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3:40 PM ET, April 29, 2008

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama denounces Wright  —  In Winston-Salem, Obama sharply attacks Reverend Jeremiah Wright and the substance of his remarks yesterday, a far sharper disavowal than he gave in Philadelphia last month.  —  The core of his message: That Wright was not only offensive, but the polar opposite of Obama's own views and politics.
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NY Daily News:
Is Jeremiah Wright a colossal disaster for Barack Obama or a press trick?  —  The Rev. Jeremiah Wright couldn't have done more damage to Barack Obama's campaign if he had tried.  And you have to wonder if that's just what one friend of Wright wanted.  —  Shortly before he rose to deliver his rambling …
Michelle Malkin:
Obama's “big press conference” on Wright: “I'm outraged by the comments that were made and saddened by the spectacle;” Wright's remarks “a bunch of rants that aren't grounded in truth”  —  What, pray tell, could Barack Obama possibly say now to undo the damage of his two decades of bad judgment about Jeremiah Wright?
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
A ‘big press conference’ on Wright  —  Obama is asked about Wright by a woman in Winston-Salem who tells the audience to watch his PBS interview, which will quell their concerns.  —  “I'm going to be having a big press conference afterward to talk about this Obama says …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Press conference: Obama shocked, shocked at Wright's behavior; Update: Video added  —  Imagine his surprise at finding that his spiritual mentor of 20 years is a preening, hateful, attention whore.  I missed the beginning so I don't know yet if he did indeed disown the man he could no sooner disown …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama On Wright: “I Might Not Know Him As Well As I Thought”
Discussion: Donklephant
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Press Club president responds: Reynolds pitched Rev. Wright two years ago
Randyj / The Page:
Obama Cuts Wright Loose
Discussion: The News Buckit
Nitya / Political Radar:
Gingrich: Wright May Be Deliberately Trying to Hurt Obama
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Page
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton 47%, Obama 46%  —  Democratic preferences remain very close  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Democrats at the national level remain very closely divided in their preferences for their party's presidential nomination, with the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update showing 47% …
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Washington Wire:
Clinton Touts Her Plan to Curb Gas Prices  —  Amy Chozick reports from Indianapolis on the presidential race.  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton laid out her plan for dealing with high gasoline prices.  Speaking from the factory floor of Indianapolis-based Miller Veneers, Clinton proposed suspending …
Discussion: The Page
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Break
Dean Baker / American Prospect:   The NYT Allows Senator Clinton to Lie to Hard-Hit Middle-Class …
Associated Press:
N.C. Gov. Easley endorses Clinton
Discussion: Marc Ambinder
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Strongly Rejected Long-Term Iraq Presence: “Bring Them All Home”  —  When it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sen. John McCain was for the idea before he was against it.  —  Three years before the Arizona Republican argued on the campaign trail that U.S. forces could be in Iraq …
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Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Exclusive: Iowa superdelegate to endorse Obama  —  Winthrop farmer Richard Machacek, an Iowa superdelegate, said today he is pledging to support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.  —  Machacek, a member of the Democratic National Committee, had been uncommitted.  He said he saw little difference between …
Confederate Yankee:
The DNC IED  —  Several people have forwarded me a link this morning to the Democratic National Committee ad against John McCain that shows two American soldiers at the moment an explosion goes off beside them.  —  The soldiers are on screen for just a split-second, just long enough for viewers …
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Michelle Malkin:
Question of the day: Where did the DNC get its IED footage?
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
How Obama and McCain Keep Sister Souljah-ing the Wrong People  —  It was a pickle only John McCain could have gotten himself into.  —  What should have been a mostly uneventful weekend for McCain, two weeks before the increasingly ugly Democratic campaign culminates in a Carolina showdown …
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
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Jonathan Kay / National Post:
The Canadian Islamic Congress tries for a ceasefire — but they've already lost the war  —  The following press release (see below) just landed in my inbox: Apparently, the Canadian Islamic Congress is going to announce that it's seeking some kind of plea bargain with Maclean's magazine …
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Elizabeth Donatelli / WAVE-TV:
Chandler announces endorsement for Obama  —  Updated:  —  LOUISVILLE (WAVE) — Hoosier voters head to the polls next week, but the presidential hopefuls are already looking ahead to the Kentucky primary.  Tuesday morning, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama picked up a big endorsement.
Discussion: MSNBC and TPM Election Central
Elana Schor / Guardian:
Cheney lawyer claims Congress has no authority over vice-president  —  The lawyer for US vice-president Dick Cheney claimed today that the Congress lacks any authority to examine his behaviour on the job.  —  The exception claimed by Cheney's counsel came in response to requests …
New York Post:
SHARPTON RAPS OBAMA  —  Barack Obama made a call for nonviolence in the aftermath of the Sean Bell verdict - infuriating the Rev. Al Sharpton, who accused the presidential candidate of trying to “grandstand in front of white people,” sources told The Post.  —  During what a source described as a …
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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Andrew Norfolk / Times of London:
BBC ‘censored Christian party broadcast’
Discussion: Spectator
Steve Kornacki / New York Observer:
Dukakis: It's Probably Obama in '08, But the Campaign Needs to Improve
Discussion: The Page
USA Today:
USA TODAY survey: We're in recession, economists say
Discussion: Firedoglake
Mori Dinauer / American Prospect:
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
When he started running  —  According to popular legend …
Discussion: Salon
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Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
The New, New Math  —  Despite the recent show of strength …
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Heads for Superdelegate Edge
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