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11:40 PM ET, March 14, 2008

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Barack Obama / The Huffington Post:
On My Faith and My Church  —  The pastor of my church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who recently preached his last sermon and is in the process of retiring, has touched off a firestorm over the last few days.  He's drawn attention as the result of some inflammatory and appalling remarks he made about our country …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Wright leaves Obama campaign  —  Spokesman Tommy Vietor emails:  —  “Rev. Wright is no longer serving on the African American Religious Leadership Committee.”  —  That cuts Wright's only formal tie to Obama, and answers what was sure to be a question in Obama's interviews tonight …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
IS WRIGHT A “DEATH BLOW” TO OBAMA?  —  Like a number of emailers, TPM Reader JB is wringing his hands over Obama's Rev. Wright: … Late Update: TPM Reader KR defends JB: … TPM Reader MS foresees this line of attack:
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
What Obama Saw in Wright's Church  —  A reader says that we cannot know what is in Obama's heart, and to a certain extent, that's true.  My reader believes therefore that Wright's racist anger is what Obama truly believes - and is now concealing.  All I can say is that very …
Discussion: The Jed Report
Alex Johnson / MSNBC:
Controversial minister leaves Obama campaign  —  Presidential candidate condemns words but not ministry of former pastor  —  Editor's note: This article includes language some readers may consider inappropriate.  —  Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., condemned racially charged sermons …
Dennis Sanders / The Moderate Voice:
Notes From a Black Pastor  —  Well, considering that I am an African American pastor, I should say something about the whole affair concerning the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, Barack Obama's church.  —  I have to state, in the interest of full disclosure …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama issues statement repudiating Wright, may appear on Hannity & Colmes; Update: Wright leaves Obama's campaign; Update: “You can get kind of rough in the sermons”  —  Not sure about the H&C rumor but DU looks to have picked it up from Hannity's radio show.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Like A Rolling Stone - Obama Realizes Wright is Outrageous  —  MUST READ: Obama steps to The Huffington Post to address the Wright debacle.  At a quick glance, his defense will be ripped as BS - he seems to be pretending Wright has made a few awful comments, not twenty years worth.  Here we go:
Ronald Kessler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Minister  —  In a sermon delivered at Howard University …
Rich Lowry / The Corner:   Wright in “Dreams of My Father”
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:   Obama Denounces His Pastor's Statements
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Reconciliator's Judgment
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Radar
Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:
Study: Broadcast Networks Fell Down on Covering Jeremiah Wright
David Jackson / Chicago Tribune:
Obama says Rezko played a bigger fundraising role  —  This corner lot at Hyde Park Boulevard and Greenwood Avenue in Chicago, formerly owned by Antoin “Tony” Rezko's wife, Rita, is next door to the home (right) of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama.  (Tribune photo by Milbert O. Brown / March 6, 2008)
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Hsu's Legal Process Continues As Rezko's Heats Up
Discussion: A Blog For All
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
House Passes FISA Amendments Act  —  The House has just passed the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes, by a vote of 213-197-1.
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Jim Oliphant / The Swamp:
FISA bill passes House; time for Spring Break '08!
Mark Schmitt / American Prospect:
WHY CLINTON DOESN'T WANT A RE-VOTE.  —  There aren't many windows into a strongly pro-Clinton/anti-Obama view in the blogosphere, making TalkLeft invaluable, where “Big Tent Democrat” (the former Armando of DailyKos) has been focused like a laser on the issue of how to deal with the Michigan and Florida Democratic delegations.
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Legislators plan talks with Clinton, Obama campaigns today
Discussion: TalkLeft and Washington Wire
Ta-Nehisi Coates / Slate:
Playing the Racist Card  —  FERRARO'S COMMENTS ABOUT OBAMA WERE RACIST.  WHY CAN'T WE SAY THAT?  —  There is peculiar bit of jujitsu that white public figures have employed recently whenever they're called to account for saying something stupid about black people.
Discussion: Ross Douthat and Facing South
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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:   A Ferraro Postscript  —  Over at Slate, Ta-Nehisi Coates …
RJ Eskow / The Huffington Post:
Holding Up a Mirror To the Clinton Cult
Discussion: Night Light
Bloomberg:
Obama Cuts Into Clinton's Delegate Lead Among Elected Officials  —  Barack Obama has pulled almost even with Hillary Clinton in endorsements from top elected officials and has cut into her lead among the other superdelegates she's relying on to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
Steve Holland / Reuters:
McCain says al Qaeda might try to tip U.S. election  —  SPRINGFIELD, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he fears that al Qaeda or another extremist group might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him.
Elizabeth Warren / TPMCafe:
Don't Let Consumers Speak  —  What if you held a hearing, but the people who were most directly affected by the proposals were barred from speaking?  That's what happened yesterday.  —  The Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the House Committee on Financial Services held hearings on credit cards.
James Carville / Financial Times:
Halt the political hara-kiri  —  In this, the most fascinating and longest-running Democratic primary process of our time, we were presented with a silly moment that unfortunately is all too reflective of modern American culture.  Consider the case of one Samantha Power.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
 
 
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
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