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1:05 PM ET, April 30, 2008

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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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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
WHAT THE GAS HOLIDAY COULD BE.  —  . They know how to imply that Barack Obama has had bad friends, and Hillary Clinton tells lies, and John McCain — well, they know how to doodle his initials inside a sparkly heart.  What they don't know how to do, however, is say that one candidate's health plan …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
Tom Friedman Returns, and He's Right About Gas-Tax Holiday
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Los Angeles Times
Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Economy grows by only 0.6 percent in first quarter  —  Economy limps ahead at a 0.6 percent pace in first quarter, better pace than expected  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The bruised economy limped through the first quarter, growing at just a 0.6 percent pace as housing and credit problems forced people and businesses alike to hunker down.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FIRST QUARTER 2008 (ADVANCE)  —  Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008, according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Washington Post:
Economy Grows by 0.6 Percent in First Quarter
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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.
Discussion: Althouse and Dr. Melissa Clouthier
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Getting to Know John McCain  —  It came to me while I was having dinner with Doris Day.  No, not that Doris Day.  The Doris Day who is married to Col. Bud Day, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, fighter pilot, Vietnam POW and roommate of John McCain at the Hanoi Hilton.
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 …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Gaming Indiana  —  THE QUIRKY STATE VOTING LAW THAT COULD AFFECT TUESDAY'S PRIMARY.  —  Set aside, for a moment, the Supreme Court's decision Monday upholding Indiana's voter-identification law.  It's another little-noticed election law in the state that could come into play during next week's Clinton …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and Election Law
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Jed / The Jed Report:
Superdelegates to blame for enabling destructive campaign
Discussion: AMERICAblog
PennLive.com:
Hillary Clinton picks up a Pa. superdelegate
Discussion: Marc Ambinder
MSNBC:
April 27: Howard Dean, political roundtable  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday:  —  SEN. HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY): I have received more votes by the people who have voted than anybody else.  —  SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL): If we've won the most delegates from the voters …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Brian Williams' “response” to the military analyst story  —  It has now been more than ten days since the New York Times exposed the Pentagon's domestic propaganda program involving retired generals and, still, not a single major news network has even mentioned the story to their viewers …
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
REV-ENGE IS SWEET FOR ‘BETRAYED’ PASTOR  —  ALBANY - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright would be happy to see Barack Obama's presidential campaign derailed because the pastor is fuming that his former congregant has “betrayed” their 20-year relationship,  —  The Post has learned.
CBS News:
“Hostile” Iran Sparks U.S. Attack Plan  —  Pentagon Wary Of Tehran's Expanding Nuclear Program And Support Of Iraqi Insurgents  —  (CBS) A second American aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf on Tuesday as the Pentagon ordered military commanders to develop new options for attacking Iran.
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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.
Sue Sturgis / Facing South:
FACING SOUTH EXCLUSIVE: D.C. nonprofit aimed at women voters behind deceptive N.C. robo-calls  —  Who's behind the mysterious “robo-calls” that have spread misleading voter information and sown confusion and frustration among North Carolina residents over the last week?
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard Blog:
McCarthy on Mylroie  —  Andrew McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor in New York, is author of the new, much-discussed book Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad.  I'm in the middle of reporting two pieces and haven't yet had a spare minute to read it, but it is my top priority when my current obligations are met (next Tuesday).
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 …
Discussion: Digg and Engadget
 
 
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Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton blasts Bush for not stopping a project her husband approved
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Marc Ambinder:
Chelsea Picks Up A Puerto Rico Superdelegate For Her Mother
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Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BREAKING: MCCAIN UPS THE ANTE
Discussion: Marc Ambinder, MyDD and Too Sense
Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:
Chandler, superdelegate, endorses Obama
Michelle Malkin:
Mystery at Goose Creek update: Bombs away
Discussion: TBO.com and The Jawa Report
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McCain Strengthening His Political Marriage
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Matthew Yglesias:
Trade-Offs  —  Here's Randy Scheunemann, John McCain's top …
John M. Murtagh / NY Daily News:
Be Our Guest: Obama pal is an enemy, too
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Gas prices fuel effort to jam GOP
Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:
In Evoking Good of '90s, Clinton Risks Memories of the Bad
Discussion: The Swamp and The Page
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Hiring leaps in public sector
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
WAR AND DECISION: A WORD FROM DOUGLAS FEITH
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David Rogers / The Politico:
GI bill sparks Senate war
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