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Eric Pianin / Rough Sketch:
Wright's Voice Could Spell Doom for Obama — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, explaining this morning why he had waited so long before breaking his silence about his incendiary sermons, offered a paraphrase from Proverbs: “It is better to be quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
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Joe Klein / Swampland:
The Reverend Wright — Oy. — And furthermore, I've been to dozens and dozens of African-American church services over the years, including the investiture of one of my friends as an AME minister two years ago, and I have very rarely, if ever, heard the kind of rants that are part of Reverend Wright's canon.
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Addresses Ex-Pastor's Media Blitz — WILMINGTON, N.C. - If it was not clear before today, Senator Barack Obama said, it should be clear now: his presidential campaign has no control over what the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., his former pastor, says or does.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Wright's Poison — I guess I am late to the party, am I not? I didn't watch Jeremiah Wright's National Press Club performance live this morning, as every other blogger seemed to. Wright is not on the ticket of any major party, he is not Barack Obama, and I'm not going to be baited …
Mike Dorning / Chicago Tribune:
Obama: Judge my words, not Wright's — WILMINGTON, N.C.—Barack Obama this afternoon asked voters to judge him by his own words and deeds rather than his past associations, as his controversial former spiritual mentor re-emerged in the presidential campaign through a broadcast interview …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Wright to Obama: ‘Coming after you’ — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright said Monday that he will try to change national policy by “coming after” Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) if he is elected president. — The pastor also insisted Obama “didn't denounce” him and “didn't distance himself” …
Adam Green / The Huffington Post:
MoveOn: Obama Got Outfoxed — It's no secret that MoveOn.org members have been very supportive of Barack Obama's candidacy - endorsing him with a 70% vote, raising lots of small dollar donations for him, sending hundreds of thousands of personal endorsement emails to friends and family …
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John Holusha / New York Times:
Wright Says Criticism Is Attack on Black Church — Attacks on him are really attacks on the black church, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. said in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington on Monday, in which he mounted a spirited defense of views and sermons that have become an issue …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Rev. Wright Calls Criticism of Sermons ‘Attack on Black Church’ — Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor today defended the fiery sermons that have become a political liability for the Democratic presidential contender, charging that a furor over his remarks represents an “attack on the black church.”
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Analysis: Wright does Obama little good
Analysis: Wright does Obama little good
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Jonathan Weisman / The Trail:
With Bingaman Endorsement, Obama Takes Senate Support Lead — Sen. Barack Obama officially pulled ahead today in the scramble for endorsements from colleagues in the U.S. Senate, thanks to Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico. — Never one of the Senate's most high-profile members …
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
AP NewsBreak: Gov. Easley to endorse Clinton
AP NewsBreak: Gov. Easley to endorse Clinton
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Badger Poll: Presidential race up for grabs in Wisconsin — The latest poll of the presidential race shows that none of the three remaining candidates has a majority of support in Wisconsin. — The University of Wisconsin Survey Center's Badger Poll released Monday shows …
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HillaryClinton.com:
Hillary Clinton's Plan to Address Soaring Prices at the Pump — Americans are being squeezed at the pump like never before. The price of oil is approaching $120 a barrel. Gas is at a record high in North Carolina of $3.59, up from $3.26 a month ago and $2.90 a year ago, a 23 percent increase in just one year.
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Jad Mouawad / New York Times:
Amid High Oil Prices, Danger Signs in Production
Amid High Oil Prices, Danger Signs in Production
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William Kristol / New York Times:
Hillary Gets No Respect — I normally don't claim to speak for other members of the vast right-wing conspiracy. After all, we're each nefarious in our own, individual way. Indeed, we often disagree with one another. — But I do think I can speak for most of my fellow right-wingers when I say this …
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CNN:
Transcript of Jeremiah Wright's speech to NAACP — This is the transcript of a speech given by Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, at an NAACP dinner on Sunday night. — (CNN) — The NAACP has an incomparable record. It has the longest list of achievements …
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
As North Carolina Primary Looms, Eyes on Edwards — WILMINGTON, N.C. — What will the Edwardses do? — As the Democratic candidates and their surrogates traipse through North Carolina in the final days before its primary, some people here are wondering: Why so quiet in Chapel Hill?
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The Lady Logician / Ladies Logic:
Decisions, Decisions... The fallout continues for Team Franken. Friday and Saturday saw stories in the Star Tribune on the Franken tax issues. Both stories have a common theme....that it is the fault of those nasty Republicans that Franken is having these troubles....
Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
Top Democratic House challenger drops out — Democratic hopes of taking over swing suburban district have suffered a setback now that Robert Daskas has dropped out of the race against Rep. Jon C. Porter (R-Nev.). — Daskas, the high-profile district attorney in Las Vegas …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Is The US Now A Non-Geneva State? — The manner in which free societies lose their moral compass is always incremental. Step by step by step, certain core values are whittled away. There is rarely a moment at which a government stands up, and asks its people if they wish to abandon such …