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Michelle Malkin:
All aboard the Jive Talk Express — My syndicated column today deconstructs Barack Obama's pitiful performance yesterday. Try as he might, he simply cannot disown the un-disownable preacher of hate. That press conference yesterday renders the Philadelphia speech from March null and void.
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Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:
The Anatomy of Wright's Disinvitation
The Anatomy of Wright's Disinvitation
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Was Jeremiah Wright's speech set up by a Clinton supporter?
Was Jeremiah Wright's speech set up by a Clinton supporter?
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Political Machine, The Strata-Sphere, NewsBusters.org, TPMCafe, RIGHTWINGSPARKLE, BuzzFlash.org and Fox News
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Why'd Obama Join Trinity in the First Place? — The question is worth revisiting now that his ex-pastor is threatening his entire campaign. — I've heard two basic theories since the Wright tapes first surfaced in March. The first is cynical: Obama was a black politician in Chicago …
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New York Times:
Obama's Break With Ex-Pastor Sets Sharp Shift in Tone — WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Senator Barack Obama broke forcefully on Tuesday with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., in an effort to curtail a drama of race, values, patriotism and betrayal that has enveloped his presidential candidacy at a critical juncture.
Floyd Abrams / Wall Street Journal:
Foreign Law and the First Amendment — Late in 1941, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion which, for the first time in our history, starkly distinguished American protection of speech from that of England. — Two union members had been convicted of assaulting nonunion truck drivers.
The Politico:
Obama may win Hill superdelegate fight — Capitol Hill insiders say the battle for congressional superdelegates is over, and one Senate supporter of Barack Obama is hinting strongly that he has prevailed over Hillary Rodham Clinton. — While more than 80 Democrats in the House and Senate …
Megan McArdle:
The health of a nation — Just got off the McCain campaign's conference call on its health care agenda. No earth shaking news, but it was interesting listening to the campaign defending its choices. — The plan's heart is mostly in the right place: break the link between employment and health care …
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Benjamin J. Romano / Seattle Times:
Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime — Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes. — The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP gives Clinton the silent treatment — Hillary Clinton's decisive Pennsylvania primary win last week may have reinvigorated her campaign, but you wouldn't know it from listening to the Republican party. — The National Republican Congressional Committee has purchased $500,000 in anti-Barack …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Hillary's Interview With the Indianapolis Star — Bump and Update: From Hillary's interview with the Indianapolis Star today (video below):' … More... Hillary Clinton sat down with the Indianapolis Star today for a long interview. I haven't watched yet, but the reader who sent it to me says …
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Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
Clinton to Democrats: Don't switch sides
Clinton to Democrats: Don't switch sides
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FactCheck.org:
DNC vs. McCain — Two Democratic Party TV ads hit McCain on Iraq and the economy. We supply context and corrections. — The Democratic National Committee has produced two TV ads against McCain, hoping to soften him up while the party figures out who its own presidential nominee will be.
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Hot Air, Redstate, QandO, Flopping Aces, Sister Toldjah, Brendan Nyhan, Political Punch and GOP.com
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Dumb as We Wanna Be — It is great to see that we finally have some national unity on energy policy. Unfortunately, the unifying idea is so ridiculous, so unworthy of the people aspiring to lead our nation, it takes your breath away. Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain …
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Firedoglake
baldilocks:
View From Under The Bus (UPDATED) … Finally, I've finished listening to all of the Moyers interview and the batty NAACP address by Barack Obama's pastor of twenty years, Jeremiah Wright. And, in addition, I rewatched that display of ego, half-truths—aka falsehoods—and mundane bad manners …
Byron York / The Corner:
Why the Wright Problem Won't Go Away — I've got a new piece up on the Jeremiah Wright problem that remains for Barack Obama: … By the way, I've gotten a few emails from people who think that perhaps I've been too hard on the New York Times news pages for failing, in all this time …
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National Review
RushLimbaugh.com:
Rush Calls Operation Chaos Pause — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, I am calling an operational pause in Operation Chaos. We have a week to figure out now what's best to do. If your state still allows voter registration, keep that up, continue to register as a Democrat in upcoming Operation Chaos primaries.
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The Campaign Spot, American Spectator, Hot Air, Stop The ACLU, Power Line and Taylor Marsh
iowahawk:
Advice for the Lovelorn — Dear Barry: — I've been married to the same wonderful man — Let's call him “Jeremiah” — for 20 years. He's a great provider and we live in a beautiful home. He dotes on me and treats me like a queen; even after twenty years he still brings me little gifts and opens doors for me.
John Bresnahan / The Crypt's Blogs:
Lurita Doan finally forced out at GSA — Lurita Doan, head of the General Services Administration, was forced to offer her resignation tonight, according to an e-mail she sent out this evening. — Doan was appointed in late May, 2006, becoming the first woman to serve as GSA Administrator.