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10:05 AM ET, April 18, 2008

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Zogby:
Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Clinton Edges Ahead in Pennsylvania  —  UTICA, New York - New York Democrat Hillary Clinton had a good day in the Newsmax/Zogby daily tracking poll ahead of Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, following a strong debate performance in Philadelphia Wednesday night …
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Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton's Goal: Win Big in Pennsylvania, Sow Doubts Over Obama  —  PHILADELPHIA — With Sen. Hillary Clinton widely expected to win Pennsylvania's Democratic primary on Tuesday, most of the focus is on the margin.  Anything less than a double-digit victory could solidify the perception …
Discussion: PSoTD
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Superdelegates Unswayed by Clinton's Attacks  —  Throughout their contentious debate on Wednesday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton tried again and again to put Senator Barack Obama on the defensive in a pointed attempt, her advisers say, to raise doubts about his electability among a small …
Discussion: MSNBC, The Caucus and Los Angeles Times
David Brooks / New York Times:
How Obama Fell to Earth  —  Back in Iowa, Barack Obama promised to be something new — an unconventional leader who would confront unpleasant truths, embrace novel policies and unify the country.  If he had knocked Hillary Clinton out in New Hampshire and entered general-election mode early …
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Trail:
Bill Ayers Has a Blog — and Regrets
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Barack Obama makes a one-fingered gesture while speaking of Hillary Clinton  —  This is one of those political moments that really needs few words.  —  We'll no doubt hear much more about this incident in coming days.  —  Right now, we'll just leave this video for Ticket readers to view and judge for themselves.
Discussion: Hot Air and Macsmind
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Redstate:
Talk about no class: Barack Obama gives Hillary the middle finger.  [UPDATED and bumped]  —  After losing the debate tonight, Obama gave Hillary the finger today.  I don't know if he intended to do that hand gesture in his pause while talking about Hillary, but it is obvious the crowd thought …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama fingers a ‘gotcha’ debate
The Huffington Post:
Joe Scarborough Walks Off MSNBC's “Race To The White House” After Exchange With Rachel Maddow  —  “Joe didn't walk off.  He chose not to participate in the final couple of minutes of the discussion because he felt the conversation didn't fit his role as a political analyst.”  —  Previously:
CNN:
Dean: I need a decision ‘now’  —  (CNN)— An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they're for - and “I need them to say who they're for starting now.”  —  “We cannot give up two or three months of active campaigning and healing time …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HMMMM  —  Remember that woman from the debate last night who the moderators showed videotape of asking whether Barack Obama “believes in the flag”?  Her name is Nash McCabe.  —  I remember thinking it was sort of odd to have a couple one-off uses of ordinary voter questions when it didn't really seem like it was part of the format.
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Margaret Talev / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama questioner explains why she finds him annoying
Discussion: Political Punch
New York Magazine:
Heilemann: Robert Reich to Endorse Obama  —  Secretary of Labor Robert Reich with Hillary Clinton at an education event in Washington, 1994.Photo: Corbis  —  If the Democratic presidential race were a poker game, by now you'd have to suspect that Barack Obama's campaign is dealing from the bottom …
Discussion: MyDD, Political Machine and The Page
USA Today:
McCain campaign's next stop: ‘Forgotten parts of America’  —  WASHINGTON — John McCain plans to spend next week reaching out to African-Americans, displaced factory workers and people living in poverty — voters not usually associated with the Republican Party.
Discussion: The Page
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Clinging to a Stereotype  —  Will Barack Obama's now famous “bitter” quote turn out to have been a big deal politically?  Frankly, I have no idea.  —  But here's a different question: was Mr. Obama right?  —  Mr. Obama's comments combined assertions about economics, sociology and voting behavior.
 
 
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Mark Kleiman / The RBC:
Obama, masculinity, blackness, and hoops
The Trail:
Say 'She's Really Nice,' Clinton Tells Supporters
Discussion: Commentary, The Fix and The Page
Susan Kinzie / Washington Post:
Yale Senior's ‘Abortion Art’ Whips Up Debate, Protests
Nachama Soloveichik / Club for Growth:
EXCLUSIVE HUCAKBEE INTERVIEW!
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats Leading McCain in “Purple” States
Richard Pendlebury / Daily Mail:
So, Mr Putin, what do you see in this nubile 24-year-old rhythmic gymnast?
Discussion: Dlisted and The Corner
USA Today:
Some superdelegates just biding their time
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CNN:
Bloomberg: Next president will be ‘adult’
Ryan Grim / The Politico:
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