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Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Palestinians' backing for terror rises — The number of Palestinians who support attacks against Israelis continues to rise and more than half of them favor suicide bombings, according to a poll published this weekend. — The survey also showed that Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh …
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CNN:
Carter outlines Hamas' terms for peace deal — JERUSALEM (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that Hamas is prepared to accept peace with Israel if the Palestinians approve any agreement negotiated with Israel. — Carter's comments came after controversial meetings Friday …
Karin Laub / Associated Press:
Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor — JERUSALEM - Former President Carter said Monday that Hamas — the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel — is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to “live as a neighbor next door in peace.”
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Dem voter surge could cut Clinton margin — An historic spike in Democratic voter registrations in Pennsylvania could help Barack Obama cut into Hillary Clinton's vote in Tuesday's primary, robbing her of the big victory margin she needs to justify continuing the primary fight.
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Zogby:
Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Clinton Edge Continues to Expand in PA — UTICA, New York—The final weekend before tomorrow's important primary election in Pennsylvania was good for New York's Hillary Clinton, as she made a definitive move toward victory over rival Illinois' Barack Obama, a fresh Newsmax/Zogby daily telephone tracking poll shows.
MSNBC:
Clinton, Obama on the attack in Pa. — Democrats trade jabs ahead of crucial Pa. primary; McCain targets Obama — JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama headed Monday into the final day of campaigning before the Pennsylvania primary after swapping some of their most negative attacks yet …
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Obama says McCain would be better than Bush
Obama says McCain would be better than Bush
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Joe Klein / Swampland:
But the melody lingers on — I've spent the weekend with the Democrats—yesterday with Obama, today with Clinton. I'll have a lot more to say about the race in my print column this week...but a few quick notes from Pennsylvania: — Substance: Both Clinton's and Obama's stump speeches have collapsed into blatant pandering.
Associated Press:
Secretary of State Rice Mocks Muslim Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a Coward — BAGHDAD — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.
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John Engler / Wall Street Journal:
What Nafta Trade Deficit? — It is amazing how some presidential candidates are blaming the North American Free Trade Agreement for U.S. job losses. They seem to believe that a substantial part of the three million manufacturing jobs lost since 2000 resulted from Nafta …
William Kristol / New York Times:
Exodus Exegesis — Every presidential campaign has to produce a stream of appropriate statements for religious holidays, patriotic commemorations, and the like. Campaigns don't expect to win votes with these messages. They produce them because there's a risk of giving offense to some group or other if they don't.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
CAIR'S FIRST CONGRESSMAN — The Council on American-Islamic Relations holds itself out as a civil rights group and has insinuated itself into programs sponsored by government agencies as a bona fide spokesman for America's Islamic community. Knowledgeable observers have nevertheless long had their doubts about CAIR.
John Derbyshire / The Corner:
Relativity and the Prelate — A couple of points on relativity / relativism — (1) Neither the special nor the general theory of relativity asserted that “everything is relative.” All they did was to replace a model of physical reality built around … with a different model built around
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Party Chiefs Plan Push To Avoid Long Fight — Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton unveiled new negative television ads and attacked each other personally from the stump this weekend ahead of Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, stoking more worries among Democrats that the party's eventual nominee …
Michelle Cottle / The New Republic:
Voices in Her Head — Inside Hillaryland's fatal psychodrama. — By the time Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle finally packed up her lovely corner office with its fresh blue carpet and mini-fridge full of Diet Coke, her exit must have come as a relief—even to many of her friends on Team Hillary.
Vanessa Miller / Daily Camera:
CU's 4/20 pot smoke-out draws crowd of 10,000 — Police issue zero tickets during annual marijuana celebration — A crowd of about 10,000 people collectively began counting down on the University of Colorado's Norlin Quadrangle just before 4:20 p.m. Sunday.