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10:05 PM ET, April 10, 2008

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
McCain erases Obama lead  —  WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain has erased Sen. Barack Obama's 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic candidates in an Associated Press-Ipsos national poll released Thursday.
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Michael Duffy / Time:
TIME Poll: Clinton 6 Points Up in Pennsylvania  —  Backed by more than half of all white female Democrats, Hillary Clinton holds a six point lead over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, a new statewide poll by TIME reveals.
Dan Balz / The Trail:
McCain Refines Plan for Homeowners
Discussion: Real Clear Politics and The Page
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Polls: Clinton's lead down to 4 points in Pennsylvania
Discussion: TPM Election Central
New York Post:
IRAN'S BUSTED IRAQ BID  —  BASRA ‘RISING’ WAS TEHRAN'S OP  —  A GAMBLE that proved too costly.  —  That's how analysts in Tehran describe events last month in Basra.  Iran's state-run media have de facto confirmed that this was no spontaneous “uprising.”
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Phillip Carter / Intel Dump:
Bush's Stubborn Strategy
Joe Klein / Time:
Petraeus Meets His Match  —  Senator Joseph Lieberman has become something of an agent provocateur in the semiannual Petraeus-Crocker hearings staged by the U.S. Senate.  This semester he chose to open his remarks by chastising unnamed colleagues for having a “hear no progress …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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Rasmussen Reports:
29% Favor National Health Insurance Overseen by Federal Government  —  Twenty-nine percent (29%) of American adults favor a national health insurance program overseen by the Federal Government.  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 39% oppose such a government-led initiative while 31% are not sure.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Alaska Senate
The Huffington Post:
Randi Rhodes Quits Air America Rather Than Apologize For Hillary Clinton “F*cking Whore” Remark; “There's Relief And Joy” At The Station  —  Update: The Huffington Post has learned that Randi Rhodes quit Air America after being asked by the network to apologize for her inflammatory remarks against Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro.
Gateway Pundit:
SHOCKING— New Obama Audio Posted Online!  —  This is just amazing.  —  If Obama really wanted to have a talk about race he could start by explaining his hateful words on this audio.  —  (9 minutes 53 seconds)  —  Bob McCarty also finds it shocking.  —  The Elector of Saxony said it best in an earlier post:
CNN:
Obama: I'm not ‘getting fresh or anything’  —  (CNN) - Barack Obama appeared to have a bit of an awkward moment on the campaign trail in South Bend, Indiana.  —  From the pool report:  —  “[Obama] posed for report pictures with the staff when he apparently felt his phone start to vibrate …
Discussion: Shakesville and Cliff Schecter …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
David Brock, Dems plan $40M hit on McCain  —  Wealthy Democrats are preparing a four-month, $40 million media campaign centered on attacks on Senator John McCain.  And it will be led by David Brock, the former investigative reporter who first gained fame in the 1990s as a right-wing, anti-Clinton journalist.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Dean Rules Out Age As An Issue (Sort Of)
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John McCormick / The Swamp:
Obama: Powell, Wright, Olympics
Discussion: The Page
myLifetime.com:
As Election Race Shifts, so do Women's Opinions of the Candidates, With Perception of Hillary Clinton Changing the Most  —  New Lifetime Networks' Every Woman Counts poll takes women's political pulse.  —  Sign In or Register to Assign a Topic  —  New York — As part of its Every Woman Counts campaign …
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: Elie Weisel is a piker  —  Someone at the Barack Obama campaign had better start watching the hyperbole meter when Obama gets off script.  When a questioner at a Levittown event asked Obama about his church's fascination with Louis Farrakhan, Obama offered a very strange defense.
Discussion: Political Punch and Commentary
Jonathan Stein / MoJoBlog:
McCain Gets the Boot From Project Vote Smart  —  Project Vote Smart, the nonpartisan voter-education nonprofit, confirms today that it has kicked John McCain off its board.  Mother Jones reported on Monday that PVS was prepared to make the move due to McCain's nine-month refusal to fill out its Political Courage Test.
Discussion: Majikthise and American Street
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Carter and Hamas  —  It's an opportunity for Obama to draw a line, and he takes it:
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Hot Air
Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
Obama Talks All Things LGBT with The Advocate  —  In an exclusive Chicago sit-down with The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld, Democratic front-runner Barack Obama discusses “don't ask, don't tell,” Rev. Wright, and what he would do for LGBT Americans if he becomes president.
Max Boot / Commentary:
The Secret History of Neoconservatism  —  The furor over the supposedly perfidious influence of “neocons” in the making of Bush foreign policy seems to have died down a bit.  But it will nevertheless remain part of the lasting legend about this administration.
Ct Bob / Connecticut Bob:
Did Dick Blumenthal lie to me?  —  Around 10:00 tonight I watched the Keith Olbermann clip below of tonight's “Worst Person in the World” segment from his show.  In it, he mentioned how the FBI sent an email out, presumably to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, regarding their conclusion of the hacking investigation.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
 
 
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Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton Retells Hillary's 1996 Bosnia Story
Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
President Is Boss, Clinton Says
Discussion: Political Radar
Iain Murray / The Corner:
Killing in the Name of Safety?
Glenn Beck / CNN:
America needs a 12-step program
Discussion: Firedoglake
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:
McCain's Housing Muddle
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
PETRAEUS: I WILL ‘NEVER’ RUN FOR OFFICE
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Dems fault Bush on executive privilege
Jonathan D. Silver / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Some jurors skeptical of case against Wecht
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Cooper / The Caucus:
Bloomberg Introduces McCain
Discussion: Spin Cycle and The News Buckit
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, remember when I praised McCain's housing stance? …
Ross Douthat:
The Young Right
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Muslim blogger makes his own version of “Fitna” — about Christianity
Jonathan Amos / BBC:
Snakes with legs  —  What was lost tens of millions of years ago is now found.
Marc Ambinder:
War Crimes! An Elaboration
Sue Shellenbarger / Wall Street Journal:
The Blogger Mom, In Your Face
Discussion: On Deadline
Brad DeLong / Salon:
No, Hillary Clinton shouldn't be winning