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4:35 PM ET, April 25, 2008

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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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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 …
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 …
Randyj / The Page:
Obama, Democratic Party Make Fundraising Deal  —  Democratic sources tell The Page the Land of Lincolner and DNC plan to file a joint fundraising agreement soon that will allow donors to give simultaneously to his campaign and the national party.  —  Read more about it here.
John McCormick / Chicago Tribune:
Obama plans major drive to register voters
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 …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Self-Inflicted Confusion  —  After Barack Obama's defeat in Pennsylvania, David Axelrod, his campaign manager, brushed it off: “Nothing has changed tonight in the basic physics of this race.”  —  He may well be right — but what a comedown.  A few months ago the Obama campaign was talking about transcendence.
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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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 …
Discussion: The Jed Report
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.
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Ben / Think Progress:   Matthews: Whites are ‘willing’ …
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
WCBS-TV:
COPS ACQUITTED IN 50-SHOT SEAN BELL SHOOTING DEATH  —  3 NYPD Detectives Cleared Of All Charges In 2006 Incident  —  Sharpton: Verdict Was An ‘Abortion’ Of Justice  —  NEW YORK (CBS) ― In what marks the end of one of the most high-profile police-involved shooting trials in New York City …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Tom Hays / Associated Press:
3 NYPD detectives cleared in wedding-day shooting
The Politico:
Obama has a punctuation problem  —  Barack Obama's real opponent now is not Hillary Rodham Clinton.  It is a pair of punctuation marks.  —  The first is a question.  The second is an asterisk.  —  Both threaten to hover over Obama if he wins the Democratic nomination without confronting …
Discussion: The Page
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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 Wonkette
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
John Edwards's supporters are flocking to Sen. Obama  —  Donors, activists and members of Congress who backed former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) are flocking to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).  —  This and the fact that Obama is likely to win the North Carolina primary could prompt Edwards to endorse Obama …
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
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:
 
 
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