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10:55 AM ET, April 15, 2008

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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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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.
Discussion: The Field and AMERICAblog
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.
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.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Candidate on a High Horse
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daimnation!
Philly.com:   Obama says he ‘mangled’ Pa. remark
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Loose Lips and Democratic Ships
Discussion: Washington Wire
See-Dubya / michellemalkin.com:   Cracker-quiddick Fallout Continues To Haunt SnObama
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
America's turn: How bitter are you? Vote now
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Karl / protein wisdom:
Not much the matter with Kansas or Pennsylvania
Discussion: Marc Ambinder
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.
Discussion: Right Wing News and TownHall Blog
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
A Funnier-Than-Usual Journal Gets Snapped Up Early
Discussion: Hot Air and Gawker
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
New York Times:
Two Bombs Kill Dozens in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD — As many as 53 people, including 12 children, died in a car bombing Tuesday in Baquba, a city the Americans believed they had largely taken back from Sunni insurgents last summer.  —  A second bombing, carried out by a suicide attacker …
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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 …
Catherine Moy / Human Events:
Code Pink ‘Bundles’ for Barack  —  The co-founder of the radical anti-war group Code Pink has “bundled” more than $50,000 for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and pro-troops groups are demanding that he return the money.  —  Jodie Evans, a Code Pink leader, gathered at least $50,000 …
Associated Press:
Rice Rules Out Spot on McCain Ticket  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought to end speculation Monday that she might be a vice-presidential running mate for Senator John McCain.  —  While praising Mr. McCain, Republican of Arizona, Ms. Rice said in an interview …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
 
 
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
McCain Economic Plan To Show a Mixed Approach
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
A Back-to-Basics Messenger  —  Pontiff Expected to Stress …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Andy Barr / The Hill:
Davis apologizes for calling Obama ‘boy’
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Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years
John Byrne / NW Indiana Post-Tribune:
Hillary ends visit with a shot and a beer
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Marc Ambinder:
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Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Lawmakers Want FBI Access to Data Curbed
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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