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5:00 PM ET, April 19, 2008

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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton 46%, Obama 45%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows that Hillary Clinton now receives 46% of the support of Democrats nationally, compared to 45% for Barack Obama, marking the first time Obama has not led in Gallup's daily tracking since March 18-20.
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Zogby:
Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Clinton Builds Lead by Inches in PA
Discussion: TalkLeft
Thomas B. Edsall / The Huffington Post:
Clinton Backer Distributes Essay On How GOP Would Link Obama To '70s Radicals  —  A high-ranking labor supporter of Hillary Clinton is distributing to union leaders and to Democratic strategists a document detailing the radical activities of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn …
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
The Rules Change for Obama
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Chris Fusco / Chicago Sun Times:
Ayers' brother charges Clinton camp with ‘McCarthyism’
Discussion: Wizbang Blue and Los Angeles Times
Cernig / Newshoggers.com:
Sadr Gives Maliki Last Warning On Ceasefire (Updated)  —  Just breaking is the news that Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened to end his movement's ceasefire, unless the Maliki government and US military end their crackdown, in a statement posted to his website.
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:   Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq
Tina Susman / Los Angeles Times:
Iraqi troops launch offensive in Basra
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Sholnn Freeman / Washington Post:
Iraqi, U.S. Forces Put Pressure on Mahdi Army
Discussion: Attackerman
New York Post:
KINKY NEWS NETWORK  —  CNN'S QUEST A VERY ‘KNOTTY’ BOY  —  This is CNN?  Kinky!  —  CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot, law-enforcement sources said.
Arthur C. Brooks / Wall Street Journal:
Trigger Happy  —  In words that he has come to regret, Barack Obama opined as to why he was having a hard time winning over many blue-collar voters: “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or antitrade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Road Map to Defeat  —  The Democrats are doing everything they can to blow this presidential election.  This is a skill that comes naturally to the party.  There is no such thing as a can't-miss year for the Democrats.  They are truly gifted at finding ways to lose.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Prairie Weather
Brad / Think Progress:
McCain: ‘A lot of our problems today are psychological.’  —  This week on Fox News, Neil Cavuto asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about the worth of rescinding an 18-cent gas tax as prices at the pump escalate this summer.  McCain responded that “a lot of our problems today” are “psychological” — even the “ability to keep our own home”:
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Steve Benen / Crooks and Liars:   Gas taxes and head games
Jules Crittenden:
April Morning  —  Patriots Day may be the least known American holiday, and the day most deserving of our recognition.  Observed in Massachusetts and Maine only.  Don't know it?  It marks the day, April 19, 1775, on which Americans took up arms against their king, and bled, at the crack of terrible dawn.
Wayne Dolcefino / KTRK-TV:
Sex for diploma offer caught on tape  —  HOUSTON (KTRK) — The founder of a Christian school is confronted after 13 Undercover catches him soliciting sex from a parent, who's trying to get her daughter a high school diploma.  —  At graduation ceremonies he talks about God …
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Guns and God?  Hell, yes  —  Obama attacks two of the things that elevate the U.S. above places like Europe  —  Our lesson today comes from the songwriter Frank Loesser:  —  “Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition.”  —  Or as Barack Obama and his San Francisco pals would put it: God and guns.
Washington Wire:
New McCain Fund Gets Around Donation Limits  —  Elizabeth Holmes reports on the presidential race:  —  To help ease their fund-raising woes, John McCain's campaign has devised a new system to increase the maximum amount an individual can donate to the unofficial Republican nominee's election efforts.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Arthur St. Antoine / Motor Trend Blog:
Is The Earth Producing MORE Oil?  —  Lost in the big news last week — the race for the Democratic nomination, the reeling U.S. economy, the ongoing life/death saga that is “Dancing with the Stars” — came word that a new deep-water exploration area off the coast of Brazil could contain as much as 33 billion barrels of oil.
Discussion: The Mahatma X Files
 
 
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
For Clintons, a Time to Find Truest Friends
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Clinton, Obama press for advantage ahead of pivotal primary
Discussion: The Caucus
Robert Pear / New York Times:
President Is Rebuffed on Program for Children
Discussion: Daily Kos and Feministe
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Popular Will  —  Conservatives perfect working-class p.c.
John McCain / CNN:
McCain camp says Hamas wants Obama
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Ken Pollack: Al Qaeda is a great “catch-all” term
Meghan Daum / Los Angeles Times:
Still with stupid?
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Stephanopoulos Once Criticized The Tactics He Put To Use In Debate
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On the Gay Bar Circuit with Chelsea and the Gov.
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Reihan Salam / The American Scene:
BARACKY: ALMOST REASON ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR OBAMA
Donald Macintyre / The Independent:
Our reign of terror, by the Israeli army
Karl / protein wisdom:
Guilt-ridden HuffPo atoning for sins against the Obamessiah?
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Explaining Michigan and Florida
Celia W. Dugger / New York Times:
Zimbabwe Arms Shipped by China Spark an Uproar
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National Journal Online:
Congressional Insiders Poll
 

 
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