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11:10 AM ET, April 29, 2008

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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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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Pastor Casts a Shadow  —  The Rev. Jeremiah Wright went to Washington on Monday not to praise Barack Obama, but to bury him.  —  Smiling, cracking corny jokes, mugging it up for the big-time news media — this reverend is never going away.  He's found himself a national platform, and he's loving it.
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 …
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Heads for Superdelegate Edge  —  Candidate Benefits  —  From Calculations  —  Of Elected Officials  —  Despite his loss in Pennsylvania and other campaign bumps, Barack Obama is heavily favored to win what will be the final and decisive contest for the Democratic presidential nomination …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Oliver Willis
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 …
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Past Time for Obama to Say ‘No More’  —  Dana Milibank …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
A THOMAS EAGLETON MOMENT?
Nitya / Political Radar:
Gingrich: Wright May Be Deliberately Trying to Hurt Obama
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Page
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton supporter invited Wright
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Looking for Mr. Wright  —  The minister reveals that he's …
Fox News:
Wright Appearance Sparks More Rejection From Obama, Recriminations By Critics
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Break  —  WASHINGTON — As angry truckers encircled the Capitol in a horn-blaring caravan and consumers across the country agonized over $60 fill-ups, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail on Monday, sharply dividing the two Democratic candidates.
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The Politico:
New Clinton supporter is a potent symbol  —  North Carolina Governor Mike Easley's scheduled endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton today offers her a potent symbolic and electoral boost in the biggest state left to vote.  —  Easley is a meaningful ally in the culture war she's waging …
Mark Johnson / Charlotte Observer:
Superdelegate Easley to endorse Clinton  —  Campaign organizer says governor will declare decision today  —  RALEIGH —Gov. Mike Easley will endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton for president this morning, possibly at an event with her at N.C. State University, according to Raleigh lawyer Bruce Thompson, a key Clinton organizer in the state.
Discussion: American Spectator
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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HOOK, LINE & SINKER  —  It seems the AP has fallen for the McCain campaign's and the RNC's effort to prevent anyone from using McCain's own words against him during the 2008 presidential campaign.  As noted earlier, what the McCain campaign is pushing for here is a standard …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
In a 6-to-3 Vote, Justices Uphold a Voter ID Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld Indiana's voter identification law on Monday, concluding in a splintered decision that the challengers failed to prove that the law's photo ID requirement placed an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote.
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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 …
Discussion: The Impolitic and On Deadline
The Hill:
Clinton: $2.3B in earmarks  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2.3 billion in federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by a single senator this year.  —  The Democratic presidential candidate's staggering request comes …
Marc Ambinder:
McCain's Health Care Plan: It's About You  —  Here are excerpts from Sen. John McCain's speech in Tampa later today.  He will unveil his national health care policy. … More on this later.
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David Jackson / USA Today:
McCain would ‘put families in charge’ of health care
Discussion: The Page and The Trail
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
U.S. Was ‘Clueless’ on Counterinsurgency  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Wolfowitz, in his first public remarks on the Iraq war in years, said the American government was “pretty much clueless on counterinsurgency” in the first year of the war.  —  The former deputy secretary of defense said yesterday …
Discussion: abu muqawama and FP Passport
Greg Giroux / CQ Politics:
CQ Politics Projects a Close Delegate Split in Indiana Primary  —  Indiana's traditional early May presidential primary has been an after-thought for nearly a quarter century.  But this year's stalemated Democratic contest between Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Rodham Clinton …
Discussion: Donklephant
 
 
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Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
The New, New Math  —  Despite the recent show of strength …
Discussion: Donklephant
Elana Schor / Guardian:
Cheney lawyer claims Congress has no authority over vice-president
Discussion: Think Progress
Charles S. Johnson / Billings Gazette:
Clinton accepts debate invite
Discussion: The Confluence
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Trust McCain More than Either Democratic Candidate on Key Issues
Barbara Raab / MSNBC:
WHAT TIMES IS IT?  —  By Brian Williams, Anchor and managing editor
Discussion: Salon, Romenesko and Wonkette
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A Son's Own Orbit
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Michael Dobbs / Fact Checker:
A HOLIDAY FROM GAS PRICES?
Discussion: Philly.com and The Confluence
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
GOP plans half-million hit on Obama, Dems
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Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
Female factor: White women could be swing vote May 6
Discussion: Associated Press and The Page
Josh White / Washington Post:
From Chief Prosecutor To Critic at Guantanamo
Eric Berger / Houston Chronicle:
Storm brewing for William Gray
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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