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4:05 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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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.
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.
The Politico:
Obama has a punctuation problem
Discussion: The Page
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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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.
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 …
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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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 …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
CLINTON PRESSES OBAMA FOR NC DEBATE
Discussion: The Page
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
Ben / Think Progress:
Matthews: Whites are ‘willing’ to support Obama in the same way they ‘root for black athletes.’  —  Last night on Hardball, host Chris Matthews sought to give Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) some “advice” on how to get white Americans to vote for him for president: … Watch it:
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MSNBC:   ‘Hardball with Chris Matthews’ for Thursday, April 24
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain: NC GOP “out of touch with reality”  —  As he said today on TODAY: “They're not listening to me because they're out of touch with reality and the Republican Party.  We are the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan and this kind of campaigning is unacceptable.”
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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 …
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
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Wofford, Jr. on Obama's loss  —  Dan Wofford, the son of former Pennsylvania Senator — and prominent Obama supporter — Harris Wofford, sent his frank analysis of the race to a group of friends, including worries about Obama's failure to connect to older white, Catholic, and Jewish voters.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Iraq War Is Everyone Else's Fault, Feith Explains  —  Mistakes were made.  But not by him.  —  Doug Feith, the No. 3 man at the Pentagon before, during and after the invasion of Iraq, has come in for his share of blame for the failures there — in large part because he led the Pentagon policy shop …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
HILLARY FOR SUPREME COURT?  —  for governor of New York.  But the salient question, now, is what can Obama offer Clinton, short of the vice-presidency, that may convince her to cleanly concede the nomination?  A commenter at New York Magazine suggests: … It's not the craziest thing I've ever heard.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
 
 
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