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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Is Obama Ready for Prime Time? — After being pummeled 55% to 45% in the Pennsylvania primary, Barack Obama was at a loss for explanations. The best he could do was to compliment his supporters in an email saying, “you helped close the gap to a slimmer margin than most thought possible.”
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Wright offering fresh fodder to Obama critics — WASHINGTON—The controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright — Sen. Barack Obama's pastor — is speaking Monday at the National Press Club as part of a divinity conference of black church leaders. Wright's decision to headline an event at the Press Club …
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Internet cash revives Clinton campaign — Hillary Clinton's campaign says it raised $10 million in Internet donations after her Pennsylvania primary victory on Tuesday night. — If so, that's a record haul and one desperately needed by Clinton, who is essentially broke …
Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
Is That NC GOP Ad Really That Hard to Figure Out? — This morning on NPR, I heard Renee Montagne and Juan Williams spend about 5 minutes talking about this anti-Obama ad—featuring Jeremiah Wright—from the North Carolina Republican Party. First Montagne and Williams discussed whether …
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Joe Klein / Time:
The Incredibly Shrinking Democrats — “This election,” Bill Clinton said in the hours before the Pennsylvania primary, “is too big to be small.” It was a noble sentiment, succinctly stated, and the core of what Democrats believe — that George W. Bush has been a historic screwup as President …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GETTING REAL — I think I've said this a hundred times, as have many others. But this article in Thursday's Times is a good moment to revisit the point. As Patrick Healy explains, it is simply a fallacy to claim that winning a state's Democratic primary means you're more likely to win …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Assessing Strength in Swing States — Reflecting on her victory in the Pennsylvania primary, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday neatly summed up the chief political rationale of her enduring candidacy. — “I won the states that we have to win — Ohio, now Pennsylvania,” …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:For Obama, a Struggle to Win Over Key Blocs
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City Journal:
Obama's Real Bill Ayers Problem — Barack Obama complains that he's been unfairly attacked for a casual political and social relationship with his neighbor, former Weatherman Bill Ayers. Obama has a point. In the ultraliberal Hyde Park community where the presidential candidate first earned …
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City Journal:
The Ed Schools' Latest—and Worst—Humbug — Teaching for “social justice” is a cruel hoax on disadvantaged kids. — In 1980, Bill Ayers and his partner Bernardine Dohrn came up from the underground—the Weather Underground, that is. It had been a wild ride for the Bonnie and Clyde of the sixties New Left.
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
N. Koreans Taped At Syrian Reactor — A video taken inside a secret Syrian facility last summer convinced the Israeli government and the Bush administration that North Korea was helping to construct a reactor similar to one that produces plutonium for North Korea's nuclear arsenal …
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Obama, Clinton Split Over McCain Plan For Gas-Tax Holiday — In a new policy split in the presidential campaign, Barack Obama opposed a federal gas-tax holiday supported by John McCain, the likely Republican nominee. Hillary Clinton said she would be open to the tax break.
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Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
Hillary's Political Purgatory — CLINTON HAS SPENT WEEKS IN A HORRIBLE SITUATION. EVEN IN VICTORY, SHE ISN'T GETTING ANY CLOSER TO WINNING THE NOMINATION. — Sat. — The good news for Hillary Rodham Clinton is that she's winning a lot of battles. The bad news is that the war is pretty much lost.
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Nathan / FlowingData:
Showing the Obama-Clinton Divide in Decision Tree Infographic — Amanda Cox, of The New York Times, made another excellent graphic (and I wouldn't expect anything less). We see an entire story between Obama and Clinton - positions taken, counties won, and counties lost. Go ahead and take a look.
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Josh Meyer / Los Angeles Times:
Gap opens between Al Qaeda and allies — A backlash builds over the network's tactics, including suicide attacks. Its leaders try to defuse the anger. — WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda increasingly faces sharp criticism from once-loyal sympathizers who openly question its ideology and tactics …
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