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9:00 AM ET, April 15, 2008

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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Loose Lips and Democratic Ships  —  The Democratic presidential candidates are doing a splendid job of helping John McCain get to the White House.  —  Barack Obama violated two elementary rules of political campaigning.  A candidate should never play the role of a political scientist …
Discussion: Washington Wire
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Karl / protein wisdom:
Not much the matter with Kansas or Pennsylvania
Discussion: Marc Ambinder
Matthew Yglesias:
Gaffes  —  One thing I wonder about is how much do “campaign gaffes” really matter?
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan
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 …
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Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Italy: It's a landslide  —  Huge, perhaps historic, victory for Berlusconi's “Popolo della liberta' ” (which translates a bit awkwardly as “the people of liberty;” maybe it's better to call it “the freedom folks").  It's considerably worse than AP lets on.  Berlusconi defeated Walter Veltroni's …
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John Hooper / Guardian:
Berlusconi sweeps back to power
Discussion: Hot Air
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
“Bitter-gate”: Where Do We Go Now?  —  Critical mass has been reached.  “Bitter” and “cling” will forever be tied to Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in the same way that “Tuzla” and “the laugh” will always evoke Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) when a political junkie thinks of the 2008 Democratic race.
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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
G.O.P. Rep. Refers to Obama as ‘That Boy’
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Kentucky Rep. 'That boy's finger does not need to be on the button'
David Weiner / The Huffington Post:
McCain “Family Recipes” Lifted from the Food Network  —  What will they call it?  Farfallegate?  Rosemary Chicken Dome Scandal?  Perhaps something with the ubiquitous Rachael Ray in it.  —  It seems that Cindy McCain, John McCain's perfect, blonde beer-baroness wife is about to find herself painted …
The Politico:
Long-lost article by Obama's dad surfaces  —  Barack Obama's dad was such an important but absent figure in his life that he devoted his first book, Dreams From My Father, to the search for details about his father's life and how the quest helped forge a son's identity.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and The Page
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Obama would ask his AG to “immediately review” potential of crimes in Bush White House  —  Tonight I had an opportunity to ask Barack Obama a question that is on the minds of many Americans, yet rarely rises to the surface in the great ruckus of the 2008 presidential race …
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Speech About Nothing  —  We're in the middle of a series of historic economic transformations.  —  A string of technological revolutions have made American workers much more productive.  Over the past 30 years, steel producers have reduced the number of hours it takes to produce a ton of steel by up to 90 percent.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC  —  Political Funds, Lobbying to Promote Arab-Israeli Peace Deal  —  Some of the country's most prominent Jewish liberals are forming a political action committee and lobbying group aimed at dislodging what they consider the excessive hold …
Ezra Levant:
Was the CBC afraid to show the Danish cartoons?  “Well, yeah”  —  Two weeks ago, CBC Sunday did an extended segment about how Canada's human rights commissions have been turned into political censors.  Here's my extended review of that documentary.  In short, I thought it was well done …
Discussion: michellemalkin.com and Jay Currie
Matt / Think Progress:
Lieberman: It's ‘a good question’ to ask if Obama is ‘a Marxist.’  —  In his New York Times column today, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol claimed that Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) now-infamous “bitter” remarks sound like Karl Marx's “famous statement about religion.”
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
America's turn: How bitter are you?  Vote now  —  For days now we've all been reading about how bitter or not bitter small-town Pennsylvanians are.  —  All three major remaining presidential candidates — Sens. John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who started this whole thing …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Marc Ambinder:
McCain's Economy: Major Tax Reform, No Austerity  —  The message from Sen. John McCain's economic speech today seems to be that the economic policies of both parties are dogmatic and ill-equipped to harness the energy and contain the excesses of the modern economy.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
Enter CAIR  —  In “Zaman vs. Kersten” I quoted Stephen Schwartz's descripton of the Islamist playbook: … CAIR is the Islamist group that wrote the book on the scenario Schwartz describes.  It holds itself out as a civil rights organization representing Muslims in the United States …
 
 
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David Espo / Associated Press:
McCain supports law on media sources
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Candidate on a High Horse
Fox News:
Hamas Cleric Predicts ‘Rome Will Be Conquered by Islam’
Discussion: Commentary
Amanda Fortini / New York Magazine:
The Feminist Reawakening  —  Hillary Clinton and the fourth wave.
Anne Penketh / The Independent:
US and Iran holding ‘secret’ talks on nuclear programme
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Lawmakers Want FBI Access to Data Curbed
Discussion: Political Machine
Robert Reid / Associated Press:
U.S. Military Will Finally Release AP Photog in Iraq
Discussion: Firedoglake
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Bloggers, you have a job to do  —  CENTRAL COMMITTEE …
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited
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CNN:
Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
HOW THE ASIANS BECAME WHITE: I've discussed this phenomenon …
Discussion: The Belmont Club
John Baer / Philly.com:
Decades of working-class neglect - now that's insulting
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Retailing Chains Caught in a Wave of Bankruptcies
Rick Maze / Army Times:
McCain reveals confusion over Petraeus role
Dr. Helen:
Should “visual sexual aggression” be against the law?
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and TBogg
Scot Paltrow / Portfolio:
The Pentagon's $1 Trillion Problem
Discussion: Main and Central and RADAMISTO
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

 
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