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8:00 AM ET, April 16, 2008

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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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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Fight Leaves Democrats Questioning Prospects  —  The battle between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama over whether Mr. Obama belittled voters in small towns appears to have hardened the views of both candidates' supporters and stirred anxiety among many Democrats about the party's prospects in the fall.
Discussion: Balkinization and The Page
Scott Martelle / Top of the Ticket:
LAT Poll: Rev. Wright flap might have helped Barack Obama in Pa.  —  Well, it was hard to see this one coming.  A new L.A. Times/Bloomberg poll just released on the website found that 24% of likely Pennsylvania voters thought more highly of Barack Obama after his handling …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: MCCAIN'S ECON CHALLENGE
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Iraqi Unit Flees Post, Despite American's Plea  —  BAGHDAD — A company of Iraqi soldiers abandoned their positions on Tuesday night in Sadr City, defying American soldiers who implored them to hold the line against Shiite militias.  —  The retreat left a crucial stretch of road …
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Bill Clinton: Older voters too savvy to fall for Obama  —  QUAKERTOWN, Pa. — Older voters gravitate to Hillary Clinton because they're too wise to be fooled by Barack Obama's rhetoric, former president Bill Clinton told Pennsylvania voters today.  —  Clinton's comments …
Northern Exposure:
Accommodations  —  McDonald's fails to accommodate employee unable to wash hands  —  In Canada, human rights legislation provides that employers have a duty to accommodate disabled workers unless such accommodation would cause “undue hardship” on the employer.
Discussion: Ezra Levant and Overlawyered
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:   Have it her way!  —  Canada may no longer believe in old …
Robert S. McElvaine / The Huffington Post:
Pope Should Start “Spiritual Renewal” with Bisexual God  —  On Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI asked the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray that his first visit to the United States as pontiff this week would “be a time of spiritual renewal for all Americans.”
Discussion: StephenBainbridge.com and Hot Air
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
MSNBC won't air ‘controversial’ gun ad  —  The cable network MSNBC has refused to air an advertisement from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the group created by New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg,on the grounds that the ad is too “controversial.”  —  The ad, below, features each …
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air, QandO and Sister Toldjah
Matthew Palevsky / The Huffington Post:
Ex-CIA Analyst Outs Cheney  —  What could have possessed Prime Minister Maliki to rush headlong into a battle he was thoroughly unprepared for?  The Bush Administration has responded with certainty about only one thing: they were not involved in the planning.
John Koblin / New York Observer:
Times: ‘We Expect’ Layoffs  —  The New York Times announced that it's all but a done deal that the paper will have to layoff staffers in the newsroom.  —  The drop-dead deadline is fast approaching for the staffers in The New York Times newsroom to raise their hand and volunteer for a buyout.
New York Times:
Big Tax Breaks for Businesses in Housing Bill  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate proclaimed a fierce bipartisan resolve two weeks ago to help American homeowners in danger of foreclosure.  But while a bill that senators approved last week would take modest steps toward that goal …
Douglas E. Schoen / Washington Post:
New Strategy for Clinton  —  Hillary Clinton took an important step Monday toward winning the Democratic nomination by launching an ad targeting Barack Obama's recent comments about working-class voters clinging to “guns or religion.”  The ad is a marked change from her recent determination …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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 …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Fox anchor son asked “hitting the sauce” question  —  GOP p.r. guy/proud Villanova grad Jonathan Grella has a great catch from Hardball at his alma mater: the kid who asked the smart aleck question I referenced below about Hillary “hitting the sauce” is the son of Fox anchor Steve Doocy.
Discussion: Think Progress and Hot Air
USA Today:
Obama's claim of independence questioned  —  WASHINGTON — The screen fills with grainy footage of sprawling 1970s gas lines.  —  “Nothing's changed,” Sen. Barack Obama says into the camera, “except now Exxon's making $40 billion a year, and we're paying $3.50 for gas. ...
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
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Discussion: Right Wing News
Washington Post:
Britain's Brown to Meet Presidential Candidates
Mark Kukis / Time:
Al-Sadr Tightens the Screws
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Ian Faerstein / Blogometer:
4/15: Siding With The Enemy?  —  Prominent lefty bloggers …
Discussion: GayPatriot
Weekly Standard:
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Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
J STREET.  —  Late last week, Gershom Gorenberg, an Israeli …
Roy Edroso / Village Voice:
The Official Village Voice Election-Season Guide to the Right-Wing Blogosphere
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Jimmy's World  —  Former President Jimmy Carter has an interesting …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Commentary
Matthew Yglesias:
Defining Populism Down  —  If downing shots of liquor …
Michelle Malkin:
Introducing Barack “Arugula” Obama; Update: CafePress says, “No, you can't”
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
Montana Pol: Clinton Endorsement Preceded Obama ‘Cling’ Flap
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Richard Conniff / New York Times:
Abolish All ‘Taxes’  —  THE word “tax” was never pretty.
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
 

 
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