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5:00 PM ET, March 14, 2008

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Ronald Kessler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Minister  —  In a sermon delivered at Howard University, Barack Obama's longtime minister, friend and adviser blamed America for starting the AIDS virus, training professional killers, importing drugs and creating a racist society that would never elect a black candidate president.
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David Brown / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Obama addresses Pa.'s importance, pastor's remarks  —  TRIBUNE-REVIEW  —  The following are excerpts of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's telephone interview Thursday with Tribune-Review reporter David.  M. Brown.  —  Q: Gov. (Ed) Rendell and (Philadelphia) Mayor (Michael) …
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:
Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:
Study: Broadcast Networks Fell Down on Covering Jeremiah Wright  —  As Jeremiah Wright's screaming sermons have gone from ABC across the media in the last 24 hours, many are asking: where were the networks on this story?  It sounds like Obama's minister is less versed in the audacity of hope than in the audacity of hate.
Deacon / Power Line:
THE AUDACITY OF HATE, PART FOUR
Discussion: Doug Ross
Fox News:
Obama's Pastor's Sermon: ‘God Damn America’
Discussion: Channel '08
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Wright Stuff  —  It's nutty, offensive and paranoid stuff.
Discussion: The Opinionator and Ross Douthat
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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Kevin Bankston / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EFF Applauds House Passage of Surveillance Bill with No Telecom Immunity  —  Bill Would Allow Spying Cases to Proceed Fairly and Securely  —  Washington, D.C. - This morning the House of Representatives passed a compromise surveillance bill that does not include retroactive immunity …
Jim Oliphant / The Swamp:
FISA bill passes House; time for Spring Break '08!
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs
Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
House passes FISA bill
Discussion: The Swamp
Mark Schmitt / American Prospect:
WHY CLINTON DOESN'T WANT A RE-VOTE.  —  <p>p.s.  Commenter <a href="http://www.nycweboy.com/ “>weboy </a>complained that I should have sought out more pro-Clinton blogs, and recommends a few, so I will link to Tom Watson's recent post, <a href="http://tomwatson.typepad.com/ tom_watson/2008/03 …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Matthew Yglesias
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John Kennedy / Central Florida Political Pulse:
Nelson Proposes Half Delegation For Florida Dems
Discussion: TPM Election Central
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.
Janny Scott / New York Times:
A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama's Path  —  In the capsule version of the Barack Obama story, his mother is simply the white woman from Kansas.  The phrase comes coupled alliteratively to its counterpart, the black father from Kenya.  On the campaign trail, he has called her his “single mom.”
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.
Discussion: TPMCafe
The Huffington Post:
Bush “Envious” Of Soldiers Serving “Romantic” Mission In Afghanistan  —  President Bush let his inner adventurer out while discussing the state of the war in Afghanistan with military and civilian personnel.  While those in Afghanistan detailed the logistical and diplomatic problems via teleconference …
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Mona Charen / The Corner:
Obama's True Beliefs  —  Derb: I am coming to believe that Barack Obama is one of the greatest con artists we've seen.  His entire campaign has been about “coming together,” a post-racial consensus, etc.  Any mention of his middle name was immediately condemned as ignorant fear-mongering.
Discussion: Salon
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Leads Clinton 50% to 44%  —  McCain presents stiff competition for Obama and Clinton  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in national Democratic nomination preferences by a statistically significant 6-percentage point margin, 50% to 44% …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
CNBC.com:
US Faces Severe Recession, Feldstein Says  —  The United States has entered a recession that could be “substantially more severe” than recent ones, former National Bureau of Economic Research President Martin Feldstein said Friday.  —  “The situation is very bad, the situation is getting worse …
Discussion: Marc Ambinder
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Getting the Politics of the Press Right: Walter Pincus Rips into Newsroom Neutrality  —  “The important thing is to show integrity— not to be a neuter, politically.  Having good facts that hold up is a bigger advantage than claiming to reflect all sides equally well.”
 
 
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Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
High-Level al-Qaida Figure Is Captured
Mike Dorning / Chicago Tribune:
Michelle Obama's hospital: On senator's wish-list
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Stumper
Elizabeth Warren / TPMCafe:
Don't Let Consumers Speak
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Dan Joling / Associated Press:
Alaska's lieutenant governor to challenge Don Young
Michael Stokes Paulsen / Balkinization:
Spitzer v. United States (2010)
Discussion: The New Republic
RJ Eskow / The Huffington Post:
Holding Up a Mirror To the Clinton Cult
Discussion: Night Light
NationalJournal.com:
Transcript: Greg Craig On Hillary Clinton's Foreign Policy Experience
Discussion: The Swamp and Liberal Values
 Earlier Items: 
Ta-Nehisi Coates / Slate:
Playing the Racist Card
White House:
President Bush Visits the Economic Club of New York
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Ala. building can't shake swastika shape
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JPMorgan and Fed Move to Bail Out Bear Stearns
Fox News:
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New York Post:
OMG!  I JUST DID THE GOVERNOR!  —  SPITZ HOOKER'S DC DISCOVERY
Yeas & Nays:
Ventura: Will he or won't he?  —  To hear Jesse Ventura tell it …
Discussion: Reason Magazine
 

 
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