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8:10 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
CQ Politics:
Clinton Rates Slim Edge Over Obama in PA District Delegate Race
Discussion: New York Times and Balloon Juice
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?  —  Marc Ambinder worries that Obama really has no empirical leg to stand on with his “cling to their guns and religion” gaffe, linking to this scholarly refutation of the whole “What's The Matter With Kansas” concept.
Discussion: protein wisdom and Marc Ambinder
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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The New Republic:   No Surprises—and No Logic—in McCain's Big Tax Speech
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
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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
Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
MCCAIN: THE SOLUTION TO RECESSION IS POLLUTION!
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Matthew Mosk / The Trail:
On Cable, Obama Deluges Pa. with Ads  —  As the Democratic candidates for president close in on Pennsylvania primary day, Sen. Barack Obama continues to vastly outspend Sen. Hillary Clinton on television advertising in the state, an imbalance that is allowing him to pursue voters on specialty channels …
Discussion: Fox News, CBS News, The Field and The Page
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MORE PA POLLS  —  Yesterday we reported on the ARG poll showing …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Matthew Yglesias:
The Need for Narrative  —  Brendan Nyhan writes about how the need …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
LOYALTIES IN PLAY....Compare and contrast.  In the LA Times, Jerome Karabel reminds us that lifelong political loyalties tend to be cemented during your 20s, which means that Democrats are playing with fire if they don't nominate Barack Obama: … Next up is Amanda Fortini …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Althouse
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Robert Creamer / The Huffington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton's Slash-and-Burn Politics May Hurt Her More Than Obama
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
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
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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:   Harry Reid has a sense of humor!
Matthew Yglesias:
J Street  —  Here's an exciting development — J Street, a new, progressive, Israel- and Mideast-focused organization has launched.  The main idea behind the outfit is to address the paradox that most Jewish Americans have liberals views on the issues, including such matters as West Bank settlements …
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Michael Alison Chandler / Washington Post:
At McLean School, Playing Tag Turns Into Hot Potato  —  A playground pastime is getting a timeout this spring at a McLean elementary school.  —  Robyn Hooker, principal of Kent Gardens Elementary School, has told students they may no longer play tag during recess after determining that the game of chasing …
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.
 
 
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Townhall.com:
AEI scholar and surge co-author Fred Kagan on Iraq's progress
Discussion: Think Progress and Attackerman
Jim Morrill / Charlotte Observer:
Johnson cites race in Obama's surge
Richard Conniff / New York Times:
Abolish All ‘Taxes’  —  THE word “tax” was never pretty.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Benedict in Sackcloth  —  Comments like this one, in an AFP story …
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Cling V. Bitter, Elitist V. Snob
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Uprooted and Unstable: Meeting Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Iraq
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
OBAMA ON ELITISM: ‘SILLY SEASON’
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O'Reilly's ‘Soros’ Smear of Obama
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