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3:40 AM ET, May 3, 2008

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Elizabeth Wurtzel / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Other Radical Friends  —  When I was 15, I read an article in Rolling Stone about the Weather Underground and became fascinated with Bernardine Dohrn.  As a leader of the militant arm of Students for a Democratic Society, she was renowned for her beauty and daring, for her revolutionary rhetoric …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain Moves to 6-Point Lead Over Obama  —  Clinton 48%, Obama 46% in national Democratic nomination preferences  —  PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain has moved to a six percentage point, 48% to 42%, lead over Barack Obama in Gallup Poll Daily tracking of the general election …
CNN:
Former DNC chairs: Hillary would beat McCain today — Obama wouldn't  —  (CNN) - Seven former Democratic National Committee chairs who support Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, and the family of one who is deceased, released a letter Friday arguing that she is the candidate best-equipped to beat John McCain in November.
Discussion: Bang the Drum and Taylor Marsh
Karl / protein wisdom:
Dems 2008: Elizabeth Wurtzel on Barack Obama's other friends, the “Weathercouple”  —  Author Elizabeth Wurtzel has a piece in the Wall Street Journal on Barack Obama's relationship with the “Weathercouple” of William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.  The eyebrow-raiser is this:
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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Dotcomabc / Political Punch:
Official Transcript: Kantor Never Impugned Hoosiers  —  Forgoing for a moment the dirty trick of the doctored clip from “The War Room,” which falsely had Mickey Kantor using a racial slur, the filmmaker behind the documentary has posted the clip on his Web site to clarify that other point of confusion …
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 …
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
MCCAIN: IRAQ WAR WAS FOR OIL?  —  From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy  —  At the conclusion of a town hall held this morning outside in Denver, McCain decided to toss in a plug for his upcoming energy policy rollout.  But in the midst of decrying the dangers of Americans reliance on foreign oil …
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
McCain clarifies remark about oil, Iraq war  —  PHOENIX - Republican John McCain was forced to clarify his comments Friday suggesting the Iraq war involved U.S. reliance on foreign oil.  He said he was talking about the first Gulf War and not the current conflict.
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 …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Loyal to the Bitterness  —  I am out of step.  There is something that is upsetting others whom I care about and whose thoughts are often not unlike my own.  And it's not hitting me the same way.  —  I am referring to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.  I disagree with and disapprove of the things he says.
Andrew Cockburn / CounterPunch:
Secret Bush “Finding” Widens War on Iran  —  Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, “unprecedented in its scope.”  —  Bush's secret directive covers actions across …
Discussion: MoJoBlog
Mark Udall for Colorado:
UDALL ANSWERS CLINTON GAS TAX CHALLENGE, STANDS WITH COLORADANS FOR MEANINGFUL ENERGY RELIEF  —  Yesterday in Indiana, Hillary Clinton challenged every member of Congress to go on the record with a position regarding her proposal to temporarily suspend the federal gasoline tax, and state whether they were with her or against her.
 
 
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
On Sunday TV, One Hot Rivalry Fuels Another
Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Employers cut fewer jobs in April, jobless rate falls
Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal:
Kraft Reformulates Oreo, Scores in China
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Frank Eaton / BlueNC:
Well, here's something interesting...
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Jonathan Schwarz / A Tiny Revolution:
Jeffrey Goldberg Battles Manfully Against Internet's Glaring Flaws
Time:
How Much Did Rumsfeld Know?  —  Ricardo Sanchez, the commander …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Airs Another Indiana Ad Hitting Obama On Gas Tax
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Oliver Willis:
John McCain Calls Himself “President McCain”
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 Earlier Items: 
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Why do Catholics prefer Clinton to Obama?
Discussion: Slate and protein wisdom
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Ohio attorney general admits to affair with employee
Michael Tomasky / Guardian Unlimited:
Hillary's right turn
Discussion: Swampland
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
CW: Still Obama
Matthew Yglesias:
Diplomacy: What is it Good For  —  I was on a radio show …
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama: Voters Don't Want Drama
Steven Emerson / Articles by the Investigative Project …:
Investigative Project Releases Gov't Memos Curtailing Speech in War on Terror
Rasmussen Reports:
58% Say Obama Denounced Wright for Political Convenience, not Outrage
 

 
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