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9:20 PM ET, April 15, 2008

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Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton losing traction over Obama in Pennsylvania, Indiana  —  Her formerly double-digit lead is now just a five-point margin in Pennsylvania, survey finds.  The reduced margin makes a win for her there less significant.  She trails Obama among Hoosiers.  —  WASHINGTON — With three …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 51%, Clinton 40%  —  Both Democratic candidates have 46% to 44% margins over McCain  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama is maintaining his lead over Hillary Clinton among Democrats nationally in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking, with a 51% to 40% margin in the April 12-14 average.
WCAU-TV:
Poll: If Primary Held Week Early, Clinton Would Win By Double-Digits  —  If the Pennsylvania primary to select a Democratic nominee for president were held Tuesday, a week before the actual primary, Hillary Rodham Clinton would defeat Barack Obama by double-digit figures, a new SurveyUSA poll found.
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Woe Is He  —  Barack Obama's going to be the bitter one at the end of this.  —  Some liberal commentators have downplayed the effect of Barack Obama's fundraising speech at a San Francisco fundraiser last week.  But that's wishful thinking.  Along with the revelations about Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright …
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:
Upcoming: New L.A. Times/Bloomberg polls for Pennsylvania, N.C. and Indiana
Discussion: Commentary and The Page
Ross Douthat:
What Obama Really Got Wrong  —  Timothy Noah, surveying the literature on the white working class and its voting behavior in the wake of Obama's San Francisco fiasco, tiptoes close to an important point about the roots of culture-war politics but doesn't quite get there.
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Some Perspective on ‘Bitter’  —  Maybe Barack Obama felt he couldn't afford to give the correct answer.  —  He was asked at a fund-raiser in San Francisco about his campaign's experiences in the run-up to next week's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania.  One of the main problems, of course …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Obama Wrong On Analysis As Well As Politics?
Discussion: protein wisdom
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Bill Clinton: Older voters too savvy to fall for Obama  —  QUAKERTOWN, Pa. — Older voters gravitate to Hillary Clinton because they're too wise to be fooled by Barack Obama's rhetoric, former president Bill Clinton told Pennsylvania voters today.  —  Clinton's comments …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Matthew Mosk / The Trail:
On Cable, Obama Deluges Pa. with Ads
Discussion: CBS News, The Field and The Page
Robert Creamer / The Huffington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton's Slash-and-Burn Politics May Hurt Her More Than Obama
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
John McCain 2008:
Remarks By John McCain On The Economy  —  ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain will deliver the following remarks as prepared for delivery at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, today at 9:45 a.m. EDT:  —  Thank you.  I appreciate the hospitality of the Allegheny Business Conference …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Return of the pin  —  As a reader noticed, Obama was sporting the much-debated flag pin for his speech to veterans today.  —  UPDATE: The pin was given to Obama by a disabled vet at the event.
Discussion: The Page and American Power
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama back to wearing an American flag pin
Duane R. Patterson / Townhall.com:
Senate Democrats Can't Count, And They Think You Smell Funny  —  Thanks to the amazing skill Barack Obama has shown this week of how easily he can stick his foot in his mouth while trying to speak off the cuff, the country continues to focus on who is or is not bitter, and whether guns …
Discussion: Hot Air, QandO and Sister Toldjah
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Benedict in Sackcloth  —  Comments like this one, in an AFP story (but many other places, too, and will be many other places as the week progresses) irritate me:  —  In response to papal comments about the sex scandals here: … There was also a piece in the Washington Post …
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New York Times:
Pope Arrives in U.S.; Expresses Shame Over Priest Scandal
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited and On Deadline
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MORE PA POLLS  —  Yesterday we reported on the ARG poll showing a 20 point spread for Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania.  Three more today so far.  Quinnipiac gives Clinton a 6 point margin; SurveyUSA gives her a 14 point edge; and Rasmussen gives Clinton a 9 point margin.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Matthew Yglesias:
The Need for Narrative  —  Brendan Nyhan writes about how the need …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Fox News:
Montana Pol: Clinton Endorsement Preceded Obama ‘Cling’ Flap  —  Just when did Montana politico Bill Kennedy decide to endorse Hillary Clinton?  —  The Clinton campaign has suggested the Yellowstone County commissioner picked Clinton only after he heard Barack Obama's now famous “bitter” comments.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Cling V. Bitter, Elitist V. Snob  —  I agree with Rich entirely.  I don't mind him saying that small town blue collar workers are bitter over lost jobs.  I think that's objectively true in some cases and perfectly defensible as a general statement.  The offending word here is “cling.”
Richard Conniff / New York Times:
Abolish All ‘Taxes’  —  THE word “tax” was never pretty.  But it has lately become the ugliest word in the English language, right up there with its evil twin, “death.”  Even in time of war, ostensibly patriotic politicians blithely pledge to slay any tax that rears its ghastly head.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Kenneth Lovett / New York Post:
GOV IS PLAIN CHEAP  —  270G COUPLE DONATES JUST $150 - IN OLD CLOTHES  —  ALBANY - Gov. Paterson and his wife last year gave a shockingly low $150 to charity, despite a combined income of nearly $270,000, the couple's income-tax filings show.  —  The $150 went to the Salvation Army in the form of used clothing, a Paterson aide said.
Dean Baker / American Prospect:
McCain Proposes Special Summer Tax Break for Exxon  —  That is what the headlines on Senator McCain's proposal to remove the gas tax for the summer driving season should have read, since that would be the predicted effect of his plan.  —  According to the oil industry …
Discussion: The New Republic and Hullabaloo
Media Matters for America:
On MSNBC, Brzezinski and Novotny falsely asserted McCain's gas tax plan would eliminate “20 percent of the cost” … On the 9 a.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live, host Mika Brzezinski said that Sen. John McCain “will lay out a new plan to help Americans deal with high gas prices.
Discussion: The New Republic
 
 
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The young and the restless  —  A new generation drawn to politics …
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