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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
George Stephanopoulos Responds To Obama, Defends Handling Of Debate — At some point amid the hailstorm of criticism that greeted ABC's handling of yesterday's Dem debate, moderator George Stephanopoulos received an email — one of the many, many missives about the debate he's received — from an Obama adviser.
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Stephanopoulos defends debate performance: ‘We asked tough but appropriate questions’ — Despite criticism, ABC's George Stephanopoulos defended his performance in last night's Democratic debate, which he co-moderated with Charles Gibson. — “We asked tough but appropriate questions,” Stephanopoulos told me by phone this afternoon.
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Marc Ambinder:
The Obamaverse v. George Stephanopoulos — This YouTube is making the rounds:
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CNN:
Obama: Let's campaign, not have more debates — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday suggested he doesn't see any point in having another debate with Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton. — Clinton has agreed to a debate next week, but Obama has not yet accepted the invitation.
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Mike Dorning / The Swamp:
DALEY: DON'T TAR OBAMA FOR AYERS — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, whose father was famously not so sympathetic to anti-war protesters, is coming to the defense of Barack Obama for his friendship with former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers. — Daley accused Hillary Clinton and other critics …
Real Clear Politics:
Obama Shaken, Rattled, and Rolled — Just how bad was Barack Obama's debate performance last night? Not as bad as Britney Spears' song-and-dance routine at the MTV Awards. Not as bad as Bill Buckner's legendary error during the '86 World Series. Not as bad as Bob Dylan's music during his God phase.
media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com:
Opinion Board — Pennsylvania Democrats are confronted with a tragedy of riches: two incredibly appealing candidates for their Party's nomination. — We want to believe that Sen. Barack Obama can accomplish all he promises. His soaring rhetoric and compelling vision have inspired us and many other students.
Zogby:Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Deadlocked in Pennsylvania!
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Martine Powers / Yale Daily News:
For senior, abortion a medium for art, political discourse — Art major Aliza Shvarts '08 wants to make a statement. — Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself …
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Aliza Shvarts: Abortion Goo Girl Rants Against the “Patriarchal Heteronormative” — [Note: Yale now claims this was all a hoax. See below.] — [Note: Yale Advisor removes video from YouTube. See below.] — VIDEO UPDATE: Like cockroaches running for the den when the lights go on …
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines:Yale Student Engages in Shocking Self-Induced Abortion Art Display
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Wake up America
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on debate: ‘Sen. Clinton looked in her element’ — Just now in Raleigh, Obama took issue with ABC News' conduct during last night's debate, and used it to link Clinton to traditional political tactics.
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: No ‘Whining’ from Hillary — ABC News' Sarah Amos Reports: Former President Bill Clinton says he didn't see his wife “whining” when she's taken some tough political shots on the presidential campaign trail. — “When I watched that debate last night, I got kinda tickled,” …
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:Obama says debate focused on ‘gotcha,’ not policy issues
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Matthew Yglesias:
Dirt off Your Shoulder — This business is pretty cool. Somewhere between a dog whistle to the kids and a reverse Sister Souljah. Check out Obama at 2:20: — And now Jay-Z: — Good stuff, thought I guess rap scold Douthat wouldn't approve.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Democratic Operative Takes on McCain's Age — Despite a recent promise from Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean not to make Sen. John McCain's age — he turns 72 in August — an issue in the presidential campaign, a senior Democratic operative has started a new website designed to draw attention to just that fact.
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Would A Dem Say This? — Would a Democrat say: — There's really no difference between what happened in the Bush years and the Clinton years; that there's not much difference in how small-town Pennsylvania fared when Clinton was president, and in this decade when Bush was President.
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Emptywheel:
Some Perspective on the Bush Administration Fight Against Terrorism — December 2000: Richard Clarke develops policy paper entitled, “Strategy for Eliminating the Threat from the Jihadist Networks of al Qida: Status and Prospects.” It calls for identifying and destroying known Al Qaeda camps …
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