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6:00 PM ET, April 26, 2008

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Brian Braiker / Newsweek:
Losing Ground  —  After losing Pennsylvania and a difficult month of scandals, Barack Obama's double-digit lead over Hillary Clinton has dropped to seven points in the latest NEWSWEEK poll.  —  After an important primary win in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton has reduced Democratic rival …
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Washington Post:
Party Fears Racial Divide  —  The protracted and increasingly acrimonious fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is unnerving core constituencies — African Americans and wealthy liberals — who are becoming convinced that the party could suffer irreversible harm …
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Heading Toward the Danger Zone  —  Barack Obama is winning, so why does it look like Hillary Clinton is having all the fun?  —  Senator Obama has been thrown completely off his game by a combination of political attacks (some fair, some foul), a toxic eruption (the volcanic Jeremiah Wright …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and TigerHawk
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Settling Scores  —  If Hillary Clinton finds a way to win, she'll have a long list of grudges and grievances.  —  I'm beginning to think Hillary Clinton might pull this off and wrestle the nomination away from Barack Obama.  If she does, a lot of folks—including a huge chunk of the media …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Ed Driscoll.com
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Media Conventional Wisdom Shifting Towards Belief Clinton Could Defeat Obama?  —  There are signs of what could be a shift in the news media conventional wisdom: for the first time in months, some key pundits are hinting and even saying that Senator Barack Obama could lose the Democratic nomination …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Matthew Yglesias:
Vengeance is Hers  —  What happens if Hillary Clinton does somehow manage to become president?  Eleanor Clift speaks for many when she says it'll be payback time: … Maybe.  On the other hand, current Obama endorsers include, among others, the Senators who chair the committees on Health …
Discussion: Liberal Values and Eschaton
Christi Parsons / Baltimore Sun:
Former Obama friend stumps for Clinton  —  One bonus for Barack Obama (D-IL) as he campaigns in Indiana is that so many friends from his home state can just drive across the state line to help him out.  —  Then again, it's also a short trip for the occasional hometown pol who has been crossed by Obama …
Discussion: TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh and Corrente
Gallup:   Gallup Daily: Clinton and Obama Tied at 47%
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Obama and Clinton: two cynical losers
Discussion: QandO, Gateway Pundit and Commentary
MSNBC:
Democrats fear racial divide
Associated Press:
Clinton challenges Obama to Lincoln-Douglas style debate  —  MARION, Ind. (AP) — Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new debate challenge and he complained of a race that's largely …
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CNN:
Indiana and North Carolina: Where basketball and politics meet
Karl / protein wisdom:
Bill Moyers plays Whiffleball with the Rev. Wright  —  Not that anyone should expect that Bill Moyers Journal will involve journalism, but the former LBJ flack's “interview” with Barack Obama's longtime spiritual adviser, Rev. Jeremiah Wright cannot be fairly called a softball game.
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Neela Banerjee / New York Times:
Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats  —  FORT RILEY, Kan. — When Specialist Jeremy Hall held a meeting last July for atheists and freethinkers at Camp Speicher in Iraq, he was excited, he said, to see an officer attending.  —  But minutes into the talk, the officer …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
‘Very friendly’ on Fox  —  We won't know for sure until the Fox interview airs tomorrow, but Chris Wallace hinted that Obama didn't take the confrontational line his staff suggested he would.  —  In a message to TPM — which was a major voice in the Netroots assault on Fox last year — an anonymous Obama aide wrote:
Discussion: Open Left and NewsBusters.org
New York Times:
3 Candidates With 3 Plans, but One Deficit  —  The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates differ strikingly in their approaches to taxes and spending, but their fiscal plans have at least one thing in common: each could significantly swell the budget deficit and increase the national debt …
Discussion: The Page
Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
'It's true - we're hypocrites over our huge carbon footprint,' confesses Sting's wife  —  Their claim to be eco-warriors has been met with cynicism in recent times.  —  Sting, for instance, notched up an incredible number of air miles with his band's world tour.
 
 
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Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Camp Challenges O To Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Discussion: The RBC
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HOW'S HE DOING, JOE?
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
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New York Times:
McCain Frequently Used Wife's Jet for Little Cost
Discussion: MyDD
PoliticalBase.com Blog:
The Audacious Hypocrisy Of Terry McAuliffe
New York Times:
Superdelegate Stalemate Shows No Sign of Easing
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:
McCain backer John Hagee tempers Hurricane Katrina comments
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
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Perry Bacon Jr / The Trail:
Clinton Sidesteps Questions About Staying in the Race
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