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2:50 PM ET, April 15, 2008

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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 …
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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 …
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Flaws Multiply  —  Barack Obama's San Francisco-Democrat comment last week - about how alienated working-class voters “cling to guns or religion” - is already famous.  But the fact that his aides tell reporters he is privately bewildered that anybody took offense is even more remarkable.
Ross Douthat:
What Obama Really Got Wrong
See-Dubya / michellemalkin.com:
Cracker-quiddick Fallout Continues To Haunt SnObama
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.
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Reagan Union / Quinnipiac University:
Clinton Stalls Obama, Holds 6-Point Pennsylvania Lead, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Many Clinton Dems Would Back Mccain Over Obama  —  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has stalled Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's drive in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary and holds a 50 …
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.
Mark Silva / Baltimore Sun:
CLINTON ‘STALLS’ OBAMA IN PA. POLL
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Hot Air
CQ Politics:
Clinton Rates Slim Edge Over Obama in PA District Delegate Race  —  Is Barack Obama trailing Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania by double digit percentages?  Or has he closed the gap to single digits, as recent polls suggest?  Could he even win the April 22 primary …
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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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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Tax Cuts at Center of McCain Economic Plan
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Page
CNN:
McCain economic plan targets tax code, gas prices
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
MCCAIN: THE SOLUTION TO RECESSION IS POLLUTION!  —  In a speech today in Pittsburgh, John McCain will call for a suspension of the gas tax this summer.  The AP reports: … McCain is the recipient of plenty of back patting just because he's a Republican who actually believes global warming is real.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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Washington Wire:
McCain's Gas-Tax Plan May Be a Clunker
Discussion: MSNBC
The Huffington Post:
Wall Street Journal Parody — With A Topless Ann Coulter — Rankles Murdoch In Real Life And On YouTube  —  My Wall Street Journal, a parody of the Wall Street Journal on newsstands this week to mark the April 15 tax deadline, has rankled News Corp executives so much that they're trying to make sure no one sees it.
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 …
Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
McCain, Military Oppose Expanding GI Bill  —  Presidential Hopeful Believes Legislation Would Hurt Military  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that would greatly expand educational benefits …
Agence France Presse:
Basra residents welcome Iraq army crackdown  —  BASRA, Iraq (AFP) — Three weeks after Iraqi troops swarmed into the southern city of Basra to take on armed militiamen who had overrun the streets, many residents say they feel safer and that their lives have improved.
Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog
Jim Morrill / Charlotte Observer:
Johnson cites race in Obama's surge  —  Bobcats owner, who supports Clinton, says Ferraro said it right  —  Wading back into the Democratic presidential race, billionaire businessman Bob Johnson said Monday that Sen. Barack Obama would not be his party's leading candidate if he were white.
 
 
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