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9:40 PM ET, April 21, 2008

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Canceled: Obama backs out of North Carolina debate  —  The official explanation: “time constraints and logistical issues.”  The unofficial explanation: Team Barry didn't want to give her a reason to stay in the race if she flames out tomorrow, which makes zero sense.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and MOMocrats
Financial Times:
Democrats must choose Obama
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and The Daily Dish
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Why The Nomination Campaign Won't End
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight.com
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Regains Lead Over Clinton, 49% to 42%  —  A sharp reversal of the tightening of the race seen late last week  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Support for Barack Obama's nomination bid has rebounded among national Democratic voters, who now favor him over Hillary Clinton by a seven percentage point margin, 49% to 42%.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
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Washington Wire:
Voter Psychology: A Case for an Obama Victory?  —  Jackie Calmes reports on the presidential race.  —  Democratic consultant Tad Devine is unaligned in this year's presidential contest, but as a veteran of six of his party's past nominating battles, he's had time to hone his instincts about voters.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight.com
CNN:
Candidates to appear on Monday Night Raw  —  (CNN) - The road to the White House apparently runs through WWE Monday Night Raw.  —  All three presidential candidates are scheduled to make taped appearances on tonight's episode, hoping to tap into the show's approximately 5 million weekly viewers.
Discussion: Pat Dollard
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Wonk Room:
Elizabeth Edwards On Health Care: ‘This Is Not A Cheap Shot; It Is Potentially Life And Death’  —  Our guest blogger is Elizabeth Edwards, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and wife of former Presidential candidate John Edwards.  —  John McCain accused me of taking a …
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The Hill:
McCain: Elizabeth Edwards claim ‘a cheap shot’
Discussion: Think Progress and Alternate Brain
John McCormick / Chicago Tribune:
Obama: 'Why can't I just eat my waffle?'  —  SCRANTON, Pa. - As Sen. Hillary Clinton was preparing to campaign here today, Sen. Barack Obama was meeting with voters at a diner and apparently pretty hungry.  —  “Why can't I just eat my waffle?” he said, when asked a foreign policy question by a reporter at the Glider Diner.
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Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Lemme Eat My Waffle
Discussion: The Page and Washington Monthly
Ed O'Keefe / The Trail:
Bill Clinton Defends Hillary's Campaign  —  Note: Please upgrade your Flash plug-in to view our enhanced content.  —  Campaigning with his wife in Pittsburgh's Market Square, Bill Clinton defends his wife against charges she should leave the race.  (Video: Ed O'Keefe/washingtonpost.com)
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Rendell And Farrakhan  —  One thought that this video inevitably raises: what if Obama had ever said such a thing or been to such an event?  Given what we know now about this campaign, would it not be the conventional wisdom that it would be the end of his candidacy?
Thomas Frank / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Touch of Class  —  Allow me to introduce myself.  According to the general clucking of the national punditry, my 2004 book - “What's the Matter With Kansas?”  - is supposed to have persuaded Barack Obama to describe the yeomanry of Pennsylvania as “bitter” people who …
Countdown / MSNBC:
SENATOR CLINTON TONIGHT  —  On the eve of the primary election we've all been waiting for, tonight at 8pm ET Keith will host an interview with Senator Clinton on her lead the Democratic Pennsylvania Primary (First Read is calling it Hillary's Race to Lose)...and what happens after all the votes are counted in the Keystone state.
Discussion: The Plank and TalkLeft
Fox News:
Hamas Leader Vows Not to Recognize Israel After Carter Trumpets Terror Group's Willingness to Be Good ‘Neighbor’  —  JERUSALEM — Just hours after former President Jimmy Carter trumpeted Hamas' agreement to let Israel “live as a neighbor,” the same terrorist leader he met with face-to-face vowed not to recognize the Jewish state.
CNN:
Former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow joins CNN  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former White House press secretary Tony Snow will join CNN as a conservative commentator beginning Monday.  —  CNN president Jon Klein announced that Snow, a long-time political observer with a longstanding news background …
Discussion: Cogitamus
Ross Douthat:
In Defense of the Freak Show  —  John Harris and Jim Vandehei do a fine job of demolishing one narrative about the Debate That Everyone Hated last week in Philadelphia - namely, the notion that there was something particularly unfair to Barack Obama about the line of questioning the moderators took.
Jessica Fender / Denver Post:
Bruce barred from speaking after ‘illiterate’ remark  —  Disparaging remarks aimed at migrant workers got resident House rabble-rouser Douglas Bruce banned from speaking on a temporary-worker bill today.  —  “We don't need 5,000 more illiterate peasants in the state of Colorado,” Bruce …
 
 
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Howie Klein / Crooks and Liars:
C&L WELCOMES JOHN CUSACK FOR A LIVE BLOG SESSION on WAR Inc.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Clinton on Iran Attack: ‘Obliterate Them’
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Commodity soothsaying  —  Readers are fond of asking me for forecasts …
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Guess who comes last?  —  I've been remiss in not posting anything …
Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Obama Goes for the Kill in Pennsylvania, Negatively
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Cheney in NYC  —  Dick Cheney was still in New York this morning …
Discussion: Think Progress
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Even Santorum can't stay away
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Bob Kerrey defends McCain on temper
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Ron Paul is still in race and attacking McCain!
Mike Allen / Associated Press:
Brawl for a bag of maize …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
MORE AD NONSENSE....Are the pro-Obama forces seriously trying …
Redstate:
Obama and Google's Mutual Adviser: Jesus is gay, wears a diaper, and gets run over
 

 
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