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8:25 PM ET, April 17, 2008

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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.
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.
Marc Ambinder:
The Obamaverse v. George Stephanopoulos  —  This YouTube is making the rounds:
Discussion: The Corner
Senator Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
Democratic Debate in Philadelphia
Joe Klein / Swampland:
A Lousy Debate...plus Latest Column
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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 …
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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.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Wizbang Blue
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 …
media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com:
Opinion Board  —  Pennsylvania Democrats are confronted …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ZOGBY GOES FOR BROKE
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Ali / Think Progress:   Gordon Brown: ‘The world owes Bush a huge debt of gratitude.’
CNN:
Cafferty: Clinton & McCain find common enemy
Discussion: The New Republic
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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.
AMERICAN DIGEST:
Aliza Shvarts: Abortion Goo Girl Rants Against the “Patriarchal Heteronormative”  —  [Note: Yale now claims this was all a hoax.  See below.]  —  Teacher's Pet, Aliza Shvarts, who saved her abortions for art, ( Yale Daily News - For senior, abortion a medium for art, political discourse) …
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines:   Yale Student Engages in Shocking Self-Induced Abortion Art Display
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 …
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Byron York / The Corner:
Clinton, Obama, and Bill Ayers, Day Two
Discussion: NO QUARTER and The Daily Dish
Dan Collins / protein wisdom:
Another Notable Debate Freak-Out [Dan Collins; UPDATED, with …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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.
Discussion: The Swamp and Ben Smith's Blogs
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:   Bill Clinton: No ‘Whining’ from Hillary
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Obama says debate focused on ‘gotcha,’ not policy issues
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
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.
Discussion: Ross Douthat and TPMCafe
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Spencer / Attackerman:   You Gotta Get (Get) That (That) Dirt Off Your Shoulder
David Brooks / Campaign Stops:
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.
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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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
How Not To Unify The Party  —  Our friend Markos approvingly quotes …
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Fox News:
Lawmaker Calls for Stripping of Taxpayer Funds to Carter Center  —  JERUSALEM — A U.S. lawmaker introduced legislation Wednesday to strip former President Jimmy Carter's Georgia-based scholarly institution of taxpayer support because of Carter's plans to meet with the top leaders of the Palestinian terror group Hamas.
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Robert Naiman / The Huffington Post:
Jewish Liberals Launch Counterweight to AIPAC
Discussion: Prospects for Peace
 
 
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