq (AFP) — Three weeks after Iraqi troops swarmed into the southern city of Basra to take on armed militiamen who had overrun the streets, many residents say they feel safer and that their lives have improved.
The Huffington Post:
Wall Street Journal Parody — With A Topless Ann Coulter — Rankles Murdoch In Real Life And On YouTube  —  My Wall Street Journal, a parody of the Wall Street Journal on newsstands this week to mark the April 15 tax deadline, has rankled News Corp executives so much that they're trying to make sure no one sees it.
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino  —  MS. PERINO: Let me start off just with a couple of comments about the President welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to America today.  Tomorrow in his remarks, the President will say to the Holy Father that millions of Americans have been praying for his visit.
Discussion: Washington Wire and First Draft
Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
McCain blasts rivals on comments, trade  —  Candidate to focus on economy in local visit  —  Washington - Interviewed in advance of a Wednesday visit to the Milwaukee area to discuss his economic plans, Republican John McCain had tough words for his Democratic rivals, especially Barack Obama.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
 
 
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The New Republic:
No Surprises—and No Logic—in McCain's Big Tax Speech
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Stop The Sub-Prime Bailout
Discussion: Below The Beltway
Gershom Gorenberg / American Prospect:
J Street on the Map  —  Today's announcement of a new Washington …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
OBAMA ON ELITISM: ‘SILLY SEASON’
Discussion: Commentary and The Page
Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
Joe Lieberman Hints Obama May Be a ‘Marxist’—After Hailing His Support in 2006
Discussion: Firedoglake
Jeffrey Feldman / The Huffington Post:
O'Reilly's ‘Soros’ Smear of Obama
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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Discussion: TalkLeft and Matthew Yglesias
HillaryClinton.com:
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Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Hindrocket / Power Line:
Among Friends  —  Earlier today, Barack Obama addressed …
Discussion: baldilocks and FOX Embeds
Bloomberg:
Swaps Tied to Losses Became 'Frankenstein's Monster'
Discussion: Eschaton
Matthew Yglesias:
Out of Touch  —  This is the first add from Progressive Media …
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