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7:30 AM ET, April 9, 2008

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Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Biden Punks Crocker: ‘I Would Therefore Pick Al Qaeda on The Afghanistan-Pakistan Border’  —  There was once a blog called Joe Biden Is Thugged Out.  (I swear this is true.)  Biden just proved why.  He asked Ryan Crocker, who used to be ambassador to Pakistan, whether it would be better …
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Kyle E. Moore / Comments from Left Field:
There He Goes Again...  In our ongoing saga of McCain of Iraq …
Discussion: MotherJones.com and MSNBC
New York Times:
Petraeus Urges 45-Day Halt in Weighing New Iraq Troop Cuts
Joseph Abrams / Fox News:
Report: Jimmy Carter to Meet With Hamas Leader in Syria  —  NEW YORK CITY — Former President Jimmy Carter is reportedly preparing an unprecedented meeting with the leader of Hamas, an organization that the U.S. government considers one of the leading terrorist threats in the world.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Jimmy Carter to meet with ... Hamas?
Discussion: Macsmind
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
They Need More White People  —  The Tartan, Carnegie Mellon's student newspaper, reports on a campaign event featuring Michelle Obama: … The Obama campaign discriminates against people of color, and their own supporters no less, in what is presumably a misguided pander to white voters.
Discussion: TBogg and The New Editor
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The Tartan Online:
Michelle Obama speaks at presidential rally in Skibo Gym  —  Only a week after her husband drew throngs to Soldiers and Sailors, Michelle Obama wooed a small crowd at Skibo Gymnasium on Wednesday.  —  Skibo's risers were packed with community members and students from many of Pittsburgh's universities.
Patrick / FishBowlDC:
NYT Mag On Matthews: The Excerpts  —  Earlier: Forthcoming?  NYT Mag Piece on Matthews.  —  Earlier: Leibovich Dishes On Matthews  —  Earlier: NYT Mag On Matthews: NBC Forced Chris To Apologize.  —  We've got an advanced copy of Mark Leibovich's piece on Chris Matthews, entitled “Chris Matthews, Seriously.
Discussion: Firedoglake and NO QUARTER
Townhall.com:
Joe Klein from Time Magazine on Barack Obama's positions.  —  HH: Joined now by Joe Klein of Time Magazine, knows all, sees all, comments on all from Time Magazine, sometimes at their blog, the Swamp[land], often in his column.  Joe, welcome back, good to have you on the Hugh Hewitt Show.
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
In Justice Shift, Corporate Deals Replace Trials  —  WASHINGTON — In 2005, federal authorities concluded that a Monsanto consultant had visited the home of an Indonesian official and, with the approval of a senior company executive, handed over an envelope stuffed with hundred-dollar bills.
The Politico:
Venezuela scolds Bush over Colombia deal  —  President Bush sold his decision to send the Colombia Free Trade Agreement to Congress largely as a national security issue: The United States needs to shore up an important ally against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who leads …
Discussion: The Swamp
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
What Is the Cost of Freedom?  —  Surprise, surprise.  Having failed to penetrate General Petraeus's story about the great improvements on the ground in Iraq, liberals are now trying to make the case that the cost of the Iraq war may have somehow undermined the economy, and even caused the current slowdown.
Discussion: Angry Bear and TBogg
AMERICAN DIGEST:
More Good News: Seattle Times Axes 200  —  The “team” responsible for tossing litter onto my lawn every so often grew smaller today.  Seattle Times to Cut Approximately 200 Employees via The Stranger “Seattle's Only Newspaper”  —  A memo just promulgated onto the web by the odious “Stranger” …
Discussion: Slog
Wall Street Journal:
The New Liberal Taboo  —  What a spectacle.  It is now respectable for Democrats to assert, even to welcome, military defeat (see here).  But if a Presidential campaign functionary so much as hints at support for free trade, he's banished to policy exile.  —  That's the meaning …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Maintains Lead in Democratic Race  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama continues to hold a significant lead over Hillary Clinton, 51% to 43%, in Democratic voters' presidential nomination preferences.  —  Gallup Poll Daily tracking from April 5-7 shows Obama …
Frederick W. Kagan / National Review:
Why Iraq Matters  —  Losing wars is always bad.  One of the major reasons for America's current global predominance economically and politically is that America doesn't lose wars very often.  It seems likely, however, that the American people are about to be told that they have to decide …
Robert Scheer / The Huffington Post:
Everything His President Wants to Hear  —  General Betray Us?  Of course he has.  MoveOn.org can hardly be expected to recycle its slogan from last September, when Gen. David Petraeus testified in support of escalating the U.S. war in Iraq, given the hysterical denunciations that worthy group received at the time.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Paul J. Nyden / Charleston Gazette:
Jay defends endorsement of Sen. Obama  —  Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., defended his decision to make an endorsement in the race for president during an interview with Gazette editors on Monday.  —  Rockefeller said some have criticized him for endorsing Sen. Barack Obama before the West Virginia primary in May.
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Christopher Swann / Bloomberg:
IMF Says Financial Losses May Swell to $945 Billion
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Ethno-Sectarian Violence  —  WHAT IT SHOWS: This chart combines maps …
Discussion: American Street
Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
Campaigning for another lets Kerry be Kerry
Discussion: The New Republic and MSNBC
Michelle Cottle / The New Republic:
Poison Penn  —  The complicated and varied reasons …
Associated Press:
Four more remains from 9/11 attacks are identified
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
U.S. intel: AQ mastermind of London bombings, British airline plot dead
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Elizabeth Edwards Backs Clinton Health Care Plan
Michael David Smith / FanHouse:
Hillary Clinton Urges President Bush to Skip Opening Ceremonies …
Discussion: The Corner
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Andrew J. Bacevich / New York Times:
An Army at Risk  —  The United States today finds itself …
Discussion: The Gavel
Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
Obama's unprecedented Pennsylvania ad buy
Discussion: Truthdig
Wall Street Journal:
Republican Iraq Vets Seek 17 House Seats
Michael Neibauer / Examiner:
D.C. councilman no longer member of Clinton camp
Reuters:
Absolut vodka pulls ad showing California in Mexico
Associated Press:
US Water Pipelines Are Breaking
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Wall Street Journal:
The Coming Tax Bomb
Costas Panagopoulos / The Politico:
Obama supporter Oprah takes a big dive
 

 
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Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
[Thread] CBS News leaders told staff that Tony Dokoupil's interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates about the Israel-Hamas war did not meet impartiality standards

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, sets out on a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes

Financial Times:
Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is close to striking a deal to buy The Telegraph for £550M+, more than what others like National World offered

 
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