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5:00 AM ET, May 5, 2008

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Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog:
Hillary Clinton Doesn't Listen to Economists  —  When asked this morning by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos if she could name a single economist who backs her call for a gas tax holiday this summer, HRC said “I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.”  —  I know several of the economists …
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Jodi Kantor / The Caucus:
There Goes the Economists' Vote  —  INDIANAPOLIS — This morning, George Stephanopoulos began his televised interview with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by asking if she could name a single economist who supported her plan for a gas-tax suspension.  —  Mrs. Clinton did not.
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
I'm not listening to economists on gas tax holiday
Discussion: The New Republic
CBS News:
CBS Poll: Support For Obama Rebounds  —  In Wake Of Controversy Over Former Pastor, Illinois Senator Builds Lead Over McCain, Clinton  —  (CBS) Democrat Barack Obama appears to have rebounded from some of the damage caused by the controversy surrounding his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright …
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New York Times:
Poll Shows Most Voters Unaffected by Wright  —  WASHINGTON — A majority of American voters say the furor over the relationship between Senator Barack Obama and his former pastor has not affected their opinion of Mr. Obama, but a substantial number say it could influence voters this fall …
Thomas B. Edsall / The Huffington Post:
Clinton Camp Considering Nuclear Option To Overtake Delegate Lead  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign has a secret weapon to build its delegate count, but her top strategists say privately that any attempt to deploy it would require a sharp (and by no means inevitable) shift in the political climate …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton mailing's gun gaffe  —  Senator Hillary Clinton's mailing attacking Senator Barack Obama's record on guns appears to include a striking visual gaffe: The image of the gun pictured on the face of the mailing is reversed, making it a non-existent left-handed model of the Mauser 66 rifle.
Associated Press:
After 2 faint, Clinton cracks joke about making 'em swoon … LENOIR, N.C. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is cracking wise about his ability to make people faint, telling voters in North Carolina he didn't think he still had it in him.  —  Clinton was campaigning Sunday …
Steve Chapman / Chicago Tribune:
McCain finds his own radical friend  —  Can a presidential candidate justify a long and friendly relationship with someone who, back in the 1970s, extolled violence and committed crimes in the name of a radical ideology—and who has never shown remorse or admitted error?
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Why Johnny Can't Read (Or Drive)  —  Obama's Methaphor Mangler was in overdrive when he appeared on Meet The Tim: … I don't think this interview was a buzzer-beating home run.  —  PILING ON: On the topic of Rev. Wright and why he might have thought Obama was posturing in his early denunciations, this was comical:
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Dallas Morning News:
Dallas County district attorney wants unethical prosecutors punished  —  jemily@dallasnews.com; smcgonigle@dallasnews.com  —  The Dallas County district attorney who has built a national reputation on freeing the wrongfully convicted says prosecutors who intentionally withhold evidence …
Discussion: Reason Magazine
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
In Small Towns, Bill Clinton Finds A Campaign Niche  —  LUMBERTON, N.C. — Bill Clinton swung open the screen door and stepped onto Baxter Williams's front porch, its wooden floorboards creaking beneath him.  The former president, a veteran speechmaker used to 50,000-seat stadiums and convention halls …
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israeli Political Crisis Overshadows Rice's Trip  —  JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held a series of talks on Israeli-Palestinian peace here on Sunday, saying she believed an accord was attainable by year's end.  But the process was overshadowed by an intensifying police investigation …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and The New Republic
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Associated Press:   IDF halts deliveries at Karni, Nahal Oz
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton: ‘Partner’; ‘Spoke out’  —  In a pair of new Indiana ads, Clinton keeps the focus on gas prices and fighting for workers but drops the shots at Obama, closing on a positive economic message.
Discussion: TPM Election Central
Dotcomabc / Political Radar:
Clinton: ‘Still the Underdog’ in Indiana  —  ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton greeted a group of about 150 volunteers in South Bend, Ind., Sunday afternoon.  She thanked the group for their work and delivered another short stump speech with a focus on the high gas prices she has been harping on for days.
Discussion: Open Left and The Page
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Bill Clinton going to church with superdelegate Shuler  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton will attend Sunday church services with North Carolina Congressman and uncommitted Democratic superdelegate Heath Shuler in his district, CNN has learned.
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Michael James / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton Asks N.C. Churchgoers to Pray for Hillary
Discussion: The Page
 
 
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Women's Voices, Women Vote: Did the Outreach Overreach?
The Huffington Post:
Howard Dean On Fox News Sunday: Your Coverage Is “Shockingly Biased” (VIDEO)
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
When Law Prevents Righting a Wrong
alicublog:
IMMANENTIZING THE ESCHATON. …
Discussion: Whiskey Fire
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Iraqi President's Wife Not Hurt by a Roadside Bomb
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes
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Bomber targets San Diego courthouse
New York Times:
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 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
EMINENT DOMAIN....SPECIAL CALIFORNIA EDITION....Three years ago …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Joseph Romm / The Huffington Post:
McCain calls for 700+ new nuclear plants (and 7 Yucca mountains) costing $4 trillion
Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Clinton Reminds Viewers: Journalist Was Once on Her Side
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Face The Nation: Schieffer Wakes Up To Life Under The Bush Administration
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
A Prison of Shame, and It's Ours
Gercohen / newsobserver.com projects:
early vote numbers for political junkies
Discussion: Donklephant and The Corner
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Too Solemn for Her Generation?  —  The YouTube clip is hard …
Discussion: Althouse and Firedoglake
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
This Bud's for You  —  Barack Obama is going to get down if it kills him.
 

 
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