memeorandum: Dean: McCain's Age Worries Voters (ABCNEWS)

11:20 AM ET, April 11, 2008

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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:

Taxpayers fund Bill Clinton spending — The Clintons have made a $100-million fortune since leaving the White House, but a Politico analysis found that hasn't kept Bill Clinton from taking full advantage of the publicly funded perks offered to ex-presidents.

Discussion: The Swamp, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, The Blotter, Below The Beltway and Fox News

Mike Allen / The Politico:

Bill Clinton defends wife's Bosnia remarks — Former President Bill Clinton gave a passionate defense Thursday of his wife's claim about “landing under sniper fire” - just as the damaging controversy was dying down. — Bill Clinton said the news media treated her like she'd “robbed a bank” …

Discussion: Power Line, Vodkapundit and NewsBusters.org

Michael James / Political Punch:

From the Fact Check Desk: Former President Bill Clinton's Defense of His Wife's Bosnia Sniper-Fire Story — Former President Bill Clinton offered this bit of revisionist history of his wife's Bosnia story in Jasper, Ind., today, one riddled with a veritable sniper fire of errors — ones necessitating footnotes.

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs, michellemalkin.com, Ben Smith's Blogs and MSNBC

Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:

Bill Clinton Retells Hillary's 1996 Bosnia Story — ABC News' Sarah Amos and Eloise Harper Report: President Clinton, speaking in Boonville, Ind., revised history when he recounted his wife's recent flap discussing a trip she took to Bosnia in 1996. President Clinton's version had several inaccuracies and was slightly misleading.

Discussion: The Raw Story, Gothamist, Comments from Left Field, Media Blog, AMERICAblog, The Swamp, Swampland, The Jed Report and Digg

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Unbelievable: Clinton lies shamelessly about Hillary's shameless …

Discussion: JustOneMinute

Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:

The Holocaust Declaration — On Tuesday Iran announced it was installing 6,000 more centrifuges — they produce enriched uranium, the key ingredient of a nuclear weapon — in addition to the 3,000 already operating. The world yawned. — It is time to admit the truth …

Discussion: Commentary, TPMCafe, Hot Air and Swampland

New York Times:
Bush Signals No Further Reduction of Troops in Iraq

Discussion: Firedoglake, Brendan Nyhan, Los Angeles Times, The Democratic Daily, Associated Press, Eschaton and Intel Dump

Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
And You Thought the Phone Only Rang at 3 A.M.

Discussion: The Field, marbury and New York Times

ABCNEWS:

Dean: McCain's Age Worries Voters — DNC Chair Cites Health, ‘Old-Fashioned’ Views — Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Thursday that swing voters participating in focus groups commissioned by the D.N.C. bring up John McCain's age unprompted.

Discussion: The Campaign Spot, Politics Nation, The Carpetbagger Report, Comments from Left Field, Right Wing News, Don Surber, Political Machine, Roger L. Simon, The New Editor, Top of the Ticket and The Fix

Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:

Barack Obama may lose support in Philadelphia over ‘street money’ — CULTURE CLASH: Barack Obama campaigns in Philadelphia last week. His people are telling Democratic leaders there that he won't pay “street money” to those who help the campaign. — Candidates traditionally get out the money to get out the vote.

Discussion: Eschaton, The Swamp and Althouse

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 …

Discussion: Don Surber, JustOneMinute, The Moderate Voice, PoliBlog (TM), Jules Crittenden, Political Machine and Hot Air

Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
What's Reflected in Cheney's Glasses?

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Michael Evans / Times of London:

Spy photos reveal ‘secret launch site’ for Iran's long-range missiles — The secret site where Iran is suspected of developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe has been uncovered by new satellite photographs. — The imagery has pinpointed the facility …

Discussion: A Blog For All, Hot Air, PoliGazette, Dr. Sanity, GINA COBB, Israel Matzav, Jihad Watch and Whiskey Fire

Washington Post:

Big Donors Among Obama's Grass Roots — Sen. Barack Obama credits his presidential campaign with creating a “parallel public financing system” built on a wave of modest donations from homemakers and high school teachers. Small givers, he said at a fundraiser this week …

Discussion: Real Clear Politics, TalkLeft, TPM Election Central and Spin Cycle

Frank Davies / Mercury News:

Boos follow cheers as Jackie Speier becomes newest member of Congress — WASHINGTON - For a few feel-good moments on the floor of the U.S. House today, Jackie Speier basked in bipartisan applause as she was sworn in as its newest member. Her family, supporters and kids cheered as she embraced her new colleagues.

Discussion: MyDD, Cliff Schecter …, American Power, Corrente, DownWithTyranny! and American Street

Juan Cole / Informed Comment:

Bush Abdicates to Generals on Iraq; 10 Killed in Sadr City; Al-Maliki Excludes Sadrists — Bush Abdicates to Generals on Iraq; — 10 Killed in Sadr City; — Al-Maliki Excludes Sadrists — War turns Republics into dictatorships. The logic is actually quite simple.

Discussion: Washington Post, First Draft, American Street and Reuters

Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Fight for Sadr City a Proving Ground for Iraq Military

Discussion: QandO

Michael Yon / Wall Street Journal:

Let's ‘Surge’ Some More — It is said that generals always fight the last war. But when David Petraeus came to town it was senators - on both sides of the aisle - who battled over the Iraq war of 2004-2006. That war has little in common with the war we are fighting today.

Discussion: QandO, Hot Air, Confederate Yankee and American Power

Ynetnews:

Barack Obama's Hebrew blog — Democratic presidential candidate launches Hebrew blog, plans visit to Israel in order to court Jewish US vote — Itamar Eichner — The road to the White House evidentially passes through Tel Aviv, at least according to Senator Barack Obama.

Discussion: Commentary, A Blog For All and Gateway Pundit

Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Commentary, CNN, TalkLeft, JustOneMinute, American Spectator, Hot Air, Say Anything and Top of the Ticket

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) — Just words? — Bob McCarty also finds it shocking.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Marc Ambinder, protein wisdom, Maggie's Farm, Stop The ACLU, The American Mind, Macsmind, Wake up America and Infidels Are Cool

New York Times:

Couric's Fate Was Topic A in CBS Suite — A wide-ranging discussion in February about Katie Couric's future as the anchor of the “CBS Evening News” threatened on Thursday to turn her into a virtual lame duck in the job. — The discussion took place in New York on Feb. 28 and involved four people …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, TVNewser, New York Post, NY Daily News, Silicon Alley Insider and Gawker

Aaron Bruns / FOX Embeds:

Obama Says He'd Have Fired Mark Penn — At a media availability in Indianapolis, Barack Obama declined to comment on how Senator Clinton decided to deal with her former chief strategist Mark Penn — who's been demoted to a lesser advisory position after it was revealed that he'd worked to pass …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, The Swamp and Spin Cycle

Associated Press:

Cheney, Others OK'd Harsh Interrogations — White House Officials From Cheney on Down Approved Harsh Interrogation Techniques, AP Learns — Bush administration officials from Vice President Dick Cheney on down signed off on using harsh interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Carpetbagger Report, All Spin Zone and ABCNEWS