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8:40 PM ET, May 4, 2008

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Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog:
Hillary Clinton Doesn't Listen to Economists  —  When asked this morning by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos if she could name a single economist who backs her call for a gas tax holiday this summer, HRC said “I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.”  —  I know several of the economists …
Discussion: Political Machine and The RBC
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Clinton On ABC's “This Week”: Awkward For Stephanopoulos  —  It sounds as if this morning's special Town Meeting format “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on ABC could give ABC's — and Stephanopoulos' — critics ammunition to say he and his network gave Senator Hillary Clinton an hour of largely softball interview airtime.
Jodi Kantor / The Caucus:
There Goes the Economists' Vote
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
I'm not listening to economists on gas tax holiday
Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Clinton Reminds Viewers: Journalist Was Once on Her Side
Discussion: Don Surber
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Clinton dismisses “elite” economists on gas tax
Allison Samuels / Newsweek:
Something Wasn't Wright  —  Why Oprah Winfrey left Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church.  —  For any spiritually minded, up-wardly mobile African-American living in Chicago in the mid-1980s, the Trinity United Church of Christ was—and still is—the place to be.  That's what drew Oprah Winfrey …
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MSNBC:
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday, only 48 hours until the Indiana and North Carolina primaries.  The epic Clinton and Obama battle continues.  Issues such as the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and the soaring cost of gasoline and food prices dominate the debate.
New York Post:
BARACK'S REV. ‘STOLE A WIFE’
Discussion: NO QUARTER and JammieWearingFool
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Bill Clinton going to church with superdelegate Shuler  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton will attend Sunday church services with North Carolina Congressman and uncommitted Democratic superdelegate Heath Shuler in his district, CNN has learned.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, Clinton 45%  —  McCain leads Obama in general election; Clinton-McCain essentially even  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows Barack Obama is the current choice of 49% of Democratic voters nationwide for the party's presidential nomination, while 45% back Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: MyDD
Michael James / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton Asks N.C. Churchgoers to Pray for Hillary
Discussion: The Swamp and The Page
Thomas B. Edsall / The Huffington Post:
Clinton Camp Considering Nuclear Option To Overtake Delegate Lead  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign has a secret weapon to build its delegate count, but her top strategists say privately that any attempt to deploy it would require a sharp (and by no means inevitable) shift in the political climate …
Tim Shipman / Associated Press:
Michelle Obama: Barack has hit boiling point  —  Barack Obama is struggling to contain his anger and frustration over the constant barrage of questions about his character and judgment, his wife has revealed.  —  Michelle Obama lifted the lid on the irritation felt by the leading Democrat candidate …
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Don Surber:   Impatient  —  Democratic Sen. Barack Obama: Come on, people.
CBS News:
CBS Poll: Support For Obama Rebounds  —  In Wake Of Controversy Over Former Pastor, Illinois Senator Builds Lead Over McCain, Clinton  —  (CBS) Democrat Barack Obama appears to have rebounded from some of the damage caused by the controversy surrounding his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright …
Discussion: TalkLeft, The Daily Dish and Daily Kos
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New York Times:
Poll Shows Most Voters Unaffected by Wright  —  WASHINGTON — A majority of American voters say the furor over the relationship between Senator Barack Obama and his former pastor has not affected their opinion of Mr. Obama, but a substantial number say it could influence voters this fall …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton mailing's gun gaffe  —  Senator Hillary Clinton's mailing attacking Senator Barack Obama's record on guns appears to include a striking visual gaffe: The image of the gun pictured on the face of the mailing is reversed, making it a non-existent left-handed model of the Mauser 66 rifle.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton mailing attacks Obama on guns
Discussion: race42008.com and The Page
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Too Solemn for Her Generation?  —  The YouTube clip is hard to hear at first, but thankfully, the main character is clutching a microphone.  In the 90-second video entitled “Madison audience Defend Chelsea Clinton,” a crowd member asserts that the former first daughter's phone calls …
Discussion: Althouse
Associated Press:
IDF halts deliveries at Karni, Nahal Oz  —  The IDF was forced on Sunday to halt deliveries through the Karni border crossing and the Nahal Oz fuel terminal, as vehicles came under Palestinian mortar shell fire whilst attempting to transfer food and fuel to Gazans, reported Israel Radio.
Discussion: The New Republic and Israel Matzav
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:   Israeli Political Crisis Overshadows Rice's Trip
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
La. Democrat Wins In GOP Stronghold  —  Strategy to Link Victor to Obama Falls Short  —  A Louisiana Democrat captured a House seat held by Republicans for the previous 33 years, defeating a former GOP state legislator yesterday in a special election that Republicans tried to turn into a referendum on Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
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Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
Initial Thoughts on Cazayoux's Huge Win
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Face The Nation: Schieffer Wakes Up To Life Under The Bush Administration  —  Download |  Play Download |  Play (h/t BillW)  —  I don't know where Bob Schieffer's been these last seven years, but he thinks that the White House might have an credibility problem: … Oh Jiminy Christmas.
 
 
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New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributors: How to See This Mission Accomplished
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Will age just be a number in '08?  —  Is John McCain Ronald Reagan or Bob Dole?
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
EMINENT DOMAIN....SPECIAL CALIFORNIA EDITION....Three years ago …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Joseph Romm / The Huffington Post:
McCain calls for 700+ new nuclear plants (and 7 Yucca mountains) costing $4 trillion
Discussion: Wonk Room
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
A Prison of Shame, and It's Ours
Gercohen / newsobserver.com projects:
early vote numbers for political junkies
Discussion: The Corner
Diane Sweet / The Raw Story:
Judge orders all references to ‘Taser’ stricken from medical examiner's reports
 Earlier Items: 
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Who Will Tell the People?
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
This Bud's for You  —  Barack Obama is going to get down if it kills him.
Richard Luscombe / Guardian:
Surge in fatal shark attacks blamed on global warming
New York Times:
Missing Records  —  Senator John McCain is 71 years old …
Charlotte Observer:
Time for a change  —  In the Democratic primary, we recommend Obama
Joseph Myers / American Thinker:
Strategic Collapse in the War on Terror
Discussion: Doug Ross and Jihad Watch
 

 
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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”

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

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

 
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