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12:50 PM ET, April 21, 2008

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Reagan Union / Quinnipiac University:
Clinton Leads Obama By 7 Points In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds  —  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton leads Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 51 - 44 percent among Pennsylvania likely Democratic primary voters, compared to 50 - 44 percent last week, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
SUSA PA Poll: Obama Closing Fast, Down 6, Plus Q (Clinton +7) And Suffolk (Clinton +10)  —  The new World's Greatest Pollster now has Obama closing fast in PA, cutting a 14 point deficit to 6.  The SUSA poll shows a 50-44 result (previously it was 54-40.)  —  Details to follow when available …
Bloomberg:
Clinton Needs Record Margins, Turnout to Catch Obama  —  To overtake Barack Obama in the nationwide popular vote, Hillary Clinton needs a bigger win in tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary than she has had in any major contest so far.  And that's just for starters.
Zogby:
Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Clinton Edge Continues to Expand in PA  —  UTICA, New York—The final weekend before tomorrow's important primary election in Pennsylvania was good for New York's Hillary Clinton, as she made a definitive move toward victory over rival Illinois' Barack Obama, a fresh Newsmax/Zogby daily telephone tracking poll shows.
Booman Tribune:   A Look at the Internals
Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Bill Clinton's Golden Oldies act
Discussion: MSNBC
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Dem voter surge could cut Clinton margin  —  An historic spike in Democratic voter registrations in Pennsylvania could help Barack Obama cut into Hillary Clinton's vote in Tuesday's primary, robbing her of the big victory margin she needs to justify continuing the primary fight.
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Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
What's the Matter With Obama?
Discussion: Political Machine
Thomas Frank / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Touch of Class  —  Allow me to introduce myself.  According to the general clucking of the national punditry, my 2004 book - “What's the Matter With Kansas?”  - is supposed to have persuaded Barack Obama to describe the yeomanry of Pennsylvania as “bitter” people who …
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Palestinians' backing for terror rises  —  The number of Palestinians who support attacks against Israelis continues to rise and more than half of them favor suicide bombings, according to a poll published this weekend.  —  The survey also showed that Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh …
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Michael Moore / Mike's Message:
My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote) ...by Michael Moore  —  I don't get to vote for President this primary season.  I live in Michigan.  The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted.  —  So, if you live in Pennsylvania, can you do me a favor?
Drudge Report:
CLINTON INTERNALS SHOW 11-POINT LEAD IN PA  —  Controlled excitement is building inside of Clinton's inner circle as closely guarded internal polling shows the former first lady with an 11-point lead in Pennsylvania!  —  Clinton is polling near to nearly 2 to 1 over Obama in many regions of the state …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DRUDGE?  —  There's a very odd splash headline that Drudge …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
McCain Questions Obama Remark Comparing '60s Radical, Lawmaker  —  Sen. John McCain highlighted Sen. Barack Obama's affiliation with a Vietnam-era radical yesterday, the latest indication that the general election campaign is likely to see a heavy dose of cultural politics.
Discussion: The Trail, Think Progress and Redstate
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Nora Ephron / The Huffington Post:
White Men  —  Here's another thing I don't like about this primary: now that there are only two Democratic candidates, it's suddenly horribly absolutely crystal-clear that this is an election about gender and race.  This may have always been true, but weeks ago it wasn't so obvious …
Financial Times:
Democrats must choose Obama  —  Barack Obama goes into Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary as strong favourite, whatever happens, to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.  Yet the vote could still go either way.  —  This is a sign of how close this race has been and how deeply it has divided the party.
Michelle Cottle / The New Republic:
Voices in Her Head  —  Inside Hillaryland's fatal psychodrama.  —  By the time Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle finally packed up her lovely corner office with its fresh blue carpet and mini-fridge full of Diet Coke, her exit must have come as a relief—even to many of her friends on Team Hillary.
Discussion: Hot Air
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
The Media's Man  —  Journalists flay ABC for failing to coddle Obama.  —  George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson of ABC News weren't just criticized for their tough questioning of Barack Obama during last week's Democratic debate.  They were flayed.  —  Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker called …
Discussion: TownHall Blog and GayPatriot
Christopher P. Cavas / Navy Times:
Two ships deemed ‘unfit’ for combat  —  Most of the missiles couldn't be fired, and neither could any of the big guns.  The Aegis radars key to the ships' fighting abilities didn't work right.  —  The flight decks were inoperable.  —  Most of the lifesaving gear failed inspection.
Discussion: The Corner
William Kristol / New York Times:
Exodus Exegesis  —  Every presidential campaign has to produce a stream of appropriate statements for religious holidays, patriotic commemorations, and the like.  Campaigns don't expect to win votes with these messages.  They produce them because there's a risk of giving offense to some group or other if they don't.
 
 
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Michael McAuliff / NY Daily News:
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Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
PA on the verge  —  Three polls out: Zogby, ARG, M-D.
Joe Klein / Swampland:
But the melody lingers on  —  I've spent the weekend …