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4:05 AM ET, April 18, 2008

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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama fingers a ‘gotcha’ debate  —  Sen. Barack Obama was on the stump today in Raleigh, N.C., the day after his debate in Philadelphia with Sen. Hillary Clinton.  Have a look at his body language when he spoke of the sort of debate it was — a “gotcha” fest — and about Clinton being “in her element.”
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Byron York / The Hill:
Barack and the bomber  —  If we're judged by those with whom we associate, here's a question:  —  Would you rather be associated with a '60s radical who plotted to bomb the Pentagon and to this day believes, as he said a few years ago, “I don't regret setting bombs; I feel we didn't do enough …
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.
Frank James / The Swamp:
Hillary Clinton ‘rescues’ Colbert Report  —  PHILADELPHIA—Unsuccessful in his attempt to become a presidential candidate in his native South Carolina, comedy show host Stephen Colbert was forced to rely on the  —  “expertise” of Sen. Hillary Clinton during a taping of tonight's “Colbert Report.”
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Trail:
Bill Ayers Has a Blog — and Regrets  —  During last night's Democratic presidential primary debate in Philadelphia, Sen. Barack Obama was pressed forcefully by moderator George Stephanopoulos and Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton about his relationship with William Ayers …
media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com:
Opinion Board  —  Pennsylvania Democrats are confronted …
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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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Does John McCain require his mistress to wear a flag pin?
Discussion: Oliver Willis and The BRAD BLOG
Marc Ambinder:
The Obamaverse v. George Stephanopoulos
Discussion: The Corner
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Criticizes Debate, Says Hillary “Looked In Her Element”
Discussion: Firedoglake
CNN:
Dean: I need a decision ‘now’  —  (CNN)— An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they're for - and “I need them to say who they're for starting now.”  —  “We cannot give up two or three months of active campaigning and healing time …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Democratic Operative Takes on McCain's Age
Discussion: Hot Air and Ben Smith's Blogs
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:   McCain Is Old, So Are Voters
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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Yale: Student's Art Project Only ‘Creative Fiction’  —  A Yale student's bizarre art project in which she claimed to have repeatedly impregnated and induced abortions in herself is a work of “creative fiction,” the university said in a statement this afternoon.
James Fallows:
This horrible “debate”  —  As mentioned earlier, family concerns (my father) have trumped other concerns for quite a while.  Among various consequences, and in the cosmic sense a trivial one, is the list of items building up that I am looking for a chance to weigh in on …
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Stephanopoulos defends debate performance: 'We asked tough …
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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Spencer / Attackerman:
You Gotta Get (Get) That (That) Dirt Off Your Shoulder  —  Starting at 2:20, bear witness to perhaps the coolest subliminal cultural reference in the history of American politics.  —  Brooklyn, stand up!
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
The Two Wars in Iraq & Mistaken Republican Support for Obama  —  [T]he root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.  —James Baldwin.  —  Bush screwed the pooch in Iraq.  There is a good argument to be made that we should not have invaded in the first place.
Discussion: The Other McCain
Jonathan Martin / Yahoo! News:
McCain readies unorthodox campaign  —  For reasons of financial necessity, personal preference and plain politics, John McCain is gearing up to run one of the least traditional presidential campaigns in recent history.  —  The problem is that even prominent strategists within McCain's own party wonder …
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
Obama Campaign “Flattered” by Hamas Endorsement  —  Hamas endorsed Obama yesterday, and Philip Klein got the reaction from David Axelrod: … Note the slipperiness.  Axelrod first distances himself from the “gentleman from Hamas,” but in the next breath he embraces the gentleman/terrorists' comparison …
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CQ.com:
Huge War Supplemental in Works  —  The House Democratic leadership is close to finalizing a decision to combine all outstanding Bush administration requests for war funding — totaling at least $170 billion — into one huge bill, according to lawmakers and aides.
 
 
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