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William Kristol / New York Times:
McCain-Jindal? — Barack Obama said Friday, “We've had a rough couple of weeks.” Actually, he's had a rough couple of months. He's lost three big primaries to Hillary Clinton. And, should he hold on to win the nomination, he can no longer be considered a clear favorite over John McCain in the general election.
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Flap over pastor hurts Obama — Barack Obama's national standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, raising questions for some voters about the Illinois senator's values, credibility and electability.
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Zogby:
Zogby Poll: Obama Leads by 8 Points in NC; Race Still Very Tight in Indiana — Undecideds in both states remain high, as likely voters wait for last minute to commit to Clinton or Obama — UTICA, New York—The Democratic Party presidential contests in Indiana and North Carolina remained remarkably stable …
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
How much you paying him NY Times? — Poor Bill Kristol...but mostly poor us. — The Uriah Heep of war criminality cannot even mange to write malicious editorials anymore. Now they are just lame and pathetic. — Wanting to get a few digs in about how Reverend Wright has buried …
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TPM Election Central
Ross Douthat:
Don't Do It, Bobby — Perhaps the most prescient piece I've …
Don't Do It, Bobby — Perhaps the most prescient piece I've …
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American Spectator
Matthew Yglesias:
Outback Strikes Back — Ezra Klein's right to bemoan the sneering condescension in this NYT piece on suburban chain restaurants. For me, this is made all the worse by the knowledge that the attitude of contempt is almost certainly fake. I was actually born and raised in Manhattan …
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Michael Yon / NY Daily News:
In Iraq, a storm before the calm — April saw 49 U.S. casualties in Iraq, the highest total in seven months. Does this mean, as some insist, that the enormous progress we have made since the start of the military surge is being lost? — As one who has spent nearly two years …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Says Teamsters Need Less Oversight — Campaign Talks On Issue Preceded Union's Backing — Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement of the Teamsters earlier this year after privately telling the union he supported ending the strict federal oversight imposed to root out corruption …
John Ruberry / Marathon Pundit:
Bill Ayers stepping on a US flag in 2001 — My good friend Anne Leary of Backyard Conservative, a fabulous North Shore blogger, tipped me off to this picture, which I've heard rumors about, of Bill Ayers stepping on a US flag in 2001. — I believe it's from Chicago Magazine …
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Marcia Froelke Coburn / Chicago Magazine: No Regrets — From our August 2001 issue: “Kill your parents! …
New York Times:
Ruthlessness and Grit Seen in Clinton's Style — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at a campaign rally on Sunday at Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne. That state and North Carolina will hold primaries on Tuesday. More Photos > — JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is waving …
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Byron York / The Corner:
Bill Clinton, Selling the Product in Small-Town North Carolina
Bill Clinton, Selling the Product in Small-Town North Carolina
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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 …
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Associated Press:
US-backed plan sees shiny future for Green Zone in Iraq — BAGHDAD - Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad. — That's all part of a five-year development …
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John Derbyshire / The Corner:
Wright's Secret — There's an aspect of the Rev. Wright business that tells us something about human nature — something that makes most Americans uncomfortable. — From the May 3 issue of The Economist: … As a religious entrepreneur, in other words, Wright has been a roaring success.
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Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
The Willie Horton of the 2008 Campaign? — Conduct a thought experiment: Imagine that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor to presidential candidate Barack Obama and preacher with controversial views, was not an outspoken black man but a white woman who penned her controversial ideas in a scholarly journal.
Booman Tribune:
I Don't Want to Talk About the Clintons Anymore — Even bloggers get tired. I'm tired of writing about the sins of the Clinton campaign. Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow all filled with new energy, but much like the way I feel about the Bush administration, I feel like my point has been made.
Scott Martelle / Los Angeles Times:
California superdelegates' wavering bodes ill for Hillary Clinton — Some who have supported her say they'll switch to Barack Obama if she doesn't make big gains in the remaining Democratic primaries. — FRESNO — Hillary Rodham Clinton, stung last week by the defection of a prominent superdelegate …