In the Headlines

"Obama Joins Fellow Senators in Passing New Wiretapping Measure" (Shailagh Murray, Washington Post) - Among the 69 senators who voted "yes" on final passage was Barack Obama (Ill.), who had opposed the immunity provision in earlier versions of the wiretapping bill, a rewrite of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said revisions had alleviated his concerns, but Sen. John McCain's campaign -- and many on the left -- seized on the reversal as a flip-flop of the first order.

"Democrats take Obama shift in stride" (Michael Finnegan and Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times) - As Barack Obama moves to broaden his appeal beyond loyal Democrats, a chorus of anger and disappointment has arisen from the left. But those voices are a distinct minority because the party has a more pressing concern: winning in November.

"McCain and Obama call for new pressure on Iran" (Charles Babington, AP) - The two main presidential candidates agreed Wednesday that Iran's missile tests call for renewed pressure on that country, but Democrat Barack Obama stressed direct diplomacy while Republican John McCain focused on tougher sanctions against Tehran.

"Jackson's Jibe at Obama Signals Rift" (Russell Berman, New York Sun) - The Reverend Jesse Jackson's disparaging remarks about Senator Obama signal a rift between the two trailblazing black Chicago-based Democratic presidential candidates and are drawing a rapid wave of condemnation from prominent African Americans, including Rev. Jackson's own son.

On the Morning Shows

Good Morning America - Jesse Jackson on his criticism of Barack Obama: "I'm a long standing supporter, I would apologize for any harm or hurt. I think he enjoys great support [in the black community] yet in the community there are some serious structural crises. These things must be addressed with much more passion. Faith-based [initiatives] will not touch the edges of that."

Fox and Friends - Gov. Bobby Jindal, on Newt Gingrich calling him the nation's most transformational governor: "What we've done in Louisiana is we've focused on core conservative principles. We've cut six taxes, the largest income-tax cut in the state's history; revamped the ethics code, it's now the strongest ethics code in the country ... So what we're doing is what we promised the voters we'd do during the campaign, which is applying conservative principles. It's not rocket science. Republicans lost the majority in Congress because we stopped doing what we told the voters we'd do. In a way, the party went native. They went to D.C. to change D.C., and instead became changed by D.C."

On VP rumors: "Again, I love being govenor. We've been here about six months. We've got a lot of work to do to continue to change out state."

On Jackson's comments: "I also thought it was kind of odd that he would be criticizing Sen. Obama for endorsing and embracing the faith-based initiatives started under this administration.You can see in New Orleans that faith-based groups, not-for-profits, private businesses have done such a better job than the government when it comes to helping people rebuild their lives."

From Late Night

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(Greg Bobrinskoy contributed to the Morning Report.)