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11:40 AM ET, April 29, 2008

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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Where Wright Goes Wrong  —  We all have our crosses to bear.  The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has become Barack Obama's.  —  I'm sorry, but I've had it with Wright.  I would never try to diminish the service he performed as pastor of his Chicago megachurch, and it's obvious that he's a man of great charisma and faith.
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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 …
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Pastor Casts a Shadow  —  The Rev. Jeremiah Wright went to Washington on Monday not to praise Barack Obama, but to bury him.  —  Smiling, cracking corny jokes, mugging it up for the big-time news media — this reverend is never going away.  He's found himself a national platform, and he's loving it.
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Heads for Superdelegate Edge  —  Candidate Benefits  —  From Calculations  —  Of Elected Officials  —  Despite his loss in Pennsylvania and other campaign bumps, Barack Obama is heavily favored to win what will be the final and decisive contest for the Democratic presidential nomination …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Oliver Willis
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton supporter invited Wright  —  Obama's campaign has disavowed Wright's media tour, and a correspondent notes an interesting detail:  —  Wright was invited to the National Press Club by a journalist and minister who supports Clinton.  —  The Tribune reports that Wright was invited …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Wright's Poison  —  I guess I am late to the party, am I not?
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Past Time for Obama to Say ‘No More’  —  Dana Milibank …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
A THOMAS EAGLETON MOMENT?
Nitya / Political Radar:
Gingrich: Wright May Be Deliberately Trying to Hurt Obama
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Page
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Looking for Mr. Wright  —  The minister reveals that he's …
Fox News:
Wright Appearance Sparks More Rejection From Obama, Recriminations By Critics
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Break  —  WASHINGTON — As angry truckers encircled the Capitol in a horn-blaring caravan and consumers across the country agonized over $60 fill-ups, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail on Monday, sharply dividing the two Democratic candidates.
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The Politico:
New Clinton supporter is a potent symbol  —  North Carolina Governor Mike Easley's scheduled endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton today offers her a potent symbolic and electoral boost in the biggest state left to vote.  —  Easley is a meaningful ally in the culture war she's waging …
Mark Johnson / Charlotte Observer:
Superdelegate Easley to endorse Clinton
Discussion: American Spectator
Nitya / Political Radar:
Clinton Makes Rocky Balboa Look like a Pansy?
Discussion: TalkLeft
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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HOOK, LINE & SINKER  —  It seems the AP has fallen for the McCain campaign's and the RNC's effort to prevent anyone from using McCain's own words against him during the 2008 presidential campaign.  As noted earlier, what the McCain campaign is pushing for here is a standard …
Scott Goldberg / KARE-TV:
Police looking for meth lab, find fish tank  —  Brooklyn Park police were looking for a meth lab, but they found a fish tank and the chemicals needed to maintain it.  —  And a few hours later, when the city sent a contractor to fix the door the police had smashed open Monday afternoon …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT JOHN MCCAIN'S TEMPER?  —  So, a fresh and sly political subtext in a very bizarre campaign season.  The two Democratic nominees remain icily calm when in each other's vicinity—plain as it is that they cordially loathe and despise one another—while huge shudders …
The Hill:
Clinton: $2.3B in earmarks  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2.3 billion in federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by a single senator this year.  —  The Democratic presidential candidate's staggering request comes …
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
U.S. Was ‘Clueless’ on Counterinsurgency  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Wolfowitz, in his first public remarks on the Iraq war in years, said the American government was “pretty much clueless on counterinsurgency” in the first year of the war.  —  The former deputy secretary of defense said yesterday …
Discussion: abu muqawama and FP Passport
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Trust McCain More than Either Democratic Candidate on Key Issues  —  On as series of key Election 2008 issues, voters generally trust Democrats more than Republicans on most key electoral issues.  At the same time, however, John McCain is trusted more than Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama on these issues (see national polling.
 
 
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Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
The New, New Math  —  Despite the recent show of strength …
Discussion: Donklephant
Greg Giroux / CQ Politics:
CQ Politics Projects a Close Delegate Split in Indiana Primary
Discussion: Donklephant
Elana Schor / Guardian:
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Charles S. Johnson / Billings Gazette:
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Barbara Raab / MSNBC:
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
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Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
Female factor: White women could be swing vote May 6
Discussion: Associated Press and The Page
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