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Pew Research Center:
Obama's Image Slips, His Lead Over Clinton Disappears — Public Support for Free Trade Declines — Summary of Findings — Democratic voters are not as positive about Barack Obama as they were a month ago. Somewhat smaller percentages of Democrats describe Obama in favorable terms …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton 49%, Obama 45% — McCain leads Obama in general election; McCain and Clinton tied — PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton has edged ahead of Barack Obama, 49% to 45%, in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update. — The four percentage point Clinton advantage …
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Indiana Poll Shows Clinton With Big Lead Over Obama — Survey Taker: Pastor Controversy Possibly Big Factor — INDIANAPOLIS — A statewide poll indicates a dramatic shift of support from Sen. Barack Obama to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ahead of next week's Indiana Democratic presidential primary …
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama losing support — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll suggests the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is a virtual tie. — Forty-six percent of registered Democratic voters questioned …
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Des Moines Register:
McCain fields audience question on whether he called wife an expletive — A widespread Internet rumor about Sen. John McCain popped up in an audience question today during the Republican presidential candidate's Iowa forum. — A member of the audience at the Polk County Convention Complex asked …
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Xan Brooks / Guardian:
Spike Lee tells US pastor to ‘shut up’ — Director Spike Lee has waded into the ongoing controversy surrounding Jeremiah Wright, the Chicago pastor whose provocative statements have proved a thorn in the side of Democrat frontrunner Barack Obama. Lee advises the preacher to do the right thing and keep quiet.
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The Politico:
What Obama wishes he could say — Thrown off his game by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright uproar, Barack Obama's strongest answer to Hillary Rodham Clinton is one he won't give: Senator, do you really want to get in a contest with me over who has more unsavory personal associations?
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Obama's Misplay — “That is just terrible, absolutely dreadful …
Obama's Misplay — “That is just terrible, absolutely dreadful …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MALPRACTICE — I really don't get what it is with the Clinton campaign sometimes. Getting Joe Andrew's super-delegate endorsement is a minor coup for the Obama campaign. It certainly gives them some help in Indiana. But he's hardly a household name. So why is it that when Howard Wolfson gets asked …
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Katie Escherich / ABCNEWS:
Clinton Says Calls to Drop Out Are ‘Just Idle Talk’ — Clinton on Why She'll Fight to the Finish, and Why Bill Won't Be in the West Wing — Hillary Clinton campaigned Wednesday in Indianapolis, on the same day that Indiana superdelegate and former Clinton supporter Joe Andrew announced …
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Joseph J. Andrew / The Huffington Post:
On My Switch From Clinton to Obama
On My Switch From Clinton to Obama
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CNN:
Poll: Bush most unpopular in modern history — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new poll suggests that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history. — A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove …
Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
The Lincoln-Douglass Debate: Live On Fox! — Two weeks ago, publius tried to imagine what the Lincoln-Douglas Debates would have looked like had they been moderated by ABC. I thought it was one of the funnier things I'd ever read. It turns out, however, that in a startling breach with precedent …
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
FOX News: Lincoln debated Frederick Douglass in 1858?!?
FOX News: Lincoln debated Frederick Douglass in 1858?!?
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The New Republic
Associated Press:
‘D.C. Madam’ dead in Florida — Palfrey had been convicted of running $2 million prostitution ring — TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - The woman convicted of running a high-end Washington prostitution ring that snagged a senator killed herself Thursday, police said, weeks after she was convicted on charges she vowed not to go to prison for.
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Peter Dreier / The Huffington Post:
Sidney Blumenthal Uses Former Right-Wing Foes To Attack Obama — Former journalist Sidney Blumenthal has been widely credited with coining the term “vast right-wing conspiracy” used by Hillary Clinton in 1998 to describe the alliance of conservative media, think tanks, and political operatives …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Garin: Our Polling Shows “Gas Tax Holiday” Is Helping Hillary Politically — Is Hillary gaining politically by her support for a so-called “gas tax holiday”? — On a conference call with reporters just now, Hillary chief strategist Geoff Garin claimed that the campaign's internal polling shows that it is.
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The Raw Story:
EXCLUSIVE: MYSTERIOUS CRIMES PLAGUE US ATTORNEY TARGETS — The Permanent Republican Majority Part VI — MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA - In two states where US attorneys are already under fire for serious allegations of political prosecutions, seven people associated with three federal cases …
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At-Largely
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Rep. Fossella Arrested on Charges of Driving While Intoxicated — Rep. Vito J. Fossella (R-N.Y.) was arrested overnight in Alexandria and charged with driving while intoxicated, court records showed today. — Fossella is scheduled to appear in Alexandria General District Court on May 12 for an advisement hearing, the records said.