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9:45 AM ET, April 30, 2008

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Michelle Malkin:
All aboard the Jive Talk Express  —  My syndicated column today deconstructs Barack Obama's pitiful performance yesterday.  Try as he might, he simply cannot disown the un-disownable preacher of hate.  That press conference yesterday renders the Philadelphia speech from March null and void.
Discussion: Jeff Emanuel
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Why'd Obama Join Trinity in the First Place?  —  The question is worth revisiting now that his ex-pastor is threatening his entire campaign.  —  I've heard two basic theories since the Wright tapes first surfaced in March.  The first is cynical: Obama was a black politician in Chicago …
Byron York / The Corner:
Why the Wright Problem Won't Go Away  —  I've got a new piece up on the Jeremiah Wright problem that remains for Barack Obama: … By the way, I've gotten a few emails from people who think that perhaps I've been too hard on the New York Times news pages for failing, in all this time …
New York Times:
Obama's Break With Ex-Pastor Sets Sharp Shift in Tone  —  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Senator Barack Obama broke forcefully on Tuesday with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., in an effort to curtail a drama of race, values, patriotism and betrayal that has enveloped his presidential candidacy at a critical juncture.
New York Times:
Mr. Obama and Rev. Wright
Discussion: goodCRIMETHINK and AMERICAblog
New York Times:
Obama's Remarks on Wright
The Politico:
Obama may win Hill superdelegate fight  —  Capitol Hill insiders say the battle for congressional superdelegates is over, and one Senate supporter of Barack Obama is hinting strongly that he has prevailed over Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  While more than 80 Democrats in the House and Senate …
Megan McArdle:
The health of a nation  —  Just got off the McCain campaign's conference call on its health care agenda.  No earth shaking news, but it was interesting listening to the campaign defending its choices.  —  The plan's heart is mostly in the right place: break the link between employment and health care …
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Floyd Abrams / Wall Street Journal:
Foreign Law and the First Amendment  —  Late in 1941, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion which, for the first time in our history, starkly distinguished American protection of speech from that of England.  —  Two union members had been convicted of assaulting nonunion truck drivers.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Dumb as We Wanna Be  —  It is great to see that we finally have some national unity on energy policy.  Unfortunately, the unifying idea is so ridiculous, so unworthy of the people aspiring to lead our nation, it takes your breath away.  Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Benjamin J. Romano / Seattle Times:
Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime  —  Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.  —  The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor …
Discussion: Digg and Engadget
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Hillary's Interview With the Indianapolis Star  —  Bump and Update: From Hillary's interview with the Indianapolis Star today (video below):' … More...  Hillary Clinton sat down with the Indianapolis Star today for a long interview.  I haven't watched yet, but the reader who sent it to me says …
Discussion: Anglachel's Journal
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Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
Clinton to Democrats: Don't switch sides
Discussion: The Page
FactCheck.org:
DNC vs. McCain  —  Two Democratic Party TV ads hit McCain on Iraq and the economy.  We supply context and corrections.  —  The Democratic National Committee has produced two TV ads against McCain, hoping to soften him up while the party figures out who its own presidential nominee will be.
RushLimbaugh.com:
Rush Calls Operation Chaos Pause  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, I am calling an operational pause in Operation Chaos.  We have a week to figure out now what's best to do.  If your state still allows voter registration, keep that up, continue to register as a Democrat in upcoming Operation Chaos primaries.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP gives Clinton the silent treatment  —  Hillary Clinton's decisive Pennsylvania primary win last week may have reinvigorated her campaign, but you wouldn't know it from listening to the Republican party.  —  The National Republican Congressional Committee has purchased $500,000 in anti-Barack …
iowahawk:
Advice for the Lovelorn  —  Dear Barry:  —  I've been married to the same wonderful man — Let's call him “Jeremiah” — for 20 years.  He's a great provider and we live in a beautiful home.  He dotes on me and treats me like a queen; even after twenty years he still brings me little gifts and opens doors for me.
John Bresnahan / The Crypt's Blogs:
Lurita Doan finally forced out at GSA  —  Lurita Doan, head of the General Services Administration, was forced to offer her resignation tonight, according to an e-mail she sent out this evening.  —  Doan was appointed in late May, 2006, becoming the first woman to serve as GSA Administrator.
David Rogers / The Politico:
GI bill sparks Senate war  —  From Annapolis to Vietnam and back to the Pentagon, John McCain and Jim Webb trod the same paths before coming to the Senate.  Iraq divides them today, but there's also the new kinship of being anxious fathers watching their sons come and go with Marine units in the war.
Patricia Lopez / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken owes $70,000 in back taxes in 17 states  —  DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken, frontrunner in the race to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, owes $70,000 in back taxes in 17 states, where he earned income going back to 2003.  —  Franken on Tuesday told the Associated Press …
 
 
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Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
REV-ENGE IS SWEET FOR ‘BETRAYED’ PASTOR
David B. Green / Haaretz:
Nadine Gordimer defends decision to attend J'lem writers conference
Discussion: The New Republic and normblog
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Getting to Know John McCain
Discussion: The Page
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Gaming Indiana  —  THE QUIRKY STATE VOTING LAW THAT COULD AFFECT TUESDAY'S PRIMARY.
The Moderate Voice:
In Which I Join Barack Obama & Stanley Fish In Line For the Bill Ayers Guillotine
Meir Javedanfar / Pajamas Media:
Iran's Most Powerful Weapon is Energy
Tom Doggett / Reuters:
ANALYSIS-Bush drilling plan wouldn't have eased pump prices
Slobodan Lekic / Associated Press:
US troop deaths hit 7-month high in Iraq
 Earlier Items: 
David Brown / Times of London:
Osama Bin Laden's son Omar Ossama is banned from Britain
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Food scientists say stop biofuels to fight world hunger
Discussion: The Corner
baldilocks:
View From Under The Bus (UPDATED)
Kelley Vlahos / The American Conservative:
No Sizzle In Contractor Abuse Stories
CNN:
Dad: ‘Good things are happening’ after Fort Bragg video
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Patent Law Battle a Boon to Lobbyists
Discussion: Law Blog
Steyn Online:
MRS GRIEVANCE  —  Steyn on People  —  Michelle, ma belle …