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5:45 PM ET, April 25, 2008

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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama and Clinton Tied at 48% to 47%  —  Clinton's increased support has mainly come from undecided voters  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The Democratic nomination race is now tied, with Barack Obama favored by 48% of national Democratic voters and Hillary Clinton by 47%.
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Alan I. Abramowitz / The New Republic:
Cheer Up, Democrats!  —  Even if the primary stretches on, a long-term tectonic shift in the electorate means the party is in great shape for November.  —  It's all over but the shouting.  Even though the Democratic Convention is still four months away and the presidential election …
The Politico:
Obama has a punctuation problem
Discussion: The Page
Geoff Garin / Washington Post:
Fair Is Fair  —  What's wrong with this picture?  Our campaign runs a TV ad Monday saying that the presidency is the toughest job in the world and giving examples of challenges presidents have faced and challenges the next president will face — including terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan …
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National Journal Online:
Q&A: David Plouffe  —  Obama's Manager Discusses Clinton's Negatives & The Delegate Race  —  Fri.  —  National Journal's Linda Douglass sat down with David Plouffe, Barack Obama's campaign manager, for the April 25 edition of “National Journal On Air.”  This is a transcript of their conversation.
See-Dubya / michellemalkin.com:
Hillary Clinton: Prayer Warrior.  —  Wow, it looks like we've seriously misunderstood the depth and importance of Hillary Clinton's religious faith: … As the “American Papist” site notes, she's very ecumenical, too: … Yet despite her sincere, abiding Metholic/Cathedist faith …
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
McCain: “Clear Who Hamas Wants to be the Next President”  —  McCain spoke with bloggers this morning on a number of issues ranging from William Ayers to Rev. Wright to Tony Rezko.  Jennifer Rubin noted that Hamas had endorsed Senator Obama and asked McCain whether Obama might have given “an unhelpful signal” to the terrorist group.
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Sean Hackbarth / The American Mind:
JOHN MCCAIN: “I WILL BE HAMAS' WORST NIGHTMARE”
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Obama-DNC Fundraising Deal  —  After a series of discussions, the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee have decided to file papers with the Federal Election Commission establishing a “joint fundraising agreement.”  Under the law, such a committee can accept up to $28,500 from individuals …
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Saira Anees / Political Punch:
DNC Official: “You Know What You Call Someone Who Digs Up Dirt on John McCain?  An Archeologist”  —  Call it the perils of Twitter.  —  Or a new Maginot Line in what Slate's John Dickerson has called “the Umbrage War.”  —  On his Facebook page, the Democratic National Committee's director of research …
Discussion: Hot Air and Hotline On Call
Randyj / The Page:
Obama, Democratic Party Make Fundraising Deal
Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
BIG HRC FUNDRAISER DEFECTS TO OBAMA  —  From NBC's Chuck Todd  —  One of the things that both Dem campaigns are always nervous about is defectors.  In particular, Clinton is more vulnerable to this problem since she's the candidate that is trailing.  Well, NBC News has learned …
MSNBC:
‘Hardball with Chris Matthews’ for Thursday, April 24  —  Guests: Chuck Todd, Howard Fineman, David Shuster, Tucker Carlson, Bob Herbert, Clarence Page, Tom Ridge, Michelle Bernard, Margaret Carlson  —  CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Do the Republicans fear Obama?  Let's play HARDBALL.  —  Good evening.
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
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Ben / Think Progress:   Matthews: Whites are ‘willing’ …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Olbermann Comments on Hillary Causing Stir  —  Keith Olbermann's latest: A discussion with Howard Fineman about the need for a superdelegate to “take [Clinton] into a room and only he comes out."/p>  —  Bloggers say he called for Hillary's murder.  Here's a different take by RiverDaughter at Confluence:
Associated Press:
ElBaradei slams Israel for attacking Syrian nuclear reactor  —  The head of the UN nuclear monitoring agency on Friday criticized the US for not giving his organization intelligence information sooner on what Washington says was a nuclear reactor in Syria being built secretly by North Korea.
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Online NewsHour:
Government Curries Favor With Military News Analysts  —  The Pentagon may influence the analysis of some retired military personnel who appear on television news programs, the New York Times recently reported.  Media insiders discuss the details of this murky world of defense companies, the current administration and the war in Iraq.
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Ari Melber / The Huffington Post:
PBS Breaks Media Blackout of Pentagon Propaganda Bombshell
Marc Ambinder:
DNC To Assess Challenges On 5/31  —  The DNC will convene its rules and bylaws committee on the last day of May to consider two challenges, that, if successful, could change the delegate math just as the primary season is about to close.  But the date of the meeting may be too late for Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Peggy Noonan Wonders If Obama Loves America, Has Ever Cried Thinking About Henry Ford  —  (Pictured: Peggy Noonan's hero receiving a Nazi medal in Nazi Germany from the Nazis.)  —  This is amazing, even for Nooner: … Let's leave aside the “snooty lefty” and “Men's Vogue” stuff.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and marbury
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DON'T NEED A WEATHERMAN TO KNOW ...  As you know the Weather Underground, the somewhat hapless but definitely violent 60s and 70s radical group, has bubbled up into the 2008 presidential campaign.  It's come up against Obama for his association with Bill Ayers and then Obama brought …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Spin Cycle
Bernard-Henri Lévy / Wall Street Journal:
The Sad End of Jimmy Carter  —  The problem is not that he is, or is not, talking to the Syrians - everyone does it to some degree.  —  It isn't that he went to Damascus to meet with the exiled head of Hamas - everyone, including the Israelis, will one day have to do that too …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and TigerHawk
 
 
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Megan McArdle:
Sad capitulation  —  I think I'm going to stop paying attention to trade in this election.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Senior Obama Adviser: Obama Will “Take Fox On” In Appearance This Sunday
Philip Klein / American Spectator:
McCain Calls on Obama To Apologize For Ayers
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and The Page
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
House Dem Leadership Supports Obama With Ignorance
Discussion: Corrente
WCBS-TV:
COPS ACQUITTED IN 50-SHOT SEAN BELL SHOOTING DEATH
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
HILLARY FOR SUPREME COURT?
Brit Hume / Fox News:
Biblical Scholars Challenge Speaker Pelosi's Old Testament Quote
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
The Corn is as High as a Boondoggling Senator's Eye
 Earlier Items: 
Catherine Clifford / CNNMoney.com:
Stimulus payments starting early
Discussion: Donklephant
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Wofford, Jr. on Obama's loss
Richard Blair / All Spin Zone:
Limbaugh Urges Riots in Denver
Ben Adler / The Politico:
GOP objects to bill allowing recounts
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
John Edwards's supporters are flocking to Sen. Obama
Philip Taubman / New York Times:
Lesson on How Not to Build a Navy Ship
Discussion: Neptunus Lex and Angry Bear
New York Post:
THE WORST OF TIMES  —  STAFF BRACES FOR LAYOFFS AFTER BUYOUTS FALL SHORT
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Iraq War Is Everyone Else's Fault, Feith Explains