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4:00 PM ET, May 2, 2008

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Clinton Adviser Claims Indiana Slur Video Is Conspiracy  —  A former aide to President Bill Clinton, and current informal adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, expressed outrage and shock on Friday after a videotape from 1992 surfaced allegedly showing him describing Indianans as “white n—rs.”
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Pennebaker: Clip Doctored  —  I just spoke to D.A. Pennebaker, the director of “The War Room,” who said his film had been doctored to produce a widely-viewed YouTube clip.  —  In a clip from his film on the 1992 Clinton campaign, posted to YouTube today, Clinton advisor Mickey Kantor is …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Clinton operative didn't call Indianans “white n*****s” in 1992 Update III: Dirty trick?  Update: Character witness  —  Update IV: This is almost certainly a dirty trick aimed at Mickey Kantor and the Clinton campaign.  Read all the way through the updates.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Worthless White Ni**ers”?  —  Yesterday, I hadn't seen the last part of this clip (see the first version here) and the latest viral video is different and longer:  —  Kantor is now saying that what you hear on the tape is untrue, and it's been doctored: … Yes, he's a lawyer.
Michelle Malkin:
Hillary advisor Mickey Kantor dissed Indiana voters in 1992 …
Byron York / The Corner:
Mickey Kantor Does Not Hold the People of Indiana in the Highest Esteem
Discussion: Wonkette
Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Clinton: Tuesday Will Be a ‘Game Changer’  —  ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Senator Hillary Clinton speaking in Kinston, NC said that Tuesday's primary will be a big day in the contest for the Democratic nomination.  Clinton has denied in interviews and in press availabilities that she will drop out of the race if she loses Indiana.
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Zogby:
Zogby Poll: Obama Holds Big Lead Over Clinton in NC; Pair tied in Indiana  —  UTICA, New York—Five days before the important Democratic presidential primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, Barack Obama of Illinois enjoys a substantial lead in one state and remains tied with Hillary Clinton …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain Moves to 6-Point Lead Over Obama
Discussion: MyDD and MSNBC
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: OBAMA'S BACK TO THE WALL
Indianapolis Star:
Endorsements chip away at Bayh pedestal  —  It's been a rough few days for Sen. Evan Bayh.  —  After years of holding a near death grip over so much of the state's Democratic Party establishment, the junior senator from Shirkieville has taken a series of very public hits in recent days.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Is Ongoing Democratic Campaign Good or Bad for the Party?
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Pressure's on Bayh to snare Indiana for Clinton
Discussion: The Opinionator and MSNBC
Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Boris Johnson poised to become London Mayor as Tories seal local election success  —  Boris Johnson is preparing to be unveiled as the new mayor of London later today following Labour's collapse across Britain in the local elections.  —  Senior Conservative sources said they would be …
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Rasmussen Reports:
58% Say Obama Denounced Wright for Political Convenience, not Outrage  —  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 30% of the nation's Likely Voters believe Barack Obama denounced his former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, because he was outraged.  Most—58%—say he denounced the Pastor for political convenience.
Bobbank / MyDD:
Change Oregon Can Believe In?  —  A week ago, I wrote about a 13-page detailed plan, called The Oregon Compact, that Hillary prepared specifically for the state of Oregon.  In my original diary, I said: … I am proud of Hillary for putting pen to paper and giving people specific …
Discussion: TalkLeft, Corrente and MyDD
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Jeff Mapes / Oregonian:
Democratic rivals vie for Oregon votes
Indianapolis Star:
Experience makes Clinton better choice in primary  —  In this extraordinary election year, Indiana's Democratic voters have been presented with an extraordinary opportunity: Choose for their party's presidential nominee between a gifted senator from Illinois who has enthused millions of new voters …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
John McCain: Chief of own VP search  —  For those wondering whether an eminence gris such as Warren Christopher or Dick Cheney will soon head Sen. John McCain's vice presidential selection committee, the answer is yes and no, depending upon whether you think of McCain as a wise old Washington hand.
Discussion: The Page
New York Times:
Clinton May Be Hopeful, but Obama Rolls On  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Have Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination improved as Senator Barack Obama has struggled through his toughest month of this campaign?  —  After weeks in which her candidacy …
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Steven Emerson / Articles by the Investigative Project …:
Investigative Project Releases Gov't Memos Curtailing Speech in War on Terror  —  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is refusing to identify the “influential Muslim Americans” and “leading U.S.-based scholars and commentators on Islam” who met with Secretary Michael Chertoff in helping shape …
Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Are Flocking to Small Cars  —  DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede.  —  In what industry analysts are calling a first, about one in five vehicles sold in the United States was a compact …
Ronald Brownstein / MSNBC:
McCain must explain his Iraq vigil  —  How long is he willing to keep U.S. forces in a front-line combat role?  —  POLITICAL CONNECTIONS  —  WASHINGTON - The firefight over John McCain's long-term intentions in Iraq flared again this week when the Democratic National Committee aired …
Telegraph:
The most influential US political pundits: 10-1  —  Telegraph.co.uk unveils the last installment of its list of the 50 most influential political pundits in America.  With just over six months before United States citizens choose their 44th president, the 2008 election is already proving …
 
 
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The Huffington Post:
Geraldo Admits He Was In Love With Barbara Walters But She Rejected …
Discussion: Think Progress
Elizabeth Wurtzel / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Other Radical Friends
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Matthew Yglesias:
Hurdles  —  Ambinder reports: “Clinton advisors think their candidate …
Discussion: Marc Ambinder
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
‘The Empire Strikes Barack’
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Fair Play for False Prophets
Karl / protein wisdom:
Dems 2008: Are Clintonites suppressing the vote in NC?
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Cognitive Age
Keith Dinsmore / The Huffington Post:
Questioner Dragged Out Of McCain Town Hall Talks To OffTheBus
 Earlier Items: 
Matthew Yglesias:
Gas Tax Incidence
Discussion: The New Republic
Patrick Condon / Associated Press:
Republican blogger has Al Franken's Senate campaign reeling
Mara H. Gottfried / TwinCities.com:
Homeowner said ‘do not move.’ Burglar was in no spot to argue.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Power Line
Daniel Whitten / Bloomberg:
Obama May Levy $15 Billion Tax on Oil Company Profit
Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic Online:
Mr. Conservative  —  Alert Washingtonians were treated …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Ari B. Bloomekatz / Los Angeles Times:
Teacher fired for refusing to sign loyalty oath
CNN:
Clinton to Congress: You're either with us or against us
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