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7:00 PM ET, March 13, 2008

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ABCNEWS:
Obama's Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11  —  Obama's Pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Has a History of What Even Obama's Campaign Aides Say Is ‘Inflammatory Rhetoric’  —  Sen. Barack Obama's pastor says blacks should not sing “God Bless America” but “God damn America.”
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The Campaign Spot:
13 Percent of Registered Voters Think Obama Is a Muslim  —  The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll asked respondents what Barack Obama's religion is.  —  Among registered voters, 37 percent said Protestant.  Two percent said Catholic, two percent said “other,” two percent said “none.”
Roger L. Simon:
Barack has some explaining to do
Discussion: The Opinionator and URGENT AGENDA
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Obama's Spiritual Guide: ‘God Damn America’
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Making Obama Unelectable  —  Mark Penn declared today that Barack Obama “really can't win the general [election].”  Of course, it's silly to say that Obama or Clinton “can't” win the general.  There's not even good evidence to suggest that Obama is less likely than Clinton to win the general.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Penn: Obama “really can't win the general”
Discussion: TPM Election Central
Daniel W. Reilly / The Politico:
House to hold rare closed session on FISA  —  The House will go into a rare closed session Thursday night to debate a controversial electronic surveillance measure.  —  It is the first closed session since 1983 and only the fifth in congressional history.  —  House Minority Whip Roy Blunt …
Discussion: The Swamp
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The Hill:
Hoyer agrees to closed FISA session
Cynthia Needham / Providence Journal:
Bill to close prostitution loophole
Discussion: Wonkette
The Page:
Details of a possible delegate plan under discussion:  —Michigan's 156 delegates would be split 50-50 between Clinton and Obama.  —Florida's existing delegates would be seated at the Denver convention—but with half a vote each.  That would give Clinton a net gain of about 19 elected delegates.
Mark Schmitt / American Prospect:
CLINTON '08=JERRY BROWN '92?  —  For the record, Senator Obama came out of the Mississippi primary with an advantage of 99,000 votes over Senator Clinton, more than I had predicted based on his edge in Alabama.  That puts his margin in the nationwide popular vote — by a measure that includes Florida …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   Could She Ever Win The Popular Vote?
NRCC Press Releases:
NRCC Chairman Cole Releases Statement and Update on Apparent Accounting Irregularities  —  Washington- NRCC Chairman Tom Cole made the following statement and distributed the following update on the current investigation and apparent accounting irregularities:
Discussion: Emptywheel, MyDD and Political Punch
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
NRCC Treasurer Accused of Campaign Fraud
Discussion: Capitol Briefing
Washington Post:
Silda Spitzer, Profile of an Accomplished Woman  —  She is known as the polished one, the poised one — a Harvard-educated lawyer and an amateur painter, a prolific letter writer who gives homemade jam to friends at Christmastime.  —  Silda Wall Spitzer — whose husband resigned …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Debate Alert!  Hillary And Obama Campaigns Accept Invite To ABC Debate In Philly  —  From the no-rest-for-the-weary-of-debates department comes this release just out from the Clinton camp...  No word on what the Obama camp will do yet.  —  Late Update: The Obama campaign accepts the ABC debate …
Discussion: Donklephant
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Clinton, Obama agree to Philly debate on April 16
Ruth Henderson / Pajamas Media:
I'VE SEEN MY SHARE OF SPITZERS: THE VIEW FROM AN ESCORT SERVICE  —  The disgraced former NY governor is not alone, writes “Ruth Henderson,” a former booking agent for high-priced Manhattan call girls.  —  Support Pajamas Media; Visit Our Advertisers  —  So New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned …
Discussion: Dealbreaker and Publius Pundit
Kenneth Thiesen / Berkeley Daily Planet:
Commentary: Why I Don't Support the Troops  —  In the recent political battle around the Marine recruiting station in Berkeley there has been much confusion around the concept or slogan of “supporting the troops,” but opposing the unjust wars of the Bush regime.
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Good News for Obama: Hillary's Killing Him in Pennsylvania.  (Seriously.)  —  I'd love to see the crosstabs for this Pennsylvania poll, but, just looking at the top-line numbers, it strikes me as pretty good news for Obama.  It's not so much that he's down three points in a hypothetical match …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
GOP amendment aimed at mocking Obama  —  While senators gravely speak about the nation's fiscal health all day during the Senate budget debate, they're not above making purely political points aimed at embarrassing one another.  —  To wit: Sen. Wayne Allard, a Republican from Colorado …
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs and Swampland
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Washington Wire:
Scenes From the Senate Floor
Discussion: The Caucus and The Page
Lynn Sweet:
Sweet scoop: Obama, after initial refusal, releases all earmark requests.  Read them here.  UPDATES  —  WASHINGTON—After refusing since June to make public earmark requests from 2005 and 2006, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is releasing Thursday all the earmark requests he has made since he entered the Senate in 2005.
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Support for war effort highest since 2006  —  American public support for the military effort in Iraq has reached a highpoint unseen since the summer of 2006, a development that promises to reshape the political landscape.  —  According to late February polling conducted by The Pew Research Center …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: THE GREAT '08 PARADOX  —  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** The great '08 paradox: Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the latest NBC/WSJ poll is the poor shape the GOP finds itself in today: The party's fav/unfav has increased (34%-49%) …
Discussion: MoJoBlog and marbury
Borys Krawczeniuk / The Times-Tribune:
Poll: Hillary's negative rating rivals Santorum's  —  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has something in common with former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum.  A large percentage of Pennsylvania voters dislike both of them.  —  In fact, greater percentages of voters here have consistently viewed …
Discussion: Trailhead
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
It's not him  —  The Spitzer shocker . . .  Just who is Client No. 10?  —  Who is the procurer of prostitutes from Chicago who is mentioned anonymously in an unsealed FBI affidavit filed by the feds detailing operations of the Emperors Club, a sex-for-hire shop that allegedly ensnared embattled New York.
Discussion: The Swamp
 
 
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Essence of Conservatism  —  Jay Reding with a nice summary:
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Satyam / Think Progress:
Rove: Bush taught me how to be ‘honest.’
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Pelosi says there won't be a Democratic ‘dream ticket’
Discussion: The Page
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters.org:
Study: Networks Always Label GOPers With Sex Scandals
Marc Ambinder:
Romney To Form A PAC
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Mickey Kaus on Ferraro v. Obama
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Hoyer: Democratic Primary Could Damage Party
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White House:
President Bush Discusses FISA
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Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Pentagon cancels release of controversial Iraq report
James Poniewozik / Time:
The Case for Full Disclosure
Discussion: BuzzMachine
Associated Press:
Boyfriend: Phobia caused woman's 2-year bathroom stay
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Do as He Said  —  The last time I saw Eliot Spitzer …
Peter Robinson / The Corner:
Why Europeans Refuse to Reproduce
Matthew Yglesias:
Hillary in the House  —  I won't engage in any further elitist …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Obama: McCain changed views on tax cuts