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2:05 PM 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.
Nitya / Political Radar:
Gingrich: Wright May Be Deliberately Trying to Hurt Obama
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Page
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
A THOMAS EAGLETON MOMENT?
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% …
Discussion: Marc Ambinder and Fox News
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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.
The Politico:
New Clinton supporter is a potent symbol
Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
N.C. Governor: Hillary Makes Rocky Look Like “Pansy”
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: MSNBC and The Page
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 …
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 …
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 …
Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
The New, New Math  —  Despite the recent show of strength by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., the odds against her winning the Democratic presidential nomination are as imposing as ever — and probably worse.  —  There was a time when one of the stronger arguments in favor of nominating …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Donklephant
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 …
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
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 …
 
 
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Bush: ‘No magic wand’ for gas prices
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Shooting range cuts ties with Blackwater
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
When he started running  —  According to popular legend …
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Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
How Obama and McCain Keep Sister Souljah-ing the Wrong People
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If You Change Your Sex, Are You Still Married?
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Chinese Students in U.S. Fight Unwelcome Images of Home
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Charles S. Johnson / Billings Gazette:
Clinton accepts debate invite
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U.S. Was ‘Clueless’ on Counterinsurgency
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton supporter invited Wright
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A Son's Own Orbit
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Obama Heads for Superdelegate Edge
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