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Louis Uchitelle / New York Times:
The Wage That Meant Middle Class — Whatever Senator Barack Obama meant by his less than artful remarks about small-town Pennsylvanians “bitter” over lost jobs, he certainly turned a lot of attention last week to the decline of the American worker, bitter or not.
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
‘Underdog’ Obama would call single-digit Pa. loss a victory — PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Barack Obama on Friday drew 35,000 people to a rally on the historic grounds surrounding Independence Hall, where he told the adoring crowd, “We're still the underdog here in Pennsylvania.”
Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
NEW PA. POLL HAS CLINTON HOLDING LEAD — From NBC's Chuck Todd — A new MSNBC/McClatchy/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette poll of Pennsylvania indicates things are staying fairly competitive in the Pennsylvania Dem primary. — The poll of 625 likely Dem primary voters was conducted Thursday …
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Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: Clinton margin in Pa. won't cut Obama's delegate lead — WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton leads among bowlers, gun owners and hunters in Pennsylvania, a blue-collar trifecta that is helping her hold an edge over rival Barack Obama heading into Tuesday's pivotal primary there.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Major revelation: U.S. media deceitfully disseminates government propaganda — This morning's “blockbuster” New York Times article by David Barstow, documenting the Pentagon and U.S. media's joint use of pre-programmed “military analysts” who posed as objective experts while touting …
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David Barstow / New York Times:
Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon's Hidden Hand — In the summer of 2005, the Bush administration confronted a fresh wave of criticism over Guantánamo Bay. The detention center had just been branded “the gulag of our times” by Amnesty International, there were new allegations …
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N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:
The Wealth Trajectory: Rewards for the Few — IF there is one thing about the United States economy in recent years that is beyond dispute, it is this: It's a great time to be rich. — Yes, I know, being rich has never exactly been a downer. But today it is all the more sweet.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Obama On Gun Control — Obama's views on gun control are in the news, so let me add a tidbit you have not read elsewhere. — First, the news: — Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft points out that Barack Obama is bobbing and weaving on the constitutionality of the Washington DC gun ban …
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Bob Casey: Obama Would Probably Find DC Handgun Bill Constitutional
Bob Casey: Obama Would Probably Find DC Handgun Bill Constitutional
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Michael Leahy / Washington Post:
McCain: A Question of Temperament — John McCain cupped a fist and began pumping it, up and down, along the side of his body. It was a gesture familiar to a participant in the closed-door meeting of the Senate committee who hoped that it merely signaled, as it sometimes had in the past …
J.R. Michael / New York Post:
EXPERT WITNESS — A BLOGGER ON THE FRONTLINES BRINGS REAL STORY OF IRAQ — How a New ‘Greatest Generation’ of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope — Those already familiar with Michael Yon's work might have one question regarding his book …
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Electability — One place I decided to try to avoid going was to the land of the “electability” argument. I find these discussions, though admittedly I occasionally get sucked in, to be quite tiresome. First I reject the idea that one should pick a candidate based on some imagined preferences of other voters.
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See-Dubya / michellemalkin.com:
An interesting endorsement for Obama — I noticed yesterday that David Boren, former Democratic Senator from Oklahoma and current President of OU, had joined Sam Nunn in endorsing Obama. I thought that was odd, because Boren was known as a fairly conservative Democrat …
Karl / protein wisdom:
Fear and Loathing at the Los Angeles Times — With the Iraqi Army defeating Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army in Basra, the L.A. Times has moved on to tell its readers how terrible things might get in Najaf. Buried in the middle of the piece, however, is a bit about the battle for Basra:
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Los Angeles Times:
HBO, after the revolution — CURRENT HISTORY: Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney in HBO's “ John Adams.” The classy miniseries, which has done well, in the ratings, ends its run Sunday. — It used to always be the premium of the premiums. Now the cable pack's catching up.