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8:50 PM ET, April 26, 2008

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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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Fox News:
Obama: No More Debates Before Next Primary  —  Barack Obama, in his first appearance on “FOX News Sunday,” says there will be no more debates before the two May 6 primaries despite repeated challenges from Hillary Clinton to meet him face-to-face.  —  Clinton challenged him again Saturday in Indiana …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama rules out Indiana, North Carolina debate  —  Fox News aired a portion of Obama's Fox News Sunday interview, in which he flatly ruled out debating Clinton before Indiana and North Carolina vote on May 6.  —  “We're not going to have debates between now and Indiana,” he said.
Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Camp Challenges O To Lincoln-Douglas Debates  —  A communique from Arlington to Chicago on the hotline:
Discussion: The RBC
CNN:
Clinton to Obama: Let's debate like Lincoln
Discussion: Corrente
CNN:   Indiana and North Carolina: Where basketball and politics meet
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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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton and Obama Tied at 47%
Discussion: American Power
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Popular Vote Gives Clinton an Edge
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Media Conventional Wisdom Shifting Towards Belief Clinton Could Defeat Obama?
Discussion: The Reaction
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Heading Toward the Danger Zone
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and TigerHawk
Matthew Yglesias:
Vengeance is Hers  —  What happens if Hillary Clinton does …
Discussion: Liberal Values and Eschaton
Dave Winer / The Huffington Post:
Why is it so quiet after the Moyers-Wright interview?  —  I expected a roaring debate in the political blogosphere this morning, and on cable news after the Friday night Bill Moyers interview with Rev Jeremiah Wright.  Instead, there's eerie quiet.  —  The most I could find was this post …
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New York Times:
McCain Frequently Used Wife's Jet for Little Cost  —  Given Senator John McCain's signature stance on campaign finance reform, it was not surprising that he backed legislation last year requiring presidential candidates to pay the actual cost of flying on corporate jets.
Discussion: MyDD and DownWithTyranny!
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Dissent Of The Day II  —  A reader writes: … My response is simply that honorable campaigns do not allow foreign agents, especially terrorist organizations, to insert themselves into American presidential politics.  No respectable foreign governments do such a thing; and the gambits of al Qaeda …
Verena Dobnik / Associated Press:
Sharpton vows to ‘close this city’ after officer acquittals  —  NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed …
PoliticalBase.com Blog:
The Audacious Hypocrisy Of Terry McAuliffe  —  Added by Mark Nickolas on Apr 25, 2008 - add as a friend |  I want to follow-up on yesterday's widely-read post regarding the shameless hypocrisy of the Clinton campaign which is now arguing that the overall popular vote should determine …
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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
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
 
 
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Stars & Stripes:
Pentagon halts feeding of information to retired officers while issue is reviewed
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Solomon's Baby
New York Times:
Superdelegate Stalemate Shows No Sign of Easing
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:
McCain backer John Hagee tempers Hurricane Katrina comments
Discussion: The Raw Story and The Page
Gail Collins / New York Times:
McCain's Compassion Tour
Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
'It's true - we're hypocrites over our huge carbon footprint …
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CNN:
Snow: McCain distancing himself from Bush
Phoenix Woman / Firedoglake:
Come Saturday Morning: Hiding the Costs
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Eschaton
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Ron Paul is down but not out  —  Two candidates not named John …
Discussion: Nice Deb and Perfunction
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Who is “G”, al Qaeda's Man in London? MOHAMMED AL GHABRA
Discussion: ThreatsWatch
Amie Parnes / The Politico:
Mommie's dearest: Chelsea outshines Bill