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Sweet blog extra: Obama's Wednesday clips. Clinton beats Obama in 3Q primary cash. NYDN/ "Bam Bopped.''

By Lynn Sweet

CHICAGO–A big storyline in Wednesday print papers (the articles started on-line Tuesday) is the third quarter primary fund-raising beat White House hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) scored over chief rival Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

The New York Daily News played this headline “Hil gets Bam bop for flip-flop” over their coverage of Obama’s Tuesday foreign policy speech at DePaul U. in Chicago

New York Times Clinton scribe Patrick Healy front page center story is headlined “Clinton Steals Obama’s Fund-Raising Thunder.”

The New York tabs also work the Clinton over Obama angle. Michael McAuliff at the New York Daily News has the story.

Newsday reporter Martin Evans writes his version

Team Tribune John McCormick and Mike Dorning funder piece

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-clinton_web03oct03,1,697…

Sun-Times political writer Abdon Pallasch take

The Hill’s Sam Youngman writes Edwards Says Obama Using Stolen Ideas

http://thehill.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68901&pop=…

Dan Balz political writer concludes in his blog column that Clinton Blocks Obama At Nearly Every Turn”

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