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A Problem For Obama
Eschaton — And our discourse gets even stupider.

Talking Points Memo — ... David Gregory speculates that the Edwards' affair may be bad news for Obama. I have a very hard time seeing how Edwards' affair reflects on Obama. What I do know is that this is another of those cases where there is a tacit but uniform agreement among pretty much all reporters and close campaign watchers not to publicly state the obvious: that this is a perilous development for John McCain. Just as Bill Clinton's public undressing in the Lewinsky scandal led indirectly to the exposure of several high-profile Republican affairs, Edwards' revelation will inevitably put pressure ...

Midday open thread
Daily Kos — ... entry appropriately begins the journey, seventy years to the day after the original was made. In dueling Saturday radio addresses, the two presidential candidates go at it. Obama focuses on our record deficits and Iraq's oil profit-driven surplus, and McCain focuses on ... Obama. And his celebrity. And that people like him. And that he gives good speeches. David Gregory is determined to prove that even when it's not about Barack Obama, it's all about Barack Obama. A total of 1500 killed in battle as chaos unfolds and ...

Because everything is good news for John McCain and bad news for Barack Obama
Brilliant at Breakfast — Would somebody please put David Gregory back out on the dance floor with Karl Rove where he belongs and put Rachel Maddow in that 6 PM slot? Gregory: Welcome to Race for the White House on a busy Friday. I'm David Gregory -- happy to have you here. It's your stop for the fast pace, the bottom line, and every point of view in the room. Tonight, more on Edwards and the fallout from his admission today about a sexual affair: Is this another skeleton in the Democratic closet that Barack Obama must struggle to overcome? Will Edwards appear at the Democratic ...

Hopefully Never To Speak of This Again
Lawyers, Guns and Money — ... on the subject. In addition to everything else (yes, newspapers that routinely put Judith Miller on the front page in the runup sure were committed to stopping the war), what kills me is that Reynolds thinks that by not reporting on this before the MSM was helping...the Democrats. Yeah, that sure would have been great for the Dems if this had come out now if Edwards was the candidate! But, of course, I'm forgetting the rules: Edwards's adultery is bad news for Barack Obama, Bill Clinton's adultery is bad news for Hillary Clinton, but John McCain's adultery isn't an issue ...

Oh yeah, I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
SteveAudio — ... "Is this another skeleton in the Democratic closet that Barack Obama must struggle to overcome?" David Gregory on the revelation of John Edwards' extramarital affair. ...