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3:50 PM ET, May 2, 2008

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Clinton Adviser Claims Indiana Slur Video Is Conspiracy  —  A former aide to President Bill Clinton, and current informal adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, expressed outrage and shock on Friday after a videotape from 1992 surfaced allegedly showing him describing Indianans as “white n—rs.”
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Pennebaker: Clip Doctored  —  I just spoke to D.A. Pennebaker, the director of “The War Room,” who said his film had been doctored to produce a widely-viewed YouTube clip.  —  In a clip from his film on the 1992 Clinton campaign, posted to YouTube today, Clinton advisor Mickey Kantor is …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Clinton operative didn't call Indianans “white n*****s” in 1992 Update III: Dirty trick?  Update: Character witness  —  Update IV: This is almost certainly a dirty trick aimed at Mickey Kantor and the Clinton campaign.  Read all the way through the updates.
Michelle Malkin:
Hillary advisor Mickey Kantor dissed Indiana voters in 1992 …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   “Worthless White Ni**ers”?
Byron York / The Corner:
Mickey Kantor Does Not Hold the People of Indiana in the Highest Esteem
Discussion: Wonkette
Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Clinton: Tuesday Will Be a ‘Game Changer’  —  ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Senator Hillary Clinton speaking in Kinston, NC said that Tuesday's primary will be a big day in the contest for the Democratic nomination.  Clinton has denied in interviews and in press availabilities that she will drop out of the race if she loses Indiana.
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Zogby:
Zogby Poll: Obama Holds Big Lead Over Clinton in NC; Pair tied in Indiana  —  UTICA, New York—Five days before the important Democratic presidential primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, Barack Obama of Illinois enjoys a substantial lead in one state and remains tied with Hillary Clinton …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain Moves to 6-Point Lead Over Obama
Discussion: MyDD and MSNBC
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: OBAMA'S BACK TO THE WALL
Indianapolis Star:
Endorsements chip away at Bayh pedestal  —  It's been a rough few days for Sen. Evan Bayh.  —  After years of holding a near death grip over so much of the state's Democratic Party establishment, the junior senator from Shirkieville has taken a series of very public hits in recent days.
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Pressure's on Bayh to snare Indiana for Clinton
Discussion: The Opinionator and MSNBC
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Is Ongoing Democratic Campaign Good or Bad for the Party?
Discussion: The Swamp and TPM Election Central
Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Boris Johnson poised to become London Mayor as Tories seal local election success  —  Boris Johnson is preparing to be unveiled as the new mayor of London later today following Labour's collapse across Britain in the local elections.  —  Senior Conservative sources said they would be …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and Atlas Shrugs
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   In Britain, The Tories Surge
Rasmussen Reports:
58% Say Obama Denounced Wright for Political Convenience, not Outrage  —  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 30% of the nation's Likely Voters believe Barack Obama denounced his former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, because he was outraged.  Most—58%—say he denounced the Pastor for political convenience.
Indianapolis Star:
Experience makes Clinton better choice in primary  —  In this extraordinary election year, Indiana's Democratic voters have been presented with an extraordinary opportunity: Choose for their party's presidential nominee between a gifted senator from Illinois who has enthused millions of new voters …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
John McCain: Chief of own VP search  —  For those wondering whether an eminence gris such as Warren Christopher or Dick Cheney will soon head Sen. John McCain's vice presidential selection committee, the answer is yes and no, depending upon whether you think of McCain as a wise old Washington hand.
Discussion: The Page
Steven Emerson / Articles by the Investigative Project …:
Investigative Project Releases Gov't Memos Curtailing Speech in War on Terror  —  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is refusing to identify the “influential Muslim Americans” and “leading U.S.-based scholars and commentators on Islam” who met with Secretary Michael Chertoff in helping shape …
Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Are Flocking to Small Cars  —  DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede.  —  In what industry analysts are calling a first, about one in five vehicles sold in the United States was a compact …
Telegraph:
The most influential US political pundits: 10-1  —  Telegraph.co.uk unveils the last installment of its list of the 50 most influential political pundits in America.  With just over six months before United States citizens choose their 44th president, the 2008 election is already proving …
Ronald Brownstein / MSNBC:
McCain must explain his Iraq vigil  —  How long is he willing to keep U.S. forces in a front-line combat role?  —  POLITICAL CONNECTIONS  —  WASHINGTON - The firefight over John McCain's long-term intentions in Iraq flared again this week when the Democratic National Committee aired …
Pablo Guzman / WCBS-TV:
On YOUR Dime: Congressmen Lease Luxury Cars  —  Little-Known But Exploited Loophole Allows Politicians To Drive, Maintain Expensive Cars, SUVs On Taxpayer Money  —  Rep. Charles Rangel: ‘My Constituents Appreciate It’  —  NEW YORK (CBS) ― You may not realize it …
 
 
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Elizabeth Wurtzel / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Other Radical Friends
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Matthew Yglesias:
Hurdles  —  Ambinder reports: “Clinton advisors think their candidate …
Discussion: Marc Ambinder
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Fair Play for False Prophets
Karl / protein wisdom:
Dems 2008: Are Clintonites suppressing the vote in NC?
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Cognitive Age
Keith Dinsmore / The Huffington Post:
Questioner Dragged Out Of McCain Town Hall Talks To OffTheBus
Bobbank / MyDD:
Change Oregon Can Believe In?
Discussion: TalkLeft, Corrente and MyDD
Matthew Yglesias:
Gas Tax Incidence
Discussion: The New Republic
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Patrick Condon / Associated Press:
Republican blogger has Al Franken's Senate campaign reeling
Mara H. Gottfried / TwinCities.com:
Homeowner said ‘do not move.’ Burglar was in no spot to argue.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Power Line
Daniel Whitten / Bloomberg:
Obama May Levy $15 Billion Tax on Oil Company Profit
Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic Online:
Mr. Conservative  —  Alert Washingtonians were treated …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Ari B. Bloomekatz / Los Angeles Times:
Teacher fired for refusing to sign loyalty oath
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Cameraman Is Released From Guantánamo
Discussion: Philly.com and Attackerman
CNN:
Clinton to Congress: You're either with us or against us
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Party of Denial  —  During Barack Obama's Sunday appearance …
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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