memeorandum: Both Democrats Face Financial Woes (Kyle E. Moore/Comments from Left Field)

1:35 PM ET, April 21, 2008

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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:

SUSA PA Poll: Obama Closing Fast, Down 6, Plus Q (Clinton +7) And Suffolk (Clinton +10) — The new World's Greatest Pollster now has Obama closing fast in PA, cutting a 14 point deficit to 6. The SUSA poll shows a 50-44 result (previously it was 54-40.) — Details to follow when available …

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Democratic Daily, race42008.com and TPM Election Central

Reagan Union / Quinnipiac University:

Clinton Leads Obama By 7 Points In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton leads Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 51 - 44 percent among Pennsylvania likely Democratic primary voters, compared to 50 - 44 percent last week, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Discussion: Public Policy Polling, Philly.com, TalkLeft, MyDD, Indecision 2008, TPM Election Central and Donklephant

Bloomberg:

Clinton Needs Record Margins, Turnout to Catch Obama — To overtake Barack Obama in the nationwide popular vote, Hillary Clinton needs a bigger win in tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary than she has had in any major contest so far. And that's just for starters.

Discussion: TPM Election Central, Salon, TalkLeft, NY Daily News, Buck Naked Politics, The Daily Dish, Political Machine and AMERICAblog

Zogby:
Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Clinton Edge Continues to Expand in PA

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, TPM Election Central and Taegan Goddard's …

Booman Tribune: A Look at the Internals

Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
PA on the verge — Three polls out: Zogby, ARG, M-D.

Discussion: Cogitamus, TalkLeft and Buck Naked Politics

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.

Discussion: Democratic Strategist, The Caucus and New York Times

Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
What's the Matter With Obama?

Discussion: Political Machine

Time:
Poll: Clinton Headed for Keystone State Win

Discussion: The Page, Spin Cycle and The Democratic Daily

Drudge Report:

CLINTON INTERNALS SHOW 11-POINT LEAD IN PA — Controlled excitement is building inside of Clinton's inner circle as closely guarded internal polling shows the former first lady with an 11-point lead in Pennsylvania! — Clinton is polling near to nearly 2 to 1 over Obama in many regions of the state …

Discussion: The Fix and Riehl World View

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

DRUDGE? — There's a very odd splash headline that Drudge is running claiming that Sen. Clinton's internals show her with an 11 point lead in the state. Now, Sen. Clinton's campaign has taken some heat during the campaign for opening lines of communications with Drudge and even giving him some exclusives.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos

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 …

Discussion: The G Spot, michellemalkin.com, The Opinionator and Liberal Values

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 …

Discussion: Sister Toldjah, The Jawa Report, Independent Liberal, Israel Matzav and Jihad Watch

Associated Press:
Hamas offers Israel a 10-year truce

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Karin Laub / Associated Press:
Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, CNN, michellemalkin.com, Hot Air, Wake up America, DownWithTyranny!, Agence France Presse, Commentary, The Seminal, Israel Matzav, Macsmind, Right Voices and The Corner

Michael Moore / Mike's Message:

My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote) ...by Michael Moore — I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted. — So, if you live in Pennsylvania, can you do me a favor?

Discussion: Perfunction, Reason Magazine, Fox News, DownWithTyranny!, American Spectator and Right Voices

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:

McCain Questions Obama Remark Comparing '60s Radical, Lawmaker — Sen. John McCain highlighted Sen. Barack Obama's affiliation with a Vietnam-era radical yesterday, the latest indication that the general election campaign is likely to see a heavy dose of cultural politics.

Discussion: The Trail, Macsmind, Think Progress and Redstate

Associated Press:
AP-Yahoo poll: Economy top worry, but barely affecting votes

Discussion: Associated Press and Political Machine

Steve Chapman / Chicago Tribune:
About Obama's terrorist acquaintance

Discussion: QandO, Hot Air, The Corner, Instapundit.com, Yahoo! News, Doug Ross, Newsweek and Gateway Pundit

Nora Ephron / The Huffington Post:

White Men — Here's another thing I don't like about this primary: now that there are only two Democratic candidates, it's suddenly horribly absolutely crystal-clear that this is an election about gender and race. This may have always been true, but weeks ago it wasn't so obvious …

Discussion: protein wisdom, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Achenblog, Rachel Lucas, Cheat Seeking Missiles, NewsBusters.org and Neptunus Lex

John Fund / Wall Street Journal:

The Media's Man — Journalists flay ABC for failing to coddle Obama. — George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson of ABC News weren't just criticized for their tough questioning of Barack Obama during last week's Democratic debate. They were flayed. — Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker called …

Discussion: TownHall Blog and GayPatriot

Financial Times:

Democrats must choose Obama — Barack Obama goes into Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary as strong favourite, whatever happens, to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Yet the vote could still go either way. — This is a sign of how close this race has been and how deeply it has divided the party.

Discussion: Newshoggers.com, The Daily Dish and Tales from the Trail

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Little Increase in Americans' Global Warming Worries — Public just can't seem to get worked up about it — PRINCETON, NJ — While 61% of Americans say the effects of global warming have already begun, just a little more than a third say they worry about it a great deal …

Discussion: protein wisdom, The Lede and NewsBusters.org

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.

Discussion: Hot Air

Christopher P. Cavas / Navy Times:

Two ships deemed ‘unfit’ for combat — Most of the missiles couldn't be fired, and neither could any of the big guns. The Aegis radars key to the ships' fighting abilities didn't work right. — The flight decks were inoperable. — Most of the lifesaving gear failed inspection.

Discussion: The Corner