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3:45 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.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP gives Clinton the silent treatment
Discussion: The Raw Story, NY Daily News and MSNBC
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?
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Steven Ginsberg / The Trail:
Clinton Exuding Confidence  —  South Bend, Ind. — As Hillary Clinton continues virtually nonstop campaigning between North Carolina and Indiana, the candidate and her team are showing signs of increased confidence.  —  After spending weeks blasting Barack Obama at any potential opening …
Discussion: Commentary
Page Gardner / The Huffington Post:
Confusion Surrounding Robo-Calls in North Carolina  —  This week, more than 276,000 North Carolina residents received a voter registration application from Women's Voices, Women Vote.  North Carolina is one of 24 states where we mailed a total of more than 3 million voter registration applications.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
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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Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Economy grows by only 0.6 percent in 1st quarter of 2008 … 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.  —  The country's economic growth during …
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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.
Mark Morford / San Francisco Chronicle:
Hot!  —  Behold, the ideal Republican wife: Prim, sexless, nearly useless, lets the men do the real thinkin'.  Hot!  —  I fondly recall, just before the tragic Bush/Kerry presidential election, an impassioned discussion I had with a family friend, a conservative Catholic mother of four …
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton blasts Bush for not stopping a project Bill OK'd  —  INDIANAPOLIS — It's a story Hillary Clinton loves to tell, about how the Chinese government bought a good American company in Indiana, laid off all its workers and moved its critical defense technology work to China.
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 …
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
McCain Offers Market-Based Health Plan  —  TAMPA, April 29 — Sen. John McCain on Tuesday rejected calls by his Democratic opponents for universal health coverage, instead offering a market-based solution with an approach similar to a proposal put forth by President Bush last year.
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
Why John McCain Wants You To Give Up Your Health Insurance
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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 …
John Derbyshire / The Corner:
Science Equals Murder  —  In an interview with the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Ben Stein said the following amazing thing in an interview with Paul Crouch, Jr. … You can see the whole shameful thing here.  It's a pity Crouch didn't invite the Rev. Jeremiah Wright into the studio for a three-way conversation.
Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
Tim Russert Blackballing Arianna At NBC?  —  UPDATE: Sources close to Arianna Huffington are claiming just that.  Arianna Huffington is currently on book tour for her new political tome Right Is Wrong: How The Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded The Constitution, And Made Us All Less Safe …
Discussion: Brave New Films blog
 
 
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Associated Press:
Play of the Day: Clinton visits gas station for cameras
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Obama can transform America's image, says Jimmy Carter
Discussion: Foreign and American Spectator
Dr. iRack / abu muqawama:
Good Cop, Bad Cop  —  Dr. iRack has admired Tina Susman's …
Patsy R. Brumfield / Tupelo Daily Journal:
1st District ads pour gasoline on burning fire
Anne D'Innocenzio / Associated Press:
Americans unload prized belongings to make ends meet
Discussion: Wonkette
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Limbaugh calls for restart to ‘Operation Chaos’
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Obama campaign files FEC complaint against pro-Clinton group
Discussion: TalkLeft
Michelle Malkin:
Berkeley College Republicans apply for same protest privileges as Code Pink
Discussion: Daily Californian
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Rep. Capps to endorse Obama
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
2 US Troops Killed, 21 Wounded; 37 Iraqis Killed in Baghdad Clashes;
Marc Ambinder:
Chelsea Picks Up A Puerto Rico Superdelegate For Her Mother
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
Paul Kiel / TPMMuckraker:
Today's Must Read
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
REV-ENGE IS SWEET FOR ‘BETRAYED’ PASTOR
Floyd Abrams / Wall Street Journal:
Foreign Law and the First Amendment
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs