Obama's Plan for NASA
Lee Cary
Although the MSM has largely ignored Barack Obama's plans for NASA, the issue is likely to bubble up during the general election campaign, if he's the Democratic nominee. Here's why. More

Earth First! (People Later)
David Bueche
I drove by a Protestant church recently that had the following moral exhortation on their lawn marquee: "Saving the world, one light-bulb at a time." Wow! Talk about a test of faith. More

Madness and Political Life
Bruce Walker
"We have now sunk to a depth where the restatement of the obvious is the duty of intelligent men" Orwell wrote these words, and they are still true today. More

Is Obama JFK or Adlai Stevenson? - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post
Four Groups Are Keys to Election - Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal
Obama is Better-Equipped to Bring Change - Chris Satullo, Philly Inquirer
Fact is Obama's Risky for Democrats - Michael Graham, Boston Herald
Unconventional Thoughts on the Dem Race - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Suburbs Are Key to Democratic Victory - Rep. Rahm Emanuel, The Politico
Clinton in the Wilderness - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Obama's Dangerous Promise to Fix Souls - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
The 'God Bless America' Test - David Domke & Kevin Coe, Seattle Times
A Measure of Racism: 15 Percent? - Roger Simon, The Politico
The Audacity of Bill Cosby - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Enlarging the Atlantic Alliance - Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal
Green & Smart: Earth-Saving Done Right - Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
How to Win the War on Global Warming - Bryan Walsh, Time
Time Fights Carbon; Military Fights Evil - Dennis Prager, Creators
The Special Bond Between Catholics and Jews - Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics
The Pope and the President - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
PA Ad Wars: Clinton vs. Obama / PA RCP Avg: Clinton 49.5, Obama 43.4
RCP Blog: AM Roundup | 2 Min of Late Night / Politics Nation: D-Day

Editorials
About that 2nd Depression - Chicago Tribune
Earth Day 2008 - Boston Globe
No Free Planet - New York Post
Danica Patrick's Breakthrough - USA Today

Political News & Analysis
Obama Prepares To Spin Loss as Victory - The Politico
On Eve of Primary, Clinton Ad Invokes bin Laden - New York Times
Delegate Results Could Be Delayed in Pa. - Associated Press
McCain to Hit Hard on Free Trade - USA Today

Best of the Blogs
It All Comes Down to This .... Again - Hot Air
In Clinton's Words, Bush Echoes - Oliver Willis
Googling Obama's Character - Redstate
John McCain's "Constituent Matter" - Kevin Drum
Reviving the Ghost of Willie Horton - Swampland

Hillary Wins Pennsylvania, But Is It Enough? - Jennifer Parker, ABC News
Obama: Wilting Over Waffles - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Clinton Builds Her Case - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
The PA Results Change Nothing - Dick Polman, American Debate
Obama Can't Close the Deal - Walter Shapiro, Salon
A Review of the Pennsylvania Primary - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
A Bad Omen for Obama in the Fall - John Judis, The New Republic
Obama's Media Army - Dorothy Rabinowitz, Wall Street Journal
The Low Road to Victory - New York Times
Underground Links Likely to Resurface - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Meet John 'Dubya' McCain - Peter Scoblic, Los Angeles Times
Alarm Bell Goes Off for GOP in Mississippi - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics
The Great American Shopping Spree - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
A Turning Point in the World's Economy - Martin Wolf, Financial Times
The Sky's Not Falling - John Stossel, RealClearPolitics
Triple-A Failure of Ratings Agencies - Roger Lowenstein, NYT Magazine
Rising Euro-Muslim Tensions - Tony Blankley, Washington Times
RCP Blog: Is It Enough? | Inside the #s | Morning Roundup

Editorials
Hillary Clinton, the Comeback-Again Kid - The Economist
Olympic Flame Out - The Nation
The Olin Foundation Expires - Wall Street Journal
About that 2nd Depression - Chicago Tribune

Political News & Analysis
Clinton Wins, Keeps Drive Alive - Philadelphia Inquirer
Why Clinton Won Pennsylvania - The Politico
Clinton Win Leaves Obama Battered, Party Reeling - McClatchy
Obama Shifts Focus from Clinton to McCain - New York Times

Best of the Blogs
The Democrats' Jimmy Dhimmi Carter Problem - Michelle Malkin
McCain's Budget Plan - Economist's View
The Second Coming of McGovern - The Corner
9 Things After PA - MyDD
"Closing the Deal" - Brilliant at Breakfast

Jimmy Carter Disgraced For Many Reasons
Joel J. Sprayregen
When it came time to judge Jimmy Carter's presidency, Americans voters thundered: Carter, receiving 40% of the popular vote, carrying four states. More

When Will We Admit the Truth About Barack Obama?
Selwyn Duke
If you interview someone for a job, you'll expect him to tell you what you want to hear. There'll be a façade, and his darker side will remain well-hidden. So also with those interviewing for the presidency. More

The Left's Theft of the Open Society and the Scientific Method
Jonathan David Carson
The Left misappropriates intellectual capital for perverse ends, in order to lend itself a veneer of respectability and befuddle its critics. More

Military Commentators Betray Public
by Don Monkerud / April 24th, 2008

The U.S. government has unleashed a propaganda campaign to support the military conquest and occupation of Iraq. Unfortunately, the current effort to control public opinion represents a secret war against the American people.

If the story hasn’t yet reached your newspaper, Op Ed section or TV station, there’s a good reason; media outlets were duped or turned a blind eye on Bush propaganda, and most highly respected military commentators are implicated.

Called “sycophants” by the Pentagon, these expert, sober news voices merely mouthed Bush “talking points” on Fox News, NBC, CNN, CBS and ABC, on radio programs, or were read or quoted …

(Full article …)

RICHARD L. HASEN The Collapse of the Public Financing System for U.S. Presidential Campaigns: Blame Congress, Not the Candidates FindLaw guest columnist and Loyola Los Angeles law professor Richard L. Hasen argues that our voluntary public financing system for U.S. presidential candidates is on its last legs -- and considers how the leading candidates have dealt with the situation. Hasen begins by describing our system; explains how public financing issues played out in the Bush/Kerry election; and covers how they are playing out with respect to Clinton, McCain, and Obama. In particular, Hasen evaluates charges that both McCain and Obama have flip-flopped regarding whether they will, or will not, opt into the public financing system, and comments on whether each should be faulted for his conduct in this regard. He also considers Obama's characterization of his own style of fundraising, which is heavily reliant on micro-donors, as a kind of alternative public financing system.
Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2008

Deepening Democratic Dilemma - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
The Low Road Catches Up with Obama - Joe Klein, Time
Is Obama Ready for Prime Time? - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Osama Crashes the Democratic Party - Froma Harrop, RealClearPolitics
Hillary Just Can't See That It's Over - Toby Harnden, Daily Telegraph
What If She Wins the Popular Vote? - Michael Barone, US News & WR
It's Time for Dems to Recruit Al Gore - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix
McCain and the Bush Shadow - Ron Klain, New York Times
Gates' Grand Slam: Petraeus Moves Up - Ralph Peters, New York Post
Turning Bleeding Hearts Into Capitalists - Ray Fisman, Forbes
Psychology of the Housing Mess - R. Thaler & C. Sunstein, USA Today
A New Environmentalism - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics
In Colombia, Better Roses Than Cocaine - Nicholas Kristof, NY Times
Chicago's Misfire on Gun Violence - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Education Lessons We Left Behind - George Will, Washington Post
Media: Sleeping with the Enemy - Arianna Huffington, Los Angeles Times
The News Mausoleum - John Podhoretz, Commentary

Editorials
Superdelegates' Superdilemma - Christian Science Monitor
A Revealing Battle - New York Post
Chávez's Takeover Spree - New York Times
Congress Brings Energy Policy Back to the 70's - Investor's Business Daily

Political News & Analysis
For Indiana Voters, Talk of Change May Fall Flat - New York Times
McCain Stops in Kentucky, Promises to Return - Lexington Herald-Leader
With New Cash, Clinton Moves to Next Contests - Washington Post
Clinton Gains on Obama's Tally - Wall Street Journal

Best of the Blogs
Getting Real About Primaries - Josh Marshall, TPM
Rove Dissects Obama, Finds the Waffle - Hot Air
How Clinton Can Win It - The Fix
The Psychological Cost of War - Dr. Sanity
The Hannity Bump - Huffington Post

Obama's Revealing 'Distractions' - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Seven Ways to Fix Obama's Image Problem - Howard Fineman, Newsweek
A Surprise in Central Pennsylvania - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
McCain's Turning Point - Linda Douglass, National Journal
Democrats' Self-Inflicted Confusion - Paul Krugman, New York Times
McCain's Campaign Finance Revelation - Kimberly Strassel, WSJ
The Future of American Power - Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs

Editorials
Superdelegates' Superdilemma - Christian Science Monitor
A Revealing Battle - New York Post
Chávez's Takeover Spree - New York Times
Congress Brings Energy Policy Back to the 70's - Investor's Business Daily

Political News & Analysis
Why No One Can Count on Those Delegates - Washington Post
Obama Won't Change Game Plan After Loss - The Politico
McCain Visits Lower Ninth Ward - Times-Picayune
Using New Math Clinton Contends She's Ahead - New York Times

Best of the Blogs
Gore Isn't the Answer - Donklephant
McCain's Vision for a New 'War on Poverty' - Carpetbagger Report
Election 2008: Grit vs. Waffle - Protein Wisdom
Pelosi Doesn't Know the Bible Very Well - PoliGazette
I Am Deeply In With Love John McCain - Open Left

Obama Needs to Stand Tall in This Chaos - Bob Herbert, New York Times
Popular Vote Claim Gives Clinton Edge - Michael Barone, US News & WR
Why Clinton and Obama Are Electable - John Dickerson, Slate
Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up? - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
McCain Tightropes On Bush's Legacy - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
McCain's Money Mess - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
Obama Got an Unfair Shake in PA - Colbert King, Washington Post
Calling Attention to Wright is Not Racist - Peter Wehner, National Review
Embracing Obama's Inner Partisan - John Heilemann, NY Magazine
Pres Election Crucial for Hoyer, Dem Congress - Kimberly Strassel, WSJ
Static Obama Needs a Bolt of Energy - Michael Tomasky, The Guardian
Undoing America's Ethanol Mistake - Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, IBD
In Defense of Earmarks - Malloy, Duffy, & Mallory, Washington Post
Biggest Airline Merger Ever May Be Huge Failure - Evan Sparks, American
America's Mortality Inequality - Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times
The South Won and Ruined America - Michael Hirsh, Newsweek
Defining Success in Iraq - Frederick Kagan, Weekly Standard

Editorials
Contrarian McCain - Los Angeles Times
The Shameful, Race-Baiting Ad - New York Times
Property Tax Revolt - Wall Street Journal
States Rushing to Kill - Philadelphia Inquirer

Political News & Analysis
Superdelegate Stalemate Shows No Signs of Easing - New York Times
Obama Seeks Private Funding - Wall Street Journal
Dems Fear Intra-Party Racial Split - Washington Post
Obama Talks Up Street Cred - Indianapolis Star

Best of the Blogs
Axis of Evil - Jules Crittenden
Don't Need a Weatherman to Know - Josh Marshall
The Speaker's False Promise - The Corner
The Down-Ballot Races - Daily Kos
Skepticism about Syria and North Korea - Glenn Greenwald

On Foreign Policy, It's McCain vs. McCain - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
Is Obama Carter's Heir? - Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard
Hard to Believe Dems Could Lose - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer
How McCain Lost in Pennsylvania - Frank Rich, New York Times
Clinton Risks Rift With Democrats - Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times
Obama's Race Talk Off Point - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News
Obama's Problem: He's Different - Thomas, Bailey, and Wolffe, Newsweek
Obama's 'Mainstream' Friends - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Voters Will Fall Into (Party) Line - Ann McFeatters, Boston Herald
Obama Leaves 'Clintonism' Unchallenged - Michael Tackett, Chicago Trib
The Speech Police Tackle a Subdivision - George Will, Houston Chronicle
The Great Chinese Firewall - Peter Scheer, San Francisco Chronicle
How 'Dallas' Won the Cold War - Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch, Wash Post
A Generation of Education Reform - Chester Finn, Wall Street Journal
What Petraeus Would Face in Afghanistan - David Ignatius, Wash Post
Feed Your Prius, Starve a Peasant - Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
McCain Represents the 'Missing Decade' - Sam Tenenhaus, New York Times
Democratic Tracking Polls: Gallup: Tied | Rasmussen: Obama +4

Editorials
Primary Showed Race Still Matters - Philadelphia Inquirer
McCain's Failure to Cash In - Washington Times
Bush Gets Real on North Korea - Boston Globe
Global Warming Holiday - Wall Street Journal

Political News & Analysis
Superdelegate Stalemate Shows No Signs of Easing - New York Times
Obama Seeks Private Funding - Wall Street Journal
Dems Fear Intra-Party Racial Split - Washington Post
Obama Talks Up Street Cred - Indianapolis Star

Best of the Blogs
Moyers Plays Whiffleball with Rev. Wright - Protein Wisdom
Iran War Drums Beating? - Outside the Beltway
Scalia is Unforgiven - Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Pundits and the People - Ross Douthat
Obama the Empathizer - Ezra Klein

3 Candidates With 3 Financial Plans, but One Deficit
By LARRY ROHTER and MICHAEL COOPERThe fiscal plans of both parties’ candidates could significantly swell the budget deficit and increase the national debt by trillions, experts say.

April 27, 2008
How McCain Lost in Pennsylvania
By FRANK RICHJohn McCain is not only burdened with the most despised president in his own 71-year lifetime, but he’s getting none of the seasoning that he needs to compete in the fall.

April 27, 2008
Drawing Lessons
By ANN HULBERTWhat arts education can do, and can’t.

April 27, 2008
Desperately Seeking Street Cred
By MAUREEN DOWDWith Indiana polls showing the Democratic combatants in a dead heat, and 21 percent of Democrats undecided, this is a perilous time for Barack Obama to lose his fizz.

April 27, 2008
A Shameful, Ugly Ad
John McCain was right to demand that Republican Party leaders in North Carolina take down a new television ad that attacks Barack Obama.

April 26, 2008

Best of the Blogs
Obama Calls Bloggers Liars - Little Green Footballs
Al Sharpton Convenes Another Lynch Mob - Power Line
Spot On, Elizabeth Edwards - Booman Tribune
North Korea's New Target Opportunity - Austin Bay
John McCain's Serious Foreign Policy - Glenn Greenwald

Polls Starting to Make Clinton's Case
April 29, 2008
Hillary Clinton has been saying for months that she would be a stronger general election candidate than Barack Obama because of she attracts more white, working class voters than Obama. More

Wright Implies Obama Agrees with him
April 29, 2008
One almost feels sorry for Barack Obama as he is forced to watch his train wreck of a pastor spew the most nauseating racist, anti-American bilge imaginable without being able to stop it. More

What is Bill Richardson thinking?
April 29, 2008
Investor's Business Daily highlights the very problematic private South American diplomatic initiative of Bill Richardson More

Superdelegates trickling toward Obama
April 28, 2008
Democratic Party super-delegates continue to break for Barack Obama More

The spirit of the Olympics?
April 28, 2008
Surprise, surprise! The Olympic Torch has begun its relay through North Korea, and there are no protests at all. More

Wright equates 'God Damn America' with criticism of black church
April 28, 2008
If you dare criticize Pastor Wright for saying "Not God bless America but God Damn America" you are a racist bigot because what you're really doing is criticizing "the black church:" More

Save the New York Times!
April 28, 2008
Would the last person reading the New York Times please turn out the lights? More

Cindy Sheehan too leftist for SF?
April 28, 2008
Apparently, Cindy Sheehan needs to complete a petition-drive in order to get on the ballot to challenge Nancy Pelosi in the next election. More

Indiana Voter ID Law Upheld
April 28, 2008
In a huge victory for fair and honest elections, the Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law requiring a photo ID to vote: More

Ayres and Obama:It's Not the Crime, It's the CoverUp
April 28, 2008
Tom Maguire pokes around a bit and discovers that Obama's ties to terrorist Bill Ayres are far more substantial than Obama has yet admitted to. More

Reverend Wright's 'Brainy' Theories on Race
April 28, 2008
This is a nationally recognized "scholar?" More

Obama's Weird Idea of 'Bi-Partisanship'
April 28, 2008
Barack Obama's appearance on Fox News yesterday came off as something of a triumph in that he was able to get through the entire interview with Chris Wallace without generating a huge amount of controversy. More

An Urgent Memo to the SecDef
Herbert E. Meyer
On May 13 about 70 percent of Iraq's mobile telephone network will cease to operate. This will be a serious blow to the Iraqi economy, and many Iraqis will no longer be able to phone in tips on terror activity. More

The Food Crisis
J.R. Dunn
Food riots have occurred in Haiti, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Yemen, and as close to our borders as Mexico, but the problem has its origins in politics. More

America, You Have Been Had
Christopher Chantrill
Liberals are prepared for the inevitable "swift-boating" of Barack Obama. Look behind you, liberals. It already happened and it was an own-goal scored by liberals. More

Wright Proves His Critics Right - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Obama's Pastor Casts a Shadow - Bob Herbert, New York Times
Wright Where He Belongs - George Will, Washington Post
Only The 'Dream Ticket' Will Save Dems - DeWayne Wickham, USA Today
Lieberman Would Be McCain's Perfect VP - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
America's Growing Cultural Gap - David Brooks, New York Times
What Polls Don't Tell Us About Small Town Voters - Jay Cost, RCP
Codependent Addicts: States & Casinos - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
Is the Criminal-Justice System Racist? - Heather Mac Donald, IBD
The Fed Must Strengthen the Dollar - John Chapman, Wall Street Journal
Junk Bonds, Mortgages & Milken - Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times
China's Powerful Weakness - Francis Fukuyama, Los Angeles Times
Feelin' Bad For Obama's Grandma - Tom Maguire, JustOneMinute
The 'Change' Election, Losing Focus - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post
Obama's 'Change' Not What U.S. Needs - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
Bill Clinton: The Natural No More - Jonathan Darman, Newsweek
Understanding American Exceptionalism - Karlyn Bowman, The American
RCP Blog: Wright's Wreck | AM Roundup / Politics Nation: Strat Memo

Editorials
Rev. Wright's Return - Wall Street Journal
Spinning the News Out of Control - Dallas Morning News
Petraeus, Odierno Deserve Gratitude - San Antonio Express-News
Vouching for Vouchers - Washington Post

Political News & Analysis
Defiant Wright Puts Obama in Tough Spot - Chicago Tribune
Obama Heads for Superdelegate Edge - Wall Street Journal
In Florida, McCain Turns to Health Care - Miami Herald
Obama Takes Lead in Senate Endorsements - The Hill

Best of the Blogs
Feelin' Bad for Obama's Grandma - JustOneMinute
The Democratic Wave - Digby
Jihad vs. Barbie - Jules Crittenden
Why We Can't Allow Debate - Booman Tribune
Can Obama Survive Without the Big Three? - Race 4 2008

Obama's Wright Turn
Richard Baehr
Why did Barack Obama finally denounce Rev. Wright yesterday? The reason is different than what he said. More

Flying Blind in the War on Terror
Patrick Poole
The government's decision to ban the use of "jihad" and "mujahedeen" referring to Islamic terrorism exposes its failure to define who the enemy is in the Global War on Terror More

Rev. Wright's Middle East Views
Ed Lasky
Why does Reverend Jeremiah Wright have such harsh feelings towards Israel? He gave us a clue at his speech Monday at the National Press Club. More

The Wrongs Inflicted by Wright - Roger Simon, The Politico
An Opportunity for Obama - Dick Morris, The Hill
Obama's Chickens Come Home to Roost - Robert Tracinski, TIA Daily
The Problem is Not Jeremiah Wright - John Nichols, The Nation
Getting to Know John McCain - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Economic Questions for the Candidates - Tony Blankley, Washington Times
Start Drilling - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek

Editorials
Rev. Wright's Return - Wall Street Journal
Spinning the News Out of Control - Dallas Morning News
Petraeus, Odierno Deserve Gratitude - San Antonio Express-News
Vouching for Vouchers - Washington Post

Political News & Analysis
Obama Cuts Ties with Wright - The Politico
Will Obama's Break With Wright Stop the Bleeding? - McClatchy
McCain Strengthening Political Marriage - New York Times
Candidates' Plans Could Rise Gas Prices - Wall Street Journal

Best of the Blogs
McCain the Anti-War Warrior? - Outside the Beltway
Why the Wright Story Deserves More Attention - Glenn Greenwald
Human Rights Commissions vs. Gay Rights - Ezra Levant
Rush on Wright vs Obama - Andrew Sullivan
History Started in 1998 - QandO

No Limit on Wright's Help to McCain
- George Will, Houston Chronicle
Wright Proves His Critics Right
- Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Obama: An Old Newness
- Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
Only a 'Dream Ticket' Will Save Dems
- DeWayne Wickham, USA Today

Bleeding

• » Outside The Beltway | OTB: Barack Obama has unequivocally denounced the recent sermons of Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a press confe...
• Outside The Beltway | OTB: Barack Obama has unequivocally denounced the recent sermons of Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a press confe...

New York Times

Obama Says He?s Outraged By Ex-Pastor?s Comments

• The Left Coaster: AP photo of Obama after a difficult press conferenceObama separated himself from Jeremiah Wright tod...
• TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime: Barack Obama and his camp made the right political choice in having Barack Obama denounce and reject...
• Lone Star Times: With his poll numbers tanking and superdelegates waffling, Barack Obama is “outraged” ab...
• Jossip - Celebrity + Media + Manhattan news and gossip: CONTROLLING THE MESSAGE Just as Barack Obama takes to the television cameras to denounce the Rev. Je...

MSNBC

Obama Denounces Former Pastor

• Daily Kos: State of the Nation: Bob Herbert: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright went to Washington on Monday not to praise Barack Obama, but...
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• Obama's Revealing 'Distractions' - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
• Small Politics of Campaign Drags Obama Down - Joe Klein, Time
• A False Sense of Suspense: Supers Lean Obama - Elizabeth Drew, Politico
• Popular Vote Claim Gives Clinton Edge - Michael Barone, US News & WR
• It's Time for Dems to Recruit Al Gore - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix
• McCain Cannot Ignore Bush's Shadow - Ron Klain, New York Times
• Questions for Obama - George Will, Newsweek

BILL SCHER
Way Past Time To Lock Up Guilt-By-Association Politics Whether or not you are a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, if you are a politician interested in having your substantive arguments be heard, or if you're a citizen that wants your government responding to your needs, you'll stand against ridiculous guilt-by-association attacks and persistent politics of personal destruction that distract from the relevant issues at hand. SARA ROBINSON
Jeremiah Wright: What (Else) Is Going On Jeremiah Wright is everywhere this week -- and the media doesn't quite know what to make of it. Mostly, they're stuck so hard in the election horse-race narrative that they only question they can think to ask is: Does having Wright out there hurt Obama, or help him?

SETH MICHAELS
McCain’s Health Care Plan: Increases Taxes, Decreases Coverage blog.aflcio.org — McCain would tax health care benefits as income and push more people out of group insurance pools and into the often-predatory private market. In short, McCain would increase our taxes and ensure fewer of us could afford quality health care. ROBERT B. REICH
The Best Thing Not to Have Happened During the Bush Administration prospect.org — With the stock market sinking and no end to our current economic woes in sight, aren''t we glad we didn't privatize Social Security? BARBARA EHRENREICH
With the Truckers in D.C. huffingtonpost.com — If there's an ideology at work here it's small-d democratic fundamentalism: We own the government, we pay for it, and now it better do something for us. JOHN MAXWELL
A Hungry Mob is an Angry Mob blackagendareport.com — The world financial system has pauperized middle and working class Americans in the great housing scam and having created many surplus trillions, now seeks some other prey to devour.

ANURADHA MITTAL
Corporate Vultures Lurk Behind the World Food Crisis alternet.org — The International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and the rest of the neoliberal world are still pushing more trade as a cure for what ails us. CHARLES R. MORRIS
Is the Worst Over? washingtonindependent.com — It would be too much to say that champagne corks were popping on Wall Street last week, but there was an almost audible sigh of relief wafting through the trading rooms. So is the worst over? Not by a long shot. We still have a long way to go. DAVID ROTHKOPF
What Power Looks Like newsweek.com — They ride on Gulfstreams, set the global agenda, and manage the credit crunch in their spare time. They have more in common with each other than their countrymen. Meet the Superclass.

Did Obama Solve His Pastor Problem? - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
Obama's Not Quite Sister Souljah Moment - John Heilemann, NY Magazine
Giving God Glory, America the Blues - Father Raymond de Souza, Nat'l Post
Moving Beyond Jeremiah Wright - Joe Klein, Time
Interview with Hillary Clinton - Bill O'Reilly, The O'Reilly Factor
While Clinton Focuses, Obama Is Distracted - Patrick Healy, NY Times
Has Obama Lost the Fire? - A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
Support for GOP Falls, But Presidential Race is Tight - Jackie Calmes, WSJ
Can Hillary Still Win the Nomination? - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic
Clinton Needs Miracle to Win Popular Vote - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call
Pity the Undecided Superdelegate - Norman Ornstein, Los Angeles Times
Clinton No Friend of Working Class - Quin Hillyer , American Spectator
Is Obama in Danger of Being Outmanned? - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix
The Half-Won, Half-Lost War - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics
How Europe Can Shape the Global System - Zaki Laïdi, Financial Times
Democrats and the Killing Fields - Arthur Herman, Wall Street Journal
The Tribes of the Hindu Kush - David Ignatius, Washington Post
General Election Polls: NBC/WSJ, CBS/NYT and FOX News Matchups

Editorials
Hunger and Hope - Chicago Tribune
Bernanke's Bind - The Economist
The Company Obama Keeps - Denver Post
Damage Control, Take 2 - USA Today

Political News & Analysis
Poll: Furor Over Wright Costs Obama Support - New York Times
Clinton Cutting into Obama's N.C. Lead - McClatchy
Obamas Try to Change the Subject - Chicago Tribune
Obama Urges More Parental Responsibility - Wall Street Journal

Best of the Blogs
Questions For Pastor Wright - Hugh Hewitt
Keep an Eye on North Carolina - Hot Air
Happy Mission Accomplished Day - Comments From Left Field
Faux Populism: Hillary, McCain, and the Gas Tax - The Reaction
Quit Acting Like Babies - Open Left

New York Times

A Strained Wright-Obama Bond Finally Snaps

• UNCoRRELATED: Hillary is battling for every vote out there. Even O'Reilly's. She has the guts to go on a tougher F...
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Slate / Alec Mouhibian

Bloggers Can't Get Enough Of The Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

The Vicious Clinton-Obama Party Split
- James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
Breaking with Wright is an Opportunity for Obama
- Dick Morris, The Hill
The Problem is Not Jeremiah Wright
- John Nichols, The Nation
The Danger for Obama Isn't Over
- Byron York, National Review Online

• Wright Fallout
  • Clinton Assails Wright's Remarks
  • Obama Tries to Change Focus
  • Concern Remains for Some Dems
  • Uproar Boosts Clinton's Confidence
  • Strained Bond Finally Snaps

Editorials
Exxon Agonistes - Wall Street Journal
Mission Accomplished: A Political Farce - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Fight Against Censorship - National Post
We Must Not Be Alarmist About China - Daily Telegraph

Political News & Analysis
Obama's Wright Response Wins Him Superdelegates - The Hill
Democrats Scramble for Indiana - Wall Street Journal
McCain Tells Iowans He Would Veto Ag Subsidies - Associated Press
Iran Protests Clinton's Words - New York Times

The 'Race' Speech Revisited - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

Hillary's Race to the Bottom - Betsy Reed, The Nation

When Blue Collars Are a Tight Fit - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal

Obama's Dream Becomes Nightmare - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times

Clinton May Be Hopeful, but Obama Rolls On - Nagourney and Hulse, NYT

The Perils of Condescension - Michael Gerson, Washington Post

Wright Exposes Fissures Among Black Voters - Jonathan Tilove, Newhouse

The Incredible Shrinking GOP Base - Alan Abramowitz, RealClearPolitics

America's Cognitive Age - David Brooks, New York Times

McCain and Iraq: '100 Years' of Hurt - Josh Marshall, The Hill

McCain Plan Gives Healthcare Power to the People - Sen. Jim DeMint, RCP

The Trouble With McCain's Health Plan - Clive Crook, National Journal

Ideology's Rude Return - Robert Kagan, Washington Post

Pundits Ponder the 'New' World Order - Philip Stephens, Financial Times

Interview with Jimmy Carter - Amitabh Pal, The Progressive

The Democrats' Ex-Presidents - Thomas Lifson, American Thinker

Greenspan & His Critics Misread Housing - John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Latest Polls: CNN & Pew National, R2000 & Zogby N. Carolina & Indiana