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Obama: No Surprise That Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians Turn Bitter — When I began following the Obama Campaign through Pennsylvania, the place was new to me— as apparently it was to Senator Obama, since his Road to Change bus tour was heralded as the candidate's introduction to the Keystone State.
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Obama on small-town PA: Clinging to religion, guns, xenophobia — Huffpo's Mayhill Fowler has more from Obama's remarks at a San Francisco fundraiser Sunday, and they include an attempt to explain the resentment in small-town Pennsylvania that won't be appreciated by some of the people whose votes Obama's seeking:
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McCain camp hammers Obama on small town comments — The McCain campaign, finding a gift in its lap, tees off on the eye-opening comments by Barack Obama from a fundraiser last week in San Francisco (of all places). — Asked to respond, McCain adviser Steve Schmidt called it a “remarkable statement and extremely revealing.”
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Snob-ama disses pro-gun, religious, anti-illegal immigration activists in Penn. — Before I get to Barack Obama's snobbish, condescending, and arrogant comments about small-town Pennsylvania, I wanted to share a little more about my visit to Harrisburg last week.
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Obama Responds To Criticism — Republicans sense an opportunity in the developing storm over Barack Obama's remarks. — His comments have been distributed to allies on Capitol Hill, to members of the Pennsylvania press corps, to talk radio hosts across the country, to Republican state parties …

McCain aide hits Obama comment — Jonathan Martin talks to McCain adviser Steve Schmidt, who sees an opening in Obama's comments on small-town Pennsylvania at a California fundraiser last weekend:

Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Clinton Holds Slight Edge Over Obama in PA — PA Democrats lean slightly against free trade; Just 7% of Dems feel nation is on the right track — UTICA, New York - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton of New York leads party rival Barack Obama of Illinois …
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Temple Poll shows Clinton continues to lead Obama in Pennsylvania — Poll also shows candidates' coalitions have different orientations toward voting — Senator Hillary Clinton leads Senator Barack Obama by 44 - 35 percent among Pennsylvanians likely to vote in the Democratic presidential primary on April 22.

From the Fact Check Desk: Former President Bill Clinton's Defense of His Wife's Bosnia Sniper-Fire Story — Former President Bill Clinton offered this bit of revisionist history of his wife's Bosnia story in Jasper, Ind., today, one riddled with a veritable sniper fire of errors — ones necessitating footnotes.
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Clinton Dispatches Husband's Aide to Montana — In a sign that she is planning to stay in the presidential nomination fight until the bitter end, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) has dispatched a top aide to Montana to manage her campaign in that state's June 3 primary.
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Barack Obama may lose support in Philadelphia over ‘street money’
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Ouch! The Daily Show's Eviscerating “Documentary” About Fox News — The Daily Show's John Oliver put togther a stunning smackdown of Fox News on last night's show, punctuated by some damning clips showing egregious comments from some anchors (John Gibson, natch) and some — gasp! …
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Begala: “Nothing But Contempt” For Penn, Compares Him To Rumsfeld — Longtime Clinton adviser and confidant Paul Begala took full aim at Mark Penn on Friday, expressing scorn for the recently demoted strategist, and comparing his time with the Clinton campaign to that of Donald Rumsfeld's tenure as Secretary of Defense.
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Bush Job Approval at 28%, Lowest of His Administration — Only Nixon and Truman have had lower job approval ratings — PRINCETON, NJ — President George W. Bush's job approval rating has dropped to 28%, the lowest of his administration. Bush's approval is lower than that of any president …
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On Hardball , Matthews and Shuster critiqued Obama's “weird” beverage selection at Indiana diner — On the April 10 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, after reporting that Sen. Barack Obama “campaigned today in northern Indiana, shaking hands and chatting with people at a diner near South Bend,” …


The Holocaust Declaration — On Tuesday Iran announced it was installing 6,000 more centrifuges — they produce enriched uranium, the key ingredient of a nuclear weapon — in addition to the 3,000 already operating. The world yawned. — It is time to admit the truth …
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Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporting of the Year — and the William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence — with a Special Tribute to Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy USN (SEAL) — Introduction — Cal Thomas, Larry Kudlow …