memeorandum: Hillary Clinton's Indiana equalizer (Amie Parnes/The Politico)

3:25 PM ET, April 28, 2008

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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.

Discussion: TownHall Blog, Marc Ambinder, Hotline On Call, Taylor Marsh, Commentary, The Campaign Spot and Redstate

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” …

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere, Donklephant, NO QUARTER and Raw Story

Saira Anees / Political Punch:

Wright Assails Media, Cheney, Obama at National Press Club — “This is not an attack on Jeremiah Wright,” said Rev. Jeremiah Wright this morning at the National Press Club, explaining why he was emerging before a national audience, regardless of what harm it might do to the candidacy …

Discussion: The Campaign Spot, TalkLeft, Trailhead, Gateway Pundit and GINA COBB

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 …

Discussion: The Swamp, The Reaction, The Confluence, marbury and Althouse

Eric Pianin / Rough Sketch:

For Obama, a Voice of Doom? — 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.”

Discussion: The Sleuth, Spin Cycle and Hot Air

Michelle Malkin:

Monday morning engine-starter: Jeremiah Wright, racial phrenologist — Good morning, people. I'll be on Fox and Friends at around 8:15am to talk politics. Today's engine-starter is The American Digest's post on Jeremiah Wright's racial brain theories. — Do you remember nutball racialist …

Discussion: Political Punch, TownHall Blog, Associated Press, THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™, The Moderate Voice, Sister Toldjah, Obsidian Wings, Rachel Lucas, At-Largely and Scared Monkeys

Michael Cooper / New York Times:

McCain Criticizes Remarks by Obama's Former Pastor — CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Senator John McCain delved on Sunday into remarks made by Senator Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., saying it was “beyond belief” that Mr. Wright had likened the Romans at the time of Jesus' crucifixion …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Caucus, TPM Election Central, The Carpetbagger Report, TownHall Blog, Firedoglake, Wake up America, Crooks and Liars and Swampland

Michelle Malkin:

Liveblogging Wright at the National Press Club: The “black church” is under “attack;” “I am open to being vice president;” defends his AIDS conspiracy-theorizing, “God damns,” “Louis Farrakhan is not my enemy;” don't be dissin' my mama or my faith — Scroll down for liveblogging of Obama's NPC rant.

Discussion: QandO and Patterico's Pontifications

AMERICAN DIGEST:
Surprise, There is a Difference Between Black Brains and White …

Discussion: Newshoggers.com, Gateway Pundit and TigerHawk

Jaketapper / Political Punch:
Rev. Wright Delivers Fiery Address to NAACP

Discussion: Detroit Free Press, Weekly Standard Blog, Detroit News, The Opinionator, michellemalkin.com, Fox News, Comments from Left Field, hiphopmusic.com, The Democratic Daily, Associated Press, Hot Air, Tennessee Guerilla Women, protein wisdom, RIGHTWINGSPARKLE, Jules Crittenden, The Campaign Spot, Political Machine and PoliGazette

Jonn Lilyea / This ain't Hell …:
Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club

Discussion: michellemalkin.com

William Branigin / Washington Post:
Rev. Wright Calls Criticism of Sermons ‘Attack on Black Church’

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report

Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
The Scary Legacy of the 2008 Democratic Primary

Discussion: Jay Currie

Byron York / The Corner: Rev. Wright — The audacity of Obama's speech on race …

Fox News:
Transcript: Barack Obama on ‘FOX News Sunday’

Discussion: TownHall Blog, Daily Kos, Don Surber and Tennessee Guerilla Women

Fox News:
Rev. Wright Taunts Journalists, Blasts Government

Discussion: The Jawa Report, NewsBusters.org, The Campaign Spot and Little Green Footballs

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
The Wright Stuff: Echoes of The Bell Curve?

Discussion: Gateway Pundit

Frank James / The Swamp:
Rev. Wright fires back, hits Cheney

Discussion: Chicago Tribune, TPM Election Central and Top of the Ticket

Mark Sherman / Associated Press:

Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws.

Discussion: The New Republic, TalkLeft, Daily Kos, Bad Attitudes, Discourse.net, Think Progress, Outside The Beltway, Balloon Juice, Buck Naked Politics, The Carpetbagger Report, Hullabaloo, The Confluence, Booman Tribune, JammieWearingFool, Sister Toldjah and Shakesville

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

Court rejects voter ID challenge; no new grants — The Supreme Court, voting 6-3, on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to Indiana's law requiring voters to show a government-issued photo ID before they may cast a ballot. Three Justices said the evidence offered against the requirement …

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, Law Blog, Althouse, Don Surber, The Volokh Conspiracy and ACSBlog

Rick Hasen / Election Law:

INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THE SUPREME COURT'S OPINION IN CRAWFORD, THE INDIANA VOTER IDENTIFICATION CASE — Today's much anticipated decision in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board is a significant win for those who support stricter voter identification laws, even if they support such laws for partisan purposes.

Discussion: Convictions, Democratic Strategist, Obsidian Wings and TPMMuckraker

David Stout / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Voter Identification Law in Indiana

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Opinionator and The Swamp

Gallup:

Gallup Daily: Race Still Close with Obama 47%, Clinton 46% — Preferences nearly tied in each of the last three days — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted April 25-27 shows Democrats closely divided in their nomination preferences, with 47% favoring Barack Obama and 46% backing Hillary Clinton.

Discussion: Wonkette, Donklephant and American Power

Reihan Salam / Weekly Standard:
Go for the Bitter Bloc — Hillary shows McCain the path to victory over Obama.

Discussion: The New Republic

Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Clinton, Obama dead even, poll says

Discussion: NO QUARTER and TPM Election Central

New York Times:

Eyes on Blue-Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style — ANDERSON, Ind. — Senator Barack Obama is making subtle changes to his campaign style and message in an effort to strengthen his appeal to blue-collar voters and to avoid a defeat in Indiana that aides fear could give Democratic Party leaders further pause …

Discussion: Redstate, TalkLeft, Wall Street Journal, Commentary, Washington Post, The Page, TPM Election Central, The Huffington Post and MSNBC

Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Poll: Clinton leads McCain

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, Associated Press, Weekly Standard Blog and TalkLeft

Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
AP Poll: Clinton leads McCain, doing better than Obama

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs

Boston Globe:

Hillary Strangelove — AMERICANS have learned to take with a grain of salt much of the rhetoric in a campaign like the current Democratic donnybrook between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Still, there are some red lines that should never be crossed. Clinton did so Tuesday morning …

Discussion: Top of the Ticket, The Swamp, The New Republic, The Daily Dish, Spin Cycle, Philly.com and AMERICAblog

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: YOU'RE SO VAIN... From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro

Discussion: Spin Cycle and Political Insider

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 …