memeorandum: '60s Radicals Become Issue in Campaign of 2008 (New York Times)

3:10 PM ET, April 17, 2008

Top Items:

No Whining About the Media — Three quick points on the Democratic debate last night: — First, Democrats, and especially Obama supporters, are going to jump all over ABC for the choice of topics: too many gaffe questions, not enough policy questions. — I understand the complaints, but I thought the questions were excellent.

Discussion: The Caucus, TPMCafe, Macsmind, The Daily Dish, Majikthise, Guardian Unlimited, Philly.com, The Carpetbagger Report, Daily Kos, Angry Bear, Indecision 2008 and The Washington Independent

Senator Hillary Clinton / New York Times:

Democratic Debate in Philadelphia — The following is a transcript of the Democratic debate in Philadelphia, as provided by the Federal News Service. — PARTICIPANTS: — SENATOR BARACK OBAMA — MODERATORS: — LOCATION: THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER, PHILADELPHIA

Discussion: protein wisdom, JustOneMinute, michellemalkin.com, Weekly Standard Blog, Dick Polman's American Debate, TownHall Blog, Salon, FP Passport, Hot Air, Cato-at-liberty, Daily Kos, Chronicle of the Conspiracy and American Prospect

The Huffington Post:

ABC Hosts Heckled After Debate: “The Crowd Is Turning On Me” — Reflecting what seemed to be the main consensus of the night - that ABC botched this debate, big time - Charlie Gibson tells the crowd there will be one more, superfluous commercial break of the night and is subsequently jeered.

Discussion: culturekitchen, ABCNEWS, Top of the Ticket, skippy the bush kangaroo, Fox News, Crooks and Liars and Mathew Gross

Faiz / Think Progress:

AUDIO: Hannity Feeds Stephanopoulos Debate Question On Weather Underground — Last night's ABC News Democratic presidential candidates debate was co-moderated by George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson, but the unseen influence of Fox News' Sean Hannity was also on stage.

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, Marc Ambinder, Spin Cycle, Brave New Films blog, Taylor Marsh, No More Mister Nice Blog, Liberal Values, Democratic Strategist, Hot Air, AlterNet.org and NewsBusters.org

New York Times:

'60s Radicals Become Issue in Campaign of 2008 — On March 6, 1970, a bomb explosion destroyed a Greenwich Village town house, killing three members of the radical Weather Underground and driving other members of the group even deeper into hiding. On Wednesday night, those events emerged …

Discussion: The Swamp, Commentary, Guardian Unlimited, Right Wing Nut House, TownHall Blog, New York Post, Real Clear Politics and Guardian

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.

Discussion: MSNBC, Hot Air, Blogometer, Swampland, FishBowlDC, FOX Embeds and Boston Globe

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Brooks Celebrates The Freak Show

Discussion: Daily Kos

Will Bunch / Philly.com:
An open letter to Charlie Gibson and George Stephanapoulos

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Crooks and Liars, Matthew Yglesias, TalkLeft, The Reaction, Emptywheel, Deadline USA, Whiskey Fire, Liberty Pundit, On Deadline, The Democratic Daily, Achenblog and Lynn Sweet

Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
How Not To Unify The Party — Our friend Markos approvingly quotes …

Discussion: Tom Watson

Washington Post:
Obama Pressed in Pa. Debate

Discussion: Salon, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Boston Globe, Open Left, Telegraph, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, Blue Crab Boulevard, Redstate, Hot Air and BuzzFlash.org

Lynn Sweet:
Democratic Philadelphia debate. April 16, 2008. Transcript.

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Byron York / The Corner:
Clinton, Obama, and Bill Ayers, Day Two

Discussion: The Daily Dish

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Ayers in the news — Barack Obama took his first public grilling …

Discussion: factcheck.barackobama.com and TPM Election Central

Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Clinton-Obama Debate: ABC Decides Top Issues Facing Americans …

Discussion: News Hounds, PERRspectives Blog and Outside The Beltway

Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Worst. Debate. Ever.

Discussion: Associated Press and Firedoglake

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Dem Debate: Obama's Waterloo

Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog, The Glittering Eye, Reason Magazine, AMERICAblog, KIKO'S HOUSE, Boston Globe and The Daily Dish

The Big Trunk / Power Line:
BARACK OBAMA'S SONG OF HIMSELF

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Weekly Standard Blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, Jules Crittenden and The Caucus

Billary Redux / Daily Kos:
Keep turning up the HEAT on ABC... New Info

Discussion: The Huffington Post, MoJoBlog, NewsBusters.org, The Raw Story, Cold Fury, The Corner, michellemalkin.com and The Daily Dish

Philly.com:

VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA — THE CHOICE in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary is not only the one between a white woman and a black man. It's a choice between the past and the future. — More specifically, the nation must decide how to face the future racing toward us in the form …

Discussion: The Fix, The Page, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Spin Cycle, Ankle Biting Pundits, The Reaction, Balloon Juice and The Caucus

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.

Discussion: The Swamp and HillaryClinton.com

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 …

Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST, Gateway Pundit, Ross Douthat, NewsBusters.org, TownHall Blog and The Jawa Report

Yuval Levin / The Corner:
re: Brave New Exhibitionism

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Weekly Standard Blog, Sister Toldjah, Cassy Fiano and Wonkette

Zogby:

Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Deadlocked in Pennsylvania! — UTICA, New York—With just five days left before Democratic primary voters go to polls to decide who they want to be their presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois are locked in a battle that is too close to call …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, TalkLeft, Public Policy Polling, MyDD and Indecision 2008

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ZOGBY GOES FOR BROKE

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Irish Trojan in Tennessee

Nikita R Stewart / D.C. Wire:

Breaking News: Thomas Backs Obama — You heard it here first. Council member and newly elected superdelegate Harry Thomas Jr., initially a supporter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, is announcing in minutes that he will cast his vote at the Democratic National Convention in Denver for Sen. Barack Obama.

Discussion: Marc Ambinder and The Page

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
SEIU Joins the Pa. Fray

Discussion: The Swamp and The Trail

Duncan Gardham / Telegraph:

Muslim preacher Abu Izzadeen found guilty of inciting terrorism — A Muslim preacher who barracked former Home Secretary John Reid faces life in jail after he was found guilty of calling on his followers to train to be terrorists and telling them to kill non-believers to get to heaven.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report: Izzadeen Found Guilty on Terror Charges!

Paul Kane / Washington Post:

Congress May Seek Criminal Probe of Altered Earmark — The Senate moved yesterday toward asking the Justice Department for a criminal investigation of a $10 million legislative earmark whose provisions were mysteriously altered after Congress gave final approval to a huge 2005 highway funding bill.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The New Republic, TPMMuckraker, Wizbang, Balkinization and Hot Air

Max Bergmann / democracyarsenal.org:

GAO Slams Bush on Terrorism - says Al Qaeda attack likely and we have no plan — Here is the title of a report from the General Accountability Office on combating terrorism released today: … That is not some line buried in the report. That is the title. Wow.

Discussion: Think Progress, The Carpetbagger Report and The Washington Independent