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1:15 PM ET, April 28, 2008

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Michelle Malkin:
Monday morning engine-starter: Jeremiah Wright, racial phrenologist  —  Good morning, people.  I'll be on Fox and Friends at around 8:15am to talk politics.  Today's engine-starter is The American Digest's post on Jeremiah Wright's racial brain theories.  —  Do you remember nutball racialist …
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Saira Anees / Political Punch:
Wright Assails Media, Cheney, Obama at National Press Club  —  “This is not an attack on Jeremiah Wright,” said Rev. Jeremiah Wright this morning at the National Press Club, explaining why he was emerging before a national audience, regardless of what harm it might do to the candidacy …
AMERICAN DIGEST:
Surprise, There is a Difference Between Black Brains and White Brains: Obama's Pastor Explains It All to You  —  “In comparing African-American children and European-American children, we were comparing apples and rocks.”  —  “Different is not deficient.”  It would seem there is a profound …
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.
Joe Klein / Swampland:
The Reverend Wright  —  Oy.  —  And furthermore, I've been to dozens and dozens of African-American church services over the years, including the investiture of one of my friends as an AME minister two years ago, and I have very rarely, if ever, heard the kind of rants that are part of Reverend Wright's canon.
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: YOU'RE SO VAIN...  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** You're so vain, you probably think this campaign is about you: After addressing the NAACP yesterday in Detroit, Jeremiah Wright travels to the heart of the media beast — the National Press Club in DC …
Discussion: Spin Cycle and Political Insider
Frank James / The Swamp:
Rev. Wright fires back, hits Cheney
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
Michelle Malkin:
Liveblogging Wright at the National Press Club: The “black church” …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   The Wright Stuff: Echoes of The Bell Curve?
Detroit Free Press:
Jeremiah Wright urges racial understanding
Discussion: Redstate and Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Reverend's Words Stir Debate on His Creed
Discussion: The Page and NewsBusters.org
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court rejects voter ID challenge; no new grants  —  The Supreme Court, voting 6-3, on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to Indiana's law requiring voters to show a government-issued photo ID before they may cast a ballot.  Three Justices said the evidence offered against the requirement …
Jim Oliphant / The Swamp:
Supreme Court upholds ‘Voter ID’ law
Discussion: New York Times
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
SCOTUS Upholds Indiana Voter ID Law
Discussion: The Confluence
New York Times:
Eyes on Blue-Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style  —  ANDERSON, Ind. — Senator Barack Obama is making subtle changes to his campaign style and message in an effort to strengthen his appeal to blue-collar voters and to avoid a defeat in Indiana that aides fear could give Democratic Party leaders further pause …
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William Kristol / New York Times:
Hillary Gets No Respect  —  I normally don't claim to speak for other members of the vast right-wing conspiracy.  After all, we're each nefarious in our own, individual way.  Indeed, we often disagree with one another.  —  But I do think I can speak for most of my fellow right-wingers when I say this …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bush Made Permanent  —  As the designated political heir of a deeply unpopular president — according to Gallup, President Bush has the highest disapproval rating recorded in 70 years of polling — John McCain should have little hope of winning in November.  In fact, however, current polls show him roughly tied with either Democrat.
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
McCain Criticizes Remarks by Obama's Former Pastor  —  CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Senator John McCain delved on Sunday into remarks made by Senator Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., saying it was “beyond belief” that Mr. Wright had likened the Romans at the time of Jesus' crucifixion …
Matthew Yglesias:
Tough Enough  —  James Fallows talks about how politicians want to talk about their agenda, but the press only wants to hear about the freak show: … What's driving this, I think, are the dual desires to be “tough” and to be “objective.”  In particular, being objective is thought to preclude …
Discussion: James Fallows and FP Passport
Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
Roger Waters plays ‘Dark Side,’ unleashes giant pig  —  INDIO, Calif. - Roger Waters brought Coachella to a close with an epic two-set performance that included playing all of “Dark Side of the Moon” and unleashing a giant inflated pig into the night sky.  —  The 64-year-old Waters …
 
 
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