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Barak Obama’s lead over John McCain evaporates as Democrats fight
Independent - London,England,UK
… with American voters, wiping out the national lead that Barack Obama, the Democrat hopeful, once had over him according to a new Associated-Ipsos poll. The new buoyancy of the McCain campaign may have less to do with the senator, of course, and more with the relentless mutual point-scoring between Mr Obama and his rival, Hillary Clinton, as they battle for votes in the coming Pennsylvania primary

READERS’ FORUM 4/12 | Obama will unite this country
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
Barack Obama was not given a chance against the powerful Clintons. Yet he started winning, reeling off 11 straight primary victories at one point. Despite this nearly insurmountable lead, former President Clinton is trying to change party rules and defy the will of the people in a desperate attempt to steal the election. Pennsylvania has the opportunity to give Obama the decisive upset victory that would finally end this Democratic race, which is tearing apart the party and reducing the Democrats’ chances in November.

Obama widens lead on Clinton in state
Seattle Times - United States
Barack Obama has inched a little farther ahead of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in Washington state. Figures released Friday by the state Democratic Party show that Obama won about 70.5 percent of the delegates selected last weekend at the party’s legislative district caucuses. That’s a slight increase over the 68.5 percent of the delegates he won in February at the party’s precinct caucuses. Clinton’s share fell slightly, to just below 30 percent.

Opponents Call Obama ‘Out of Touch’
New York Times - United States
By JEFF ZELENY TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — As Senator Barack Obama sought to broaden his appeal to voters in southern Indiana on Friday, Senators Hillary Rodham and John McCain separately criticized him as being out of touch with the middle class, seizing on a remark Mr. Obama made at a California fund-raiser about “bitter” Americans. At the fund-raiser in San Francisco last Sunday, Mr. Obama outlined challenges facing his presidential candidacy in the coming primaries in Pennsylvania and Indiana, particularly persuading white working-class voters who, he said, fell through the cracks during the Bush and Clinton administrations.

PINK FLOYD - BRITISH WATERS BLASTS CLINTON, BACKS OBAMA
Contactmusic.com - Ilkley,England,UK
The British bassist hopes Clinton’s Democrat rival Barack Obama runs against Republican candidate John MCCain in the US general election later this year And Waters admits that, despite not being an American, he was devastated when Clinton won a recent key primary vote in Texas, keeping her in the Democrat race. He says, "I’m a huge fan of Barack Obama. I was so disappointed the other night when the ghastly Hillary got Texas and kept the whole thing going. Please God, let’s not have this woman.

Obama calls for greater shareholder voice
United Press International - USA
Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday called on lawmakers to pass legislation forcing corporations to hold a shareholders’ vote on executive compensation. The presidential hopeful pointed to a study by USA Today that found that the top 50 U.S. chief executive officers were paid an average of $15.7 million last year. "This isn’t just about expressing outrage," Obama said. "It’s about changing a system where bad behavior is rewarded — so that we can hold CEOs accountable, and make sure they’re acting in a way that’s good for their company, good for our economy, and good for America, not just good for themselves."