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9:15 PM ET, April 17, 2008

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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
George Stephanopoulos Responds To Obama, Defends Handling Of Debate  —  At some point amid the hailstorm of criticism that greeted ABC's handling of yesterday's Dem debate, moderator George Stephanopoulos received an email — one of the many, many missives about the debate he's received — from an Obama adviser.
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Stephanopoulos defends debate performance: ‘We asked tough but appropriate questions’  —  Despite criticism, ABC's George Stephanopoulos defended his performance in last night's Democratic debate, which he co-moderated with Charles Gibson.  —  “We asked tough but appropriate questions,” Stephanopoulos told me by phone this afternoon.
Marc Ambinder:
The Obamaverse v. George Stephanopoulos  —  This YouTube is making the rounds:
Discussion: The Corner
Faiz / Think Progress:
AUDIO: Hannity Feeds Stephanopoulos Debate Question On Weather Underground  —  Last night's ABC News Democratic presidential candidates debate was co-moderated by George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson, but the unseen influence of Fox News' Sean Hannity was also on stage.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Criticizes Debate, Says Hillary “Looked In Her Element”
Discussion: Firedoglake
CNN:
Obama: Let's campaign, not have more debates  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday suggested he doesn't see any point in having another debate with Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton.  —  Clinton has agreed to a debate next week, but Obama has not yet accepted the invitation.
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Real Clear Politics:
Obama Shaken, Rattled, and Rolled  —  Just how bad was Barack Obama's debate performance last night?  Not as bad as Britney Spears' song-and-dance routine at the MTV Awards.  Not as bad as Bill Buckner's legendary error during the '86 World Series.  Not as bad as Bob Dylan's music during his God phase.
Mike Dorning / The Swamp:
DALEY: DON'T TAR OBAMA FOR AYERS  —  Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, whose father was famously not so sympathetic to anti-war protesters, is coming to the defense of Barack Obama for his friendship with former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers.  —  Daley accused Hillary Clinton and other critics …
Philly.com:
VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA  —  THE CHOICE in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary is not only the one between a white woman and a black man.  It's a choice between the past and the future.  —  More specifically, the nation must decide how to face the future racing toward us in the form …
media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com:
Opinion Board  —  Pennsylvania Democrats are confronted …
Ali / Think Progress:   Gordon Brown: ‘The world owes Bush a huge debt of gratitude.’
Byron York / The Corner:
Clinton, Obama, and Bill Ayers, Day Two
Discussion: NO QUARTER and The Daily Dish
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Going Negative? Mailer Hits Clinton On Trade
Martine Powers / Yale Daily News:
For senior, abortion a medium for art, political discourse  —  Art major Aliza Shvarts '08 wants to make a statement.  —  Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself …
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AMERICAN DIGEST:
Aliza Shvarts: Abortion Goo Girl Rants Against the “Patriarchal Heteronormative”  —  [Note: Yale now claims this was all a hoax.  See below.]  —  [Note: Yale Advisor removes video from YouTube.  See below.]  —  VIDEO UPDATE: Like cockroaches running for the den when the lights go on …
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Yale: Student's Art Project Only ‘Creative Fiction’
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on debate: ‘Sen. Clinton looked in her element’  —  Just now in Raleigh, Obama took issue with ABC News' conduct during last night's debate, and used it to link Clinton to traditional political tactics.
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:   Bill Clinton: No ‘Whining’ from Hillary
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Obama says debate focused on ‘gotcha,’ not policy issues
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
Matthew Yglesias:
Dirt off Your Shoulder  —  This business is pretty cool.  Somewhere between a dog whistle to the kids and a reverse Sister Souljah.  Check out Obama at 2:20:  —  And now Jay-Z:  —  Good stuff, thought I guess rap scold Douthat wouldn't approve.
Discussion: Ross Douthat and TPMCafe
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Spencer / Attackerman:   You Gotta Get (Get) That (That) Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Democratic Operative Takes on McCain's Age  —  Despite a recent promise from Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean not to make Sen. John McCain's age — he turns 72 in August — an issue in the presidential campaign, a senior Democratic operative has started a new website designed to draw attention to just that fact.
Discussion: Hot Air and Ben Smith's Blogs
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:   McCain Is Old, So Are Voters
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Would A Dem Say This?  —  Would a Democrat say:  —  There's really no difference between what happened in the Bush years and the Clinton years; that there's not much difference in how small-town Pennsylvania fared when Clinton was president, and in this decade when Bush was President.
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Robert Naiman / The Huffington Post:
Jewish Liberals Launch Counterweight to AIPAC  —  At last, at long last.  There will be a hard money lobby in Washington that represents progressives on Israel/Palestine issues, that lobbies for Israeli/Palestinian peace, that acts as a counterweight to AIPAC.  —  It's called “J Street.”
Discussion: Prospects for Peace and Commentary
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Emptywheel:   Some Perspective on the Bush Administration Fight Against Terrorism
Philip Klein / American Spectator:
Axelrod Reacts to Hamas Endorsement of Obama  —  In the spin room following the debate, I asked Barack Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod, to respond to a report that a top Hamas official had endorsed Obama.  —  “I have no idea about that, I have not heard that,” Axelrod replied.
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:   Obama Campaign “Flattered” by Hamas Endorsement
 
 
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