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4:05 AM ET, April 14, 2008

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Zzaki / Political Radar:
Obama Fires Back at Clinton: ‘Shame on Her’  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: Barack Obama launched into a fiery offensive this evening in a speech before the United Steelworkers Union in Steelton, Pa., in responding to criticisms about his “bitter” remarks — going after Sen. Hillary Clinton …
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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
‘Not relevant’ last time I went to church, fired gun  —  SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (CNN) - After a weekend spent making direct appeals to gun owners and church goers, Hillary Clinton said Sunday a query about the last time she fired a gun or attended church services “is not a relevant question in this debate” …
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Obama lashes out at Clinton over her response to ‘bitter’ remarks  —  STEELTON, Pennsylvania (CNN) - A visibly agitated Barack Obama accused Hillary Clinton Sunday of acting like “Annie Oakley ...packin' a six shooter” in her attempts to connect with gun wners, and used some of his most heated language …
Discussion: Fox News
Robert Creamer / The Huffington Post:
It Takes Real Chutzpah for a Guy Who Owns Eight Houses (McCain) …
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CNN:
Carl Bernstein's View: A Hillary Clinton presidency  —  What will a Hillary Clinton presidency look like?  —  The answer by now seems obvious: It will look like her presidential campaign, which in turn looks increasingly like the first Clinton presidency.  —  Which is to say, high-minded ideals …
The Times-Tribune:
Barack Obama, for leadership  —  All of the myriad issues facing the next president of the United States coalesce into a single question: Who can best lead?  —  For Pennsylvania Democrats, the best answer in the April 22 primary is Barack Obama.  —  In a nomination campaign that has defied convention …
The Politico:
What Clinton wishes she could say  —  Why, ask many Democrats and media commentators, won't Hillary Rodham Clinton see the long odds against her, put her own ambitions aside, and gracefully embrace Barack Obama as the inevitable Democratic nominee?  —  Here is why: She and Bill Clinton …
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Michael James / Political Punch:
Obama Allies Avoid Trying to Explain Most Controversial Part of His Remarks  —  As Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his allies have locked into damage control mode and attempted to explain his controversial remarks about small-town Pennsylvanians, they've attempted to focus their pushback away …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama On The Culture War  —  He made the same “bitter” point in 2004:  —  I see less condescension than empathy.  In fact, I see a disdain for elite condescension.  And nothing like the fathomless cynicism of Clinton.  The latter is now front and center: … We'll see.
Karl / protein wisdom:
Andrew Sullivan accidentally attacks himself  —  Excitable Andy thinks he is attacking Hillary Clinton for criticizing Barack Obama's condescending comments about the culure and values of people who live in “small towns” in Pennsylvania and the Midwest: … This from one of America's foremost proponents of gay marriage.
Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton on Obama's ‘Bitter’ Comment  —  ABC News' Sarah Amos reports: When former President Bill Clinton took the stage in Bloomsburg, Pa., early this afternoon he wasted no time before mentioning Sen. Barack Obama's now infamous remarks about rural America.
Discussion: Commentary and Don Surber
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Jazz Shaw / The Moderate Voice:
Hillary Clinton's Booze Adviser  —  While I have enjoyed writing columns here at The Moderate Voice in the short time since Joe Gandelman invited me, I feel it only fair to give warning to both the Editor and our readers that I may be moving on to a new position which could stop me from doing this.
Discussion: The Impolitic and Neptunus Lex
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Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Bottoms Up: Just Another Saturday Night For Clinton? …
Discussion: MSNBC and Below The Beltway
Faiz / Think Progress:
National Security Adviser Hadley Confuses Tibet And Nepal  —  This morning on ABC's This Week, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley repeatedly confused Tibet and Nepal while discussing President Bush's decision to attend the Olympics.  At least 8 different times, Hadley said “Nepal” …
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John Podhoretz / Commentary:
I Knew Ronald Reagan (A Very Little Bit), and Mr. Obama, You're No Ronald Reagan  —  Jennifer, we obviously don't know yet what the fallout from the “yahoos cling to their guns and religion and protectionism and bigotry” remark will be.  But the fact Obama made it at all points to the danger …
 
 
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Where's the outrage over Bush's knowledge and approval of torture?
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