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Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton losing traction over Obama in Pennsylvania, Indiana — Her formerly double-digit lead is now just a five-point margin in Pennsylvania, survey finds. The reduced margin makes a win for her there less significant. She trails Obama among Hoosiers. — WASHINGTON — With three …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:Upcoming: New L.A. Times/Bloomberg polls for Pennsylvania, N.C. and Indiana
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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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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Obama Wrong On Analysis As Well As Politics? — Marc Ambinder worries that Obama really has no empirical leg to stand on with his “cling to their guns and religion” gaffe, linking to this scholarly refutation of the whole “What's The Matter With Kansas” concept.
Matthew Mosk / The Trail:
On Cable, Obama Deluges Pa. with Ads — As the Democratic candidates for president close in on Pennsylvania primary day, Sen. Barack Obama continues to vastly outspend Sen. Hillary Clinton on television advertising in the state, an imbalance that is allowing him to pursue voters on specialty channels …
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Robert Creamer / The Huffington Post:Why Hillary Clinton's Slash-and-Burn Politics May Hurt Her More Than Obama
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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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Matthew Yglesias:
J Street — Here's an exciting development — J Street, a new, progressive, Israel- and Mideast-focused organization has launched. The main idea behind the outfit is to address the paradox that most Jewish Americans have liberals views on the issues, including such matters as West Bank settlements …
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Gershom Gorenberg / American Prospect:J Street on the Map — Today's announcement of a new Washington …
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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Duane R. Patterson / Townhall.com:
Senate Democrats Can't Count, And They Think You Smell Funny — Thanks to the amazing skill Barack Obama has shown this week of how easily he can stick his foot in his mouth while trying to speak off the cuff, the country continues to focus on who is or is not bitter, and whether guns …
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Dean Baker / American Prospect:
McCain Proposes Special Summer Tax Break for Exxon — That is what the headlines on Senator McCain's proposal to remove the gas tax for the summer driving season should have read, since that would be the predicted effect of his plan. — According to the oil industry …
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 …
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
It's Official: Bush Is Objectively The Most Hated President In History — Congratulations to George W. Bush and the Republican Party for another historic milestone set by the Great Leader: … And the Torturer-in-Chief/Loser-of-Two- Wars has another 8 months to pad his record. Why all the BDS?
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.
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