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3:20 PM ET, April 27, 2008

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TRANSCRIPT: OBAMA ON ‘FNS’ — Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois, sat for an interview Saturday in Indiana with Chris Wallace. The interview aired on “FOX News Sunday.” They touched on a wide range of topics including the marathon race to the Democratic nomination …

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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Obama Doesn't “Take Fox On,” After All — The Fox News Sunday interview is over. And Obama didn't take on Fox at all in any meaningful sense. — On Friday, a senior Obama adviser responded to criticism of his decision to go on Fox with a bunch of tough talk, saying that Obama knew full …

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Obama on Fox: I supported Roberts when I opposed him — Give Barack Obama this: he performed a lot better on Fox News Sunday today than he did in the debate on April 16th. He stammered less when challenged, allowed his considerable personal warmth to surface, and kept his annoyance and anger in check.

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Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:

Obama on Fox transcript — The transcript of Obama on Fox is up. — As I mentioned, Obama is trying to separate himself from the most strident parts of his base, and he does this pretty effectively throughout the interview: … Obama mentions deregulation of industry, charter schools, a new variation of merit pay.

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Los Angeles Times:

Obama donor received a state grant — His letter on behalf of a table tennis company preceded the funding. — WASHINGTON — After an unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 2000, Illinois state Sen. Barack Obama faced serious financial pressure: numerous debts, limited cash and a law practice he had neglected for a year.

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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:

Obama And Ayers Worked Together? (Johnson and Maguire Are Now?) — Obama And Ayers Worked Together Once? (Johnson and Maguire Are Now?) — Politics makes strange bedfellows, and I do not refer exclusively to the odd pairing of Barack Obama and unrepentant Weatherman Bill Ayers.

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Jeralyn / TalkLeft: Late Night: Johnny Can't Read

Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
Why is Obama Hiding the Truth About William Ayers? Follow the Money

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Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:

How the South Won (This) Civil War — Southernism is taking over our national dialogue. Maybe it's time for the North to secede from the Union. — NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE — In the summer of 1863, Robert E. Lee led an ill-advised incursion into Pennsylvania.

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Jeremy Clarkson / Times of London:

Babies seized by Robert Mugabe's forces as Zimbabwe hounds voters — Thousands flee crackdown — Christina Lamb and John Makura in Harare — Scores of children and babies have been locked up in filthy prison cells in Harare as Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, sinks to new depths …

Associated Press:

Nev. GOP recesses state convention, angering Paul supporters — RENO, Nev. - Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list of 31 delegates to the GOP national convention.

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:

THE BUBBA GAP....Apparently this week's issue of Newsweek was guest edited by Mark Penn. The cover story is blurbed like this: “Barack Obama is a Niebuhr-reading ESPN watcher. The origins of his troubles with the ‘other’ tag.” And the cover photo dramatizes this as arugula vs. beer. Cute!

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Elizabeth Edwards / New York Times:

Bowling 1, Health Care 0 — Chapel Hill, N.C. — FOR the last month, news media attention was focused on Pennsylvania and its Democratic primary. Given the gargantuan effort, what did we learn? — Well, the rancor of the campaign was covered. The amount of money spent was covered.

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Austin Bay Blog:

North Korea's New Target Opportunity — Get this (via the Times OnLine, as in London Times, aka “The Times"): … Now, read the whole thing (RTWT in old blog lingo). — Note that the reporter, or editor, or perhaps the NoKo defector, or perhaps all three think that the Israeli strike …

Times of London:
Kim Jong-il builds ‘Thunderbirds’ runway for war in North Korea

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The Big Trunk / Power Line:

AL SHARPTON CONVENES ANOTHER LYNCH MOB — Al Sharpton is back in the news today with his vow to close New York down to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the death of Sean Bell. Sharpton's long career as the race hustling leader of lynch mobs is one of the continuing disgraces of our public life.

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