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11:30 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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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Polls: Clinton's lead down to 4 points in Pennsylvania
Discussion: TPM Election Central
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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Phillip Carter / Intel Dump:
Bush's Stubborn Strategy
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:
Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton Retells Hillary's 1996 Bosnia Story  —  ABC News' Sarah Amos and Eloise Harper Report: After a trip to Puerto Rico and two days entirely off the campaign trail, former President Bill Clinton eagerly discussed myriad topics with the crowd that awaited him in Boonville, Ind. …
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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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Election 2008: Alaska Senate
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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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.
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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.
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 …
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
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
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Is that really a naked woman in Dick Cheney's sunglasses?  —  WASHINGTON — He shot his hunting partner, but Vice President Dick Cheney apparently doesn't fly fish with naked women.  —  Since Wednesday, the blogosphere has been atwitter over a photograph on the White House Web site of Cheney …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Have Republicans given up on FISA and telecom amnesty?  —  I'm still traveling and so have only a little bit of time to comment, but The Hill is reporting that the GOP is de-prioritizing their efforts to enact the Rockefeller/Cheney FISA bill: … The article goes on to quote GOP operatives …
Discussion: The Hill and Think Progress
Glenn Beck / CNN:
America needs a 12-step program  —  Editor's note: “Glenn Beck” is on Headline News nightly at 7 and 9 ET.  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — My name is Glenn Beck, and I am a recovering alcoholic.  —  It took me a lot of years and a lot of pain to be able to say those words and really believe them.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Macsmind
Marc Ambinder:
War Crimes!  An Elaboration  —  Thanks to Memeorandum, this short post on an ABC News story has received much attention and much more misinterpretation.  —  It is a fact that many liberal Democrats believe President Bush and other senior administration officials to be guilty of war crimes.
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.
 
 
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John Byrne / The Raw Story:
Veterans Affairs refuses voter registration for wounded
Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
President Is Boss, Clinton Says
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Iain Murray / The Corner:
Killing in the Name of Safety?
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
PETRAEUS: I WILL ‘NEVER’ RUN FOR OFFICE
Max Boot / Commentary:
The Secret History of Neoconservatism
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Dems fault Bush on executive privilege
Michael Riley / Denver Post:
Abramoff ties cloud Schaffer's '99 fact-finding trip
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, remember when I praised McCain's housing stance? …
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Paul Kiel / TPMMuckraker:
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Ct Bob / Connecticut Bob:
Did Dick Blumenthal lie to me?
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Satyam / Think Progress:
McCain Says Troops Need 'Significant Educational Benefits …
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.
Jonathan Stein / MoJoBlog:
McCain Gets the Boot From Project Vote Smart
Discussion: Majikthise
Sue Shellenbarger / Wall Street Journal:
The Blogger Mom, In Your Face
Discussion: On Deadline
Brad DeLong / Salon:
No, Hillary Clinton shouldn't be winning