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NY Daily News:
Is Jeremiah Wright a colossal disaster for Barack Obama or a press trick? — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright couldn't have done more damage to Barack Obama's campaign if he had tried. And you have to wonder if that's just what one friend of Wright wanted. — Shortly before he rose to deliver his rambling …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama denounces Wright — In Winston-Salem, Obama sharply attacks Reverend Jeremiah Wright and the substance of his remarks yesterday, a far sharper disavowal than he gave in Philadelphia last month. — The core of his message: That Wright was not only offensive, but the polar opposite of Obama's own views and politics.
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Michelle Malkin:
Obama's “big press conference” on Wright: “I'm outraged by the comments that were made and saddened by the spectacle;” Wright's remarks “a bunch of rants that aren't grounded in truth” — What, pray tell, could Barack Obama possibly say now to undo the damage of his two decades of bad judgment about Jeremiah Wright?
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Where Wright Goes Wrong — We all have our crosses to bear. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has become Barack Obama's. — I'm sorry, but I've had it with Wright. I would never try to diminish the service he performed as pastor of his Chicago megachurch, and it's obvious that he's a man of great charisma and faith.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Press conference: Obama shocked, shocked at Wright's behavior; Update: Video added
Press conference: Obama shocked, shocked at Wright's behavior; Update: Video added
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Press Club president responds: Reynolds pitched Rev. Wright two years ago
Press Club president responds: Reynolds pitched Rev. Wright two years ago
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton 47%, Obama 46% — Democratic preferences remain very close — PRINCETON, NJ — Democrats at the national level remain very closely divided in their preferences for their party's presidential nomination, with the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update showing 47% …
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Break
Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Break
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Strongly Rejected Long-Term Iraq Presence: “Bring Them All Home” — When it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sen. John McCain was for the idea before he was against it. — Three years before the Arizona Republican argued on the campaign trail that U.S. forces could be in Iraq …
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Confederate Yankee:
The DNC IED — Several people have forwarded me a link this morning to the Democratic National Committee ad against John McCain that shows two American soldiers at the moment an explosion goes off beside them. — The soldiers are on screen for just a split-second, just long enough for viewers …
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Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Exclusive: Iowa superdelegate to endorse Obama — Winthrop farmer Richard Machacek, an Iowa superdelegate, said today he is pledging to support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. — Machacek, a member of the Democratic National Committee, had been uncommitted. He said he saw little difference between …
Jonathan Kay / National Post:
The Canadian Islamic Congress tries for a ceasefire — but they've already lost the war — The following press release (see below) just landed in my inbox: Apparently, the Canadian Islamic Congress is going to announce that it's seeking some kind of plea bargain with Maclean's magazine …
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Elana Schor / Guardian:
Cheney lawyer claims Congress has no authority over vice-president — The lawyer for US vice-president Dick Cheney claimed today that the Congress lacks any authority to examine his behaviour on the job. — The exception claimed by Cheney's counsel came in response to requests …
Scott Goldberg / KARE-TV:
Police looking for meth lab, find fish tank — Brooklyn Park police were looking for a meth lab, but they found a fish tank and the chemicals needed to maintain it. — And a few hours later, when the city sent a contractor to fix the door the police had smashed open Monday afternoon …
New York Post:
SHARPTON RAPS OBAMA — Barack Obama made a call for nonviolence in the aftermath of the Sean Bell verdict - infuriating the Rev. Al Sharpton, who accused the presidential candidate of trying to “grandstand in front of white people,” sources told The Post. — During what a source described as a …
Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
How Obama and McCain Keep Sister Souljah-ing the Wrong People — It was a pickle only John McCain could have gotten himself into. — What should have been a mostly uneventful weekend for McCain, two weeks before the increasingly ugly Democratic campaign culminates in a Carolina showdown …
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Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
The New, New Math — Despite the recent show of strength by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., the odds against her winning the Democratic presidential nomination are as imposing as ever — and probably worse. — There was a time when one of the stronger arguments in favor of nominating …
Elizabeth Donatelli / WAVE-TV:
Chandler announces endorsement for Obama — Updated: — LOUISVILLE (WAVE) — Hoosier voters head to the polls next week, but the presidential hopefuls are already looking ahead to the Kentucky primary. Tuesday morning, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama picked up a big endorsement.