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6:20 AM ET, April 28, 2008

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Rev Wright NAACP Speech (Video)  —  Complete video of Reverend Jeremiah Wright's speech to the NAACP  —  Rev. Wright NAACP Speech PART ONE Rev. Wright NAACP Speech PART TWO Reverend Wright NAACP Speech PART THREE Reverend Wright NAACP Speech PART FOUR  —  Wow.  I saw this on CNN tonight - and was moved to tears.
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Jaketapper / Political Punch:
Rev. Wright Delivers Fiery Address to NAACP  —  Speaking in Detroit, at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 53rd annual “Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner,” Rev. Jeremiah Wright took on his critics even while he spoke of a new, unified day coming.  —  You can watch the speech HERE.
Todd Zywicki / The Volokh Conspiracy:
ROBERT FRANK FALLS FOR THE TWO-INCOME TRAP: In today's Washington Post, Robert Frank writes: … Professor Frank has missed the ball on this one.  As I observed in the Wall Street Journal last August in my column “The Two Income-Tax Trap” the math behind this simply doesn't add up—using Warren and Tyagi's own numbers:
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Robert H. Frank / Washington Post:
Don't Blame All Borrowers  —  After more than a decade of steep growth, home prices peaked last year and have been falling rapidly.  Over 9 million mortgages are “under water,” meaning that more is owed on them than the home is worth.  As foreclosures mount, additional homes come on the market …
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Follow-up on Obama and Fox News  —  I suppose I should follow up my earlier diary on Obama going on Fox News since it has sparked some discussion.  Eugene at Dailykos wrote the following diary, the gist of which was as follows. … That's not really the issue at hand, though of course that is how it's being framed.
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Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Obama stops the clock on Fox
Discussion: The New Republic
City Journal:
An Anatomy of Surrender  —  Islam divides the world into two parts.  The part governed by sharia, or Islamic law, is called the Dar al-Islam, or House of Submission.  Everything else is the Dar al-Harb, or House of War, so called because it will take war—holy war, jihad—to bring it into the House of Submission.
Discussion: Neptunus Lex and Spectator
Ray Kimball / The Huffington Post:
The Next Generation  —  I have a dirty little secret — I'm at least two “generations” apart from the majority of the force.  I came into the Army at a time when we were trying to figure out just what we were supposed to do in a post-Cold War World.  I vividly remember several of my instructors …
Rasha Madkour / Associated Press:
McCain calls Obama insensitive to poor people  —  CORAL GALBES, Fla. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday called Democratic rival Barack Obama insensitive to poor people and out of touch on economic issues.  —  The GOP nominee-in-waiting rapped his Democratic rival …
The TV Guy:
Craig Ferguson amuses at White House correspondents' dinner  —  Did you catch Craig Ferguson at the splashy dinner Saturday night of the White House Correspondents' Association?  C-SPAN offered arrival footage that made it look like the Academy Awards.  You could see snippets of “American Idol” …
Discussion: Foreign and TownHall Blog
Molly Ball / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
NEVADA POLITICS: GOP convention cut short  —  Some supporters of Ron Paul riled after time runs out at state party event  —  RENO — The state Republican convention was called off Saturday evening without electing national delegates, prompting protests from a record crowd that included …
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
In the Rezko Trial, A New Name Surfaces: Karl Rove  —  The trial of Chicago developer and political fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko has been closely watched for any mention of the defendant's onetime friend, Barack Obama.  But last week, prosecutors threw a curveball, telling the judge …
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Leaving the left  —  The Australian columnist Pamela Bone died of cancer this weekend.  She was a feminist, an atheist and most of the other -ists you might expect from a western woman of her general disposition (she was a recipient, among many other awards, of something called the “UN media peace prize").
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
McCain blames Obama for Wright issue  —  Here's a new angle from McCain, at an avail today, at which he said, more or less, that he didn't plan to attack Obama on Wright, but that Obama — by calling the question “legitimate” — had legitimized it.  —  It's a move either clever, or too cute …
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Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Freer Trade Could Fill the World's Rice Bowl
Reuters:
Obama says will back Petraeus for new military job
Colin Perkel / Canadian Press:
Internet hijacking ‘disturbing’ says Ottawa woman
Discussion: Ezra Levant
Amir Shah / Associated Press:
Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire at Kabul event
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The Real McCain (Tech Version)
Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
Mccain Vs. Mccain  —  He seems to think he can magically unite …
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
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Clinton Intensifies Ground Work in Ind.
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Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Dylan Does Obama
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton and Obama Remain Tied at 47%
Discussion: Donklephant
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
BILL VS. BARACK
Discussion: Truthdig
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
John McCain's war, Howard Dean's war
Spencer Ackerman / Firedoglake:
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Matt Yglesias: Heads In The Sand
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Hamas disrupts fuel supplies to Gaza
Discussion: Spectator and The New Republic
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Clinton Trumpets Her Blue-Collar Pitch in Indiana
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