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1:35 PM ET, April 20, 2008

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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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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
In Pa., late deciders could lift Clinton  —  Senator Barack Obama of Illinois greeted supporters outside a whistle stop at the rail station yesterday in Wynnewood, Pa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)  —  PHILADELPHIA - Despite wall-to-wall media coverage, inescapable TV ads …
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.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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 …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Obama & Clinton in Full ‘Outrage’ Mode  —  The final days before any contested primary are filled with charges and counter-charges as each campaign (and their allies) throw everything against the wall in hopes that something will stick and affect the outcome of the vote.
Discussion: The Trail
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:   ‘Underdog’ Obama would call single-digit Pa. loss a victory
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Clinton camp: Obama was a ‘hypocrite from day one’
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
CLINTON CAMP'S PA ROBOCALL ATTACKS
Discussion: The Page
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:
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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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.
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Notice Anything?  John McCain doesn't wear an American flag pin on THIS WEEK  —  Let's call Nash McCabe.  I don't see a single lapel pin between them, do you?  —  Spotlight  —  No Trackbacks To “Notice Anything?  John McCain doesn't wear an American flag pin on THIS WEEK”
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Brush It Off  —  It had to be the first time in history that a presidential candidate had a hip-hop moment.  —  Barack Obama, who says he listens to Jay-Z along with his “old school guy” favorites like Earth, Wind & Fire and the Temptations, alluded to the rapper's 2003 hit “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” …
Discussion: Althouse
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Major revelation: U.S. media deceitfully disseminates government propaganda  —  (updated below)  —  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 …
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 …
Discussion: Power Line
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.
Discussion: TalkLeft
New York Times:
Chinese Urge Anti-West Boycott Over Tibet Stance  —  BEIJING — Armed with her laptop and her indignation, Zhu Xiaomeng sits in her dorm room here, stoking a popular backlash against Western support for Tibet that has unnerved foreign investors and Western diplomats and, increasingly, the ruling Communist Party.
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:
Pope blesses ground zero in NYC, prays for peace  —  NEW YORK - Pope Benedict XVI began the final day of his American journey by blessing the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and pleading with God to bring “peace to our violent world.”
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
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Discussion: TalkLeft and Corrente